Eredrim the Venerable

Abilities: Shoulder Bash, Ethereal Diapason
Passive: Executioner
Skill nodes: 12
Found in: Citadel of Penance, Fainweald

Eredrim the Venerable is one of nine Shells in Mortal Shell 2 — the body the Harbinger occupies, and the one slot a weapon cannot make up for. Its active is Shoulder Bash and Ethereal Diapason. Its passive, Executioner, runs for free. The skill tree holds twelve nodes across four tiers, opened by spending Glimpses at the Shellkeeper. You claim it in Citadel of Penance, Fainweald.

“Peace has a price.”

Abilities

ActiveShoulder Bash — Eredrim lunges with his shoulder, slamming into enemies and dealing Break Damage.

ActiveEthereal Diapason — Eredrim smashes his Diapason to create a blinding shockwave that deals Break Damage to all enemies in range.

PassiveExecutioner — Eredrim executes enemies on low health and gains Slaughterer stacks by performing a Riposte. Stacks are lost upon resting or being severed.

Our take

Both of Eredrim's actives deal Break damage and his passive pays out on Riposte, so the whole Shell is one loop: break something, riposte it, bank Slaughterer stacks, spend them before you rest. Stacks are lost on resting or being severed, which is the catch — this is a Shell that punishes retreating to a beacon, and rewards clearing a stretch in one run.

Skill tree

Spend Glimpses at the Shellkeeper to raise this Shell's bond and open the next tier. Every node takes several levels of its own, so the tree is a question of what to finish rather than what to reach — and the last level of a node is usually where its effect changes rather than merely grows.

Tier 1

Alacrity

Each level reduces the Resolve cost of Eredrim's abilities

1Shoulder Bash charges 20% faster
2-20% Shoulder Bash Resolve cost
3After killing an enemy with a Riposte, Eredrim's abilities cost No Resolve for 8 sec.

Massacre

Each level improves Executioner

1A Riposte grants 2 Slaughterer stacks
2A Riposte grants 3 Slaughterer stacks
3Killing an enemy with a Riposte grants 10 Slaughterer stacks.

Apathy

Each level grants a new effect against Frost

1Eredrim has 50% Frost mitigation
2Eredrim has Frost immunity
3Eredrim deals 20% damage to Frozen enemies

Tier 2

Anguish

Each level improves Shoulder Bash

1Shoulder Bash deals 150% damage
2Shoulder Bash inflicts 10 Weak stacks
3Shoulder Bash deals massive Stagger Damage

Tank

Slaughterer stacks also provide damage reduction

10.15% damage reduction per stack
20.18% damage reduction per stack
30.2% damage reduction per stack

Consecration

When Eredrim uses Mether's Pulse:

1Eredrim restores 15 Resolve
2Eredrim restores 15 Resolve
3Eredrim has 40% chance to fully restore Resolve

Tier 3

Radiance

Each level improves Ethereal Diapason

1Ethereal Diapason deals 30 damage, 50 Break Damage to all enemies in range
2Ethereal Diapason deals 50 damage, 60 Break Damage to all enemies in range
3Ethereal Diapason inflicts 10 Fragile stacks to all enemies in range
4Ethereal Diapason has 200% the range

Carnage

Each level improves Executioner

1Executed enemies rupture in a violent burst, spraying blood that deals 50 splash damage
2Executed enemies rupture in a violent burst, spraying blood that deals 70 splash damage
3Executed enemies rupture in a violent burst, spraying blood that deals 100 splash damage

Resonance

Enemies broken by the Ethereal Diapason:

1Suffer from 5 Stasis stacks that last for 6s
2Suffer from 10 Stasis stacks that last for 8s
3Suffer from 18 Stasis stacks that last for 10s

Tier 4

Oppression

Each level improves Shoulder Bash

1Shoulder Bash deals 110% Break Damage
2Shoulder Bash deals 120% Break Damage
3Shoulder Bash releases a frontal shockwave that inflicts 10 Trauma stacks but costs 20 more Resolve