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Dune: Awakening
Short Blade Bene Gesserit Build
This Bene Gesserit build uses short blades for high single target burst damage while stacking damage mitigation and health passives. Check out the full guide for skills, loadouts, and playstyle tips!
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| Short Blade Bene Gesserit Build | Bene Gesserit Class Guide |
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This build is made for late-game Hagga Basin. Stay tuned for Deep Desert build updates! |
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List of Contents
Short Blade Bene Gesserit Build Guide
Build Summary
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 Short Blade Bene GesseritUP |
The Bene Gesserit use Prana-Bindu training to slay foes with short blades, combining precise nerve and muscle techniques to enhance both their combat effectiveness and durability. Focus: Assassin, Short Blade, Melee |
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Prana-Bindu Strikes Prana-Bindu Strikes You tap into your training to deliver a rapid series of powerful, painful strikes to enemies. This attack leaves them temporarily staggered.
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Knee Charge Knee Charge You propel yourself forward into battle with a terrific knee charge into the enemy. Deals damage and severely staggers your opponent but costs stamina.
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Foil Foil You enter a heightened state of awareness and when next attacked in melee, you parry and counterattack with a precise strike that damages their arm and numbs them. For a short period of time, their damage output is reduced.
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| Techniques | ||
Reckless Lunge Reckless Lunge Lunging at an enemy will often provide them with an easy opening to attack, but you have learned to turn a lunge into an advantage. Sprint attacks provide bonus damage mitigation for a short while after a lunge.
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Dance of Blades Dance of Blades Defeating an enemy with a blade empowers your next attack with the blade for a brief period. The skilled swordmaster dances between opponents, keeping their damage high.
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Prana-Bindu Stability Prana-Bindu Stability Through a combined focus of your nerves and muscles, you are able to resist being staggered by reducing all incoming poise damage.
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 Highly durable thanks to passive abilities Strong against shielded enemies Very Strong in Melee Range Relies on melee attacks Relatively low mobility |
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This Bene Gesserit build focuses on bonus damage passives from short blades to swiftly eliminate enemies, while using Body Control techniques to enhance durability for relentless close-quarters combat.
| Date | Changes |
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| 06/06/25 | ・Build Created |
| 06/14/25 | ・Added Mendek's Rattle ・Replaced Shock-sword with Moisture Sealer ・Replaced Legion Tattoo with Piter's Disruptor ・Added Stim-Leggings ・Replaced Slaver Scout Set with Syndicate Set |
Best Skills
| Class | Skill Trees |
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| Bene Gesserit |
Skill Tree:
Weirding Way
Bindu Sprint Bindu Sprint You override your nervous system and musculature with an immense surge of activity, allowing you to run forward at an incredible speed.
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Manipulate Instability Manipulate Instability Once an enemy is stunned, staggered, or knocked back, you strike in vulnerable nerve endings to cause more damage.
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Blade Damage (Bene Gesserit) Blade Damage (Bene Gesserit) You know exactly where and how to strike with a blade to cause additional damage.
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Short Blade Damage Short Blade Damage You've been trained in the use of concealed blades such as daggers and slip-tips. You know precisely where to place these blades for maximum damage.
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Prana-Bindu Strikes Prana-Bindu Strikes You tap into your training to deliver a rapid series of powerful, painful strikes to enemies. This attack leaves them temporarily staggered.
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Bindu Dodge Bindu Dodge When enough spice permeates your bloodstream, you become able to combine your prana-bindu training with your limited ability to see the future. After a successful parry, dart and blade attacks pass through you.
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Skill Tree:
The Voice
Compel Compel You use the Voice to force a target to your position from afar.
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Skill Tree:
Body Control
Recovery Recovery You are able to heal your body more effectively after suffering catastrophic injury - regenerating your health to a higher threshold than normal.
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Trauma Recovery Trauma Recovery You can use your own body to effectively heal catastrophic damage - improving both the rate at which healing occurs and the amount.
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Vitality Vitality Through careful tuning of your internal enzyme balance and musculature,you can increase your overall health.
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Prana-Bindu Stability Prana-Bindu Stability Through a combined focus of your nerves and muscles, you are able to resist being staggered by reducing all incoming poise damage.
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| Swordmaster |
Skill Tree:
The Blade
Knee Charge Knee Charge You propel yourself forward into battle with a terrific knee charge into the enemy. Deals damage and severely staggers your opponent but costs stamina.
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Field Medicine Field Medicine You recover more health immediately when using healkits due to your excellent conditioning.
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Disciplined Breathing Disciplined Breathing When you focus on your technique and breathing, you can recuperate your stamina reserves more quickly.
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General Conditioning General Conditioning Your extensive physical training has increased your maximum stamina.
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Skill Tree:
The Will
Deflection Deflection You enter a defensive stance, deflecting darts that are fired at you. This ability lasts as long as your stamina holds out.
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Bleed Tolerance Bleed Tolerance You have become harder to bleed due to a combination of training and resistance. Bleeding status takes a longer time to build on you.
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Reckless Lunge Reckless Lunge Lunging at an enemy will often provide them with an easy opening to attack, but you have learned to turn a lunge into an advantage. Sprint attacks provide bonus damage mitigation for a short while after a lunge.
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Solid Stance Solid Stance As your training increases, you have learned to avoid being knocked around by enemy attacks. You can take more poise damage before being staggered.
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Confidence Confidence Every time you attempt a difficult attack like a sprint attack or a slow blade, you gain increased confidence, which reflects as damage mitigation.
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Skill Tree:
The Way
Blade Damage (Swordmaster) Blade Damage (Swordmaster) You've learned the difference between a cut and a slice, a point and an edge. You do more damage with bladed weapons.
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Dance of Blades Dance of Blades Defeating an enemy with a blade empowers your next attack with the blade for a brief period. The skilled swordmaster dances between opponents, keeping their damage high.
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Long Blade Damage Long Blade Damage You training with long blades such as swords and rapiers gives you increased damage with those weapons.
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Foil Foil You enter a heightened state of awareness and when next attacked in melee, you parry and counterattack with a precise strike that damages their arm and numbs them. For a short period of time, their damage output is reduced.
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| Tactical Tech |
Skill Tree:
Scientist
Shigawire Claw Shigawire Claw You use a wrist-mounted launcher to fire off a claw attached to a cable of shigawire. The extreme tensile strength of shigawire launches you in the direction of the cable. It can also be used to stagger opponents during combat.
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Skill Tree:
Gunnery
Ranged Damage (Trooper) Ranged Damage (Trooper) Your time spent practicing your aim leads to bonus damage using all ranged weapons.
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Disruptor Damage Disruptor Damage Using steady hands you are able to guide the disruptor's rapid fire darts more effectively to their target, thus increasing your damage.
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For this build, you will invest your skill points in the Weirding Way skill tree to gain bonus damage when using short blades. Then, unlock Knee Charge from The Way skill tree in the Swordmaster class as your primary gap closing ability.
Lastly, since this class relies heavily on melee combat with short blades, you will also invest in passive skills from Body Control to boost your survivability, and in The Blade skill tree for improved close quarters combat.
Best Weapons
| Type | Weapons |
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| Guns |  Piter’s Disruptor Piter’s Disruptor Damage: 46.5 per shot
Rate of Fire: 461 RPM Clip Size: 52 Effective Range: 10m Accuracy: 0.43 Stability: 0.6  Mendek’s Rattle Mendek’s Rattle Damage: 39.5 per shot
Rate of Fire: 193 RPM Clip Size: 30 Effective Range: 50m Accuracy: 0.40 Stability: 0.7 |
| Melee |
Moisture Sealer Moisture Sealer Damage:
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For your main weapon, use Moisture Sealer to fully take advantage of the passive bonuses from the Weirding Way and The Blade skill trees. As a secondary, bring a Mendek's Rattle to handle enemies at range and use a Piter's Disruptor to deal with shielded enemies when melee combat is not an option.
For early-game, you can consider using the Shock-sword and the Legion Tattoo until can access end-game materials.
Best Armor and Tools
| Type | Equipment |
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| Head |  Syndicate Helmet Syndicate Helmet Armor Value: 157
Heat Protection: 0.6 |
| Chest |  Syndicate Chestplate Syndicate Chestplate Armor Value: 236
Heat Protection: 0.6 |
| Arms |  Syndicate Gauntlets Syndicate Gauntlets Armor Value: 236
Heat Protection: 0.6 |
| Pants |  Syndicate Pants Syndicate Pants Armor Value:
Heat Protection: |
| Feet |  Syndicate Boots Syndicate Boots Armor Value: 118
Heat Protection: 0.6 |
| Shield |  Holtzman Shield Mk5 Holtzman Shield Mk5 Old Imperial origin. Deflects projectiles when active. Melee circumvents shields. Deflections drain shield energy. Activate by holding the shield input for a bit. Can be recharged with a power pack.
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| Belt | The Emperor’s Wings Mk5 |
You will equip the Syndicate Set paired Stim-Leggings for dash stamina reduction, which is ideal for melee combat and parrying. Since you will be using a short blade, it is important to stack as much armor as possible to maximize your survivability.
If you are still in the early-game and do not have access to end-game materials, you can use the Slaver Scout Set or the Slaver Stillsuit until you are able to progress further.
How to Play Short Blade Bene Gesserit
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Use Different Abilities for Exploration
If you are focusing on exploration rather than combat, consider replacing your skills with Bindu Sprint and Shigawire Claw. These abilities are especially useful for traversing the desert or climbing to high areas.
Close the Gap with Knee Charge
Knee Charge allows you to sprint and lunge toward enemies quickly, making it your primary gap-closing ability. Use it to engage targets and strike with your short blades before they have a chance to react.
Practice Parrying
Because you will be fighting at close range with short blades, mastering parrying is a must as it gives you a window to attack the enemy. This also allows you to take advantage of Bindu Dodge and Manipulate Instability.
Stagger Enemies for Quick Kills
When engaging a large group of enemies, start by using Knee Charge to quickly close the distance. This will give you a brief window to eliminate a target. Then, activate Prescient to trigger the effects of Bindu Dodge and focus on parrying enemies for quick kills.
- Use Knee Charge to quickly close the distance.
- Pick off an enemy and use Prana-Bindu Strikes to stagger another.
- Activate Prescient to trigger the effects of Bindu Dodge.
- Focus on parrying while eliminating enemies one by one with your short blades as they stagger.
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Anonymous 6 months
Anonymous 6 monthsPerhaps you should invest in short blade damage instead of long blade damage?
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Short Blade Bene Gesserit Build
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Absolute BS. How could ever say a Iron weapon is the best weapon. Might be a rushed guide to trick people into shit they shouldn't do. Play the game for 100+h and then start making guides instead of writing BS like that.