How Lavos Alchemized Warframe

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The Alchemist Lavos, guided by his snakes creates devastating potions of elemental power! Today we explore the lore and history of Lavos in Warframe, maybe this alchemist has something up his sleeve, and maybe he has something interesting... to offer.
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NOTE: Sections of this video were inspired by Triburos' Lavos video from a few years ago, I have no intentions of infringement.
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0:00 - 0:48 UmbraGuides
0:48 - 1:25 Alchemist Frame
1:25 - 4:49 Previews
4:49 - 8:23 Lore
8:23 - 10:52 Release
10:52 - 14:29 2021 Buffs & Updates
14:29 - 21:14 - Passive & Abilities
21:14 - 25:19 Cedo & Synergies
25:19 -27:10 Mecha Lavos
27:10 - 27:41 Conclusion
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Spark The Electric Jester 3 - Terminal Village Doublemoon Villa
Undine Soundworks - James Landino (Neon Lobby)
SFIII 3rd Strike - Ibuki Twilight
Koaster - Future Flashback
Otis McDonald - What We Do Here Is Go Back
Garrett Williamson - Alley Skies
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VA11-HALL-A - Welcome to VA11-HALL-A
VA11-HALL-A - Who Was I?
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NOTICE
This video is NOT about any endgame or high endurance and level cap strategies. I base my review and points off of how the frame performs in the GENERAL META and 90% of the game throughout the years.
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[@NovaUmbral]

My 2nd channel :) www.youtube.com/@UmbraGuide EDIT: Mecha set can't be used on charger, I forgot to double check in game, apologies. EDIT 2: Very minor but the time was flipped, its 12/15 not 15/12 for mecha set.

[@Anthony-cx4iy]

Umbra ily but i can't defend the way you say lavos😂

[@nasirjohnson2796]

What skin is that you are using for the cedo? How did you name it the glaive launcher

[@andrascsikos6803]

wonderful idea... gointg to subscribre there too

[@NovaUmbral]

@@nasirjohnson2796 its the Zobov Skin (Unavailable Now) and you can rename GUNS from Zude on Fortuna)

[@nasirjohnson2796]

ty so sad though that its unavaliable it looks so good @@NovaUmbral

[@Yggdraseed]

Snakes are associated with real world alchemy, too. Their ability to shed their skin has been taken as a symbol of transformation and renewal in a lot of different cultures, as is the way their venom can be used to create antitoxin. And you can look at the serpent wrapped around the staff of Asclepius or the cobra headdress that symbolized a pharaoh's divinity in ancient Egypt to see other mystical or medicinal connotations. Not to mention the symbolism of the ourobouros, the snake that devours its own tail. Honestly, snakes would be my first pick for an animal to represent alchemy.

[@Zeppathy]

Snakes, toads, and spiders always seemed to be connected to Alchemy in my brain. So it seemed a natural fit to me.

[@bleeem]

@@Zeppathy They all either shed or create a substance so kinda like natural alchemists

[@projetoprojetado]

As a Lavos main, i had a lot of fun watching the video, and even learned some things i hadn't realised yet. Overall a very nice job, Nova! Truly, most people just dismiss Lavos and doesn't know his potential as a dmg frame. Now that being said, i think it's time to build some aditional copies of him. This gave me some fun build ideas.

[@likafoss]

But loadout slots are a thing

[@noahlewis7792]

As the one of the 4 lavos mains, I agree

[@upperdecker9992]

​@@noahlewis77925 Lavos mains!

[@Jaqoum_The_Wizard_King]

How’s it feel to have one of the highest armour values in the game?

[@Jdemonify]

not lavos main but lavos user. i just love lavos and how crasy uncapped damage he has.

[@gebcrafter]

Lavos is an extremely close second to me as a 'main' its just so insane how much survivability and AOE you can get. While its not a huge area, the heat procs at the hundreds of thousands are all I need to see. The ability to enable ammo-dependent weapons is just icing on the cake

[@gamingbean6440]

I've always loved how Lavos plays. He's so much fun when you get that rotation figured out. Especially with the alt fire of Cedo mixed in. Just an absolute monster. I do wish he'd get some more skins though. Either official or tennogen. (actually I could say that thing about skins for a lot of frames that I really like.)

[@appleonshoe845]

the one tennogen he does have though is fucking sick, honestly one of the best from an aesthetic point of view imo

[@Jw12077]

@@appleonshoe845 bird man is terrible

[@isaiahtubbs3440]

That lavos pronunciation tho.

[@Humuhumunukunukuapaa]

La(lava)vo(vote)s(soft)

[@BZUltimix]

Lavos is one of the best new frames to be released (Mid 2022). I do love his kit & even more so with his signature weapon, I just wish Chroma got the same love...

[@ReviewersGuildArSR]

I'm REALLY hoping that Chroma gets some Pablo love, cause he needs it.

[@RBRSC]

The learning curves not that rough, I remember a dude picked him in the Steel Circuit once, said in chat he'd never used him, and by the end of 10 rounds was dominating lol. (And all I really told him was just to infuse Viral on every ability, then he one upped me by tipping me off that you could just hold the two elements to combine at once rather then doing one the other, tmyk, lol) His tankiness really shouldn't be undersold either. He won't hit the hyperbolic amounts of doublestack or triple stacking DR gates, but he can just chill in Archon Hunts or SP Kuva fortress or Copernicus pretty easily with an Arcane Grace and Adapation. With an occasional top off from his 1. Absolutely not caring about Energy also gives him a second arcane slot (which would usually be tapped for Energize or Steadfast) and he can pick up more silly damage from Madurai or go melee with Naramon. (You could argue Unairu for defense strip, but his ability to just dump status basically makes that unneeded unless you're facing status immune enemies (like the Plague Star Hemocyte) (I wouldn't really go for Arcane Blessing though, as Lavos only improves orbs, he doesn't make them. Though you can run with a companion to try and cover it) The Leverian does have odd contradictions in its lore though, such as Lavos being given his matter-rearranging power AFTER already being a Warframe. Outside of lore Reworks aside thats generally not how it works, and replications of the Warframe would be absent that additional power. With a hefty dose of unreliable narrator involved, it'd follow a more likely path that Lavos is Yavi and was converted into a Warframe, but the residual presence was able to affect his presentation. And the rest is just distorted myth.

[@NovaUmbral]

I mainly picked blessing for more health (I was running mecha pulse alongside the full set) so I figured it be alright to slap on 2k+ health with over 1000% armor

[@Still_not_saying]

Javi’s name is spelled with a J

[@nea4266]

Great thing, was just about to get to know Lavos. Really great video as always!

[@coneuman]

Really been loving lavos since I got him a few weeks ago. Haven’t put in the heaviest investment just yet, but man is he fun and pretty comfy in higher level stuff, and a go-to pick when I do sp survival farms and such and feel like playing a caster. Great overview of him, A frame I’ve really been loving learning about, the fella really does feel unique

[@Adex767]

Lavos plus Viral Tempest in place of cold element…chefs kiss. Thematically fitting too imo (I consider Lavos the War Crimes frame)

[@LunarRoses]

This was the first frame I used a Umbral Forma on. He's got a really fun learning curve and I enjoy how he feels like a "traditional" MMO character in terms of managing cooldowns and damage that he can put it out and his rotations for throwing abilities. Easily one of my top 3 frames in game super great job

[@ivbenjaminart1030]

As a LoL and FFXIV player (where rotation's and skill management matters) Lavos really clicked for me and immediately became my main. I couldnt understand why he wasnt used as much as other frames despite being very strong and after seeing this video now I understand why haha. Great work! This actually helped me become a better Lavos player

[@berkealabaz5675]

i just picked up Lavos and i really loved this vid! It really could help people who want to learn this frame

[@Thatonerandommmboi]

This video convinced me to try the lavos I had sitting in the inventory for a while. Solo steel path with lavos is definitely a ton of fun. Great Video!

[@xnbk-yotiex5247]

Awesome video. Ty for your hard work to make this video

[@Xedlord]

Gotta be my favorite frame in the game, makes me wish there were more like him.

[@CandysChannel]

Isn’t chroma sort of like him? I’m a newbie so I could be wrong lol

[@atlopes1611]

​@@CandysChannelImma be real, chroma is just not there. You're better off using chroma as a credit farmer

[@aetherian7376]

I finally picked up lavos a couple days ago and honestly he's quickly becoming one of my all time favorites, only really beaten out by gauss

[@miguelcabreracastro6968]

Was a Lavos main back when it was new, but i usually roll mains when i got a new nice build going... love this frame so much...

[@indecisivecountdooku1340]

Lavos is able to mass-produce universal ammo... Which means he can use archguns forever, very fun.

[@noahedenborg4221]

They don't lower timer tho

[@MrHamNuggget]

I know I’m a bit late to say this but I loved this! Also I am floored to hear somebody using the Va-11-halla music in a video!

[@AnymMusic]

even without the Leverian, snakes have always made sense to me in context of an alchemist. Like far away in the woods an alchemist sits surrounded by nature. Having serpents seemed logical

[@justa_gigi]

Oooh, a new video from the new channel I’m binging 👀

[@RickySama240]

Always love watching these Warframe history videos! Would like to see Ivara get her own some day. 😉😊

[@zachariemoe8074]

Dude, you sound like booko from adventure times enchiridion lol. Love it awesome content.

[@asilverturtle7056]

Been waiting on this one for a while

[@night_san03]

Lah-vose

[@TURBOMIKEIFY]

Oh perfect! A video that will explain how this damn Warframe works! I bought him with plat (not even the bundle), leveled him, read his abilities and passives, leveled him some more, then got Xaku with the rest of my plat. Only use him whenever I wanna bring out a frame I seldom use. Think I’m gonna play Trinity before bed.

[@Rylatar]

Mecha Lavos is my second most fave Mecha build (first being Hildryn, third being Citrine). Really fun to play, though tiresome due to imbues. Hoping for some QoL in this regard. And I'm glad to see to not be the only one preferring to run without negative efficiency :>

[@WaWestie]

Best QoL they could give him would be a vial in his arsenal akin to the mandachord, in which you pre-allocate elements to abilities in a way you'd normally use them, or set them up in different ways to swap between configs for each faction. Forgo the clunkiness in missions.

[@Rylatar]

@@WaWestie oh yeah that sounds good. I think this is pretty much the reason why many people don’t give him a shot.

[@Vi74LiTy]

The Lay-vos was killin me. Dont most people say Lah-vos

[@Still_not_saying]

Because his name really is pronounced “Lah-vos”. This guy just outright says it wrong

[@ValanxWF]

You could just, you know, not care about the way he says it.

[@Giffsen]

​@RealCorruptedVor you could not care about his comment but yet you commented too so 🤷‍♂️

[@Still_not_saying]

@@Giffsen, I was going to say the same thing earlier, but it didn’t link it. Thank you for coming to my aid

[@Giffsen]

@@Still_not_saying Don't mention it, im just being honest. I learned English by myself so I often have to self policy when it comes to names like this so I don't end up saying it wrong too, so there's that

[@shehan09]

After watching your video, really want to try playing Lavos again

[@Mesa-tr7kc]

Lavos will always have a space in my heart, he was the one that got me into steel path

[@arsenetelosnookami]

First Glad to see you’re talking about Lavos, I really enjoy his gimmick and think he’s just cool to look at

[@jitters_xp]

I'd love to see a gara or titania video some day :3

[@15ShadowDude]

I got Lavos just a couple days ago and it feels like I'm playing a whole new game - the power of the status system, using his abilities in different sequences, the skill ceiling - it's been a blast!

[@zer0rama572]

Here's a tip change your powers to invert in the option that way all you have to do is tap to pick your elements and hold to use your powers, it's actually faster to use.

[@ValanxWF]

You can hold two buttons at the same time.

[@Fiendir]

I came here to suggest exactly this. It should honestly be like this by default, it's so much faster and feels a lot better.

[@duwanglover3424]

Lavos is honestly my favorite Frame, I cant wait for him to see more cosmetics for him

[@rodrodrodrodrod]

Can’t wait for when you cover citrine, I can already imagine the title 😂

[@mark0183]

The sparkled gemussy

[@smilinglemon6291]

Time to inhale those Lavos gasses

[@Avabees]

love the music

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

Probably a hot take, but my favorite part of your videos are the lore bits.

[@Arcanidge]

Just started a Lavos cedo combo. My companion is a helios with glaive on deconstruct using contagious bond and the bond for armor strip. Works wonders on SP

[@George_M_]

Lavos is one of those "requires setup" frames like Atlas that will always be a step behind true sweepers like Mesa etc.

[@BobaSoda_]

Another good subsume to use on Lavos is Tempest Barrage w/ the Viral Tempest augment, something illegal can be done there

[@littlechicken8485]

Just puted him on craft yesterday and that video comes out, what a coincidence

[@joshuathomasverghese1341]

Homie, i jumped on the second channel once i logged on saw it said Umbral

[@namechanged3044]

Lavos needs more love a prime or even a deluxe, i feel like DE just forgot about the boi

[@adamradford8053]

Id never looked at lavos before... this might just get me to go get him

[@Yewrenegade]

Ohhhh boy I really love to use Lavos a lot on railjack and other small missions, wish I only need to understand him more becaus I inow cooldowns are a thing for him, its just its really annoying to get the specific element

[@alexgrimm8964]

This melted my brain.

[@SpyroX.I]

I never learned how to manage the cooldowns and what elements to use on what abilities and also how to do it all fast , since uou have to hold the buttons. I just gave up on that, which is kind of a shame coz i do like the theme. Also, great fashion you got there. I had trouble colouring him.

[@CandysChannel]

Can’t you invert the buttons?

[@WahyuHidayat-ct5cq]

Put a huras kubrow on him and he goes invis a long time, if invis break rolling guard/vazarin dash. I like to put sickening pulse on him and his 4 as gas and make the whole tileset goes stinky

[@kaywilk836]

Ma boi finally gets some love

[@somesaykosm5155]

I absolutely love Lavos, ive always loved alchemy so when he was revealed i was hyped. Also using him to just hit the dmg ceiling is so entertaining. But could someone please tell how u where able to get that gorgeous galaxy slosh in your helmet pleaaase??

[@deatheater3331]

FINALLY, LAVOS CONTENT. OH HOW WE MAINS HAVE WAITED

[@NuclearBumpkin]

Ah Gamble, he's great.

[@BespinGuard1]

I see Chroma as the dragon that brought humans fire and Lavos the one to create jet engines

[@ITSTHATBOI369]

I stopped playing Warframe about 3yrs ago because i got a pc and dont wanna restart so im waiting for cross progress but when i did play Lavos was like in my top 3 frames. having a rotation is different from most frames and made him feel more like a MMORPG character

[@jairokasso9351]

yo Umbra, i feel this vidd should be titled: how lavos transmutated warframe. i need cedo rq for ma mecha lavos

[@littltheyjack]

Keep mind that snakes are also symbolic of alchemy itself.

[@thevermillionjacket7225]

Now does Catalyze’s dmg boost work with: Slash, Impact, etc. to give it more damage so would Glaive prime or other physical proc weapons?

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

Lavos is one of the most underrated Warframes in the game. Also, 25:20 Chef's kiss

[@DanDanStonk]

Love the va11hallA music haha

[@EXODIA_MOTP]

Damn. Only wish we got a build guide

[@NovaUmbral]

Main reason I don't showcase builds is simply because people will start to skip to the timestamp a build is shown, its happened to other creators where they explain a frame and then show the build and talk about how it works, but people will click off the video after getting their build but then start complaining why the build isn't working as intended, even though said creator explain it clearly in the video. Plus it adds on unnecessary screen time on the vids as they are quite long anyways, if you do want my specific builds you can join my discord channel where I post them

[@iamhugry]

Lavos was so hyped and now is kinda forgotten

[@stardust-rebel]

The Kengineer would be so pleased with this one. 🔧☕

[@user-pp2vd8xw9l]

I am just waiting for the lavos and cedo prime, i already have my riven

[@charlesschuppin7569]

You should do your fashion frames on your second channel

[@Luzaku_kiss]

Let him cook. -Lavos

[@VultureXV]

Lavos juat fit me. I always enjoyed status builds before because I am the type of player that enjoys debuffing. It used to be a primary archetype under DPS closed to Support back in the experimental days of MMOs. In some games, like GW2, status debuffing (or conditon dps) is actually a legitimate way to play the game. I have always preferred to weaken everything and as Lavos i have access to it all which makes me extra happy. I can freeze, confuse, poison, DOT, stagger, disarm, weaken, and armor strip. I just wish he had more visible useage of his snakes and tools. Also fits perfectly well with my Vazarin focus as I not only support through destabilizing the enemy, but also with healing and i think i have a weapon or two that can remove status procs (or an aura) just for extra help. I honestly run a maximizes range build the most (while doing what i can to assure duration os over 100%). Pressing 4 basically means everything and anything now has two heat procs from archon vitality. Archon continuity is also p hilarious.

[@sarbe6625]

I unironically run Enemy Radar as an aura on Lavos purely because the situational awareness actually helps me better position for my abilities, which speeds up my rotation and boosts my damage output. And I can't think of any other frame where this matter that much, and I love it.

[@jockc0ck]

Spicier title "How lavos pissed on warframe

[@ecbrd8478]

am i in like a time loop here or did you explain all his abilities two separate times

[@KhristianM.]

My new main right behind frost

[@epicmanepicmani7106]

The whole snake thing also probably stems from the fact that snakes are also a symbol of healing in ancient Greece and even to this day it is depicted in most pharmacies, tied to Asclepius the god of medicine, the snakes venom combined with other ingredients produces an antidote which also makes them tied to the whole healing of lavos in his lore

[@ChaoticTempleKnight]

I can just imagine someone going _"oh my God! Why does Lavos have snakes? He's not a serpent, iT mAKeS nO SEnSE. THerE tHeRe JuST tO lOoK cOOl..."_ the thing is that serpents are very relevant in Alchemy, the ouroboros being one of the more noteworthy symbols. The caduceus is another. Yes, I do study Alchemy. Lavos being an Alchemist is really cool.

[@redmdlee]

kinda a bit sad that this was missed while researching for this script

[@xuanhiepluong4798]

Lavos , a man of element Citrine, put down a crystal, let sentinel shooting and enemy already shower in status just in 3 second

[@cmdrhoney8352]

My biggest gripe with Lavos (and Chroma too) is that, outside of a full catalyze rotation, none of abilities do anything substantial. They feel like they do an elemental proc first and then something extra. But WF isn't like a game like D2 where elemental effects are more substantial; most of them aren't really good outside of dmg or some utility, which I feel limits Lavos' ability loops, even if his 4 kills anything through armor. Chroma is like this too and it translates to him using only ice ward and vex armor.

[@josequiles7430]

Toxin ward is also pretty nice for the reload speed buff if you feel like you already have enough survivability

[@Jdemonify]

now with the new bond mods. its even crasier

[@Sephiroth69]

Valence formation

[@WraithDragon163]

As a chemistry major, I was obligated to make this my main.

[@sarbe6625]

The archon mods make Lavos builds get real funny.

[@Zodaxa_zdx]

lavos really is what chroma always wanted to be

[@Okina-Kev]

Idk im still struggling on a frame that catches my eye with cool ability use thats has good cool AOE CC or whatever. With that said, Lavos has caught my eye. Also does is there other weapons to use with him, i see everyone using the cedo on em?

[@NovaUmbral]

Epitaph, Hystrix or Kompressa are pretty good, for others Mutalist/Probo Cernos and Zenistar isn't bad

[@Okina-Kev]

@@NovaUmbral okay thank you

[@GTurner2K]

How did you get those wallpapers?

[@thewanderers97]

8:23 HOLY SHIT HE SAID THE LINE FALSESWIPEGAMING OF WARFRAME REAL LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@ForgieDusker]

fun fact: i personally take full credit for Lavos' ability design (i mean it jokingly but still a little seriously). On the forum post publicly requesting ideas for the frame that would become Xaku, i submitted a suggestion for a weather-based warframe, who could do a different element with each ability and combine them into the tier 2 elements. I forgot if it was on my PC or PS account that i posted on the forum post with, but i don't wanna self promo or anything in someone else's video. i could find the exact comment and link it if i was asked to, though, i'm certain.

[@upperdecker9992]

Lavos is almost unkillable if played right. He's so strong too. Some people don't get him. But I think he's awesome. He can handle any nightmare mode easily. A guy in my clan argued me down saying Lavos was utter garbage. Even did the, "yeah, ok bro 🤔" when i explained to him just how good he actually is. Yeah, theres a learning curve. But its not hard.

[@tonysmith9905]

Nightmare modes are your bar? o.O

[@lolerpops3103]

I’m not calling Lavos bad, but I can purposely make the worst build in the game and beat nightmare missions 😂

[@MrZylix-6]

MY BOY! I have mained Lavos since his released and I have never regretted it, he’s so fun. An active, interesting, adaptable kit enabling multiple fun play styles and of course, Big Number(tm) is always fun! P.s. If anyone has him with a decent build and wants a bit of a boost to his damage and tankiness try using Molt Augmented, Arcane Blessing and Growing power (Gives a huge boost to survivability and you’ll essentially be gaining perma str buffs). Also 1 single Tau Amber Archon shard should be enough boost to his cast speed, otherwise feel free to stack health or str shards on him, very fun! :D And for my final sendoff I just wish to say this: Screw Stat-immune enemies…

[@CloneVersion2]

I feel like he should've also gone into elemental weaknesses and resistances for each enemy type, since knowing them has a pretty big impact on using his abilities. For example, cloned flesh (AKA Grineer health) has a 50% damage reduction from gas, so you're better off just using heat, which has a 25% damage increase. 27:23 - No viral against Grineer is pretty sad, honestly.

[@CloneVersion2]

Though, perhaps not everyone would like to memorise numbers, like me.

[@Voxfox89]

you could've used "transmuted" instead of "alchemized" but it still works (I didn't know 'Alchemize' was even a word lol)

[@KalleVonEi]

first? (would love to see a LOKI video)

[@childmolester296]

"lay-vohws"💀

[@killsode4760]

Im quite looking forward to seeing lavos prime and just generally more cosmetics for him, i dont like any of the alt cosmetics currently.

[@eydis9554]

8:27 *UNFORTUNATELY*

[@noahedenborg4221]

lay vous? Also fun fact while his 3 is traveling u can stop it by press it again

[@atlas1227]

Are you saying lavos has mastered all 4 elements?

[@richie8815]

Lavos mains let's goo

[@BottomBunkArt]

My baby

[@ailuron8100]

The snake isnt too far fetched considering the rod of asclepius has been the symbol of scientific medicine, something the "alchemists" of the past were known for. Household remedies of sorts.