Build Laboratory

A local-first controlled testing workspace for transparent character, weapon and encounter trade-off analysis.

Evidence: Tested & verified
Verified: 2026-07-26
Spoilers: Minor spoilers

A build is useful only when its test conditions and trade-offs are visible. This laboratory stores your trials locally and deliberately avoids universal rankings, invented DPS values or cross-character comparisons made under changing conditions.

Controlled optimisation · Patch 1.15.00

Build Laboratory

Choose a transparent archetype, hold test conditions constant and record your own results. The laboratory does not publish a tier list or convert personal observations into guide facts.

Characters: 3
Archetypes: 8
Test dimensions: 7
Saved locally: 0

Compatibility check required. General weapon availability does not prove every character can use every family. Confirm the selected setup in-game before recording a trial.

Test name Character Build archetype Weapon or tool family Encounter Defensive preference

Selected framework

Character profile

Priority dimensions

Trade-offs

Repeatable protocol

Character capability evidence

Fixed test conditions

Observed dimensions — personal score, not canonical statistics

Reach Can the setup act safely at the required distance? Recovery How safely can the character defend or move after committing? Resource pressure Does the setup preserve stamina, Spirit, ammunition or consumables? Control Can it interrupt, reposition or contain the target group? Mobility Can it enter, exit and reposition without losing control? Defensive safety How reliably does it survive missed reads and crowded terrain? Terrain tolerance Does it remain usable on slopes, ledges, interiors and uneven ground?

Observations Confidence

Controlled-test standard

Fix the save, character, equipment state, target, arena and difficulty.
Establish a repeatable baseline before changing one variable.
Record failures, healing, resource pressure, recovery and terrain—not only successful attacks.
Repeat the same trial before increasing confidence.
Keep personal results private unless independently corroborated for the current patch.

See Combat Fundamentals, Weapon & Skill Testing, Gear, Refinement & Extraction and Boss & Encounter Diagnosis for the supporting method.