Ranking all the FRAMES in Warframe (2022)

Every journey has its end. Join Ricky Summer has he ranks every frame in the game from S to F tier.
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[@RickySummer]

Ever seen a man mispronounce "Protea" three times in a row?

[@amiiboss9822]

Haha 😂 true

[@helloca5]

😂

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

You also put her in the wrong spot

[@sajinkahnalt]

Good teir list. However… while zephyr is a little clunky sometimes, the fact that she can make any single target weapon into a mass nuke aoe with her 4 shouldn’t be overlooked. She also has some really fun augments that really pump up her fun value. I’d suggest giving them a look someday

[@635574]

I heard this on reddit once, there are 3 stages of playing hydroid: 1 You aren't playing hydroid 2 You wish you weren't playing hydroid 3 You wish nobody was playing hydroid.

[@srikaka]

As a Khora main, I feel like you should give her another chance. Just for a quick refresher. Maybe try the Accumulating Whipclaw augment in Steel Path.

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

The fact that he put Khora, octavia, Wisp, Nezha, and Guass In something other than A or S tier is utterly absurd but The fact that Khora is in c tier is disrespectful and I’m saying this as a wisp main Khora should be in A tier minimum

[@EtherealSky5594]

You know, as a frost main, I'm happy with the placement of him here. Do I wish I he was low A tier? Perhaps, but that could just be my bias towards him; either way this was fun to watch. 😁 Surprised ya put Rev in the B tier though 🤔

[@RickySummer]

He'll always have a special place in my heart ❄ Editing Ric was surprised by a lot of recording Ric's choices.

[@syafoxkarin620]

As a Hydroid main, I can't believe he's so high at a warframe tier list XD

[@OM4R_FARUK]

I thought I was the only hydroid main

[@syafoxkarin620]

@@OM4R_FARUK Glad to meet another hydroid main.

[@RickySummer]

I'm a Hydroid sympathizer ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) you Hydroid mains will always be able to find sanctuary here.

[@helloca5]

I've been waiting so long for this

[@poketcg1592]

One of the only people that can get me to watch them rank stuff for 45 minutes.

[@michaellima1288]

"And to that end, Sevagoth is Justin Bieber"

[@RickySummer]

Where's the lie?

[@damienharper722]

I personally feel you should have done your teir list to how you feel it should be to you and not worry what others will think or judge you on BUT it is what it is. That being said my personal S tier frames for me would be Xaku, Zepher, Marage, Lavos, and Wisp for the most part. Just something about there synergy of skills or weapons that works for my style of game play.. now with that being said I honestly enjoy all the frames in there own way, even the meme frames people seem to love to hate for whatever reasons.

[@RickySummer]

That would have been a very chaotic video with a whole lotta D ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@allenboyrazian4233]

Grendal in B tier? WHAT? Definitely belongs in F tier.

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

Yeah Bro was tweak in the moment he put wisp and Octavia in something other than a S tier He also put Khora and Nezha in B tier because he definitely has never played all the frames

[@allenboyrazian4233]

@@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER I agree with you can tell he doesn't play the game. Octavia, Wisp, Khora and Nezha are amazing frames

[@noahloyd9176]

See, my opinion is that this is the kind of content Warframe needs. There's too much out there about the meta, about the popular, about the bleeding edge of content and biggest damage numbers. Too much about optimal builds and what does a thing the best, disregard the rest. I'm the kind of guy who takes Loki to a Spy mission instead of Limbo; sure, I could bring Limbo and ignore laser traps, but I have more fun putting down a decoy on the other side of the room and switch-teleporting with it. Warframe has so much style and flair, so many weapons, so many Warframes to choose from, that sometimes it's more fun to take the literal worst option and make it work than to latch on to the metawagon with all the 'cool kids'. It's my humble opinion that the really cool kids appreciate things in an organic way; does it feel right even though it looks wrong? Is this Warframe so ugly that I'd never play it even if it was the only 'Frame that could do something? Perhaps the greatest asset of this game's community is the passion and creativity, the drive to make something unique, something different, something outside the little box that says "The Best" on the cover, and I love to see it represented by cool kids like Ricky Summer. Addendum: re: 'Gimme your S tiers.' First off, I'm a Grendel main (maybe 'the' Grendel main?). There's essentially nothing in the game I find challenging with him, nothing I find dangerous, he's a better tank than Inaros with far better abilities and a better aesthetic, with CC, self-healing, self- and team-buffing abilities, and a great passive. The Xaku are right behind, with their handy passive combined with a good duration on their 4 to keep all their other abilities up constantly; and it's so much fun to have eternal buffs, eternal stolen enemy weapons, and eternally lifted enemies (heck, they can even even affect Liches and Sisters of Parvos with Deny, preventing them from ever even moving.) I gotta give my last S Tier spot to Nova, even though I don't use her that often. For me, Nova is that one friend you call when things can't possibly get any worse, or when you're all alone and pick up the phone, and you call... Every-Enemy-Out-There-Buster Nova. She makes enemies feel inconsequential, impotent, and frankly she's just unfair, and I do like a fair fight. But when it's going down, there's nobody better than Nova to come and drop literal nuclear warfare on the other guys.

[@echoworks3121]

Yep I agree, sometimes its funny to use the most jank warframes

[@valdar27]

I second (or third?) this notion. Playing off-meta frames for the fun of it is the greatest way to play for me. Well, except Yareli. We don't talk about Yareli

[@noahloyd9176]

@@valdar27 Funny story, when they added the second full set of parts to Father's kitgun offerings on Deimos, I had rushed to quickly build a new one, and just went ahead and threw all the new parts into a pistol without much thought - and it became a perfect synergy with Yareli. One of the largest AoEs on any pistol, outlandish damage potential between status and crits, and has two perfect synergies with Yareli in particular: One, from her passive buffs to secondary weapons while moving, and two, knockdown immunity while on Merulina. Yareli immediately became a catalyst for this weapon, and I'll sail my way through every mission just pelting everything in sight with massive exploding sacs of burning, corrosive bile that bursts out like a cluster bomb on every hit. No, it doesn't make Yareli herself better, but I actually really enjoy playing this very specific synergy, quite a lot. It's better than any other secondary I've tried with her, and far more powerful than her abilities on their own. It's kind of like the old Covert Lethality dagger synergy with Inaros, which was so strong they had to completely rework the mod.

[@RickySummer]

Folk, yeah! Here's to the jank builds and style over numbers! 💜

[@valdar27]

Do I get extra style points for making Limbo look like that ghost alien from Ben10?

[@chameo6237]

Hey, man. Waframe is so beautiful, that everyone is right with his loves-n-hates. So your personal rank list is perfect, as everyones else. Love to see you still emotional and personal judjment. My own S-tier: Hildryn, Chroma, Loki, Excalibur (Umbra) and Ash. Ash is so rad in Koga deluxe skin!

[@TSHolden]

As a Frost main, it's always a nail-biter to see him come up in these lists, but I can live with his middle-of-the-road placement. IMO the tanky frames in general could use some rethinking in Warframe, since the meta of the game has changed so very very much since the old days. (For example, I could easily see Frost's Freeze and/or Ice Wave abilities being reworked to double up as a mobility move.) I know it's unlikely, but do you think you'll ever circle back to Frost (maybe using Frost Prime as an excuse?) and make a video about his abilities & augs? The video you made back in the day predated the format you settled on, and there's a LOT of defense nodes on the Steel Path.

[@ryandugan9176]

I recently fell for harrow. I'd love to see a second tier list once you've experienced steel path.

[@MEYH3M]

You should revisit most of these frames with steel path builds, on really high lvl missions they feel very different. That's when frames like Excalibur and Ash shine.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

As a Xaku main Steel Path becomes a cakewalk.

[@lechad6707]

Very interesting list. Are you at endgame gameplay?

[@austinburck8309]

this whole video has to be satire theres no way you can play this game more than a week without figuring out that frames like Baruuk, Khora, WISP, Octavia and Gauss are God tier frames with very few mods and most situations without helminth skills these frames perform very well in most content

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

As a Xaku main I feel their placement in your list is great. Not the best frame but easy A-S tier with the right build. I personally go for high Duration, Range, and Strength, with high energy maximum. And if you run Zeneruk school the low efficiency (45% or so) doesn’t matter because you become an energy factory. Also I made it to 2 hours on Steel Path with Xaku and that easily makes me main them. Also their abilities and lore are dope af.

[@635574]

If you like overlap between tiers thats exactly how 2 of the mobile racing games i played that have tiers work. Asphalt 9 does it al the time from basic to fully upgraded, and CSR2 depends how much your car is upgraded.

[@angelliakas1576]

You're very spot on on Ash actually! People tend to rank him high B to low A tier anyways and I'm happy about it! He's a killing machine that brings death to wherever he goes but that's really it. He can't really buff much, he doesn't crowd control he doesn't support. People tend to pick Ash for survival missions and mainly endurance, because stealth is one of the best ways to survive in Steel Path. How will you die if the enemy can't tell where to shoot? Plus his passive buffs bleed procs which is the main (if not only) way to kill things which is also why he's so popular in high level runs.

[@TheArrivalCyberse]

The Eximus changes kinda nerfed his shuriken augment unfortunately.

[@Gomenred]

I've mentioned her many times in the channel comments but Nyx is my s-tier i got her early on in my warframe journey and she is consistently in my rotation just because her kit is so fluid i can use her for most anything.

[@ivannovalery6504]

I respect the man who respect ivara. Any plan for warframe skin tier list?

[@delsocorromarcdavea.2871]

I know a lot of people raging in the comments bec they're vets etc. But come on mate, it's a video game that is really versatile for different players. He's rating the frames base on how he enjoys playing the frames. Let the man enjoy the game. Edit: But ye I feel like his tier list sucks xD

[@A_Ataman_N]

Oh, Ricky's ranking all the Warframes. I wonder where he would put my main rotation ^^ Oh God... btw. at 12:00 did you mean "Gothic"? :D

[@sdah9884]

Hey ricky i was going through your first time playing warframes playlist and I noticed that you haven’t done one with Frost, any chance you’ll visit him in the future?

[@RickySummer]

I did a Frost video in the early days about how he was the first frame I built. That feels so long ago now 😳

[@sdah9884]

@@RickySummer may we perhaps get a revisit ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)?

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

Mans put hydroid in a Tier

[@Coki91]

This has been one of the largest and most based videos you've done and honestly Im here for it

[@RickySummer]

Can I get a based chain in the comments?

[@angelliakas1576]

based for sure

[@OM4R_FARUK]

BBBASSSEDEDDD

[@michaellima1288]

My S Tiers: Hydroid and Yareli, I really like the wet bois

[@RickySummer]

Wet squad unite! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@nokuiisjustacatwithshades3523]

What yu mean by that🤨

[@SenseofNoneYT]

26:22 Nyx, the sleep frame. Well, she's actually the Psychic of the roster. Mind-control, making everyone fight one another and stripping everybody's defenses completely. Maybe you confused the sleep ability of Equinox? But given that you don't really remember, it prolly didn't click for you. I do feel bad that she's below Atlas though. She's a strong psychic and Atlas just bashes people's heads with rocks. But nah, it's great. It's subjective and it should be. Your opinions can't really be wrong. Other than that... Personally, my own S-tiers are Ivara, Nyx, Mag, Ash, and Volt. Subjectively. Design (and skins), abilities, and basically how it feels to play them. P.S. I'm kind of on the same boat with you for Zephyr. I want to like her and I do but not as much as I wanted to. Solid skill set. Great damage, good CC, survivability, and unfortunately what would have been a good mobility skill. But alas, it just feels so janky to me. Flying straight without control or just floating barely able to move. It's nothing like Gauss or Volt where I have completely control even though they're fast. And for hovering, Hildryn's 4 feels way better. Prolly not a big thing for other people, but it is for me.

[@thatchris1626]

Lavos mains represent! He's da best and no dreadful brozime build can change that

[@pythonxi]

Well... There it is. Finally...

[@RickySummer]

They said it would never happen

[@pythonxi]

@@RickySummer Yeah. I was one of those people. Why? Because I thought it could never be done, but you went and did it. So, congratulations! However you still refuse to call her Valkitty. That is your crime, and your punishment will come in due time... from Savadaddy.

[@_shadowsaiyan99_17]

Mirage, Saryn, Nezha, Mesa, all S-tier for me

[@steeks9132]

my S tier: -protea -mirage -loki -mesa

[@werebearviking5612]

I love how you have 4 frames in S so that they can get to be a full squad of 4.

[@zirsos8610]

nice

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

43:06 Yareli should have her own tier below F tier and Valkyr should be in F tier simply because she’s out of date

[@jblastarsgaming4765]

S tiers rhino and Excalibur I’m new so they are the only frames I got so don’t judge

[@OM4R_FARUK]

Exactly dude, I was wondering if I am the only one finding Ash very sexual dude. Now I need to figure out why?

[@RickySummer]

He's a very tight individual ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@angelliakas1576]

I believe you are aware of the concept art of what Ash was planned on becoming? All I'm saying is Wisp would have some serious competition

[@wellybeatz2370]

You put wisp in B tier? First time viewer here. Very out there when it comes to ratings here, But you put protea in S tier but not wisp?

[@dimenzhion]

Ok then, My S tiers: - Garuda - Equinox - Ivara - Lavos - Gara - Nezha - Nova - Mag - Protea

[@helloca5]

Yess

[@scripzes1634]

Ember S tier, with my build i have infinite energy, gloom scaling making me invincible, i can make all my waepons stronger cause of immolation, can keep burning enemies, receiving lots of buffs, being invincible, not running out of energy and being able to fully strip armor and stunlocking enemies cause of 95% gloom slow cause with embers passive i can scale her power strength buff to 105% more with my build having 95% gloom slow and very good hp regen.

[@ampin9975]

How u can put revenant in class b. Revenant should be S class becaused he's character is the most eazy ever for survival at least 12 damage taken for bad player and 0 death. Unless you don't know how to use him.

[@Nephutis]

great list. i'm sad you didn't fully click with hildryn but glad you can respect she's strong! not surprised AT all to see ivara in S. she's just pure fun in any non-combat scenario.

[@RickySummer]

Some of the best runs I've had have been with Ivara in defence with one other person. Absolutely glorious 🏹

[@gabieu6773]

How is nezha C

[@Darthmufin]

I feel like this tier list is weird because you don't really list them all at how you feel about them, but how you think the community will react. It's still fine, but also a tad bit disappointing in a way?

[@635574]

He bases is Mostly on fashion LMAO

[@RickySummer]

That's correct, mostly fashion and style points ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@635574]

Imagine if someone who knows all the bugs made a bug tier list. Yareli definitely S class cause youre under the map all the time unless you learn how to avoid the bug.

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

S- Wisp, octavia, Khora, Guass, Equinox, and Ivara(when played by somebody with competence) A- mag, Volt, Trinity, protea, xaku, Nidus, Nezha, saryn, Ash, Hydrin, and Nyx(when played competently), Mesa, rhino, gara, wukong, Mirage Syanax and Baruuk B- Nekros, Oberon, Excalibur, Garuda, Lavos, Harrow, sevagoth, Vauban, Gyre, Nova, Loki, and revenant C-Limbo, Atlas, frost, Banshee, zephyr, and Titania, caliban D-Valkyr, Inaros F- Hydriod, chroma, Grendel Yareli- Yareli (she gets her own tier because she’s that garbage You should be embarrassed If at any point you’re really out performs you like any other frame it’s fine but if yerli outperforms you a endurance mission be ashamed) Scaling S tier score 180-200 6 frames A tier score 120-180 18 frames B score 70-118 12 frames C score 50-69 7 frames D score 15-49 2 frames Yareli -100-15 1 peace of garbage

[@bodassassin6387]

Zephyr is C tier? Why? He’s an A tier at least for me.

[@Lobotomy_cat]

@@bodassassin6387 she* also yea she is really broken with good builds. And some funny is that the archon vitality works with damage from the tornado from Selina you shout at them so you can deal massive damage with it

[@cadeb11]

Nezha in c tier? Do you actually play this game currently this list is so off

[@randomtevin6849]

i took offense to ur whole placement system and i will be contacting ur manager

[@N3pt0on]

Not nezha😭😂

[@daviddalton6985]

Oof the disrespect to trinity..laughs in abating link and champion blessing augment mods. Trinity is A- minimum. 100% armor strip, energy&healing regen for entire team, high dps thru the roof with champions augment.

[@nbassasin8092]

Ash is my favourite frame but I gotta say... he is B tier... in terms of strength and in terms of versatility, and his design and everything except his concept. So coming from an Ash fan he is B. but gad you placed him in A. As for Ember, I can agree B for strength but everything else is A or S Gauss... I mean Gauss... I wont say anything else about him, SSSSSS, my third favourite frame Harrow I agree, may even say he is B, but A works, no point in being angry with my boi getting higher praises Ivara... I gotta say A but cant because one of my babies got an S ranking Mag S, S, SSSSSSSSSS Mirage, the only one I completely disagree, S or atleast an A and she is my least favourite frame out of these 10 so that i saying something Nezha is S in every way Titania, my girl, but id put her in like B or even C, but hey cant argue with higher ratings I love it Volt for stregth A or even B, for usefulness and everything else HARD S, my second favourite frame Zephyr I usually say there are two types of people, those who think Zephyr is S and those who havent figured it out yet This is just my opinion on my favourite 11 frames, trying to be objective. And i gotta say I LOVE how you made the S tier frames you love and not those that are the strongest

[@xxwaspxxbegoten7045]

Main Mag here... not dissapointed, neither agree... Lets just say i forgive you xD

[@jasonisane]

This list is definitely opinion based gotta play the game more too

[@camomoose1078]

4:00 Calibans bigggest issue is that hes most likely going to get shot when he uses his 2 actually usefull abilitys cause both of them lock you into a animation. Especially now when the new eximus units ignore pretty much all of their effects.

[@bryancastellon2163]

Nekros double resources?? Easy A tier

[@rolodwayne5841]

imo nezha should be high B maybe low A. c is way too low for him.

[@malware6147]

so frost and atlas better than excal ? and also same tier as gara hmm ... okay well after watching more of it , i can confidently ask ..... did you okay the game with your brain turned off ????? i can point to 10 people and they can point to 10 more and so on and all would disagree . that aside the video was pretty funny and cool

[@simonjack9699]

When KZbinrs make videos like this I feel like it'd be much better if KZbinrs have a unbiased opinion about it you know base everything on the popularity of the frame base it on the meta of the frame like which frames got a buff you know which ones approved overall over time those should be category as you know s tier it shouldn't be based on your opinion

[@Agnathor]

What?

[@pcmasterrace9522]

Can't believe how much you disrespected my boy Sevagoth

[@valdar27]

I'm one of those weird individuals who mains Zephyr, and I like unusual play styles, so my S tier looks like this: Zephyr, Mag, (EV) Trinity, Protea Also, I'd rate Titania and Limbo higher than they deserve based on the fact that I'm speedrunning Lua spy for fun.

[@RickySummer]

I respect Zephyr mains like I respect Hydroid mains. Gods' speed ✊

[@valdar27]

@@RickySummer it's basically a gigantic game of "the floor is lava" - schlorp™ them up with the 2, lift them up with the 4, floaty boy mode with 1 and annihilate the room. And the open world zoomies are just so *chef's kiss*

[@BlueChicken07]

You put trinity at D tier. She is the best support of all support. You put Revenant at D tier. He is immortal. (When you know how to use it) You put khora at C tier. Her first skill deals tons of raw damage, when you moded your stat stick right You put Zephyr at D tier. Her tornado adapts base on your weapons equip. Your guns can do AOE or do more damagae/ You put Wisp at B tier. One of the best offensive support. You put Nehza at C tier. He is better than Rhino. Can deal Tons of damage. You put Wukong at B tier. He can do all kinds of content (Survival, Spy Etc). Please do play them again. I know, your play style is different from us. But please those frames that I mentioned, try to play them again.

[@jcman-lp6lg]

trinity's not even the best support anymore with the meta now, survivability of frames, shield gating, and other healing options she doesn't have much use she's still good but she's no longer necessary. She needs a new overhaul because she's outdated, the meta has already walked passed her and left her behind.

[@notawehraboo6159]

trinity isn't needed in the game anymore with the inclusion of styanax and the fact that energy isn't much of a problem in warframe unless you're doing something wrong, arcane energize is way more useful then having a squadmate waste their time with a trinity, should've been put at F tier for revenant, just because a warframe is tanky doesn't make him good, the only thing he can do is tank, he can't do anything else to support his team in any way, D tier is generous, should've been put at F tier nezha deserves C tier, just because he is a sort of upgraded rhino doesn't make him good, maybe B at a push wukong is ok at B tier, he doesn't deserve higher tbh warframe's meta has moved away from tank warframes, which is why tank warframes are kind of useless for the most part in current meta

[@santrolightsantronknight7825]

im volt main

[@Juicy_ba11s]

No offence but hydroid in A is a joke

[@penisboss5976]

Most disappointed in zephyr’s ranking, to be honest. Zephyr is a SUPER good frame when it comes to boosting your weapons to the next level. It’s to the point that, when i see someone use zephyr to show off a new weapon, I consider it basically cheating. Her tornadoes are SUPER good, she has an ability that just makes her immune to guns, and has a cheap, easy shlorp button. Honestly, she’s probably one of the best frames in the game, she can make the fucking UNMODDED STUG kill steel path enemies with her tornados.

[@valdar27]

Exactly. Although if you bring an unmodded stugg to steel path, you have no joy in your life

[@underatededm93]

atlas is a C for cause his kit sucks and needs too much invest to be alright and his one yeah one shots but compared to other weapons and abilities it’s nothing impressive, he can be so much better and i wish he was

[@finleymorris04]

Atlas can be crazy strong, but yes his kit is poorly designed, that’s because he’s very old

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

You put Octavia, Wisp, Nezha, and Guass in something other than S tier dawg you tweaking and the sheer audacity to put wisp in B tier

[@635574]

Nezha bottom confirmed

[@lostny76]

yeah, no...

[@omniking3216]

Hydroid A tier? Lol

[@CatGuy969]

After over 1000 hours in warframe, and 28 days IN MISSION time SPENT in Warframe, I have uninstalled the game to gain back control of my life. I played at least 12 hours a day on average these last few months, and just dug me deep into a dark hole. After uninstalling, I realized i have never been that productive in YEARS. Started lifting, reading, going outside, all things that were boring to me while i played warframe. Best of wishes to everyone on their journey of self improvement

[@Orion_44]

That's cool, but it's possible to do all of that at the same time, of course though, not if your absolutely addicted to warframe (or any game) But yeah, congrats on feeling great!

[@RickySummer]

Good on you! 💜 I've also recently started lifting. Once you get on that self improvement train, games start to lose their luster.

[@derpyjae802]

This tier list is definitely a joke right?

[@finleymorris04]

Objectively, Ivara and Xaku are tied for best Warframe right now. They have the highest kps combined with survivability and ease of use.

[@BlooDGoD1989]

FIrst ;D

[@godwar2107]

I don't like Ash

[@ADVRSRY]

Nah this tier list is definitely trash 💀💀

[@ADVRSRY]

Nah this tier list is definitely trash 💀💀

[@ADVRSRY]

Nah this tier list is definitely trash 💀💀