The Colossus Javelin represents the tank class in Anthem. With this endgame build, you can deal massive damage, fight many enemies at once, and maintain your armor effortlessly.
That’s why we recommend this build: With this setup, you can quickly incapacitate many enemies with your melee attack. You can also keep your armor well maintained and restore it independently.
Who is this build suitable for? For Colossus pilots who want to rampage across the battlefield without regard for losses. If you like to stomp around with your melee attack, then this build is perfect for you.
Equipment
These are the abilities we use:
- Artillery Launch Ramp: Voltaic Dome (Shock Coil)
- Heavy Launch Device: Best Defense (Siege Artillery)
- Fortification System: Battle Cry
This is what the abilities do:
- Voltaic Dome (Primer): Enhanced shock coil. Freezes enemies on successful hits.
- Best Defense (Detonator): Enhanced siege artillery. Hitting an enemy with this ability restores 35% armor.
- Battle Cry: Forces affected enemies to attack the Colossus and reduces their damage resistance by 33%.
Everything you need to know about the combo system in Anthem is summarized here.
Components
These components are needed:
- Component 1: Catalytic Overdrive
- Component 2: Synchronized Frame
- Component 3: Grand Entrance
- Component 4: Recognition of Ruin
- Component 5: Insignia of the Resolute
- Component 6: Ablation Shield
Weapons
These weapons fit this build best: The automatic cannon “Endless Siege” and the sniper rifle “Siege Breaker” are excellent choices for this build.
Endless Siege
What can this weapon do? The Endless Siege is the enhanced version of “Deluge”. This automatic cannon becomes more accurate the longer it is fired.
Here’s why this weapon fits the build: Due to its bonus effect, this weapon has a larger magazine and deals more damage. Because of these two bonuses, the Endless Siege is particularly well suited for fighting multiple enemies at once and dealing sustained damage against bosses.
Siege Breaker
What can this weapon do? The Siege Breaker is the enhanced version of “Gale”. This sniper rifle fires fully automatically at long range.
Here’s why this weapon fits the build: With the bonus effect of this weapon, you can freeze your target after 3 hits. You can quickly incapacitate important targets from a distance and prime them for your team. This way, you can quickly engage in close combat with the Colossus and control the battlefield from both near and afar.
How to Play this Build
Why is this build good in endgame? Thanks to your two abilities, you can constantly stay in close combat, even in the Grandmaster difficulty levels. With “Voltaic Dome”, you can shield yourself from surrounding enemies by electrifying and then freezing them. With “Best Defense”, you can restore part of your armor at the press of a button.
This is the approach: With this build, you can jump right into the action and clean up with your melee. Through one of the components, your melee attack gains additional damage and even causes a small explosion when you briefly jump before the attack or drop down on an enemy after using flight mode.
The enhanced shock coil freezes all enemies in your vicinity due to its bonus effect, allowing you to detonate them all at once with your jumping melee and trigger multiple combo attacks. This way, you gain temporary damage bonuses, further increasing the effectiveness of your abilities. The components also make your melee and shield strike significantly more effective.
If your shield breaks, the components grant you temporary protection. During this time, you can deal considerable damage with your enhanced siege artillery while simultaneously regenerating your armor. Due to their low cooldown, this ability embodies a reliable method for the Colossus pilot to stay consistently alive. Melee kills also heal you.
Don’t forget to use your Battle Cry as often as possible. This not only draws the attention of enemies to you, but also makes them 33% more vulnerable to any damage since the last major update. This way, you can calmly mow through enemy crowds with the Endless Siege while also protecting your teammates.
Since the Voltaic Dome has a limited range, you can quickly and easily freeze distant targets that are hard to reach with the sniper rifle. After that, you can fly towards the frozen target and deliver a “Grand Entrance” with your melee.
This tactic is particularly effective against turrets, as your abilities recharge during the flight, you deal considerable damage with the melee landing, and can finish off the rest with your automatic cannon. The turret’s weak point is even easier to hit thanks to the ice status effect. With Endless Siege, you can deal continuous damage to the weak point without having to reload even once.
These are the effects of the components:
- Catalytic Overdrive (1): Increases all combo damage by 50%. A successful combo attack increases ability damage by 40% for 20 seconds.
- Synchronized Frame (2): Increases the damage of the heavy launch device by 5%. Hitting increases the damage of the heavy launch device by 60% for 5 seconds.
- Grand Entrance (3): Extends the duration of buffing abilities by 50%. A hard landing triggers an explosion at the impact point.
- Recognition of Ruin (4): Increases Colossus shield damage while sprinting by 300%. A melee kill restores 20% armor.
- Insignia of the Resolute (5): Increases the maximum ammunition capacity of all equipped firearms by 35%. Suffering from status effects increases equipment damage by 40% for 10 seconds.
- Ablation Shield (6): Significantly strengthens Colossus armor and shields. A shield break increases resistance to physical damage by 40% for 10 seconds.
This is What the Components Do in the Build
These are exclusively Masterful components. They provide you with passive shield and armor bonuses to help you survive as long as possible in the endgame.
Here’s a list of all Masterful and Legendary items.
This is what the components bring during gameplay:
Catalytic Overdrive (1) significantly increases your combo damage. If you use the shock coil/melee strategy, you should consistently enjoy 40% more ability damage thanks to the bonus effect. Combined with Synchronized Frame (2), your heavy launch device deals extremely high damage.
Through Grand Entrance (3), you gain a crucial bonus for your melee attack. It is advisable to adopt this component as a habit and to jump briefly into the air before every melee attack to make the most use of the additional explosion.
With Recognition of Ruin (4), you keep your armor intact as long as you use the recommended strategy. Your shield strike is also enhanced by this component, allowing you to plunge straight into the fray.
If, despite your high defense, your shield breaks, Insignia of the Resolute (5) and Ablation Shield (6) ensure that you can quickly re-enter battle. After a shield break, you gain improved damage resistance for 10 seconds; use this time to quickly restore your armor with your abilities.
Inscripts: What You Should Pay Attention To
Inscripts are equipment properties that give your Javelin or item decisive advantages. You can find them below each item with a rarity level of Common or higher.
We have summarized which inscripts exist and what they do for you.
These universal inscripts are suitable for this build:
- + % Damage – Increases your total damage output
- Combo + % Damage – Increases the combo damage you deal
- Melee + % Damage – Increases the damage of your melee attack
- Armor + % Maximum – Increases your maximum armor value
- [Heavy Launch Device] + % Damage – Increases the damage of your siege artillery
- [Heavy Launch Device] + % Cooldown – Reduces the cooldown of your siege artillery
- [Automatic Cannon] +% Damage – Increases the damage of Endless Siege
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