Nova Drift – Wave 200+ builds for those who cant aim

Introduction

 
I play the game with a controller and am not the best at aiming, these are the builds that I can consistently get to Wave 200+. 
 
In each section I list the best builds first, I list the mods to get by requirements to supermods first then order of importance. When I list one skill I mean the whole tree unless otherwise stated. 
 
One off skills always good to take: Rapid Fire (with weapon), Mastery (with weapon), Bravado, Discord (endgame) 
 
Please forgive the formatting, I made a spreadsheet for myself and I am just pasting it here. 
 
If there one of my builds is not optimal or you have another build that could work please let me know 
 
Guide Written in Version 0.31.19 
 
 

Crashing Builds

 
Build Name: Burning Shield 
Body: Sentinel 
Shield: Halo 
Weapon: Any 
Supermods: Sanctuary, Dying Star, Hidden Power 
Wild Mods: Phantom Strike, Maelstrom, Galvanic (Lots) 
Skill Trees: 
Kinetic Boost (Not Celestial) – Sanctuary 
Omni Shield – Sanctuary 
Candescence – Dying Star + Hidden Power 
Core Shielding – Dying Star 
Regeneration (Not Rapid) 
Weaponized Shields 
Efficiency + Gemini Protocol 
Skirmish + Terminate 
 
Build Name: Ramming Speed 
Body: Hullbreaker 
Shield: Any 
Weapon: Any 
Supermods: Dying Star, Hidden Power, Ataraxia 
Wild Mods: Defiance, Slip Stream, Rampage 
Skill Trees: 
Candescence – Dying Star + Hidden Power 
Core Shielding – Dying Star 
Hull Strength – Hidden Power 
Regeneration (Not Shields) 
Efficiency Only 
Skirmish + Terminate 
Kinetic Boost Only 
Ataraxia (4 Unspent Points) 
 
 

Regular Salvo Builds

 
Build Name: Missile Barrage 
Body: Courser 
Shield: Any 
Weapon: Salvo 
Supermods: Warp Strike, Barrage 
Wild Mods: Polar Inversion, Twin Strike 
Skill Trees: 
Velocity and Snipe – Warp Strike 
Blink (Not Streamline) – Warp Strike 
Rapid Fire + Burst Fire – Barrage 
Volley (Not Firing Array) 
Essence Sap 
Blast Radius (Not Concentrated) 
Magnitude (Not Charged Shot) 
Hull Strength 
Targetting Only 
Core Shielding (Note Rebuke) 
 
Build Name: Missile Battery 
Body: Battery 
Shield: Any 
Weapon: Salvo 
Supermods: Warp Strike, Rancor, Animatter Rounds, Apothiosis 
Wild Mods: Polar Inversion, Twin Strike 
Skill Trees: 
Velocity (Not Incendary) – Warp Strike 
Blink (Not Deadly Wake) – Warp Strike 
Magnitude – Rancor, Antimatter Rounds 
Hull Strength – Rancor 
Blast Radius – Antimatter Rounds 
Kinetic Boost Only – Apothiosis 
Strafe – Apothiosis 
Essence Sap 
Targetting Only 
Core Shielding (Note Rebuke) 
 
 

Construct Builds

 
Build Name: Missile Allies 
Body: Engineer 
Shield: Shockwave 
Weapon: Salvo 
Supermods: Warp Strike, Apex Machinery, Apothiosis 
Wild Mods: Ally Specialist, Polar Inversion, Twin Strike 
Skill Trees: 
Ally (Not Evasion) – Apex Machinery 
Overseer (Not Self Destruct) – Apex Machinery 
Velocity and Snipe – Warp Strike 
Blink (Not Streamline) – Warp Strike 
Kinetic Boost Only – Apothiosis 
Strafe (Not Power Reserves) – Apothiosis 
Interceptor (Not Outmanuver) 
Magnitude(Not Charged Shot) 
Hull Strength 
Efficiency Only 
Targetting Only 
Regeneration (Not Shields) 
Core Shielding (Note Rebuke) 
 
Build Name: Pulse Mines 
Body: Architect 
Shield: Any 
Weapon: Pulse 
Supermods: Singular Strike, Burnout Reactors, Apothiosis 
Wild Mods: Mine Specialist, Polar Inversion 
Skill Trees: 
Mines (Not Minefield) – Build Defining 
Magnitude (Not Charged Shot) – Singular Strike 
Hull Strength – Singular Strike 
Overseer (Not Shielded) – Burnout Reactors 
Candescence Only – Burnout Reactors 
Kinetic Boost Only – Apothiosis 
Strafe (Not Power Reserves) – Apothiosis 
Blast Radius (Not Concentrated) 
Essence Sap 
Velocity (Not Calibrate) 
Core Shielding (Note Rebuke) 
 
 

Shield Break Builds

 
Build Name: Emergency Missles 
Body: Battery 
Shield: Amp 
Weapon: Salvo 
Supermods: Tempest Break, Warp Strike, Rancor, Apothiosis 
Wild Mods: Polar Inversion, Twin Strike 
Skill Trees: 
Kinetic Boost (Not Celestial) – Build Defining 
Shield Cooldown (Not Discharge) – Tempest Break 
Blink (Not Deadly Wake) – Warp Strike/Tempest Break 
Velocity and Snipe – Warp Strike 
Magnitude – Rancor 
Hull Strength – Rancor 
Strafe – Apothiosis 
Essence Sap 
Targetting Only 
Core Shielding (Note Rebuke) 
 
Build Name: Emergency Pulse 
Body: Assault 
Shield: Amp 
Weapon: Pulse 
Supermods: Tempest Break, Singular Strike, Rancor, Apothiosis 
Wild Mods: Polar Inversion 
Skill Trees: 
Kinetic Boost (Not Celestial) – Build Defining 
Shield Cooldown (Not Discharge) – Tempest Break 
Blink (Not Deadly Wake) – Tempest Break 
Magnitude – Singular Strike, Rancor 
Hull Strength – Singular Strike, Rancor 
Strafe – Apothiosis 
Blast Radius (Not Concentrated) 
Essence Sap 
Velocity (Not Calibrate) 
Core Shielding (Note Rebuke) 
 

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