How Equinox Divided Warframe

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Equinox is 2 halves merged, in complete unison. Treading the serene waters of the night and commanding the raging day. Equinox has had an interesting ride over the years, so today let's check out this divisive diva and see how good was Equinox actually.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - 0:38 Introduction
0:38 - 6:15 Release
6:15 - 10:24 Spin 2 Win
10:24 - 12:53 2017
12:53 - 15:21 2018
15:21 - 16:07 Prime
16:07 - 18:36 2020
18:36 - 21:36 Veilbreaker Changes (2021 2022)
PRESENT
21:36 - 22:30 Passive
22:30 - 23:35 Metamorphosis
23:35 - 24:41 Rest & Rage
24:41 - 26:46 Pacify & Provoke
26:46 - 29:33 Mend & Maim
29:33 - 30:21 Conclusion
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ALL VIDEO SOURCES
Brozime: • Warframe: Equinox Review (Equinox Review)
iFlynn: • Video (RJ Draco Ceres)
iFlynn: • Warframe: How To Farm ... (Equinox Stealth Farm)
deep nutty: kzbin.info1wquVtPp... (arbitration 1.0)
NotReliance: • Warframe Banshee + M... (Atterax)
lászló ferge: • Warframe Equinox sleep... (Sleep Nox)
MCGamerCZ: • Warframe Weapon Builds... (meme strike)
GuidesForUsAll: • Warframe - Operation: ... (Shadow Debt)
GuidesForUsAll: • Warframe - Equinox Fra... (Equinox review)
LiquidReign: • Hydroid: Pilfering Swa... (Pilfering Hydroid)
DelSquared Gaming: • Warframe | EXCALIBUR: ... (Meme Strike)
N00blShowtek : • [U21.7] Warframe - Sco... (Maiming Strike)
N00blShowtek : • [U22.17] Warframe: Equ... (Energy Transfer)
N00blShowtek : • [U19.5] Warframe - My ... (Telos Boltace)
Contexce : • Video (Equinox Review)
Warframe_Explained: • Warframe [Is Equinox G... (Equinox Review)
[SSRB] Logie94: • Warframe Equinox Gameplay (Equinox Gameplay)
DelialFallen: • Warframe update 17: Eq... (T4S Solo)
Callum AKA Chaos: • Warframe: Meso Farming... (Meso Farm)
Anubify: • Warframe: Equinox Peac... (Peaceful Provocation)
Sabuuchi: • Warframe: Focus 2.0 Is... (Focus 2.0)
TheFaitKO (There is a typo in the editing after it was rendered, but Faith's Survival is a source I had used during research) • Warframe : T4 Survival... (T4 Equinox Solo Survival)
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OTHER SOURCES
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/ is_equinox_godtier_or_...
/ so_slow_nova_plus_equi...
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ALL SONGS USED
Spark The Electric Jester 3 - Alpine Carrera
Undine Soundworks - James Landino (Neon Lobby)
Funk Fiction - Contemplate
Terraria Overhaul Music - Overworld Day
[FaRe'N'HiTe] - Midnight Jazzy NYC
[FaRe'N'HiTe] - Osaka Bump
Spark The Electric Jester 3 - Victory Theme
Blue Rhythmz - Ibuki Hip Hop Remix
Hi-Fi RUSH OST - The Hideout
Koaster - Future Flashback
SFIII 3rd Strike - Snowland
Sonic Unleashed OST - Windmill Isle (Night)
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Equinox Wiki Page
warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Equinox
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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]

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[@ObamniumPrism]

Here is a fact: i am first on this video (I think

[@LLELB]

Hi, i would appreciate if you pick up the line to the whole Nidus lore/history etc. the unkillable Sporeking has to get what he deserves, i also am maining him lately because im absolutely in Love with him. If you will do that could, could u also include a fashioned Nidus in the outro or so because i cant find armor etc thats suits him well 😂. Atleast i got a sick color combos and helmets that fit prime/non primed very well. However i brutally Respect and love the effort you put in and the Content is Top notch! Much Love for you and i will always await your nedxt uploads ❤

[@ACE_1608]

What's with the warning at the beginning

[@Endymion0021]

After the release of Sevagoth I wished for Equinox to have her forms have a separated mod config, like the reaper and his shadow. Both forms want different mod metrics but sadly DE did not implement it that way.

[@daydreamdirty]

That actually would be cool if that was the case

[@Surokkh]

Oh my god that would be amazing! AND it would make more sense because you do create 2 warframes essentially

[@yummygummy3416]

would make switching between forms a lot better equinox is my main but i would love if they added that

[@skyeunknown8076]

My issue with her as always been between picking 1 form for a mission would have preferred contstant switching during a mission instead of playing 1 side 90% of the time

[@tylregor5481]

In endless mission i swap like billion times with Equinox. Even since in my build there are the first ability and the ultimate augments, so i can do the Wukong Wannabe

[@avez6779]

This is a problem that can be handled through umbral forma, aura forma and operator school. As a main i use 1 equinox prime with three different builds on it. I use 2 helminth abilities for two builds and leave one original for low level content. She really is a jack of all trades unlike any other but understand she is EXTREMELY INVESTMENT HEAVY! It will take time to get her like you want but dont give up.

[@Skizzeckz]

​@@avez6779everything you just said, yes, Yes.

[@STR8L8CED]

This sound like a you problem

[@horrible_videosI23]

⁠@@avez6779how do you build her for both forms because I can only get her to work well with separate builds for each form

[@aesfeieienxas1925]

As an Equinox Main, I thank you using the Clistheart helmet through out the whole video

[@VortexKiller2]

That helmet was the sole reason I got Equinox in the first place, damn good helmet

[@tiekogalaxylatte8839]

I love Equinox but I wish they did some basic quality of life changes for her like making her 3 stay on after switching, making the 1 buffs more significant and also once again her night 3 should have an energy drain cap and have uniform DR regardless of distance. Also *please* fix Energy Transfer not visually updating the aura's appearance when you switch. It's minor but it triggers me on a spiritual level.

[@thorenrectus8688]

I feel like she needs a rework on the same level as Vauban's

[@dodgerpatrol]

Agree about the DR change, shit feels off as hell

[@darkumineru1681]

i like how they are right now i think they just need more of how they did garuda say they added the forth and third augments into the base ability's and made new augments for the ability's then rebalance energy costs and durations for them and QoL has to bring them to par with other frames and reinvigorate them into the player % @@thorenrectus8688

[@DateMasamune1636]

And let us play the combined form of the 2

[@oOAlexUwUOo]

I wish her ultimate was combining her two forms and having both effects on her abilities, like sleeping the enemies and making them extra vulnerable, reducing damage and augmenting damage at the same time. I don't think it would be broken, Octavia exists after all

[@maskcyan]

Silent sleep equinox is one Heck of a way to rank up weapons in minutes. Enemies cannot see and hear you coming cuz they in a coma. Although if she had an eclipse form where she can have only 2 abilities from each form, she would have gotten so many more crazy and interesting builds

[@daydreamdirty]

When you can have over 12 builds on a frame like you can for equinox, there’s a lot you CAN do- you just need to look for them.

[@gustavomartin2565]

If they reworded for her one to be the passive they could very well put a new install-like 4th ability that changes the rest of the kit

[@MysteriousGir]

Equinox could do well with quality of life and number buffs. Fix her 1 that it doesn’t decay. Improve the range of her 2. Get rid of the tiers of DR on her 3. Buff the shield gain on her 4. And make energy transfer effect her 3 too.

[@thompsonengineering8718]

This needs more likes

[@th3rush]

I remember farming out Equinox when i was a baby Tenno. Just had to get the frame cos it was so cool and unique. This vid make me want to give the frame a fresh go ❤ Keep up the great content 👍🏼

[@daydreamdirty]

Equinox was my first frame to master next to some of the base frames and she’s just kept me interested when I lost interest in sadly nearly everything else

[@pokemanic100]

Funniest part about equinox is that putting Gloom over her 1 just straight-up replaces night form.

[@urlegoguy]

you know its a good day when NovaUmbral posts

[@albert8200]

Yeah but nova online is the better nova tho

[@sergeychistov8162]

Or a good night, if you know what I mean 😈

[@coldfries8976]

Lets go!!! I have a lot of fun with your videos, especially when you go over a Warframe i personally never touched! Really makes me want to try them out!

[@Highs009]

22 meter range scoliac was crazy, i knew it had to be nerfed so i sold every single maiming strike i had before it got nerfed.

[@NovaUmbral]

hope you cashed out good

[@Iris0331]

I'm very excited now~

[@user7127p]

The anticipation oooh~

[@yamnbam4346]

@@user7127pI always learn *so* much from a live dissection

[@thebossman5470]

BG music is chef's kiss! I didn't expect terraria man.

[@kyaii]

my girl! cant wait to watch :)

[@xanthousizalith5641]

Equinox was a cool warframe I kinda wanted to grind on my first run through of the origin system, only to learn it would require double the farming of every other frame on a boss fight that was a total snore fest, no surprised that I ended up skipping Equinox. She's super interesting though, I'll might pick up her prime since it's available now.

[@Inaros404]

There is another incentive to grind for her and that's by defeating the shadow grineer that appear during that boss fight might give you a good chance to get that sword and shield mod that's completely busted.

[@gasheri2104]

Ah just in time for my isolation vault farming, this is going to be a nice watch.

[@xRosaliax]

Equinox, the first warframe I considered my "main" and I still love her today.

[@ProNoxframe]

Nice vid bro

[@darkumineru1681]

wish they make it so when i use the augment for her 3rd ability i can swap without recasting it and in turn restack it to get full buff

[@Diesense]

I remember being so disappointed after farming equinox for the first time, I thought she was such a terrible frame and deleted her. Time passed and the prime was resurged and I decided to give her another try… I understood her kit better but I just couldn’t get behind it. Fast forward to now and the release of archon shards, I’ve been able to truly understand how to use equinox effectively even with my unusual build and she is now part of my top 3 frames

[@divinefox4306]

Not a fan but their 4's slash seemed ok. Not particularly op but ok

[@Skizzeckz]

It makes me happy to see Euinox is growing on more people 😊

[@ChaoticD3sTroYeR]

Aye, made it early to a vid about one of my fave frames. Hello Nova.

[@Ben_R4mZ]

Terraria music is so chill. Headbanging to Day 1 while running survival is my jam 👌

[@muteo]

Ive been a night form Equinox tank since her release. I tend to enjoy tankier warframes and i love the way she does it. Oh and her overall look is amazing.

[@theblastzone3037]

Ahhh Equinox the first WARFRAME I farmed for and my second favorite frame overall

[@Yewrenegade]

After a long grind, wonder what's going on KZbin? *trips over my ongoing/building equinox* Moooom grab thee popcorn, the umbranova video is here!

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

Honey wake up, the best BOIII Nova has a new video!

[@miguelcabreracastro6968]

modding teh separate entities... i cant even imagine what kinds of crazy build people would make, it would be awesome

[@scripzesbaab6277]

Mom wake up Nova Umbral uploaded

[@charlesschuppin7569]

I love your fashions could you share some of them please 🙏

[@charlestheblacksummoner7816]

How lovely for me a new warframe player to see this.

[@Jayynoz.]

my first prime warframe ❤. love her to death

[@arsenetelosnookami]

Babe wake up, new NovaUmbral vid

[@gypdarin1458]

He'll I just built her. Leveling her as I watched. I think shes great post update.

[@Llightmare]

Damn I love this frame ♥

[@Kiribandit]

Equinox is my first frame, I dont have much references but she is amazing, a jack of all trades

[@Tarumarugan]

I’ve only ever used equinox in the circuit. I have it fully completed in my foundry but I’m leaving it there because I don’t really see myself using it like that. Plus getting the pieces you need to build her is more of a hassle than it’s worth, so I’ll just sit on it for if/when I feel like playing her again.

[@ValanxWF]

20 minute gang. I enjoyed farming Equinox Prime. The actual equinox grind was awful.

[@SgtParson]

Would love to see you do a video on OBERON I just got him and I love the style but I'm struggling with his abilities. (Very new at warframe its only my 2nd frame)

[@noahedenborg4221]

U should do a video about primary/secondary/melee

[@tycheese5]

Lesgooooooo nova posted!!!!

[@saiyoice]

Even just keeping mend maim dammage counter on switching between day and night form instead of losing it would be an amazing quality of life change for equinox.

[@manungooh1828]

My first prime was equinox prime

[@mutexgamex4285]

A very easy way to make Equinox very good again is to give her the Sevagoth treatment: you can mod both day AND night seperately. And make the transfer augment for her 4th built into her kit

[@trexterminater3]

Yes pls

[@gunicorn466]

I recently got into playing super slow equinox with gloom And now this video came out what a coincidence

[@PPo0919]

sorry to ask, what is that syandana called? and how do i get it?? Love the video btw!!!!!

[@halfmoonbooks8573]

Ooooo, Clocked that Terraria music at 8:25

[@janhanna3512]

Honey stop what you're doing, there's a new NovaUmbral video!

[@Keaton_Ambrose]

Would love to see one of these on Oberon!

[@Male_Parent]

26:36 Or you can be me and do build power strength on day form for pillage with the helminth. Makes for a solid weapons platform support hybrid, really fun build but also pretty expensive with what you need. 😂 It's pretty wild that you can use pillage with overextend + stretch range. Without having to use your operator for more power strength. You could even get more range on it with a couple archon shards. Maim also gets this 300%+ strength. No need to run rolling guard as you get status cleanse and shields.

[@JetSettt]

I never used equinox BUT after watching it vik

[@fast1307]

What’s the intro song, the break core tune

[@ikazuchi-san5772]

she's my go to for endgame missions, can't die because of terrify and nukes the entire field

[@gustavomartin2565]

I used to main Equinox before I discovered Oberon back in 2018 and never changed since. My 2 biggest problems with Equinox was the fact I had to use energy to change forms when it could very well be their passive like Limbo and his rift and I couldn't bring the accumulation of mend/main to the other form whem changing. My second nitpicky was that the kinda lack of synergy in the builds for each power, like putting all of your mods for one ability and excluding the others

[@rodd-hunter1675]

Trying to get a Duality and Energy transfer build. But I lack survivability.

[@javierbalcazar4667]

You should do banshee next

[@MagicznyOlunio]

will ther be vidio about ash ?

[@zms92]

They should apply the concept used in Voruna to Equinox, she is not 2-in-1 frame in practical ways, taking advantage of both form requires steps that makes the gameplay slow and u will stick to one form most of the time if u want to keep up with your squad.

[@daydreamdirty]

Unless you’re doing 400% power boost with her.

[@zms92]

@@daydreamdirty this is still using her in a specific pupose and sticking to it. Most player build her for a specific form and sticking to it because her theme of dual frame is impractical.

[@KateHikes88]

Play support Dayquinox. Peaceful Provocation with Power Donation and enough strength to boost everyone's power strength by 110% and subsume Roar for Metamorphosis for +100% damage buff. It's the only way I play her.

[@Male_Parent]

Similar to me but I prefer to run pillage and growing power + coaction drift as they stack together unlike power donation. Pillage replaces rolling guard and gives armor strip with either a few casts or a single cast depending on the others in your squad. Yes it sucks you have to status proc to activate it, but it allows me to get more power strength for myself for more support.

[@tatsumiplays2625]

Can you one of Gaara and are you going to do one on either Grendel or hydroid when Hydroid gets his rework in Grendel gets the prime

[@hazenoxprime]

My girl!

[@UNGGodYT]

It is a pity it fell behind, she is my second most used frame, behind hildryn, i really like this attack and support on the fly, worked great for old IO, but power creep will always creep the self centered.

[@stanleystaklight7555]

The only prime in my arsenal that i haven't maxed out😊😅

[@HinoD13th]

I wish that equinox has more survivability with the day form. I need this without the help of the helminth ability

[@RapTapTap69]

That's kind of the point tho. Day is a glass cannon and Night is a CC tank. If Day is tanky then there's no point in using Night

[@LethalLettuce]

Been an equinox main ever since the Initial release of her. What a great frame. If they ever change her or mess her up I will probably stop playing honestly lol

[@cinderpsycho1985]

Only edition I wanna see to equinox is give a real first ability make the change the dash like Limbo. Maybe also seperate modding

[@merchantmocha4665]

The dash would be very inpractical

[@tomasz9429]

To this day I don't know how to play Equinox, nor which form is which. I'm a simple Warframe player, enjoying easy frames like Saryn, Sevagoth, Gauss, Protea. No skill required, just facerolling, seeing SP enemies drop like flies while I watch a movie on the second screen.

[@som3one724]

Aah equinox the first frame i fell in love with. her

[@kiwiplaysvr6798]

Duality or Mend&Maim should be Equinox's passive

[@lordvitae]

YES! LET US MOD DAY AND NIGHT SEPERATELY PLEASE!

[@ErrorhIL]

hearing terraria music was a pleasant suprise XD

[@tsonic73]

i like equinox but i wish main would scale on its own on top of the weapon damage you do and do continuous slash damage for the amount of energy it drains but in the eyes of the community that would be broken and DE would nerf it, i only use her now for nightwave ability kills challenge

[@MetaDargon]

I'd invest the plat into clem coin

[@valerianos8635]

I absolutely love the idea of Equinox. I like everyone of her abilities, what its frustrating its how they work. 1st ability being duration based and decaying its really dumb also the buffs themselves arent really worth it(as they are now).You may say that it is because they want you to switch and made that as an incentive. Wich dosent work like that The way i would change it. Its so that the buffs become passive as long as you are in that form. And the duration its only there to keep the buffs of the previous form(without decay) wich would be a better incentive to switch between them. Since you would want the tanky buffs of night form in day form and the damage bonus(althought the damage bonues its additive to base dmg mods/arcanes). I wouldnt change anything about the augment its fine as it is. Also reduce the energy required to change between forms Her 2nd ability its fine it dosent need any changes. And its augment its a nice QoL that i use from time to time. Her 3rd its. A thing. Unless you stay in only 1 form all the time its not worth using it. Day version of it its good nice buffs so wouldnt change anything about it. Night form its where i have issues with. Its a vrey unreliable way to keep yourself alive(as it is right now). I have 2 ideas of changeing one its more just QoL change. And the other changes how it works entirely. The QoL part of it would be no dmg red fall off have only 1 ring and let duration reduce energy drain and give it a cap on the ammount the energy that can be drained.(yea duration dosent reduce energy drain on her 3rd only efficiency) The other ideea wich is more of a rework of it would be to let it be just normal damage reduction in a range around her that the allies can get as well but depending on the ammount of people in its range the energy drain increases. Also make it so that when u switch you dont get the benefits of the other forms benefits in other words dont deactivate it, and with the augment just dont remove the stacks its just annoying The augment of it its nice to have and its a good wouldnt change anything about it Her 4th its fine (energy transfer shouldnt even be a thing since thats her whole shtick changeing forms). Maybe increase the ammount of shield mend gives / kill by a bit. (Otherwise il just always subsume pillage over her metamorphosis since its a far more reliable way of keeping myself alive than mend) Thats about it i tried to keep it as short as possible. Would love to see more ideas from people since shes such a cool warframe(in concept).

[@Gabriel_Tetevenski]

Ivara vid pls

[@SmallishPoppy6]

Being able to add them being modded separately won’t be a big deal sense it’s also possible to do so with shadow

[@hothstorm]

Why the hell am i hearing terraria music

[@princesscadance197]

What I love about Warframe is it seems like a perpetual duel between players finding ways to break the game using literally just what the game provides, and the devs going 'o shit we should fix that'

[@zsedforty]

YAYYYYYYYYYYY

[@zetomer5468]

16:25 Instead of mend I heard men for a few seconds, had to replay a few times, I can't stop laughing

[@catboy6451]

You should do a Nezha video!

[@derpy_mushroom531]

I farmed for Equinox long before her prime, and I refuse to go for the prime now. the regular 'Nox felt like a major achievement to complete, considering you had to essentially farm for 2 different frames for one. I don't care how much better the prime might be, it doesn't *feel* better than knowing what I did for Equinox. Honestly my favourite thing to do with her is go to Day form Equinox and press maim on that first defence node on Earth, talking to the noobs and then offering to help them out for a few hours, show them some frames and how different things work.

[@zsedforty]

That's why I run her base skin all the time.. -to commemorate the grind.

[@Sheed96]

what? her prime is easier to get though

[@Prawnsly]

@@Sheed96 that's exactly what he's saying - re-read the comment

[@Sheed96]

@@Prawnsly i guess

[@Rhodynit]

6:15 Why terraria music lol

[@TheArgonaut540]

now I am become Chevy car, divider of community

[@vex2482]

Mfw I get a warframe add on a warframe video. Talk about preaching to the converted

[@Mrnevertalks]

I got duality before I started playing Wukong. It is pretty much the only reason I play equinox, but in a few ways I prefer it to Wuclone. It doesn't hurt me to do Duality + Energy transfer, which helps in building up Maim. It also doesn't hurt that much to cast 2 since it is a pretty low cost ability. Duality getting whatever weapon I spawn it with is great, before the ammo changes I would just alternate between Kohm and Twin Kohmak. Since I have base duration it only last 10 seconds, but it's doing things the whole time it's out and I can reposition it if it starts acting dumb. I wish I was able to utilize her 3 with duality, but at least I have access to most of the frame's kit.

[@smoker9509]

does the atterax deserve a story ?

[@noahedenborg4221]

i think melee deserve the story

[@lamontejones9498]

Like night n day😂

[@giles.9862]

Didn't kuva zarr release in 2021?

[@NovaUmbral]

2019

[@AnthanKrufix]

Hearing about how Warframe used to be is incredibly weird for someone who started playing last year.. Stuff like "Builds like this made Equinox extremely overpowered, letting her solo even level 100 content." sounds hilarious now.

[@NovaUmbral]

Well level 100+ content wasn't hard at all if you ran the go to setups, which were Narramon Shadow (Going invisible on a melee critical hit) Equinox due to her very high radius damage had a pretty easy time WITHOUT the use of the perma invis, which putting it into that perspective.. is pretty powerful.

[@lordrefrigeratorintercoole288]

When cross save comes and i can get my PS4 account on PC, i will finaly be able to dust off my Equinox and Limbo Prime. They are my fav warframes.

[@coreano1219]

for me equinox divided warframe and before i start and after i start playing i starded like 2 days after its release

[@ExzoSSG]

I still play Equinox, she's in my top 5. Her slow is unmatched and she can fill any role on the fly.

[@alexagne7524]

Gloom replacing her 1st is pretty ridiculous

[@grubby01c69]

Yess comfy learning vid from hot voice

[@cheesejuice_]

I think armor stripping is dumb and instead enemies should have more health cus its like shooting stones.

[@noahedenborg4221]

That won't do anything tho

[@RapTapTap69]

Uhhhh... so instead of having more effective health you want them to just have more health?? Oh brother 🤦

[@cheesejuice_]

@@RapTapTap69 we not dealing with dps as a mean of dmg in numbers per second but parts of a second when we do dmg CAPS

[@RapTapTap69]

@@cheesejuice_ brother what?? You got to explain that shit better

[@lornelorne5727]

Equinox isn't really that great of a tank. Other frames like Trinity, Chroma, Valkyr, Revenant, Yareli, etc. are much better. Pacify isn't a damage reduction, but rather a weakness debuff on enemies. You didn't make any mention of Overguard/Eximus enemies being a nerf to Equinox, since they're immune to the debuff, dealing full damage even if right next to you. Aside from that, it's still just not good enough since enemies that shoot you from afar will do full damage even if they're regular mobs, the energy drain is insanely high, and the augment takes forever to build up. The shields you get back from Mend are very little. She's okay at tanking, but I wouldn't say she's great at it.

[@NovaUmbral]

In a steel path survival Equinox has little problems to get going with her abilities to tank, with medium strength and a decent weapon you will get the shields back instantly after killing a few enemies, using other tools in game (arcanes, subsumes etc) you WILL shrug off attacks. It's actually really comfy. But of course at a certain point you will rely on the shield refresh per kill which is late into steel path. (Sure it isn't a traditional style of tanking like Chroma Valkyr Revenant etc, but it shouldn't be disregarded in my opinion because its really nice against base steel path) As for energy Dethcube or Dispensary works perfectly fine to get your energy back up to full 24/7 (Dethcube won't die because of Mend) Also just... shoot the overguard, we have a ton of powerful weapons to one hit overguards.

[@lornelorne5727]

How survivable a frame is definitely depends on the content you're running, sure. But in comparison to other support or tank frames, her defenses just fall short. I don't consider "just shoot the overguard" to be a good argument. Sure, a dead enemy can't hurt you, but that isn't tanking. Any frame can "just kill the enemy". She has absolutely no defense reduction against those enemies, or enemies at range, which is a big hole in her survivability. And the amount of shields restored by Mend is low enough that you have to get several kills to shield gate, even with ability strength built up, unless you're using a Decaying Key. If you're at a level where enemies are actually a danger, then that isn't so easy to do. The other mentioned frames go much further and with less difficulty before one-shotting happens.

[@megagrowlithe]

@@lornelorne5727 Definite agree, Equinox's "tanking" ability has always been a huge meme for exactly the reasons you've stated. Mend's shield restore value is so low that you either need to really pump up that strength to the detriment of her other stats _alongside_ a dragon key to regen it in one kill, or opt for some lower value and hope needing 2 kills doesn't bite you in the ass (which it will). Restoring the shields of everyone in range is nice and you can get some funny Mend stacking with multiple Equinox (Equinox working well with herself, shocker), but it's more of a dream than a reality. I'm fine with it being a thing, but as it stands Nightquinox just feels like a worse version of Styanax, and given that any decent Equinox build focuses on primarily one form....yeah, just play Nourish-Styanax instead. Print infinite energy for your team, easy armor strip, shield-regen on kill, and Intrepid Stand gives fantastic survivability at all levels. If you ever wanna go for the 'just kill them harder, a dead enemy can't hurt you' approach then say hi to Day Form. At least Day does that job well, albeit requiring Terrify in SP.

[@STR8L8CED]

Equinox has more skills than any other frame and still gets slept. Most players can barely handle three 😂

[@ryandewolfe3780]

ayo what tf is up with the terraria music, lmao

[@GustavoEBarriga]

LOL "divided" When wukong is truly a buy 1 get 2 frames and you just join a clan to get him you know DE just hate you since the grind for the normal equinox is some kind of torture, you have to farm 2 frames each one with it's own % of drop chances then build each one THEN build the final frame aaand at the end you still need a mod to split THE ONLY FRAME MADE BY 2 FRAMES... for 7 seconds, no more kiddo 🤣💀