diff --git a/app/modules/analyzer/useAnalyzeBuild.ts b/app/modules/analyzer/useAnalyzeBuild.ts
index e53a23436..f7df8fc21 100644
--- a/app/modules/analyzer/useAnalyzeBuild.ts
+++ b/app/modules/analyzer/useAnalyzeBuild.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
+import { useSearchParams } from "@remix-run/react";
 import * as React from "react";
+import { EMPTY_BUILD } from "~/constants";
 import {
   type BuildAbilitiesTupleWithUnknown,
   type MainWeaponId,
   mainWeaponIds,
+  abilities,
 } from "../in-game-lists";
+import { AbilityType, AbilityWithUnknown } from "../in-game-lists/types";
 import { buildStats } from "./stats";
 
+const UNKNOWN_SHORT = "U";
+
 export function useAnalyzeBuild() {
-  const [build, setBuild] = React.useState<BuildAbilitiesTupleWithUnknown>([
-    ["UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN"],
-    ["UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN"],
-    ["UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN"],
-  ]);
-  const [mainWeaponId, setMainWeaponId] = React.useState<MainWeaponId>(
-    mainWeaponIds[0]
-  );
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+
+  const mainWeaponId = validatedWeaponIdFromSearchParams(searchParams);
+  const build = validatedBuildFromSearchParams(searchParams);
+
+  const setMainWeaponId = (weaponId: MainWeaponId) =>
+    setSearchParams({ weapon: String(weaponId), build: serializeBuild(build) });
+  const setBuild = (newBuild: BuildAbilitiesTupleWithUnknown) =>
+    setSearchParams({
+      build: serializeBuild(newBuild),
+      weapon: String(mainWeaponId),
+    });
 
   const analyzed = React.useMemo(
     () => buildStats({ build, weaponSplId: mainWeaponId }),
@@ -29,3 +39,74 @@ export function useAnalyzeBuild() {
     analyzed,
   };
 }
+
+function serializeBuild(build: BuildAbilitiesTupleWithUnknown) {
+  return build
+    .flat()
+    .map((ability) => (ability === "UNKNOWN" ? UNKNOWN_SHORT : ability))
+    .join(",");
+}
+
+function validatedWeaponIdFromSearchParams(
+  searchParams: URLSearchParams
+): MainWeaponId {
+  const weaponId = searchParams.get("weapon")
+    ? Number(searchParams.get("weapon"))
+    : null;
+
+  if (mainWeaponIds.includes(weaponId as any)) {
+    return weaponId as MainWeaponId;
+  }
+
+  return mainWeaponIds[0];
+}
+
+function validatedBuildFromSearchParams(
+  searchParams: URLSearchParams
+): BuildAbilitiesTupleWithUnknown {
+  const abilitiesArr = searchParams.get("build")
+    ? searchParams.get("build")?.split(",")
+    : null;
+
+  if (!abilitiesArr) return EMPTY_BUILD;
+
+  try {
+    return [
+      [
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE", "HEAD_MAIN_ONLY"], abilitiesArr[0]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[1]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[2]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[3]),
+      ],
+      [
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE", "CLOTHES_MAIN_ONLY"], abilitiesArr[4]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[5]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[6]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[7]),
+      ],
+      [
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE", "SHOES_MAIN_ONLY"], abilitiesArr[8]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[9]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[10]),
+        validateAbility(["STACKABLE"], abilitiesArr[11]),
+      ],
+    ];
+  } catch (err) {
+    return EMPTY_BUILD;
+  }
+}
+
+function validateAbility(
+  legalTypes: Array<AbilityType>,
+  ability?: string
+): AbilityWithUnknown {
+  if (!ability) throw new Error("Ability missing");
+  if (ability === UNKNOWN_SHORT) return "UNKNOWN";
+
+  const abilityObj = abilities.find(
+    (a) => a.name === ability && legalTypes.includes(a.type)
+  );
+  if (abilityObj) return abilityObj.name;
+
+  throw new Error("Invalid ability");
+}