Read the RAM loop first
Critical hits and applying statuses fill RAM. A fuller bar increases gun damage; when full, a melee attack becomes empowered and spends the bar. RAM falls when it has not been gained recently. Your first choice is whether to keep shooting with the filled-bar bonus or spend it on the empowered melee attack.
Three Action Skills, three different tasks
- Malignant Construct / Manifestation: summons Wyrm. A Function orders a teleporting area attack; its Executable orders a breath attack. Summoning and Wyrm kills help build decaying Symbiosis stacks.
- Visual Paradox Nexus / Hack / Slash: increases movement and critical damage. Kills during the skill create brief Stealth and a Clone; the Function performs a Radiation Kusarigama slash. It is not simply “permanent invisibility on activation.”
- Plague Star / Virology: throws a Corrosive shuriken that applies Contagion. Infected enemies dying can pass Contagion onward; its Executable detonates and consumes the infections.
The official Loveless page supplies the full effect descriptions, including Functions and Executables. Keep the three systems separate when choosing gear: RAM is her trait, Symbiosis supports relevant skills, and a particular Action Skill has its own activation loop.
A 25-point Manifestation example
Use this as a transparent starting allocation to inspect the first Wyrm branch, not a claim of the strongest endgame build. Spend the ranks in this order:
- Corrupted Path: 5 points.
- IDDQD: 5 points.
- Pure Fusion: 5 points.
- Storage Upgrade: 5 points.
- Power Overwhelming: 5 points.
Equip Malignant Construct, Hard Crash and the branch-one Capstone barrag.exe. The 15 common points open the branch; the 10 branch points unlock its final row. The Augment and Capstone are equipped choices with no extra point cost. Open the exact allocation in the planner.
What to compare before spending the rest
- Use one repeatable encounter and watch when RAM fills or decays.
- Compare maintaining the gun bonus to deliberately spending a full bar on melee.
- On the Wyrm route, check whether Symbiosis stays available during the part of the fight where you need it.
- Read actual class-mod bonus ranks and equipped item effects before committing remaining points. Extra ranks from gear are not base allocations in this planner.
For another style, return to the six-hunter tree comparison or use the planner to inspect Hack / Slash and Virology. Keep your equipped item effects alongside the allocation when comparing results.
How to get Loveless and access Story Pack 2
The official September announcement lists Loveless as a $9.99 USD standalone character part, included in the Vault Hunter Pack and Super Deluxe content. The story portion, FL4K and the Last Resort, is separately listed at $19.99 USD. Story access is recommended at level 13+, requires A Lot to Process, and starts at a distress beacon near The Bones of Sanctuary in Terminus Range. Finishing the entire campaign is not the prerequisite for that story entrance.
See the official pricing and ownership announcement and Version 1.10 notes. Check your owned platform entitlements before purchasing; the older Story Pack 1/Bounty Pack 2 console redownload notice should not be confused with a new requirement to buy Story Pack 2 twice.
Current cosmetic note
The September 17 official notes made previously unlocked Vault Hunter heads and skins available for Loveless with Shared Progression enabled. That is an in-game availability change, not a code that grants every cosmetic. SHiFT listings are a separate redemption route.
Sources checked October 18, 2026. The example allocation is rule-validated, while combat performance and your item rolls still require testing in your own game.