the Havoc Form slaps hard with a good build.
my current build revolcing about crits.
Nightweavers Grudge (+20% crit chance + haste) by negative stat on you or enemy) + Atonement Fold (self bleed stat +10% crit chance, but 50% reduced healing) + Burden of the Gambler (no weakspot but +10% crit chance and +20% crit dmg) = 40% crit chance. Devoured Loop for the 1% chance of Skill CD resets and Stone of Continuance for 25% longer Skill duration. Maybe Kynetic Cycle Stone for 20% faster casting speed, since faster casting boosts the havoc forms damage too. Haste improoves all Speeds, except movement speed, so casting speed by 7% too. Havoc Form doesn´t land weakspots, so buden of the gambler is a fine upgrade if you use the havoc form as your main damage source. but can be replaced for something else to boost damage if you like keep weakspots available during skill cooldown.
On the Relic: +20% faster casting speed, 15% skill duration and +10% skill damage.
Archon as main or second archetype paired with Engineer for +50% skill damage boost. The Turrent deals pretty good crit damage when fired from the hands.
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So far with my setup, normal shock damage is 269 damage per tick, 457 on crits. and it crits ALOT. 42 seconds skill duration (though firing lightning drains it quicker) dealing around 43k on the training dummy´s alone and able to reset the cooldown of the havoc form, though it´s unrelyable due to the 1% chance on crits. try the Tommygun with Momentum mutator for high crit chances IF the havoc form crits didn´t reset the CD.

If you're a jolly cooperator you can actually unlock the door for other players that may not have all the necessary knowledge or items, thus unlocking Archon for other players or getting it unlocked yourself as early as The Labyrinth is completed on a new character!

I both love and hate how you get this class
I love how they rewarded dataminers and people who go through the game’s code with a special Easter egg,
But I don’t like how an entire subclass is restricted if you are not someone who searches through wikis and online convos
IDK it’s just weird to me

Question: This wiki page mentions starter gear for this archetype. But as far as I know you can't start with it? Or is the unlock somehow account wide and when you start a new game wallace lets you chose this class as starter once you unlocked it?

Just some thoughts on Archon.

2 of the 3 skills require you to stand in a small area in a game that wants to to be constantly moving and dodging. One of which makes you take more damage.

Reality Rune is an interesting defensive skill, giving you more time to react to enemy attacks by slowing projectiles and melee attackers. There is 2 main issues though. One, some enemy "projectile" attacks simply ignore it such as the lasers from the eye robots in Nerud. Two, larger melee bosses can and will still hit you easily as it doesnt slow down until they enter it, but their weapon might touch you before that happens - like Annihilation or Venom. I do not like this skill, as I am very mobile. The only really good use I have found for this is to place it in a choke point - which works great.

Chaos Gate's damage and mod buffs are nice, dont get me wrong. It just can be hard to see out of - especially against root enemies - because of the red. Making me take more damage and stay in onr spot for a mere 15% damage boost is just not a good tradeoff. Especially against aggressive melee enemies - such as the buzzsaw elites in Losomn or the Root Knight elites that can dig underground in Yaesha.

Havoc Form is a ton of fun, but buggy as all hell and totally contradicts the rest of Archon's kit. As of writing this, it rarely actually does damage in mutiplayer. Movement Speed also has zero effect on Havoc Form - but Aim Down Sights movement speed while firing lightning makes Havoc Form move at super speeds. I have found that it is the definition of consistant damage. In my particular build, I get about 1100 DPS with it. Fairly low to be honest, but combined with an incredible dodge that is instant and damages targets and some skill duration it can be very consistant. With the ADS Movement Speed bonuses, it is perfect for area exploration because of the arcing effect on the lightning. Opposite to the Enigma, it arcs farther and does not lose damage for each subsequent target. Cast Speed effects the DPS output as well, moreso than Skill Damage - simply making the damage tick more often. The issue with Havoc Form is the same as the rest of the Archetype.

The Skills contradict the rest of Archon's kit. Archon is all about mod damage! You pick it to shoot all your mods all the time. However, only 1 of the 3 skills boosts or interacts with Mods in amy way - Chaos Gate with 25% boosted Mod Generation and the 15% All Damage. Havoc Form wants you to ditch your mod boosting equipment in favor of Skill. If you use Elemental mods, you can boost them both, and cast speed boosts them both, but it really feels like a missed opportunity to not give Archon a Gunslinger Bulletstorm style skill for Mods, or by giving it a perk that allows Mod boosting stats to effect the skills. With all that said, subjectively, it is a blast of an Archetype. Tons of fun, and 100% worth the headache to acquire.

Mod regeneration goes VROOM! Monkey brain like!

Bugged class. Havoc form skill at 50% cast speed does no damage

Is it true that this was a datamine challange? If its already over, they should just patch the class to be more simple to find.
It took more hours following the guide to get this class. And there is no way a normal player could ever find this class without a guide.
In my opinion that is kinda dumb. I hope they make it easier for new players in the future.

Doesn't the havoc form look like a rip off of an arc warlock ability from destiny 2? I even think the icon looks like a dead ringer for the icon of that ability in destiny 2.

"In the Labyrinth, head to the ******ing portal."

Lol what? I'm so curious what that originally said.