Warframe | Equinox: Perfected | The BEST NUKE In Warframe | Steel Path | 2024

[@kyaii]

Hey! Thanks for watching :) I apologize if the build itself was a little difficult to get a good look at, I didn't realize how little I actually showed it. 7:08 is the right timestamp to see it all, use either Primed Sure Footed or more range in your exilus. Thanks!

[@cbg4833]

I cant seem to see what you put in your second arcane slot

[@kyaii]

@@cbg4833 Energize

[@garnelien8025]

@@rickghoul993 kyaii replyed already to another comment : " Normal build with Blast and elementalist mod "

[@haris5040]

​@@kyaii would you recommend steadfast over energize because of the constant casting?

[@NiceGameInc]

@@haris5040 steadfast doesn't synergize with brief respite for shield gating, you usually always want your abilities to refill shields on cast if that is your main tool for survivability

[@jaimeurbano3653]

I just got in a SP belly of the beast lobby and saw an equinox completely obliterating everything. You uploaded this at the moment of my curiosity

[@RDNS3TV]

You remember the name of this Equinox

[@styxy5939]

Might be me, 7wisted

[@InfernalJackal]

Was it white/black and orange accents. Lmao I've been running belly a lot lately. She does so well on the new ascension mode.

[@RDNS3TV]

@@jaimeurbano3653 RDNS3 I been running Equinox for awhile now in belly

[@The_Chocalate_One]

NotForgotten?

[@iamnotsmartest3397]

Its kinda sad that one of the best ways to maximize equinox's power is to ignore the mechanic that makes them unique.

[@brysepillsbury2484]

You don't need to like he said play around with it

[@demoncowboycaleb22]

Ya I might test around with my equinox in game in steal path as much as I want to instantly kill everything around me I find using energy transfer to be safe and allows me to play both damage and support

[@KayarIsPro]

I prefer to helminth rest and rage

[@Vania1669]

Which is why i've been looking for a comfortable and enjoyable build for an equinox that uses BOTH forms and doesnt ignore the much prettier looking night form.

[@aspharmyx]

​@@Vania1669were you sucessful? I too would like to use her the way she is but the night form being defensive it's always seen useless.

[@joshwagner7263]

I'm honestly surprised I'm the only one that run terrify equinox in my squads with how well your last vid did. That shit is my daily driver at this point

[@Luctor]

Ye

[@ASingleToast]

Your editing has gotten so much better since I started watching you, it’s seriously been so awesome to see!

[@LeftWithDeath88]

As an Equinox main I approve this message. Great video as always!

[@tamashi5937]

God that edit is smooth

[@casuallyjeffing]

Thank you for this video, Equinox was one of my first favorite frames when I first started playing, but I kinda fell out of love because I didn't know how to utilise her properly late game. I've become a lot better at the game since, and watching this video ignited my spark again to rebuild her! She's for sure gonna become one of my main frames again now.

[@ThatPenguin]

Strength doesnt really matter for nuking since it only increases the first slash proc enemies get when they are in your range and night form is a nice backup plan with energy transfer since you and your allies can get all your health and shields back with mend

[@Tripleyou]

Correct. And so going over the strength threshold for 100% Terrify strip is completely wasted.

[@Hikabusha]

So what spell would you helminth instead of metamorphosis?

[@ThatPenguin]

@@Hikabusha rest & rage it's not really good without the augment and it's slow to use and you won't even need the extra damage vulnerability if you are nuking and terrify is just better

[@InfernalJackal]

Agreed​@@Tripleyou

[@InfernalJackal]

Yep! That's my build. If things get sketchy i just switch to night form and sleep everything. ​@ThatPenguin

[@RobertoCorsini]

I had some energy problems so I used fleeting expertise (not max rank) and streamline to get to 170% and then switched companion to dethcube. Fixed that wonderfully. Had to get rid of augur reach but doesn't seem to be a problem. Sweet build! Thank you.

[@kyaii]

Use seismic instead

[@The_Chocalate_One]

Arcane energize, with a primed flow and preparation will be all you need. Oh and 130 efficiency

[@RobertoCorsini]

@@kyaii Can't really get to max stacks on seismic with enemies being dead all the time when they get into melee range of companion. :P Dethcube at least provides a consistent energy orb. Though I'm sure that isn't needed anymore either.

[@InfernalJackal]

​@RobertoCorsini you don't need flow, you also don't need streamline + fleeting. My build has 2.1 energy drain per second and I do just fine with only fleeting. Throw on two archon shards for energy efficiency and you'll never run out of energy if you nuke properly and quickly. My duration is also at 70ish percent.

[@jonahbrown5669]

​@@The_Chocalate_OneWhy Preparation? It only applies to the very beginning of the mission. After that, it's quite literally a waste of a mod slot.

[@johnwarner7607]

Sick build, but strength really doesn't effect anything but terrify, it doesn't effect the nuke output. I run more survivability, but anything works to make her amazing. I'm glad people are finally giving her love!

[@RobertoCorsini]

More survivability than shield gate? Huh?

[@johnwarner7607]

@@RobertoCorsini you can add anything tbh, but with molt your going to full strip with one cast within minutes, you do no extra damage on maim, the strength boost caps at 50 and the second ability is a single target and usless in most regular gameplay. You don't need half the strenght for anything on the build at all especially if your not using night form.

[@RobertoCorsini]

@@johnwarner7607 Yea my point was that shield gate should pretty much cover the survivability.. unless you need rolling guard.

[@johnwarner7607]

That's a really good point, maybe more efficiency and energy would be a better fit.

[@hagidekuh]

3:28 if you often play in public matches then I would suggest you helmith over her second ability instead of the first, very often experiencing a host migration or internet issues will for some reason swap you to the other form, and if you dont have her first ability then you are stuck as that form for the rest of the mission.

[@vos_is_boss7623]

oof, that's a deal breaker for me then.

[@PatentlyAwesome]

I was looking for this comment. This has happened to me many times, including in the Circuit and in ESO. It's common enough that putting Terrify over her 1 is a bad idea.

[@Ftwchilly]

This has been a life saver for me after seeing this, sincerely thank ya

[@hazard3292]

first ur very thanked for ur work about the whole concept of the frame and the build second and most important thank u for specifying ur fashion colors and i hope u do that to all ur builds and vids

[@maxniland5576]

Its pretty funny that this video just came out. Istg i just bought her like an hour or two ago.. I appreciate you sm

[@honestmistake8167]

finally someone recognizes the power of equinox!

[@impaledunicorn3397]

Ive been looking for an updated equinox build. Ty sm def subbing

[@Stereo-hb2lo]

Been trying out day equinox lately, this vid is just what i needed

[@IluvDubstep777]

LETS GOOO BABYYYY IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG

[@someenthusiast]

Not gonna lie, trying this with duality is really nice. Especially since you only need enough strength to full strip. Also having duality to stack kills, charge shield and kills for you is really nice. Also having kuva ogris with arbitration build for this is really fun. It is a mini crowd killer on its own

[@kimchijam]

love how concise you are with the guides, nice

[@darvonmitsumura536]

Equinox is like kryptonite to Saryn. I have had way too many instances in the past where Saryns would end up leaving if I kept dropping their count and thereby making them less effective. It was pretty funny.

[@anthonydouglas8470]

I figured this out pre update, but appreciated for confirming I am doing something right. 👌🏾

[@kingswag9789]

Day 'N' Night 🗣🔥

[@iFINNIX]

Just a heads up, I wouldn’t recommend getting rid of your 1, sometimes there’s weird host migrations that will switch your forms and then you’ll be stuck if you removed 1. Also terrify removing armor and have her 2 is redundant and terrify is better so it doesn’t make sense to remove 1

[@iFINNIX]

Also on a side note I wish Terrify got a bit of a rework. Enemies should just do the “shake in their boots animation” instead of run away and then change the augment to pretty much anything else.

[@iFINNIX]

Terrify Augment idea- *Frenzied Fear* : enemies killed by Terrify can spread it to enemies within 15 meters for 100% of Terrify’s duration. Passive: +25% Terrify duration.

[@ILOV3BUTT3R]

Kyaii, I don't think it's a stretch to say this video's quality, efficiency and informativeness might be the best build video on youtube for any frame by any creator. Your editing and formatting has somehow gotten even better to watch, and the explanations are always crisp and lean. No wasted space, no overembellishing, and no dragging on dialogue to reach a timeframe goal. Look forward to the next one (Ember?).

[@andreiamendes5449]

Idk why I don't see more equinoxes around, it's a really versatile frame :o

[@rinz5027]

I've been messing with this for a while now since your last equinox vid, though I still find myself still hungry for energy at times. There were times in pubs where I am having trouble starting up the combo since its hard to find energy with an already crowded build. Plus, I even tweaked mine for a shield tanking setup but its also a bit cope. I just can't help keep up with Shield gate really. It is good but I wish there was a more reliable armor strip that isn't terrify since im annoyed at the enemy cap and its energy cost. I did forget about Seismic bond which would help with the energy economy so that gave me an idea with other frames such as Jade lol. Either way, Great build video! I can tell this took some time but shield gate isn't my cup of tea.

[@RoyleeJengkins]

things like synoid gammacor, dethcube energy generator mod, or even archon shards make a big difference

[@thesaltyone4400]

I Use Gloom instead of terrify to stay alive I don't shield gate on anyone but equinox is a good gloom frame try it out :)

[@wekono]

Bro credited me for finding the clip, damnn

[@kyaii]

W mans

[@MaceUA]

I've always wanted to make a powerful nuking build and came to the conclusion that Equinox is simply the best. However, I have issues with her survivability when I try to use shield gating: it just feels too unreliable and I keep dying from time to time (most likely I'm just too slow for that, being an old man sucks 👴). So I replaced her 2 instead of 1 with Terrify to be able to switch to night form when I start feeling unsure if I'll survive (especially when an acolyte comes - surviving acolyte attacks in day form feels really hard for me). I also sacrificed 15% range from Cunning Drift to fit Rolling Guard. And also I take a robotic companion with Guardian and Shield Charger to add another layer of defense. With these modifications to the build, I really enjoy nuking with Equinox even when I play solo.

[@MaceUA]

* About shield gating: I'm aware that Decaying Dragon Key doesn't work as it used to when the older video came out. Here I meant the shield gating that actually works: Catalyzing Shields. But yeah, I still prefer Rolling Guard.

[@sh0shin]

Thanks man, been wanting a reason to play her again.

[@almost.an.athlete]

dang bro the editing is so fantastic! Love the vids! ❤❤

[@InfernalJackal]

Love the build! I just cannot stop using the night form tho. Its so good for round 60+ arbitrations. With the augment it really does give you a nice safety net. Awesome video!

[@ark_7273]

Thank you bro, I've been waiting to see how you would change the build with the changes, started playing equinox because of your first nuke build for her

[@Kakashihae111]

i have been loving this build in SP belly of the beast event. even without terrify its nuking really hard on fodders and few elites

[@Ianpact]

Dang, was really wanting a build that uses the switching. Sigh, guess I'll have to hope a rework makes such a thing possible when they get too it in like 3-5 years.

[@The_Chocalate_One]

She doesn't really need a rework. Plus having a build where she can switch around would be way too complicated for the general public and make her even more unplayed.

[@ologtopos6836]

Run energy transfer, you can 4 in day, use provoke, swap, and your night 4 snapshots the provoke ability strength buff. You can then generate shields while killing, and swap back to day to nuke.

[@bad_medicine_man]

been playing my he/her/idk for years, what a frame

[@avindhyacabral]

Even though not as optimal as this pure nuke build I enjoy playing my equinox with energy transfer. I feel like it really brings out the character of the Warframe and it’s honestly really fun and satisfying to play once you get used to the rotation :D

[@BlazenR3d]

Sev currently is my favorite nuke and weapons platform frame along with my favorite melee frame lol

[@ewg5511]

Rarely do I ever write a second comment under a video. But it's just so funny that she's my most used frame, and I never knew that her 4 in night form provides shields on kill. Gotta take her out for something other than sleep affinity grinding to finally learn how she works.

[@MarcoC.130]

Terrify equinox is what makes her my best nuke frame! Even at negative strength you can nuke a small town

[@JtravF]

Taken a break from warframe but I always click when I see an equinox video. Most misunderstood frame besides maybe limbo

[@clocksentertainment5046]

My favorite frame just got better

[@SorB_]

Letsgoo Equinox Main Unites

[@endymqin9203]

SUPER inspiring vid, like like like!

[@rabbit7261]

long ago I bought Equinox but couldn't fully use it 'cause I missed the right stuff. However, now that I have a couple of new stuff, I could give it a try to check how the thing goes.

[@newtime6687]

i just watched the old video 1H ago amazing timing

[@Raven_draws]

Oh yeah I’ve been maining equinox and this armor update she is nuttyyyy

[@megagrowlithe]

Lovely stuff as always. I've never found Terrify's enemy cap to ever even remotely be an issue in all my hours of playing Dayquinox, but it is a nice thing to square away, even if it needs some specific conditionals like the Grimoire which I'm not a fan of. That aside, again, please remember *don't subsume over her 1, even if you never use night form* . Unless you exclusively play solo, Host Migrations can and will force you into Night, and since you don't have your 1 you can't swap back. You're not using her 2 anyway, so it's perfectly fine to subsume over it. Rare issue to be sure, but absolutely one nevertheless. 28% Equinox Prime playtime at 2k hours has unfortunately given me forbidden knowledge. That aside... thoughts on a Roar setup? Been trying it out after the armor changes, and even with some exorbitant levels of Strength for Equinox.....I'm just not feelin' it unfortunately, Terrify's still the way to go. Just feel like it doesn't make a meaningful difference on non-armored targets, and it means Maim feels _terrible_ on armored targets since it still can't chew through the armor unless you stack it up way beyond what you'd normally need. Worst of both worlds in my experience. Nice if you maybe wanna go for a more true to form support role, with less frequent Maim recasts, but, eh, I like my big Maim booms. Gives out lots of dopamine.

[@kyaii]

Roar is not as effective unfortunately.

[@megagrowlithe]

@@kyaii Heh, yeah. I thought as much, never hurts to get a second opinion I guess. Saw some suggestions for it on some other youtube video and I thought I'd give it a go. Tried playing around with it a lot and it just didn't remotely hit the right notes. Not having to cast Terrify every so often and just coasting on Roar's duration felt pretty nice, at least, but that's the most positive thing I could say about it.

[@Cazarace]

It's sad that I need to get rid of her 2 for Terrify because I really want my Equinox to feature a sleep build... Oh man... Host migrations huh, well ... That sucks.

[@xxROSTACKKSxx]

@@Cazarace you can keep your full kit and armor strip with the Grimore

[@megagrowlithe]

@@xxROSTACKKSxx Jahu Canticle's effect is way too slow and ineffective for armor strip, unfortunately. No other option even comes close to Terrify.

[@mattyman051]

I genuinely love Equinox

[@fuxuan6795]

nice video bro good job

[@grifotrece]

she's my go to for belly of the beast totally a game saver when cornered by 4 jade eximus

[@naplazyfajniejest]

THE EDITING insane

[@xAiko88x]

sometimes the mission doesnt start in day mode even though 1st emissive color is light color (i chose white), horns pointing up means day and pointing down means night if i am not wrong. and 200+ energy is a little, i ran out of energy when there is little to no energy orb drops, i found that changing the 3x helminth shards from ability strength to energy shards works much better. I tested it in the BOB alert missions.

[@NepetaLeijon]

I'm liking Tharros Strike + Corrosive Projection a lil bit more, Tharros uses way less energy and with CP and Molt Augmented it becomes a one-tap armor strip very quickly

[@kyaii]

It'll be much slower but it works

[@BluePig-qf4xs]

Amazing build 🔥

[@lsaminatorl]

As an Equinox main, I approve :)

[@Alexmasonciaantij00]

I main equinox as a returning player… my old main was ash… equinox with terrify, roar and jades helm are what I been testing…

[@frostmaark]

my glorious queen equinox finally has her time in the spotlight

[@VioletSteel13]

Alright I'm sold. This build takes up too many slots to be useful to me but im sure I can rework it to down to just one weapon slot (and the warframe itself duh)

[@nicktheninja3166]

I like playing equinox as a support frame, with mend skield on kill and pacify, then gettin mad at all the red dots, swapping to day, to say goodbye, (With no LoS btw) and terify of course. Nice things about my build which is nice (run bind rage with over extend and corrosive projection, but i think thats fairly standard): one tau blue for energy max, cos i think flow is a scam, especially cos equilibrium is the same polarity, but the bit of extra energy is nice, another tau blue for shield, cos i running a mod i think is slept on, in being borels hatred. Of course not as much as primed redirection, i do like the energy efficiency helping neutalize blind rage, along with two tau red for duration to help the drain quite a bit. Last shard being tau yellow for casting speed. As for arcanes, i always run molt efficiency, depending if im doind melee (not galives) i run arcane strike, for guns and explosions (envoy, tonkor, zarr) i run arcane rage ( i think, the one that gives flat crit chance), this slot is of course my flexable slot. Man i love this girl, real strong support, and then can just decide to erase a room.

[@agrocreepers]

Another thing thing of note is terrify has a cap on the enemies it can affect

[@awmuse6228]

I didn't know equinox could be used like that. Personally, I enjoy my build because it works just as well with only 40% damage and I can use night form without losing any of the dps benefits

[@ArianrhodTalon]

This is a nice build. I’ve been using Nezha but there just a couple of personal annoyances. This feels much better, although I am using pillage instead of Terrify

[@smugsona]

Never really liked Equinox in the first place even with a nuke build. But I'll be happy seeing (hopefully) more Equinox players. I think the frame could use a buff, too (especially in Night form). Ah who am I kidding, they'll just give her a new helmet and call it a day.

[@firestar6]

I love her playstyle and I want to main her but I was always facing the trouble of picking which form to play as most. So I looked up many builds and all were different using different polarities as always so I kinda just gave up. I'll definitely try this build as I mainly use day form. However I'm not far into steel path as I'm still trying to get stuff set up, I'm mr18 I just haven't played that much in the past I always been off and on so it'll be nice trying this out. It will be weird though as I also usually just run relics or other random stuff so I always get other randoms that either kill the boss before I even load in or... well that's about it. Basically other nuke frames or speed frames. Honestly that's kinda why I didn't play much because there was really no point in building any frames or weapons if that's all I got, but I've been really cracking down on it recently and getting everything built so I can actually play the game. You know steel path, circuit, all that good stuff. Maybe actually max my syndicates finally, they're all still around rank 3. Sorry this is long but gotta say it really is a shame you can't use her full kit as it's meant to be without a ton of practice and her augments. Also doesn't help she has barely any survivability outside night form. She has such a unique kit and playstyle and that's what honestly intrigued me the most. I really hope they rework her system to a point where it's a lot more viable or easy to get down if that makes sense.

[@hanjisung5317]

Equinox n Trinity r slept on honestly 😭

[@xDidddle]

This interaction alone will keep equinox in the "never gonna get reworked" category. Which is a big shame, because equinox REALLY needs a rework.

[@moony555]

I would like to remind everyone that Prined Fulmination IS at Baro at the time of this comment, and works extremely well with Grimoire tome mod buff builds since it massively increases the size of the projectile :)

[@qraid]

great video. equinox is one of my favorite frames, im happy it's getting more light. can you do sevagoth with dual augmentes it became one of the best nukes now days

[@very_silly_nikki]

okay this has convinced me to get equinox prime, also thank you for being one of the only youtubers to show what colors you use on your fashion

[@IplayTeemoasaWard]

While Equinox isnt bad nowadays, I really really REALLY hope someday her augments get baked in. As you said, all of Equinoxs builds really want to build all Stats, and its just unacceptable to squeeze in 2 augments to really play with the "2 Frame-1Body"-Fantasy.

[@GoopGone]

I made this with some tweaks (i dont have anything for my companion 😢) and this shit STILL nukes ive been a saryn main since i could afford platinum and buy her but im definitely making the switch to equinox! Was doing a max level duvari and its absolutely nuts

[@kancelas]

Taking so long to setup that enemies die of old age, before you step foot in the battlefield, should be a baruuk problem, since he's a pacifist.

[@The_Chocalate_One]

Are you ok?

[@mewclelegend9945]

If you could mod day and night differently I would be more interested in this frame

[@milat9287]

Man, I'm not subsuming if I only have one copy of a frame. Guess I gotta farm out another Equinox to try this out

[@eltacoking791]

Gara Mains has entered the chat 💬 👀

[@bohba13]

Maim in a nutshell: "Here comes the sun, fucking oh no!"

[@Arbyjar]

Good video with some smooth as hell transitions. One question though: would it ever make sense to run something like Pillage instead of terrify? Armor strip is only relevant for grineer and a handful of other enemies, whereas pillage strips armor, shields, AND rebuilds your own, possibly freeing up those mod slots? Unless pillage has LoS checks I’m not sure

[@Jayyrains]

Day ‘N’ Nite 🗣️

[@adamross4774]

Ember Mains be like: Those are some great team mates... love haveing them on MY team... it's nice! 🙃

[@drscorpio1094]

I think most people don’t know that Equinox has a nuke build or literally can’t use it. As a lot of people 1 won’t farm the main frame and 2 don’t want to farm or buy the prime.

[@stupdguy2272]

Lol i heard the song in the background 1:03

[@redrex2195]

Now he’s my question wouldn’t precision intensify be better

[@kyaii]

no

[@babygothixxo]

I use a similar build, except I swap prime continuity for umbral Vitality for 140str with three red tau. And then adaptation instead of catalysing, and then a max rank fleeting instead of streamline for 160 eff, it says the drain is like 3.5 per second but with the 15 efficency from hound it drops to 0.88 per second :)

[@johnsmithson4479]

I'm pretty new to warframe and never played equinox, what is the cast order? I can't quite get the hang of it

[@thelazyman9251]

try to always keep your 3 and 4 active, deal damage, activate terrify and then uncast your 4.

[@finalfrostfall670]

I am even more shocked that Mirage was that low. In terms of braindead spam map delete Saryn and Mirage are pretty similar convenience/complexity.

[@Ornan-fb7de]

The kid cudi frame

[@noahedenborg4221]

well she pretty much always needed armor strip in sp to nuke saryn and volt and mirage may not nuke as fast but depending on which nuke it is armor strip isnt needed plus equinox kinda go power creept by both dante and jade bassicly giving what equinox does but more

[@SenaFoxGirl]

It's outttt! edit I still don't know how volt is ranked so high, that electricity form his 4 can barely touch even the tiniest amount of armor.

[@hsmorg3640]

I'm pretty sure the votes would be basing off the Terrify build for Volt

[@Killa_Mattic]

I run terrify on my nuke volt too, and with precision intensify. But still can't touch an equinox nuke.

[@dontdoitdan7965]

assuming your running a squad with some other aoe armor strip, ive seriously considered running chyrinka pillar with radiation ability damage shards.

[@frgrangel]

people don't talk about mag nearly enough when talking about nuke frames

[@crashonline1]

Hey what’s the color palette you’re using for the equinox? Looks really good.

[@ItsNull-_-]

He shows it in the end

[@jaiobrien205]

It’s sad that they nerfed the phenmor and that with xatas man I miss it

[@kimalsegaminglife979]

I dont understand how he can survive with the build 😮

[@Asachi43]

You happen to have the build you're using for the phenmor? I really like your builds and enjoy using them quite alot

[@kyaii]

Typical build with Elementalist and blast

[@NiceGameInc]

What about energy economy? One of the key aspects of a spammy caster build remains unaddressed...

[@kyaii]

160 efficiency and Energize isn't enough?

[@NiceGameInc]

Dropping streamline and augur reach for primed flow and equilibrium would be pretty much ideal, cunning drift in exilus to compensate for the minor loss in range. In the video, we often times see you at low energy (at least I do) and if you're using the panzer it synergizes really well with synth deconstruct generating endless health orbs.

[@kyaii]

Because the build involves getting kills to use it, you'll always build it back up regardless, I personally don't have issues with it

[@umbralaasimar9463]

After the armour changes you don’t even need a strip so I run roar instead

[@kyaii]

After testing it's not nearly as effective and requires you to run nightform to survive

[@RDNS3TV]

I’m having THEE worst time trying to play this build with only a rank 3 energize, any way around this or do I “HAVE” to have a rank 5

[@kyaii]

Are you also using Seismic?

[@tjockr8687]

The event is still up bro If you don’t have a r5 energize that’s on you

[@RDNS3TV]

@@kyaii yes I think that was the problem I wasn’t using it lol

[@RDNS3TV]

@@tjockr8687 it is because I made the mistake and made plat off all 46 and wasted it on frames I THOUGHT I was gonna play but figured it out I just run with 175 eff so my drain is 0.88 I know it doesn’t need to be that low but that and seismic help keep my energy at least 75%

[@RDNS3TV]

@@kyaii so you may already know this but I found using the pillage build better for corpus missions rather then terrify and terrify in any mission with enemies that have armor but then again you might have already known this

[@needbettername8583]

I use something similar but I kept my 1st ability, as bight form offers more survivability

[@caryroberts6748]

Thermal sunder could potentially work equally well or better than terrify with the right mods. Terrify seems underwhelming but to each their own

[@kyaii]

@@caryroberts6748 Thermal Sunder doesn't armor strip or crowd control

[@caryroberts6748]

@@kyaii heat sets enemies on fire causing them to panic and temporarily reduces their armor up to 50% with multiple stacks Archon vitality status effects from abilities that deal HEAT damage will be applied twice Thermal sunder is also capable of freezing enemies in place occasionally which would satisfy the need for Arcane ice storm

[@caryroberts6748]

So in short Heat does indeed armor strip/reduce and causes the enemy to panic (meaning they ain’t attacking you, seems like crowd control tool to me) thermal transfer speeds this up as well.

[@kyaii]

Not full stripping is pretty detrimental and the CC doesn't last all that long. Survivability will also be far more difficult with that

[@caryroberts6748]

@@kyaii I mean yeah if you just stand there and cast depends on your playstyle