Revisiting my FIRST Warframe with Mag Prime

The end is here. Today we come full circle and play Mag Prime for the first time.
0:00 Intro
2:57 Abilities
11:52 Fashion
13:43 Modding
15:13 First time playing
23:16 Theorycrafting
25:58 Augments
29:11 Max rank gameplay
31:46 Steel Path gameplay
36:57 Final build
38:59 Conclusion
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[@K-lero]

Mag is an underdog that a lot of people sleeps on. If there is a frame that can do steel path effortlessly even in 4 digit lvls, that is mag. Magnetize its one of the best, if not directly the best ability in the game: defense, ofense, cc, fun, sinergy with weapons... If you have the (tenet) arca plasmor, dude, you have to try it with magnetize. Her other abilities work very well in high lvl missions to cc enemies or keep her shields up, and her augments (aside of her first one) are great for the same reasons, even if they are not 100% neccesary. I think that she is not a great starter frame because of the complexity of her kit, she needs a lot of energy being a spamer frame, and her full potential unlocks when you have some mods or the right weapons so really use magnetize to blow everything up. P.D.: if you have the helminth unlocked, breach surge + magnetize its just a nuts combo, and I really mean it. Its a festival of damage multipliers afecting other damage multipliers that lets you do millions of damage without firing a single bullet, only those 2 abilities + the damage that the enemies do to themselves trying to shot you inside magnetize.

[@knicklichtjedi]

If you want to continue series like this one, here are a few ideas: - Ricky School: You can select or Chat/Discord can give you a topic and we learn stuff about it e.g. building a heavy attack initial combo melee - Mod collection: Pick some mods to get and rank them up, so that future builds, frame or weapon, can be stronger ("standard" and augment mods) - Helminth: Obtain the Helminth, collect every frame again and then start revisiting frames and see, if the build can be improved/changed with the Helminth - Steel Path: (Maybe after the steps above) Get your arsenal ready to handle at least exterminates in Steel Path. This will test understanding of damage and survivability.

[@CrazyDontMeanWrong]

I have played a LOT of Mag, and I have two tips. Firstly, the grenades of the Secura Penta don't explode until you trigger them, so they'll keep spinning around a bubble, punching though enemies the entire time. Multiple bubbles even, depending on the environment, they do tend to go flying when the bubble bursts. Secondly, I highly recommend trying a high duration/low range build based around Counter Pulse. It doesn't just shut down robots, anyone with a gun just stands there trying to unjam their weapon, and the stun/jam duration goes up with power duration. You can lock down entire rooms. Plural. It's not as optimal as most other builds, her bubble does a lot of work and this poops all over it, but it's a fun change of pace.

[@PsychoCrow]

+ for Secura Penta mention and btw this weapon can also renew energy.

[@metalbosun3183]

Hi Ricky! Filthy Mag Main here. I never take off Polarize' Counterpulse augment. It adds enormously into the survivability, because enemies that can't shoot, can't kill you. And everybody was complaining about the new Eximus units, but I didn't understand, because her bubble doesn't give a crap about overshields. She's one of the strongest frames and very worthy of your love! Two words: Kuva Drakgoon!

[@RickySummer]

I tried the regular Drakgoon and it didn't feel amazing, but I recognise its superior punch through. I'm sure Kuva Drak will be insane. Eximus ain't shit for Mag.

[@metalbosun3183]

@@RickySummer Thanks for answering! I agree that regular Drak doesn't seal the deal, but if you use its Kuva variant, slap on maxed multishot mods, extra punch through and fire rate mods, and then fire it into the bubble; you'll immediately be hauled off to The Hague to be tried for committing several war crimes, as well frying your GPU and those of your squadmates. Whatever you plan to do next with Warframe; I'm here for it!

[@angelliakas1576]

Ricky you actually came in strong in steel path! You basically have the base idea in the bag. All you need to get down to muscle memory now is to stay agile, stay schmoving and fully build your weapons. Enemies deal A LOT of damage so unless you're playing tanky frames then you want to be taking as little damage as possible. Just become a crackhead! Run, roll and bullet jump EVERYWHERE, make it hard for the enemies to hit you, plus rolling gives you damage reduction for it's animation. Weapon builds need to be maxed out. No half assed empty slot builds will be quite as successful as you need them to be unless your warframes give you that big of a buff. You're getting there!

[@SenseofNoneYT]

Damn, revisiting Mag. I love it. She's contending for my favorite of the 3 starters. It used to be Volt but Mag is playing with my heart. Excalibur never really appealed to me that much. But yeah, the Magnetize bubble and Polarize is the main rotation. Pull is usually for added CC and pulling stragglers several feet away into bubbles. I usually just use Crush for when tougher enemies come in. Without the augment though, Crush is really best for overshields. Simple enough but powerful, versatile, and scales well. Pretty easy to build her so I'll just mention some other little stuff I love about her. Like using her bubbles are pseudo-shields barriers because it affects all projectiles. So when there are some enemies you don't wanna deal with at a specific moment, just move to the other side of the bubble so anything they shoot will only be absorbed by the bubble. Also, what you might not notice is that her first 3 abilities only uses one arm to cast. You can keep aiming and shooting and cast any of those 3 abilities without disrupting your shooting at all, unlike a lot of other frame abilities that locks you into casting animation. It's arguably trivial but to me it's a quality-of-life thing for a frame. You can be mid aim-glide shooting and casting an ability all at the same time. It fits perfectly with how I play WF. Fun and engaging. Overpowered frames that can sit around and still kill enemies looks cool and all, but it doesn't do it for me as a player. Unlike a lot of the frames that are just strong and then the weapons are a different story, Mag and weapons have strong synergy. Actual synergy. Not just armor-strip = more weapon damage. The bubble benefits so much from your weapons and your weapons hit multiple enemies without having to aim much. Also, it's actually pretty cool to see when you use beam weapons onto the bubble. You can shoot the edge of the bubble and visibly see the laser beam redirected into the center. Cool video! You finally saw the childhood friend as she really is. Are there any more of these revisits we'll be seeing?

[@LughSamildanach]

IMO best way to play Mag? Go hard on Duration and get the Augment mod 'Counter Pulse' for Polarize. You can disable every gun using enemy on the map infinitely. Makes defence missions trivial. In this build Pull is used rarely just for crowd control of melee. Magnetize on bosses and powerful enemies. Use a powerful 1 hit weapon like the Daikyu with slash and you'll 1-2 shot every boss/tough enemy in the game with it + magnetize. I never even touched Crush and eventually ended up replacing it with a Helminth ability.

[@king_kati9653]

I suggest putting counter pulse. It jams all weapons from each factions. This and Detonate makes gameplay incredible!! She was my first and I love the prime.

[@savageygo7965]

Mag is one of my favorite endgame frames! Recomend using the Tenet Arca Plasmor with her due to the Giant Plasma blast repeatedly doing damage inside of her 2 bubble, especially if you add vicious spread

[@THEgameHATESyou]

Then use corvas prime for even more blinding power

[@finleymorris04]

You should really get Rolling Guard. It’s the alternative to Adaptation that is harder to use but ultimately much more effective. It’s amazing on mag and other frames that restore shields. The primary use of crush is to restore shields as it’s damage is poor. When shields run out, dodge to activate rolling guard, and while immortal, cast 4 to refill the shields of your whole team and buy you some time by ragdolling the enemies. Magnetise is one of the strongest powers in the game. The blast at the end can be built to do millions of damage, and it scales infinitely as it takes in the damage that enemies caught in it deal. Magnetised discharge is great. Polarise boosts magnetises damage, but your guns would often be better. Only use it if you have a real excess of energy. Crush is better at restoring shields than polarise as polarise doesn’t stun enemies, has a longer animation, and doesn’t restore as much. Pull is quite useless. The damage is incredibly poor. The only use is mayhaps to pull enemies into your magnetise radius. Generally this is subsumed off for Breach Surge, which skyrockets damage when combined with magnetise. Also, Stropha is disgusting combined with magnetise.

[@THEgameHATESyou]

Any headshot based weapon is also great with mag since you can shoot the tops of bubbles for free headshots

[@ivan134]

Counter pulse is the best of the augments. It's a defensive mod. You can jam the guns of an entire room. Another defensive strat is standing in the bubble, but staying at the edge. Bullets won't hit you there since they're being redirected to your target. Also, rolling guard is a better defensive mod than adaptation.

[@knicklichtjedi]

I think you are heavily underestimating Counter Pulse Augment. Some range, some duration and any enemy that is not infested can not attack you for X seconds, because they either dont work anymore or have their weapons jammed. Other than that there is a "Gladitor Mag" build, where you focus on max range and duration. Place 2-3 bubbles and only fight inside of them with your melee weapon as gun fire cant hit you inside of the bubbles and melee enemies are CCed.

[@ShinAlive]

This is the perfect ending. I also started with Mag and she was cool at the start, but mid-game she falls behind until you get the end-game mods to build her exactly how you want to. End-game Mag (Prime) is a totally different beast. The fun part is indeed that she's can function with balanced stats (I have played with a 100% on all 4 stats for a while as well) and has extremely strong weapon synergies. She's very fun and as you can see in the comment section, everyone plays her a little differently but are all efficient in their own way. There's duration Mags, counterpulse Mags, shield gate Mags, huge bubble Mags, balanced Mags, tank Mags. So not all advice actually mix together, but it's a great frame for 'making your own'. I myself play a burst Mag: Cyanex + Nagatanka instant full magazine unload nuke synergy with Magnetize. Almost every mod is just there for quality of life stuff, like efficiency, energy, faster casting time, survivability.

[@RickySummer]

This is what I love to hear. A truly versatile and customisable frame 💜

[@poketcg1592]

I want to play mag now :[

[@T3BFitnessTripleThreatBoss]

Ricky check my mag out running Unairu it is insane kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmWrnJeJnrN6jc0

[@T3BFitnessTripleThreatBoss]

@@RickySummer ☝️

[@Darthmufin]

Maximum range is the way to go with mag if you want to succ enemies into one spot then destroy them all, High duration and some range if you want to maximize her for crowd control using counter pulse to stop enemies from attacking for a while (perfect for interception maps as killing enemies just makes more enemies spawn while locking down enemies does not). Crush generates shields and overshields based on enemies hit, it has nothing to do with polarize :P The more enemies you hit, the more shield you get per hit with her 4 so this is another reason why range is so important on her. She is a very easy frame to utilize shield gating as a result. Her 3 gives you shield based on the damage listed, so 400 damage=400 shield restored but her 4 has the potential to give you significantly more like i said so usually you only use polarize to strip a bit of armor or use her augment to lock down maps of enemies. The "synergies" she has are sadly pretty weak, its never really worth trying to combine her 2, 3, and 4 lol. Mag is absolutely steel path worthy in either a high range shield restore/magnetize build OR high duration crowd control with counter pulse, since enemies not shooting you means you will survive more lol. Only downside of counter pulse is enemies already effected CANNOT be refreshed, so you will end up having enemies getting out of the stun early and such. I recommend getting counter pulse and trying it. Counter pulse will make you do steel path way better with mag, but you want a bit more duration than range for that.

[@635574]

Also in current condition overload meta its real shame all that magnetic damaged cannot proc as they gave her abilities 0 status. A really ancient design. She's already good vs corpus but the status would make her even better at levels and builds where it can make a difference. Another nitpick is the animation lock on her 4.

[@ernonikkola1084]

move the umbral mod away from a polarity slot, put one of the mods that has 9 drain into it. that way you get a few more capacity points to invest to the exilus slot edit:actually the mod with the 7 drain is best for the polarized slot

[@seanfortes7156]

Love Mag! I personally prefer to play her a bit like a glass cannon. Just go big on range, strength priority 2. Also yeah nice! Crush and Polarise are pretty cool, on lower levels they can basically nuke, but I personally use them more as defensive tools in higher level gameplay, to get shields back/get over shields, and to strip a bit of armour. Magnetise being the main offensive tool. I kind of disagree with Natural Talent. A lot of people who use it, swear by it, which I get... but also, a lot of people who use it, have used it for a while, and gotten so used to it, that removing it, can make a Frame feel very weird and clunky without it, so recommend it to others based on that. Its nice, but say, I think you would be far better served running Rolling Guard. I legit think your Steel Path run would have been successful if you had Rolling Guard as you mostly seemed to die to status/DOT. I feel like Natural Talent is best incorporated into builds, by an individuals discretion once they have used a Warframe a lot, and get to know the nuance of a Warframes kit. If you start with it early though, then it can be hard to go without, so even if you become more informed later, its hard to let go. Other ideas that I think could make you enjoy Mag more? I know you like the Stropha, and its actually amazing with Mag. Especially since you are running Steel Charge Aura. Big clump of enemies all stuck in one spot? That sounds like a lovely opportunity to combo into a big heavy attack from a gunblade. I do love the Kuva Hek and Kuva Chakkurr, they will work well with Magnetise, but a few weapons like Tenet Arca Plasma, Exergis, Nataruk, due to their properties, can see extremely devastating (and colourful) results. Just make sure your energy colours aren't too bright, as it can become blinding. Also I know Arcane Energise is hard to come by, but a maxed out version, a maxed out Zenurik, maxed out Primed Flow, etc Mag is a frame that benefits from such, as she definitely is a caster, and the more you can spam abilities or recast and so on, the more fun can be had. Even more so if you are like me, and got bored, so has too many energy pads/energy pizzas and spams them as a type of greeting. Which then often means spamming Mag abilities unnecessarily. I do think its possible that Mag could sneak into your rotation besides sentimental value, once you can spam her abilities more, and get acquainted with the timing on her abilities to get her shields back/over shields, which in turn will help you survive longer since... Mag is actually pretty similar to Nidus. At least the way you and I play them. Just she isn't as tanky as far as health... so you have to rely on shield restore/shield gating more. You can also cast Magnetise more than once (in contrast to Larvae). Also no stacking mechanic, but once you get in a nice flow with her powers, then chefs kiss! Also nice on your second Steel Path attempt! I remember your first attempt, and you showed a big improvement, even though you are using a squishier Warframe! Also if you want a bit of an easier time with the Acolytes, try setting one of your Railjack Crew members to your Tool wheel. When Acolytes show up, deploy them, and they will probably win the 1v1, and in turn help you start to get some of the powerful Gun Arcanes and Steel Essence. Looking forward to the tier list! Cheers!

[@635574]

Her 2 hold function was added based on the new intro movie. And sadly it doesnt work reliably unless you are in air. And its really pathetic with the sort of damage enemies do.

[@poketcg1592]

heat eximus absolutely FUCKS me everytime.

[@FancierSoap]

for mags bubble get a gun that hits like an absolute truck with a shit ton of slash and viral - also a strong gun for it is the penta grenade launchers (you can choose whih one you use) as the grenade isnt destroyed after the bubble so will continuously kill targets

[@CatGuy969]

Also, Ricky. Hek is my love. I see you are a man of culture as well, equipping your Kuva Hek in almost every mission. I NEED to show you something that ANY Kuva Hek enjoyed would drool over. Red_Zoom on pc.

[@RickySummer]

Hek was my first love and I have made an eternal commitment to Kuva Hek 💜

[@CatGuy969]

@@RickySummer same

[@CatGuy969]

Nova and Mag prime were my first prime frames :)

[@NGFRIZZ]

Keep these vids coming pleaseee

[@angelliakas1576]

When youtube doesn't notify you of Ricky's videos 😔

[@MEYH3M]

Please make this a new series where you revisit frames but prime ones and on the steel path

[@Haschlatte42]

Mag makes the star chart bridges easy af. Thanks to magnetize

[@hypersectomy]

Full circle. Ball. Magnificent.

[@RickySummer]

Praise the ball!

[@penisboss5976]

Oh my god he was pogging out without even using a projectile weapon with punch through Toss the nataruk on her, or the tenet arca plasmor Overextended instead of one of the range mods would be great, as long as you don’t go below 100% strength. None of her abilities NEED strength but the pull “force” on her 2 to slurp enemies together into the ball scales with strength, so going negative is not a good idea. For energy you could use the corrupted efficiency mod, and if you don’t have it, there’s some stuff you can do with equilibrium for extra energy, instead of your adaptation. You have ways to shield gate forever if your energy stays up, adaptation really isn’t super needed.

[@Darthmufin]

Yeah, ricky needs to try magnetize with a weapon that has projectiles as they will literally blend enemies as the projectiles will be sucked constantly around the center lol

[@penisboss5976]

@@Darthmufin he needs to use overextended on this tbh, as long as he doesn’t go under much under 100% strength for the pull strength on her 2, he could get much more range with EVERYTHING, and crush could regen so much shield Also her 4 augment’s armor strip and stun makes you do unnecessarily silly damage with the projectile weapons

[@Darthmufin]

@@penisboss5976 I don't believe ricky has corrupted mods since he doesn't really play for that long, usually only for streams, and farming corrupted mods for hours is likely not something he would wanna do. I agree though, overextended is a staple mod for a magnetize and crush build to maximize the range and enemies hit.

[@penisboss5976]

@@Darthmufin he farmed them a bit ago, he hovered over over extended when modding for range originally lol

[@Darthmufin]

@@penisboss5976 Oh i didn't even notice, cool lol.

[@FancierSoap]

use the corinth with mag with alot of slash and high crit and multishot - it can pretty much one tap level 120 and 2 tap level 120 heavy gunners with magnetise

[@A_Ataman_N]

Never felt that connection with Mag. Out of those 3 starting characters, I've chosen Excalibur and nowadays sometimes playing as Volt.

[@James-9999]

Now you must complete the cycle and feed old mag to helminth

[@RickySummer]

I'm... I'm not sure I can do it 😢

[@N3pt0on]

You should do vids on the new incarnon weapons

[@dovdorith8148]

Would you ever play Elder Scrolls online??? The story line's is absolute masterpiece.

[@RickySummer]

I played it for a bit several years, but it didn't really grab me. Might be worth another try at some point.

[@OM4R_FARUK]

❤️

[@lordvitae]

😎👍

[@SuperHulk9999]

Good video! Why you don't play Warframe rhino

[@sergenbostan116]

I never had the first... oh wait :D

[@tennoyamamoto1800]

16:40 Why are you walking? HOW are you walking? you're not supposed to be able to walk (1 quick test later) Why there's no animation if we're able to walk with this!? edit: it wasn't like this before, that's a new bug Anyways, this bubble is like a worst Absorb (Nyx's 4) it doesn't need an augment to allow you to move, but, it only works with projectiles so it doesn't absorbs melee or aoe damage, it doesn't turn you invulnerable, it returns the damage in a cone forwards instead of the Absorb's radial explosion, and it deals Blast damage... yes Blast damage, not Magnetic damage like how Absorb deals Magnetic Base damage plus any tipe of damage it absorbed

[@Darthmufin]

Yeah it is a bug, normally mag has both hands in the air during the defensive mode as if she is constantly charging the field. It's unfortunately a quick addition DE did to hurry and make mag sort of act like she does in the intro of the game, except she doesn't redirect projectiles at all but do a blast damage attack forward which is really sad. it would actually be useful if she shot out projectiles at enemies that matched the damage she was absorbing most.

[@RickySummer]

That's wild. I thought it looked a bit weird and unpolished.

[@Thomas-gi9vy]

[@sarlight9626]

You are missing a lot by not using other melee weapons

[@RickySummer]

Well, like what?

[@635574]

Man it was so different starting before junctions existed. Starchart 2.0 was ugly and annoying to navigate but also simple because there were disks made of nodes around planets you just unlocked the adjacent ones with like 2-3 rings on each. Speed running progression was just completing the nodes to the end and going to next planet. I wasnt impressed with mag but she was useful starter. She does need to get decent mods and understanding of mods and efficiency

[@RickySummer]

That's really interesting. I had no idea it was that different.

[@PsychoCrow]

@@RickySummer Imagine stamina bar on each warframe and getting tired after some parkour. 😂

[@Frostywolf132]

Did I miss nekros????

[@RickySummer]

Nah, Nekros was already ranked up before I started the series and as a general rule I've only revisited frames I've previously slept on. Nekros is dope.

[@Frostywolf132]

@@RickySummer oh I thought I missed the video