Soulframe Tethren Melee Build

The Best Tethren Melee Build for Soulframe! Tethren is an amazing Starter Pact in Soulframe, that can also work well for experienced players. Its abilities provide better damage, stagger and damage reduction. This Tethren Build is focusing on Melee Damage with a Greatsword and offers a brawler like gameplay! More Builds and Guides you can read:

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Best Weapons and Tempers

The Best Weapon for this Tethren Melee Build is Purity! A powerful Heavy Greatsword that deals massive damage and becomes even stronger with the right Tempers. The Best Tempers for the build are:

• Swift Strike x2
• Sullying Force x2
• Breakneck
• Full Force
• Savagery
• Swooning Blow

Use Cindermore as your Rune, with Dewclawer, Binky Kick, Spreading Sploot and Hare Harms as your totems to take advantage of your powerful smites.

Rune	Totems
Cindermore	Dewclawer(Spirit)
	Binky Kick(Grace)
	Spreading Sploot(Courage)
	Hare Harms(Courage)

For your Sidearm equip Thrice Spurns or another Flyblade that scales with Courage! The Best Tempers are:

• Sullying Force x2
• Breakneck x2
• Hale and Hearty
• Swooning Blow
• Swift Strike
• Aftershock

Add Hurlwind as rune, Dewclawer, Binky Kick, Blinding Bite and Hare Harms as totems.

Rune	Totems
Hurlwind	Dewclawer(Spirit)
	Binky Kick(Spirit)
	Blinding Bite(Grace)
	Hare Harms(Courage)

Make sure to unlock all Heavy Weapon and Flyblade Combat Arts, but prioritize those that increase your Smite chance, such as Vaunt, Smitten and Final Blow.

Best Virtue

Courage is the primary Virtue of the Tethren Melee Build! Allocate at least 30 points to Courage and then try to balance the remaining points between Spirit and Grace.

Tethren Melee Skills

These are the Tethren active skills:

• Fellust: Increases Weapon Damage with every successful attack.
• Call of the Ancients: Taunts enemies and increases your Weapon and Damage Reduction.
• Clash: Staggers enemies and reduces Stagger taken.

Its Passive abilities restore Health and increase Attack Speed.

• Conquerer: Restores Health with every kill.
• Last Stand: Increases attack Speed when low on Health.

Combat Arts

Unlock the following Tethren Arts:

• Conquerer+3
• Last Stand+3
• Physic+1
• Rooted+1
• Wingspan
• Stalwart+1

You can allocate more points to Saphene’s Gift, Iridi’s Favour or Mora’s Pride, depending on the Virtue you wish to increase.

Best Armor

For your Armor, use a combination of the Arbearer and Mendicant King sets. You can also use either set as a full set, depending on your preference. Finally, complement your setup with the Triune Talisman to boost all Virtues or the Synod’s Bell Jar Talisman to boost Courage.

Rotation

Start by using a Heavy Attack with your Flyblade to make it orbit around you. Then activate Call of the Ancients and Fellust to buff yourself. Switch to your Purity Greatsword and start attacking. As you land successful attacks, Fellust will increase your weapon damage and make your attacks even more powerful.

Use Clash near enemies to stagger them, and use Smite whenever your Flyblade or main weapon triggers it. Finally, activate your Rune to deal massive damage and finish off enemies. The build combines high weapon damage, fast attacks, powerful Smites and strong stagger to clear all available Soulframe content. From Dungeons and Sieges to powerful Agari World Bosses and other activities!