Two days in and these seem to be the strongest attack setups so far:

**Tiel Critical Strike** — Axe and Dagger + Salvaged Trebuchaxe. You go invisible with Shadow Dash, open with Shadow Strike (applies Poison + Fragile), chain light attacks for Resolve, then dump a charged Trebuchaxe crit while they're debuffed. High burst, but Tiel's health pool means one bad dodge ends the run.

**Proxima Aggressive Melee** — Axatana + Duality Stone. Light attacks hit twice, so your Resolve fills at double speed. You spam Bio Sampler and Seizure to keep enemies in Stasis while the Axatana combo never stops. Grafted Armor lets you tank through hits that would kill Tiel.

Tarstone upgrade tip: max one stone to level 4 before starting another. You can only max about 24 of 75 in a single playthrough, so commit early. Grudge Stone (guaranteed crit every 5th hit at max) and Duality Stone are the two to prioritize across both builds.



For NG+, the Proxima build adds Voltaic Crown for Lightning stacks and Shock procs on top of the Stasis/Bloodcurse loop.



Full breakdown with ability tables, combat loops, and common mistakes: [https://apollotrail.com/blog/best-attack-build-mortal-shell-2](https://apollotrail.com/blog/best-attack-build-mortal-shell-2)



What are you running? Anyone tried a pure Bloodcurse build with a different Shell?

Best Attack Builds in Mortal Shell 2 — Tiel Crit vs Proxima Melee