The protector of Mars, spin 2 win, Khora’s new cat friend - Inaros!
Release date: 2016-03-04
Passive: On fatal injury and entering Bleedout, Inaros entombs himself into a Sarcophagus and incarnates as a sand version of himself, able to revive himself by melee attacking enemies and siphoning their life force.
Desiccation - Blast enemies with a wave of cursed sand that blinds them and steals their health.
Sand Storm - Become a sandstorm. Inaros devours enemies pulled into his whirlwind, healing himself.
Scarab Shell - Activate to form Armor by draining Inaros’ Health. Activate again to stop the formation early. The protective layer reduces incoming Damage and absorbs Status Effects.
Scarab Swarm - Summon a Scarab Swarm to attack enemies with guaranteed Corrosion Status. Damage scales with Inaros’ Health. Enemies killed while immersed in the swarm summon a Swarm Kavat that fights alongside Inaros and guides the scarabs to other enemies.
Acquisition: Main and component blueprints are obtained from the Sands of Inaros quest.
Here’s an absolute banger build I cooked up:
Basically spin around the tileset vacuuming up as many enemies as you can. After the tornado ends, cast Sickening Pulse immediately. Funny business ensues.
It actually does pretty well in steel path missions, but it does almost no damage to high armour units, even with 10 corrosive stacks. Also completely useless against Overguard units, since for some reason Elemental Sandstorm doesn’t seem to apply to them.