Best gear in Temtem Swarm

As you try each of Temtem: of the swarm deadly challenges, fending off hordes of Tems in the process, you'll be able to acquire a number of different upgrades. Each time your chosen Tem levels up, you can choose from an assortment of techniques and equipment to improve its abilities. While techniques are very valuable and expand your options for attacking the incoming swarm, Gear instead provides passive bonuses that can modify and enhance those techniques or the Tems themselves.

Temtem: Swarm has a wide assortment of gear available at the time of writing, but not all gear is created equal, so this guide will break down some of the more universally useful items you can acquire on a run. Of course, when considering what gear to add to a build, it's important to take into consideration your playstyle and the Tem you're using, as certain gear will prove much more valuable in certain builds and with certain playstyles.

Best Equipment in Temtem: Swarm (Overall)

This section will discuss the best loadout to choose in most circumstances, regardless of your chosen Tem and overall playstyle. These are almost universally applicable when looking to strengthen your build, making them solid choices in most situations:

• Holster: The holster is a simple but powerful piece of equipment that adds an extra projectile to any ranged technique you have. This affects a surprising number of techniques, including many that don't fire a normal projectile (like Houchic's Tentacle Slash, which summons lashing tentacles near enemies). This is almost always a fantastic choice, unless you're avoiding ranged techniques for a reason. or another.
• Volgon scale: The Volgon Scale increases all damage dealt by your Tem, making it one of the simplest and most universally applicable loadouts in the game. This will enhance any damage-dealing technique, so it's always a solid option. It can also stack with element-specific damage boosters like the Third Eye or Motherboard to further increase your damage.
• Sonar: Sonar increases the area of ​​your attacks, meaning projectiles will be larger and the AOE for any AOE effects will increase. This is great for ripping through the swarm and keeping enemies at bay more efficiently, making it a fantastic choice.

• Stimpack: If you're shooting projectiles, Stimpack is great. Increases rate of fire, significantly reducing the delay between shots for any multi-projectile attack. It gets even better if you can reduce the cooldown for that attack too.
• Kismet lens: A good choice if you like critical hits, the Kismet Lens increases your critical strike chance, making critical hits lighter and helping you deal extra damage.
• Resuscitation kit: Sometimes the swarm may get the better of you or overwhelm you and your Tem will be defeated. This is where the revive kit comes in, offering two revives when fully upgraded to help you escape otherwise fatal situations. While it doesn't help you actually fight the swarm, it will at least help you get back into the fight if things go wrong. This is a little less useful in multiplayer as you can be revived by the efforts of your allies.
• Kusanagi: A little more situational than previous options, Kusanagi increases damage against Mino-Bosses and bosses, making him an excellent mid-to-late game choice. This is especially true if you have unlocked extra equipment slots on your chosen Tem, allowing you to activate all your technical synergies while leaving a free slot to pick it up.

While these pieces of equipment are useful in almost any situation, it is important to note that many Tem techniques can be improved if you collect the appropriate equipment. For example, the Tornado technique can be upgraded to Tornado+ if you have the Protein Bar in one of your equipment slots, allowing you to fire multiple tornadoes in a cone and easily wipe out groups of enemies.

Because of this mechanic, it's often worth prioritizing the equipment used in these synergies early on, allowing you to access these powerful techniques more quickly.