How To ACTUALLY Build In Warframe

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Building and Warframe is like peanut butter and jelly. Or isn't? Maybe there's a bit of nuance that isn't being discussed within communities and build videos online. Today let's dive into the layers of mechanics and effects of Building, and how you can make use of cause and effects to create a powerful setup and combination. So next time you hopefully won't need to copy and paste an overframe build.
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[@NovaUmbral]

Made an oopsie, falcor DOES have forced elec on STANDARD throw.

[@JenosIdallian]

I legitimately rolled my eyes when this showed up in my feed, and half expected this to be some streamer 'hack' about some obscure mod, or yet another 'this melee weapon lets you damage cap in only four mods' sort of garbage. Genuinely impressed someone put out a video explaining that critical thought and problem solving are the ways to build. I don't wager many people will get the memo on it, but, it's good to know there are others out there that aren't just following the lemming in front of them off the cliff.

[@painoficarus]

all the effort he put into his other content expected nothing less then some enlightened p.ov

[@Tayaressss]

oh, this isn't a foundry tutorial

[@teeheeaaw]

realistically you always want psf, since its a huge dps increase

[@igreshi]

Especially on atlas, ember, frost, rhino and gauss

[@Yewrenegade]

Dang it this comment, I can't 😅

[@balbalofficial8212]

​@@igreshi don't forget dante, qorvex, voruna and kullervo

[@ZacharyYu-k2u]

Especially on frames like revenant, nezha, Dante or rhino. If u use those frames, psf is a must use

[@notthesharpesttool555]

@@igreshi also nezha, very important

[@Darthmufin]

The real way to build is follow a youtuber's build where they slap gloom on everything and call it good

[@jonaichi_09]

Real

[@eliaspanayi3465]

Brozime been real quiet since this comment dropped

[@KlaireMurre]

You build gloom because a youtuber said so. I did because I came to the conclusion because making chroma unkillable makes me immensely happy we are not the same

[@digital-underworld]

Gloom is a very good ability since it gives you 2 layers of survivability, Lifesteal and Slow, while being energy efficient. Lifesteal is questionable at higher levels depending on your Damage Reduction options and Health Pool but slows are absolutely invaluable

[@jonaichi_09]

@@digital-underworld for sure. Use whatever you like, as long as you have fun. Follow your own meta lol.

[@tare104ka]

My favorite synergy with well of life - targeted enemy is eligible to proccing Ivara's concentrated arrow explosions, making it an easy way to nuke a room - Suspend an enemy with subsumed WoL (i put it on 2nd slot), shoot lifted enemy in the head with Artemis bow, decast WoL, regen half the energy pool (with flow ofc) from augment for WoL to generate some health orbs, and Equilibrium. GG you turned ivara into genuine room clearer+support, you have much easier time to spam lowkey strong nuke augment for Artemis bow and sustain Prowl, and your team enjoys regen+status cleanse Additionally, Artemis bow gets benefit from Fire rate mods and Vigilante set bonus on your primary, as long as its not Bow aswell. I chose Afentis for even more firerate buff for Artemis and my 2ndary Thats exactly what first part of the video is about, with puzzle pieces and whatnot

[@GustavoEBarriga]

Thank you! This is what makes Warframe unique. I was trying to clean rooms increasing the blast radius with Stretch and Firestorm, now I have a free slot.

[@tare104ka]

@@GustavoEBarriga You still want high range tho, since concentrated arrow explosion scales off of it, iirc my build is overextend+stretch and its 19m radius but ig you can swap stretch if you feel like 16-17ish will be enough for you

[@GustavoEBarriga]

@@tare104ka Thank you! I don't like much the corrupted mods but I can farm another overextended to finetune the negative part.

[@tare104ka]

@@GustavoEBarriga overextend easily compensated with blind rage since WoL+augment and equil gonna give you massive energy sustain, so 45% eff setup is perfectly fine, especially since entire ivara kit is quite energy cheap. But you could use molt augmented instead and umbral intensify to stay 100 eff with 104 str increase at max augmented stacks

[@abyssal_beans]

Tip for zephyr: sliding doesn’t interrupt your hover, it just moves you horizontally while keeping you at the same altitude, which makes a good tool to quickly reposition while staying in the air. I always run maglev/streamlined form, and I don’t run jet stream very often but I imagine that if you do then sliding will probably take you into the next continent.

[@painoficarus]

plains of eidlon slide challenge 😉

[@Raikeran]

​@@painoficarus maybe i should try for that trophy for real this time...

[@bluyu]

The key to building is intent. If you don't do your research to figure out how things can work together, you can't make strong and unique builds. You have to know what you want, know what's available, and know how to make it work together toward what you want.

[@BonzerMrT]

And this is exactly why I haven’t gotten anywhere in Warframe and The First Descendant. Love the games, but have exactly no interest or desire to sit down and have to do research, figure out how to get plat, learning every number, the 60 different buffs, mods. Etc. just too much for my brain to handle

[@Raikeran]

​@BonzerMrT honestly that's fair. besides telling you that the modding system exists, Warframe doesnt intelligently teach you how the mod system actually works, and many essential mods arent obtainable in a streamlined fashion, so of course more people would google the best builds online and call it a day

[@Argyle117]

Learning from warframe creators is like being a child and asking the electrician that’s doing work on your house what he’s doing and he proceeds to talk to you like you’re another electrician and know all the terminology or what to be looking for.

[@mrmr3657]

This. Right here

[@frednormal8356]

I haven't finished the video but I have to get this out and say 1:30 is the single best advice I've rarely heard people say about modding

[@lookalike4805]

The problem has less to do with Other Content Creators not Mentioning it and more to do with Players not even Entertaining the Idea even when it does come up... They insist on Copying and Pasting

[@frednormal8356]

@lookalike4805 I wasn't trying to throw shade at any content creators, but in a general modding guide, I think both are equally to blame. in a specific build guide tho yea the player is more to blame.

[@khalilvirgo459]

I’m glad content creators like you are coming out with this kind of content for Warframe, & I also hope it allows the masses to see how corny it is to be copying and pasting builds in a game so rich in versatility. Thank you

[@papawah3512]

Finally, a build video I can get behind. Space ninjas were what got me into the game. Researching mechanics and experimenting is what kept me engaged. I personally don't see the satisfaction in copy pasting meta builds. All metas eventually fade to obscurity whether it be through nerfs or powercreep, but knowledge and experimentation will always outclass and outlast the trends.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

When it comes to weapon damage. Serration can make weapons feel more comfortable because you don't have to deal with ramp up. Or somestimes you already one shot everything, and dealing more damage isn't needed so you can instead use that modslot for something else

[@redfiend8746]

What most content creators neglect is that level cap is a novelty, and for everything else, stacking base damage and partial armor strips work just fine.

[@fotis3v480]

​@@redfiend8746Even vs level 1000-5000 base damage starts losing value compared to amping damages. I don't care about level cap either cause it is boring as fk but base damage has been power crept a lot imo..priming sadly is the way to go. And we are talking relevant content not star chart.

[@redfiend8746]

@@fotis3v480 So, unless you're attempting an endurance run, where are you fighting 1k+ outside of Circuit? and why are base damage and a priming secondary/pet mutually exclusive?

[@zetto3093]

@@fotis3v480I would not call levels 1000-5000 relevant outside of the circuit but even then they give you decrees which boost your damage so your build isn’t as important

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Tbh outside of the Circuit and sometimes Void Cascade, I never see level 1000+. So Void Cascade is really the only place where I care about maximizing damage output

[@stormchaserray2]

Knightmareframe fears this video

[@ITzKavez]

I absolutely love the fact that you brought up the fact that so many other parts of you loadout can have a direct affect on how you build. Shout-out to Breech Surge Banshee with a Pax seeker Kitgun. Learning that surge sparks headshots can trigger Pax seeker altered my brain chemistry. Shout out to the Proboscis Cernos for Protea allowing me to have a Grouping and Heat Inherit weapon in one, so I can run Roar on her (Nautilus helps too) Lastly, shout-out to the Rakta Dark Dagger for making Squishy caster frames (Like Banshee) infinitely easier to play by making it harder for enemies to target you.

[@DijjinCXV]

Oh hell yeah i've always seen people talk about the nautilus with protea but nobody ever mentions the proboscis cernos, that thing really helped me more than i thought

[@damearstor2120]

Proboscis Cernos is absolutely goated. I was surprised to see how I'm pretty much the only person using it when pubbing as it's pretty strong ​@@DijjinCXV

[@ShiroNature]

Finally a good build video where they explain builds and don’t just say “use this” 👍🏻

[@A_Game_Zone]

Some people avoid it thinking DE will understand the mechanics and source of "unintended" bug, to nerf it easily. I uploaded some recordings, and since they had no editing and voiceover, I just gave the necessary info in description or pinned comment. If someone is desperate enough, they'll try to search those areas to find the explanation...

[@insertinterestingnamehere5055]

I feel like I learned something and nothing at the same time. Not because it was poorly explained but mainly because im stoopid lol. Stuff like this is difficult for me but try with this mindset in mind. Thanks

[@BonzerMrT]

Warframe just has so much going on that it gets kinda hard and confusing to keep up with players who have already put 1000+ hours and have been in the endgame for years. They make tutorials forgetting that some people would actually enjoy help closer to mid/endgame area to at least get people on the right path. I’ve played Warframe on and off since ‘14. I have like 3 primes, and the most basic of mods and every time I look up a video to try and get better, the explanations just dumb so much information that I just delete the game and do something else lol

[@goldentoparican788]

First time I felt a big "Eureka!" moment was with modding was with my Status Chance Phantasma Prime after farming corrupted mods and seeing that I had Vicious Spread. Once I tested and discovered that less accuracy on beam weapons equaled more eratic horizontal beam movement, it created a fun gimmick for a pretty mindless to use weapon. Instead of holding RT to shoot a steady beam that does damage and status effects effectively for one target at a time, I now hold RT to fire an eratic beam of fast stacking status effects that can effectively hit multiple enemies at once. It's entertaining and fun, especially with combining it with frames that have abilities that can transfer status effects to weapons like Gauss, Ember, Frost, etc. It becomes crazy fun

[@manunova5929]

Warframe is a game that involves freedom. Freedom of equipment, building every piece and deciding how everything looks. Just copying a build deprives you from your own choice, while watching it to understand the basics of how X thing works can be quite good to get started and check out on your own where you can customize. I for example have a min-maxed Baruuk Prime with all three Umbral mods, Adaptation and whatnot. I use Pillage for cleansing and restoring my shields quickly, I guess the armor strip is decent but I run Unairu which does it better if needed. I genuinely love both the Daikyu and the Nikana Prime, so the amalgam mod for the former is amazing, and I use a primer on my secondary weapon. My build is literally all about brute forcing facetanking because I love being an indestructible warlord who has to engage with his invincibility a little bit. I also have dodge builds on Nyx and Xaku.

[@xeothian]

Experimenting with things considered bad is something I think about a lot. for example I put on two topaz shards onto my sevagoth after realizing that Sow's explosion dealt blast damage, meaning i could use the effect that gives me health on kills with blast damage to increase my HP in longer missions to act as a buffer and allow me to get more use out of gloom's lifesteal without sacrificing mod slots, and using blast weapons as weapons allows me to stack that effect further. Really good video.

[@bestgril2154]

To me the most important things in builds are flexibility, interchangeability and self-sufficiency, any part of the loadout should work no matter what the rest of the loadout is. I really like being able to use any warframe with any combination of weapons and having access to all the different playstyles they offer during any single mission. My goal is to have everything in my arsenal setup in way that would allow me to randomize my loadout, go to any mission and have no issues with the content no matter what it is and what i have.

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

THIS! The idea of a single weapon or Frame only being useful with a very specific setup, just makes me so uncomfortable! But recently I’ve tried to make my Frames and weapons hold their own, but allow for enhancements when pared with a good loadout. Like how I gave my Soma high crit with a giant magazine. So all it needs is a bit of Viral. Making it a great parring for Grendel, who I just recently made a build for.

[@Raikeran]

i fw this 100%. outside of specific scenarios where hyper-specialization is actually kinda mandatory (Profit-Taker, Eidolons, etc.) i prefer having a loadout of gear that can mostly do different things while still serving one overall goal. like one of my Akarius Prime's builds is modded for Magnetic plus Secondary Fortifier, so i could use that to pop Eximus and Corpus shields while using whatever primary or melee to blitz them down plus anything else that doesnt need the stripping. lastly, with how Akarius Prime can easily decimate crowds i can go to town in less stressful missions. this doesn't even account for my chosen Warframe, which could either be Gauss to fit the signature weapon theme, or anyone else that i feel like using them with.

[@possum0451]

This is probably one of the most important videos about Warframe. People forget that the game isn't about efficiency or what is the best, its what the player think is best or more fun.

[@John7Wirth]

@@possum0451 Yes, finally!

[@unzkipriime4283]

but the game kinda is about efficiency

[@BonzerMrT]

@@unzkipriime4283right, I can have fun up until I realize hey, I’m getting stomped on or left behind on missions cause I was worried about fun, and not knowing how shit works 😭 I haven’t progressed in YEARS cause idk how to mess with mods and no clue what forma or how to get more space for more frames without spending money or something

[@Stormandreas]

Just to clarify with jet stream, Jet stream increases MOVEMENT speed, not SPRINT speed. These are 2 different speed values. Movement speed is simply the base walking speed of warframes Sprint speed however, is a modifier to the base walking speed Thus, anything that modifies "movement speed" will apply to ANYTHING movement based, where as anything that modifies "Sprint speed" will ONLY apply when you are capable of sprinting. Examples of things Sprint Speed wont modify, but Movement Speed will (non exhaustive): Wisp Sol Gate Zephyr Tailwind Jade Glory on High Hildryn Aegis Storm Etc. Movement speed is an incredibly useful boost, and is super easy to acquire from Firewalker, Nezhas subsume, which ALSO provides status immunty and cleansing when in/running through the fire left behind. Food for thought

[@NovaUmbral]

That is actually really cool!

[@ifvta]

Finally I can ACTUALLY build now!

[@suuda3028]

Kirby futanari

[@jazzWF]

Time to update saryn build

[@mrdeniyLightSkinDawg]

I though I had comment but after coming back I realized I didnt. This video is the best and this video is speaking FAX! When it comes to building we should understand why things work and dont work, speciialy understand the "how" it works. I believe each and every player should be adjusting all builds to themselfes, their playstyles and needs. That has always been always the way for me and that's what I advocate, "find something( a weapon, WF or anything) , try it out , experiment, have fun, if you failed building something new change your perspective and make adjusments, what matters is that you have fun and find your own thing that you like while trying that something new"

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

This video somewhat helps dispel the notion in my mind that every weapon in my current loadout needs to do a ton of damage to be worth bringing. When in reality, weapons can serve vastly different roles. Especially if you already have a damaging weapon. It’s a mindset I’ve been fighting for quite some time now.

[@Nrrbiii]

Hey man I just wanna say I really appreciate the work and effort you put into your videos, I’ve been binging your video essays the month on the different frames in the game and they’ve not only helped guide me but they’re really entertaining as well, seriously great work Mr.Nova :)

[@bappojujubes981]

The thumbnail Excalibur having a visible smile through the helmet is cute

[@UNGGodYT]

The community is more drive by aggression than attrition, a dead enemy cant damage/status effect you, specially with how the algorith is not optimized, so it dont take long for it to become 1 hit ko on steel path/EDA, that is why revenant is so attractive, the 'not die' part takes a lot of problems out of mind, because it dont matter how much EHP you have, it will only go down and very fast.

[@gramfero]

me since 2016: "serration and heavy caliber is good enough"

[@bricksloth2599]

Love this video, I think this is big wall number 2 for newer players is understanding how this all works and not understanding why their stuff isn't as strong as they think it should be. Personally I see a lot of players having a hard time making better builds cause they are just comparing to their most recent build or an unmodded frame/weapon when they should be comparing to a more all-rounder potential build. Aka how much are you sacrificing in general capability to achieve a more focused build.

[@Geckur0]

i think the most important part of building is understanding your build in the first place. anyone can watch a youtuber say "play this warframe, with these guns, and this melee, build them like this, play them like this" but most people arent going to understand why THAT warframe, with THOSE guns specifically, and THAT melee, built like THAT specifically. instead, youll learn more from your own testing, which is what i think this video is trying to say anyway. youll understand the game better if you teach yourself instead of trying to learn from everyone else. youtubers are still a great resource though.

[@firby7341]

my highest comfort build is a weapons platform frame mostly modded on survivability^^ 90% DR, 90% DR and another 40% DR bc i hate dieing xD

[@eliaspanayi3465]

This is why I love inaros. Tons of healing, innate corrosive armour strip, gathering enemies that also makes you immortal, and a ton of armor and health to keep you alive.

[@blix17]

My trinity is 75% 90% 90% and 85% DR. Another 90% if using subsume. Which makes her THE tank

[@redfiend8746]

Cinderblock Qorvex

[@SkyEcho751]

I've found a lot of "QoL" modifications really help builds, from some of the advice given by "Unified Codex" on their video "You are dealing too much damage | Warframe". Like for example, since you don't really use Melee weapons for Jade, I swapped it out for a Polearm, so I might benefit from the Boreal mod set bonus, +40%DR while airborne. Or how about the Grimoire with Secondary Fortifier, get free overguard using the Secondary Fire option. So often I build based on the goal of a frame, This is why I like Loki as is, he's arguably the best option for spy missions when you know how to play him. Just throw on Perspicacity and you are golden, switch teleport and decoy allow you to bypass the security lasers, and invisibility does what it says. No need to really change him for spy missions. Heck, Switch Teleport allowed me to survive in EDA even against The Fragmented via Safeguard Switch. So it's not like he's impossible to play.

[@ITRProductions]

I used to run my Rhino at the absolute maximum strength possible for that sweet Roar buff but often struggled with energy maintenance so I either had to craft a lot of energy pads or spam zenurik which is a very mediocre focus school depending on who you ask, Watching Codex's video was an eye opener to me, finally got me to sacrifice a little bit of strength for energy sustainability, and the results are minimal loss in damage while so much more comfortable gameplay in level cap

[@EchoRose1578]

man, its always great to come back to nova every few months: mans just keeps getting better

[@AdmiralShibe]

Big numbers go boom 🎉🎉

[@marcosgonzales3486]

The lighting the stick on fire example really helped my oogaboogabrain

[@ijaydubb]

I feel SO vindicated by this video. I was seriously considering starting a youtube channel just to make a video like this. Cheers mate!

[@br0sine]

Thank you for the video!! 🙏 I'm spreading this vid on all Discord Channels I am on as we speak :3

[@nev546]

Yo is that the REAL BROZIME?! I'm a huge fan btw

[@br0sine]

@@nev546 Totally yes. I now will reconsider and delete every single video I made on builds and from now on will only make videos based on NovaUmbrals advice.

[@Waelly17]

Love this video, it stands above most modding videos AND this is a nice direction for such a quality warframe channel

[@watcherofthehollow5223]

I love the video and kinda makes me think of my own exploration with my own build with Yareli! At first I only focused on aquablades when I first started not really thinking, then as I did my own research and such I ended up with an amazing DPS tank that keeps up with my friends who have been playing longer then I have

[@TheNlghtmare]

But why does no one ask when is your build?

[@jonaichi_09]

When da build

[@nPhlames]

tfw no one asks when is your build 😔

[@NovaUmbral]

Sotru

[@Odinsurteil]

Because a Build is ready 'when' it is finished. Which could be anytime.

[@Raikeran]

Primed Soon™️

[@KilerkRazorclaw]

As a clan leader i run a Hildy Prime built for melee, a Kuva Shildeg and Naramon school. They call for backup and i show up with a big ol' hammer, start laying down the beatings, tank things, keep them alive. No i don't destroy things the fastest, but what is important to me is my allies stay up and the objective done even if it takes a bit longer. Take damage? Pillage. Things need dead? Warcry and Hammer. Point taking too much damage? Press 4 and stop everything. Sustainability is important to me. Far more than just nuking the map.

[@Mijkami]

Everything you say is true but starting with an attempt to an argument from authority with "As a clan leader" seems very out of place. Weird flex but ok.

[@KilerkRazorclaw]

@@Mijkami "They call for backup" would not have made sense without such.

[@julio1759]

Finally, someone asked "How's the build" 🙏

[@Lamu54]

Mans pulled an “erm actually” to everyone’s build.

[@kylepaul7870]

I was waiting for knightmare frame to get brought up and it was satisfying

[@ridunkulous]

Something I was hoping to see mentioned about Zephyr's 1 hover movement is that you can spam the crouch key to scoot around in the air quickly without breaking the hover. just a tiny nitpick from a zephyr fan c: Great video!! Thanks Nev for breaking into Nova's window!

[@ecbrd8478]

I find that a standalone "good" setup for a warframe is excellent to have on-hand with the circuit and was great back when I had like four warframes and twelve weapons total, as mandated by the inventory system (so much for experimentation eh?) With that said, I now have a dedicated setup for like every piece of content I'm bothered to run, so I think maybe I've already been following this advice

[@twoheadedgiantgaming7029]

Interesting Zephyr build, I think I'll stick with my silence build, but it's awesome to see an outside of the box Zephyr build for sure! If you want to subsume off her 1 at any point, put aero vantage in her exilus slot, it feels GREAT, especially with aerodynamic as your aura for more aimglide duration.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

It’s almost like if you LEARN mechanics you don’t NEED meta shit. Great video 🎩

[@nulls5408]

From my experience, building warframes are similar to how someone would describe building off a car frame. Yes their are inherent differences between the frames that make them better in specific fields but at a certain point you can pretty much make anything good at anything and/or everything. (Till your literally choosing something just off personal preference over overall performance) And although running the meta works, it also can get boring fast. With the best advice I can give is to not be afraid to run gimmick/meme builds. Since even if you’re not initially invested in a build, it’ll make you more open to thinking outside the box. I’m personally most proud of my immortal demolyst nuker dijinn. My little companion can out dps entire teams by himself, and that was before the companion rework buff.

[@Xenoxic]

Hehe if you copy and paste a knightmareframe build you actually go down in brain capacity 😅

[@The_Knight01]

My favorite Warframe is Umbra and most of the build circles around defense but 3 of my archons go towards crit damage, my aura goes to melee damage and my arcanes modify some of the damage but yeah. While Paracesis - My go to sword - Focuses on Base damage, crit chance and crit damage. It goes between 50k to 70k damage. I’m farming more resources from The Sanctum on Deimos for arcanes and stuff. So I’m working on improving damage output and from there I’ll make modifications and adjustments to do better but so far Umbra is kicking serious ass 😎 One day I’ll be able to slaughter Steel Path enemies.

[@realmshifter9102]

This is exactly how I have finally started to treat modding in Warframe. Especially now since enemies have a total armor cap of 2700, I no longer need to worry about modding for massive damage or stripping just to be able to kill basic enemies. I was playing Nourish Rhino for the longest time, and while it's a very good setup, it lacked what I enjoyed about Warframe most, which was mobility. Now I didn't move to Volt or Titania because they have some other issues, aka easy to run into walls. But I moved to Mirage because she got more consistent in her survivability, with Eclipse being changed. Her only downside was a lack of cleanses, much like Zephyr. But instead of opting for Pillage, I opted for Firewalker. This not only increases movement speed but also cleanses, and as an additional benefit, provides light CC in the form of heat procs. I also have operator arcanes to restore health in case I find myself in a pinch. The point is you should mod considering everything in your arsenal, not just trying to make every number big, because while big numbers make my brain go brrrr, it's also equally satisfying to know that you have successfully made an entire setup that is built on synergy and has a goal in mind.

[@BunBros]

The most important build is the friends we made along the way.

[@ten10gu]

this is gonna help SO many people. thanks a million for making it.

[@NovaUmbral]

And thanks for helping out!

[@Shy-_-Novaa]

a good day to be a NovaUmbral fan

[@QU67Reacher6]

Clicked for the title, stayed for the D1 weapon names. Looking forward to finishing this vid.

[@muscifede]

this guy grabbed the concept itself of a meta fucked it into oblivion

[@John7Wirth]

@@muscifede My kinda fetish, tbh

[@kreyrfer8293]

*Phd level synergy build trinity* Revenant with torrid: "look at what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power"

[@angthetruong7051]

0:45 and WHOSE is the build?

[@dingdongspaghetti]

when is the build? wherefore art the build?

[@Male_Parent]

I love my gimmicky setups. I stopped using Overframe for builds years ago because none of the builds there aligned with how I wanted to use a frame. I like finding weird synergies. Like recently, after the elemental changes, I made a blast ignis and used it with my zephyr. It works just as well as the more "meta" builds I have. I also have a Grendel build using the new arcane battery too. I got all 3 umbral mods and makes me able to replace primed flow with another mod. I use the wolf sledge on Grendel because it works AND it's fun, got my Soma incarnon for acolytes when wolf sledge somehow doesn't do it's job, and the kuva nukor whith the new cold status for crit damage.

[@miwky406]

This actually makes Warframe seem fun to play. I was always under the impression that the only way to play was to stack damage, and fly around the battlefield spawn-camping enemies with insta-kills.

[@mildlysleepyrandy2139]

I'm not the only one that names their weapons after Destiny 1 exotics?!?!

[@CephalonSilva]

You’ve exposed my precious well of life strats to the world! My secrets out 😆 Seriously, I had an Equinox invigoration that increased range by 100%, I was status cleansing three rooms over 😂

[@adriano_cruciani]

This video inspired me to try Pillage on Volt and the results were *Shocking* (totally unintentional): shock trooper, tenet glaxion and a secondary dedicated to killing acolytes with a Xoris (with arcane blade charger) and it came out an extremely fun and resilient build.

[@Vaxtin]

A warframe tier list where it's just 57 pictures of Gloom in the top section.

[@gushterell7989]

I copied and pasted a NovaUmbral build. I didn't learn much. :)

[@duwop544]

God, used to play so much, would have a couple of favorites for different mission types, But usually very different ones for Defense or Survival, usually team oriented, but also solo. Then, of course, experimentation or challenging myself. So so many choices and flavors

[@DJ-fw7mi]

Finally a like mind that just doesn't slap roar, pillage, eclipse, or nourish on every build. For example my frost with thermal sunder and element ward makes him an over guarding monster among other factors.

[@hypervt8816]

The mesa in the thumbnail is hella cute

[@Goldy01]

you're hella cute

[@Einzweig]

The main thing I've taken away from this video is that I need to make a primer Zarr. 😈

[@NovaUmbral]

Devious

[@Raikeran]

Do it!

[@NotSoCalmWeather]

The Rauta is such a silly little shotgun and I love it

[@Vanimoz]

I always struggled with building stuff, but since I started to think at builds like a puzzle and not just "how do I do unga bunga dmg?" it just feels so fun to actually build any loadout

[@bonehead7711]

"How do I build to become stronger and more effective?" short answer: Literally do what you want, you do not need the meta to play, just have fun with whatever build you like. long answer: 00:00

[@Bubbadevlin]

One fact you kinda glossed over is the ENEMY DENSITY difference between steel path and star chart There are plenty of steel path builds which just completely run out of energy if you bring them to normal star chart, or kill too quickly (looking at you incarnon charging)

[@kyojindesu8167]

cute thumbnail ooohhhh, the knightmare flame, oohhhh

[@rugino3614]

Pretty sure the zarr can be a primer with high status mods, firestorm, and any form of holster reload and mutation. Kuva weapons also get progenitor elements

[@shuples]

pillage is one helminth ive really enjoyed on banshee, she benefits from essentially everything pillage provides and felt nice to use

[@Mandingy24]

Speaking of QoL modding since Garuda is featured so heavily here, Kavat's Grace feels so incredibly good on her. Most underrated QoL mod for Garuda

[@4zureSapphire]

One thing to keep in mind is understanding the interactions of everything aka read the descriptions. You wouldn't know what the stuff does unless you read the descriptions. Copying a build without understanding the turning gears will end up causing lots of pain later on.

[@toxicsneeze]

I really thought I was the only person that realized well of life was actually a fairly powerful subsumed.... Status immunity is extremely powerful on any frame that doesn't have it... and it's augment is much stronger than people give it credit too... And the bird frame is verging on overpowered... i truly cannot put a pin in why I don't click on my zephyr loadout more, I was determined to make her part of my regularly used frames and I still failed... great video though. I thoroughly enjoyed it

[@alfonsobenitez1269]

Build banshee for utility and it opens up a whole different play style synergy. Firerate, attack speed, reload speed and agility and she becomes way more engaging than any gloom banshee video I've come across and all it took was a bit of build expirementing.she was the first frame that made me think different about builds.

[@inventor4279]

As someone with a big iron™️ tenet plinx build on zephyr that does like 80 mill per shot

[@redfiend8746]

Tried a "sheild gating" build once. Hated it. Started slapping on primed redirection and arcane aegis, with Adaptation over rolling guard, literally felt invincible in base SP.

[@friggen_roylty4368]

My Volt has been taken down many times before I decided to just ditch the dragon key shield gating stuff. I still keep brief respite for the quick shield when invincible. But the arcane aegis, augur mods and his capacitance mod has me surviving forever, I don’t even need to use pillage most of the time while strength is strong enough for 87% drain.

[@STM1993]

@@friggen_roylty4368 You can even go further and use a gas+influence Rakta Dark Dagger, melee an enemy proc'd with radiation and instantly regain all shields! Pair it augur/brief respite so if your shield hits 0, you can press 2 just before hitting. Though I prefer running Praedos for the raw speed boost, and I think people also overlook [Rapid Resilence] passively reducing *all* status effects from 5 to just 1 tick compared to having to reserve rolls & waiting for cooldown from [Rolling Guard] or running a specific arcane to nullify only 1 status. Makes my Volt feel that much nicer to use!

[@girthydawg9829]

@@friggen_roylty4368fyi the dragon key trick no longer works because it caps your shield gate time at a really low value, which is probably why you were having a hard time

[@findmi2708]

UC has a good contents, that's why i watch his videos

[@Klanesane]

Yes, I needed this

[@samuraiwarren4475]

i ALWAYS love using pillage as a survival button on warframes that need it, it doesn't even need that much power strength, range, or duration to give a butt ton of shields

[@rob6738]

For frames, I play them, find out how squishy they are, and pick my favorite abilities. I focus on enhacing their best abilities, while ignoring the ones you will likely not use. And if they are still squishy, add armor, health, and shields in that order. For weapons, if the crot chance is above 20 and multilpier above 2x, focus on crit, then IPS damage. If the status is above 20%, build for status effects and elemental damage. If a weapon has both good crit and good status, build for crit but use the 60/60 elemental damage mods. You're welcome.

[@Furiora]

The thing i took away from this video: "Also; Garuda!"

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

I just watched this video this morning and tonight I saw like 4 randoms already using this exact Zephyr + Well Off Life combo

[@NovaUmbral]

No way

[@friggen_roylty4368]

I use it on one of my volt builds for a while now. I still like it so I’m glad I find another person that also likes using it.

[@Raikeran]

lmao

[@shostvb]

VA-11 Hall-A soundtrack is instant like and sub

[@iDEATH]

Well of Life is pretty neat on Ivara, combined with her Concentrated Arrow aug. Ivara, just hanging out on a zip line, all invisible, using the Well of Life target for easy headshots to make enormous AoEs with no damage falloff...come to think of it, I haven't tried it since the damage rework, and now that blast damage is good...

[@crisschan2463]

I've been using parasitic armor for sevagoth for better health tanking option in my setup, to make gloom shine more for his kit never seen anybody using that helminth ability that much, especially on mr gloom guy

[@gomaboto]

I think Parasitic Armor is not very good on Seva. Not being able to regen your shield is really bad since you lose the X seconds of invulnerability that broken shields give you and unless he's armored the hell up (via other mods and arcanes) plus having some shield mods so Parasitic Armor scales better then you'll get dropped by anyone outside your gloom range (if you're on SP) considering his base shield is not very high. I think you can make him tanky via arcanes instead and subsume something else like Silence for example

[@crisschan2463]

@@gomaboto the thing is, one shield mod can give you 90% DR with parasitic armor (redirection give me about 2.7k armor on cast, what more with primed redirection) and I just need a full ability strength build without thinking efficiency and duration (parasitic armor has 15 s duration on my setup, and since energy is not an issue I can just recast) I actually used my arcanes to give me more health (arcane blessing) and archon shards, no mods for health (I tapped around 2.5k health) it is actually good in my setup as having to tank health would give me nigh infinite energy while gloom is active, I have a backup quick thinking to use energy as my padding health if things go south (not necessary, I just feel like it) I have been using this setup for SP and never had an issue unless I try high level cap SP (in which, shield gating always win)

[@jadajp1782]

Now apply this concept to make limbo useable

[@APLItsFlauline]

I have a different but similar phiosophy of building in Warframe. For me, there are some builds that doesn't feel right. The best example would be Titania's Builds with Gauss' Thermal Sunder for relic farming. The build is very potent, you can farm very quickly but it's not the way I want to play Titania. I have no problem using this kind of build on Gauss but on Titania, it's really wierd. When I'm building something, I try to see what I want to exploit from my Warframe : what abilities ? which stats ? which synergies ? And it's the same for weapons. At the end, I have an overall build for the game that I can tweak if I want. I might be closing some doors by adopting this philosophy but I currently have no problem in the game with those kind of build. However, I have the feeling that I'm accepting more things as the time pass.

[@gregoryarvey2793]

For me Warframe has a lot of weapons, frames and mechanics and I may need help to understand said mechanics. I use copying as a base to see how it may work or/and use the know how of said creator to speed things up. If it fits my playstyle/weapon combo/fantasy of the character in my head... good and improve if can. If not then I experiment again consult the wiki and improve. For example: I think "Harrow" is a bit complicated for me, I used "MHBlacky" build as a base then I was thinking how to improve Blackys use of 3 "azure archon shards" for energy pool to free 1 mod and not using "Prime Flow" but I saw that "Harrows" strength is on duration and I used 3 "crimson archon shard for duration plus "prime continuity" having 200% duration!!! Also I do not always agree with the creators for example Knightmare Frame says that "Archon Continuity" is trash, I use it on exalted blade on Excal with toxin-blast combo and an "emerald archon shard" to strip armor since the mod procs corrosive simultaniously with toxin making Excal seriously strong. Personally I do not use so much the helminth system by focusing the strengths and weaknesses of frames: example "Wisp" has a weak 4th ability and I experimenting by improving it, by using "Archon Vitality" plus emerald archon shard for more corrosive proc plus the synergy with the other abilities it does proc double the heat procs stripping armor with corrosive procs, radiation procs weakening with her 3rd for me is a win.

[@youraveragefpsplayer8370]

My xaku build used to just be a boring replace 1 with dispensary have 200% str and have max range for afk farming purposes due to Enemies melting like butter to Xaku's 2 when they are armor stripped but then became bored of the AFK camping playstyle Which then lead me to a rabbit hole of finding ways to make Xaku more "Mobile" so ofc i'd ask my self "What makes xaku good at camping?" I then concluded that his 3rd is why i mostly stay in one place so maybe lets remove that for a more Instant Cast armor strip which brought me to Terrify Which was what i was looking for but came with 2 problems barely any survivability (I just refused to use any shield gating setups) and me just dying of status especially toxin and heat procs So i came to Pillage which ticked off alot of boxes for me (Survivability, Armor strip, Status cleanse) now a new problem as arrived since i had to invest in max range and str and + duration my efficiency naturally tanked and arcane energize alone wasn't enough Which finally lead me to the newly reworked companions that i only invested in when the only useful ones in my eyes were Vulpaphylas since they "Don't Die" So i looked up which companions would give me the most energy and found dethcube has a precept of making energy orbs combined with synth decontruct i am now able to sustain my energy while also being able to bring utility with my operator ablilites (Mostly for void cascade) All in all these trial and errors that i faced and to eventually overcome them has given me one of the biggest dopamine hits i've ever experienced in gaming since i wasn't really the guy who liked to experiment due to laziness and such.

[@Zoniy0]

My playstyle is, cc literally everything. So gyre has been a favorite of mine recently, sincd the nonstop lightning storm with her augment makes it impossible to most non eximus enemies to kill me. Even then, the widely underapreciated Strun Incarnon can stack more status AND be cranked for more crit damage with gyre having 5 purple tauforged shards focused on primary electric damafe (VERY steep investment, i know but its worth it in the end) ive been having trouble thinking of what to subsume on gyre, and her 2 might just get that well of life to give her and my team just a little more survivability during long omnia survivals