Marathon Triage Solo Build: Best Ranked Loadout Right Now

Triage - Support is S-tier in squad play. In ranked solo, it is D-tier. Those two facts are not in tension — they describe the same shell accurately. Triage's kit is built around crew: Med-Drone attaches to crewmates, Reboot+ revives allies, and Shareware.Exe multiplies consumable value across a team. Strip the squad and those abilities collapse to a self-sustain loop that other shells run more efficiently with fewer trade-offs.

So why are we building it for ranked solo at all? Because if you are going to run Triage in ranked — by preference, by challenge, or because your squad dissolved mid-climb — there is a right way to do it. The goal is not pretending Triage is a solo carry shell. The goal is maximizing the one thing it can offer in solo that others cannot: durability that compounds over time.

*Primary: Twin Tap HBR - Precision Rifle* — The Twin Tap HBR (22 damage, 600 RPM, 20-round magazine, Heavy Rounds, Mid range) is Triage's best primary in solo ranked. The mid-range profile keeps you out of the close-quarters brawls where Triage's lack of mobility or escape tools gets punished. The burst-fire pattern rewards disciplined trigger control — which maps well to a shell that is not playing for aggression. Slot the Interval Mag if you can source it; otherwise, Hi-Speed Mag (Superior) (reported -0.52s reload speed, +3 magazine size) tightens the reload penalty that punishes you when fights drag. For the chip, Blue Blood (Superior) — downing a hostile Runner restores health — is the most direct solo survival payoff in the database. Confirmed effect, zero condition complexity.

*Secondary: CE Tactical Sidearm - Pistol* — 20 damage, 300 RPM, 18-round magazine. Reliable mid-range backup. When your HBR magazine is empty mid-fight and swapping is faster than reloading, this is the answer. No exotic justification needed — it is dependable and Light Rounds are the most available ammo type in the game.

*Implants:* Head slot — **◇ Regen V2 - Head - Enhanced (Enhanced) for the Self-Repair Speed bonus; when Med-Drone is your self-healing tool and it runs out of charge, faster passive repair is the safety net. Torso slot — Survival Kit V4 - Torso - Superior (Superior) for the Ping Duration and Heat Capacity adjustments; the Sleight of Hand trait supports consumable cycling. Legs slot — ◇ Solid Stance V4 - Legs - Superior (Superior)** for the Hardware and Heat Capacity increase — Triage needs to stay in a fight long enough for Battery Overcharge to matter.

*Cradle Priority:* Put early Energy into the Resistance track to reach Scab Factory (bleeds out more slowly when downed — [UNVERIFIED] exact values, but qualitatively the most relevant solo survival perk in the database for a shell that cannot self-revive). From there, Endurance track for heat management — Battery Overcharge generates heat, and you will be running it constantly.

*Core:* No Good Deed (Superior) — you receive a burst of healing when your Med-Drone attaches. In solo, that means attaching it to yourself. It is the only Shell Core in Triage's kit that provides unconditional solo value without requiring a crewmate target.

Triage solo does not win ranked runs by taking fights — it wins by surviving fights that other shells would lose. Battery Overcharge into Twin Tap HBR is your engagement window: superior ADS, handling, and stability while the buff is active, with the EMP shield-break interaction against volt weapons as a bonus. Blue Blood on the HBR means contested Holotag fights are not purely negative expected value — a down restores your health, which feeds back into the self-repair loop.

You are not hunting Holotags. You are playing anchor: survive the mid-game, let other runners eliminate each other, contest late-game tags when the lobby has thinned. The win condition is attrition, not aggression. Accept the D-tier ceiling in solo ranked, build around it, and extract alive.