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Best Marathon Triage Build — Season 2 Loadout

A complete Marathon Triage loadout — primary and secondary weapons, weapon mods, shell cores, implants, and a Cradle stat-track plan — engineered from the Triage’s playstyle and cross-referenced against real in-game stat values. Browse the full Triage shell data and every weapon behind these picks.

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BUILD REPORT
Pulse & Patch
Operate from mid-range behind the engagement line, cycling Med-Drone charges onto yourself to proc Shareware.Exe buffs while keeping Reboot+ ready for clutch revives or EMP suppression. Solo context means self-sufficiency is non-negotiable — this build stacks Self-Repair, Tactical Recovery, and consumable synergy to keep Triage functional even without squadmates to heal.
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LOADOUT GRADE
RANKED VIABLE
Weapons
Impact HAR
PRIMARY
At 24 damage per shot and 400 RPM with a mid-range rating, the Impact HAR hits a damage-per-second sweet spot that lets a support shell threaten engagements without committing to close quarters. Its Light Rounds ammo type is widely available for sustained pressure, and the 18-round magazine gives enough runway to finish a trade before ducking back to reset Med-Drone. A support shell needs a weapon that punishes aggression, not invites it — the HAR's mid-range profile matches Triage's natural stand-off positioning.
Magnum MC
SECONDARY
The Magnum MC deals 41 damage per shot at 138 RPM with Heavy Rounds and a mid-range profile — a reliable finisher when enemies push past the Impact HAR's comfort zone. Its high per-shot damage means fewer trigger pulls to secure a down, freeing ability cycles for Med-Drone deployment. Heavy Rounds also provide a separate ammo pool, reducing dry-fire risk during extended solo runs.
Weapon Mods
CHIP SLOT
Urgent Care Chip (Superior)
Directly amplifies Triage's survivability loop: kills or downs while missing health grant a stacking bonus to Self-Repair speed. Since Triage's base HP is 120 with no shield, taking any damage immediately activates this chip's condition. Solo play means no one patches you up — this chip turns every kill under pressure into accelerated self-recovery.
BARREL SLOT
Steady Barrel (Superior)
Sources list greatly increased stability, ready speed, and accuracy while moving. Triage's playstyle demands constant lateral repositioning between cover and ability deployments — a steady barrel lets the Impact HAR track targets reliably during that movement without demanding full stops to land shots.
OPTIC SLOT
Oracle Lens (Superior)
Sources list greatly increased ADS speed, accuracy while moving, and ADS accuracy — a three-stat optic that directly serves a mobile support player who needs to acquire targets quickly between ability uses without planting feet. The ADS speed reduction minimises the time Triage spends exposed when transitioning from ability deployment back to gunfight.
MAGAZINE SLOT
Hi-Speed Mag (Superior)
Sources list reload_speed -0.52s and magazine_size +3 for this mod. Faster reloads tighten the window Triage spends vulnerable — every second spent reloading is a second not deploying Med-Drone or repositioning. The +3 mag rounds out the Impact HAR's 18-round base for slightly more margin in extended trades.
CHIP SLOT (SECONDARY — MAGNUM MC)
Blue Blood (Superior)
Downing a hostile Runner restores health — exact values are unconfirmed, but the effect directly offsets Triage's no-shield fragility in solo Runner encounters. Pairing this on the Magnum MC means the secondary weapon doubles as a recovery tool: land the finishing heavy-damage shot on a Runner, get health back, sustain the run.
Shell Cores
No Good Deed (Superior, Tactical)
TACTICAL
You receive a burst of healing when your Med-Drone attaches to a crew member — and critically, in solo play you can attach the drone to yourself. This creates a guaranteed heal-on-demand cycle every time you deploy Med-Drone, making it function as a second self-repair trigger on top of the drone's inherent restoration. This is Triage's core sustain engine in solo context.
Samaritan (Prestige, Passive)
PASSIVE
Sharing a consumable via Shareware.Exe reduces the cooldown of your next Med-Drone. Solo play means self-application of consumables like Patch Kits and Cardio Kicks still triggers Shareware.Exe's 25% sharing effect — and now each of those also shaves Med-Drone cooldown. This compresses the Med-Drone cycle from a long wait into a rhythm, letting you maintain near-constant drone uptime across a run.
Friendly Face (Deluxe, Prime)
PRIME
When your Med-Drone attaches to a crew member — or yourself — it cleanses any active status effects. Triage has no innate status cleanse outside consumables. Solo against environmental hazards, Toxin, and Bleed, this core transforms Med-Drone into a condition cleanse on demand, preventing status effects from stacking into a death spiral and synergising directly with Samaritan's cooldown reduction loop.
Hypocritic Oath (Deluxe, Prime)
PRIME
Damaging a hostile with Reboot+ reduces the cooldown of your next Reboot+. In solo play Reboot+ loses its revive utility but retains its EMP/damage mode for hosile application. Landing EMP damage on AI enemies or Runners compresses the next Reboot+ window, keeping the defibrillator available as a zone-control tool rather than sitting on a long cooldown after use.
Implants
HEAD
Energy Harvesting V4 (Superior)
Firewall: -5, Tactical Recovery: 40%
40% Tactical Recovery directly accelerates Med-Drone recharge — Triage's most critical ability in both solo and squad play. The -5 Firewall penalty is negligible against the cycle-time gain. Faster Med-Drone means more No Good Deed healing procs, more Samaritan cooldown triggers, and more Friendly Face cleanses per run. This is the highest-leverage head implant for an ability-cycle-driven shell.
TORSO
Helping Hands V4 (Superior)
Hardware: 20, Tactical Recovery: 10%, Revive Speed: 50%
Hardware +20 increases damage resistance, compensating for Triage's 120 HP and no-shield baseline. An additional Tactical Recovery 10% stacks on top of Energy Harvesting V4's 40%, further tightening Med-Drone cycles. Revive Speed +50% has obvious squad-play value and is not dead weight in solo — faster Reboot+ execution reduces exposure time during the revival animation.
LEGS
Solid Stance V4 (Superior)
Hardware: 50, Heat Capacity: 20
Hardware +50 is the single largest armor gain available in the legs slot. Triage's 120 HP base and absent shield make this non-negotiable for solo survivability — stacking Hardware from Helping Hands V4 (+20) and Solid Stance V4 (+50) builds a meaningful damage buffer that compensates structurally for the shell's weakest stat. Heat Capacity +20 supports sustained engagement and reduces sprint-heat interactions. The Second Wind passive (move faster and ready weapons more quickly after a Shield Charge) is dormant without a shield slot investment, but the raw stat values justify the pick.

Triage Cradle Build — Season 2 Stat Plan

Free respec · resets each season
Primary investment in the Recharge track to maximise ability uptime for Med-Drone and Reboot+, with secondary investment in the Resistance track for survivability and consumable speed — both tracks directly serve the solo support engine this build runs on.
RECHARGE TRACK
4 ENERGY
PERK · Head Start
Starting runs with partial Tactical charge means Med-Drone is available from the first engagement — critical for a shell whose first-blood survival depends on immediate self-drone access. Values are unconfirmed but the directional effect is unambiguous.
RECHARGE TRACK
10 ENERGY
PERK · Primed
Partial Prime charge at run start means Reboot+ enters early fights already warmed up, compressing the window before Hypocritic Oath's cooldown reduction kicks in and letting EMP play happen sooner.
RESISTANCE TRACK
3 ENERGY
PERK · Scab Factory
Bleed out more slowly when downed. Solo Triage has no teammate to perform a Reboot+, meaning down-state duration is the only buffer before elimination. More bleed time means more opportunity for Friendly Face Med-Drone to prevent the bleed-out, or for the fight to shift enough to self-revive via game mechanics.
RESISTANCE TRACK
14 ENERGY
PERK · Field Medic
Medical consumables take less time to use — directly compresses Patch Kit and Panacea Kit animation windows, which is a positioning lifesaver when healing behind cover under fire. Also tightens the Shareware.Exe trigger loop: faster consumable use means faster Samaritan procs and less exposure time during self-heal.
STRENGTHS
+Compressed Med-Drone cycle via Energy Harvesting V4 (Tactical Recovery 40%) + Helping Hands V4 (10%) + Recharge track Head Start creates near-continuous drone uptime for No Good Deed healing procs
+Stacked Hardware from Helping Hands V4 (+20) and Solid Stance V4 (+50) partially compensates for Triage's no-shield baseline, giving meaningful effective HP on a 120 HP frame
+Samaritan + Friendly Face + Hypocritic Oath form a three-core ability loop: consumables shrink Med-Drone cooldown, drones cleanse status, Reboot+ EMP hits reduce its own cooldown — the build self-sustains across a full run
WEAKNESSES
Zero shield investment means any burst damage that bypasses the Hardware buffer is immediately lethal — the build has no shield-break recovery mechanism and Solid Stance V4's Second Wind passive is largely wasted
The Magnum MC's Heavy Rounds ammo type is less common than Light Rounds, creating potential dry-fire risk late in extended solo runs when both Impact HAR and reserves are depleted
RANKED NOTE
This build is configured for casual unranked play — Triage is rated Solo D in ranked, so no ranked score target applies here, but the sustained Med-Drone cycling and Hardware stacking give it more solo staying power than a default Triage setup would provide.
⬢ Build Analysis
Here's the read: Triage solo is genuinely hard mode, and a build that ignores that is a build that dies. So I built around the ability cycle first, weapon second. Energy Harvesting V4's 40% Tactical Recovery is the load-bearing beam — stack Helping Hands V4's additional 10% on top and you're burning through Med-Drone cooldowns faster than the shell was designed to. No Good Deed procs a healing burst every time that drone lands, and Samaritan shaves the next cooldown every time you pop a Patch Kit on yourself. That's a closed loop. Friendly Face adds condition cleansing to each drone attach — meaning Toxin, Bleed, whatever — gets wiped on the same cycle. Hypocritic Oath keeps Reboot+ from sitting cold by rewarding aggressive EMP use on AI. The Impact HAR at 24 damage and 400 RPM sits exactly in the mid-range window where Triage wants to operate — far enough to avoid CQB chaos, close enough to secure downs before retreating. Urgent Care Chip is the glue: every kill while hurt speeds self-repair, which is exactly when you need it most. The Hardware stack from legs and torso implants buys time for all of it to work. Tight, intentional, no wasted slots.
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