Tag: Crowd Control

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Hydroid

Casual Goblin

Overview: Summon blasts of water from above, grab enemies from beneath, plunder foes for bonus damage and extra loot. If this sounds fun then you should check out Hydroid, with parts available from Councillor Hek on Earth and the blueprint for sale in the market. Prime: The primed version of Hydroid comes with improved armour, shields and energy capacity, but the relics containing his parts are now vaulted – keep an eye out for an “unvaulting” event, ask friends or clan members if they have his relics or try making a deal in the trading channel. Special: Any non-boss enemy … Continue reading Hydroid

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Equinox

Casual Goblin

Overview: Bring the flame of day or the cloak of night with Equinox, an adaptive sorceress with an answer for almost anything. Equinox is two frames in one, and you’ll have to repeatedly battle Tyl Regor on Uranus to obtain the eight required components. Prime: Equinox Prime is currently vaulted, so you’ll have to ask friends and clanmates if they have relics, try your luck on the trading channel or wait for an unvaulting event. Equinox Prime boasts improved health, armour and energy capacity. Special: Gain 10% of healing from health orbs as energy, and 10% of energy from energy … Continue reading Equinox

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Mag

Casual Goblin

Overview: Disrupt shields, crush armour and redirect projectiles – Mag is a powerful support and indirect DPS frame. She can be easily acquired from Sergeant on Phobos, or selected as your starting Warframe. Prime: Mag prime is currently vaulted, meaning you’ll need to ask friends and clanmates if they have her relics, try the trading channel or wait for an unvaulting event. Special: Mag has a small vacuum aura , allowing her to pull in pickups from a short distance away. Pros: Good shield, surprisingly high durability from powers, superb crowd control, can strip armour, can heal and fortify squad-mate … Continue reading Mag

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Baruuk

Casual Goblin

Overview: Baruuk is a “reluctant hero” that can take absurd amounts of punishment, able to disarm or knockout nearby enemies or summon the desert winds to destroy foes as a last resort. You can buy Baruuk from Little Duck in Fortuna. Prime: Baruuk prime is now available from void relics, and boasts higher armour and shields than his normal variant. Special: Baruuk begins to lose restraint whenever his abilities prevent damage – basically your first three abilities can trigger this as they disarming, dodge or tranquilise foes. He gains damage resistance based on how much restraint has been lost, and … Continue reading Baruuk

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Khora

Casual Goblin

Overview: Khora specialises in damage and crowd control. Tangle enemies in whips and nets, leaving your prey helpless as you send Venari in for the kill. Get the blueprints from the basic Sanctuary Onslaught game mode. Prime: Khora Prime is currently obtainable from void relics, and enjoys improved armour, shields and energy. Khora Prime is accompanied by Venari Prime with improved health, armour and damage. Special: Accompanied by Venari, a moddable kavat that can be re-summoned if defeated. Venari has the same base stats as a normal kavat and does not take up your companion slot. In addition, Khora moves … Continue reading Khora

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Nidus

Casual Goblin

Overview: Turn the infestation to your advantage as Nidus, parasitising foes and regenerating incoming damage. Complete The Glast Gambit quest and infested salvage missions to put him together. Prime: Nidus Prime is currently available, boasting improved health, energy and armour. Special: Nidus gains mutation stacks as he deals damage with powers, with each stack empowering his his abilities. In addition, when reduced to 0 health Nidus will consume 15 mutation stacks to activate Undying, restoring 50% of his health and becoming invulnerable for 5 seconds. Finally, Nidus gains additional power strength, armour, health energy and some health regeneration as he … Continue reading Nidus

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Harrow

Casual Goblin

Overview: Bind enemies in spectral chains, restore health and energy, convert shields to attack and reload buffs, or provide temporary invulnerability with a retaliatory critical chance buff. If this support frame sounds good, obtain the blueprint from the Chains of Harrow quest, the chassis from void fissure enemies, the neuroptics from spy missions on the Kuva Fortress, and the systems from defection missions. Prime: Harrow prime is currently available, and boasts improved shield and energy capacity over the normal version. Relics that can contain his components can be obtained as mission rewards or from syndicate relic packs. Special: Higher over-shield … Continue reading Harrow

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Rhino

Casual Goblin

Overview: Bowl enemies over, plate yourself in iron, boost squad damage with your roars and stomp the ground so hard you slow time – if this sounds good to you, try out Rhino. You can get Rhino components by killing the Jackal on Venus, and the main blueprint from the marketplace. Prime: Rhino prime does exist, but the relics containing his parts are currently “vaulted” and will not drop from any source. Try asking friends and clanmates if they have any relics, keep an eye on the trading channel or wait for an “unvaulting” event if you want this Orokin … Continue reading Rhino

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Gara

Casual Goblin

Overview: Clad in crystal armour, Gara forms molten glass rings then shatters them for massive area damage, while protecting herself and her allies with clouds of razor-sharp crystal. Try Gara if you want a tough, high damage frame with built in crowd-control – you can pick up the blueprint from the Saya’s Vigil quest and parts from bounties on the Plains of Eidolon. Prime: The primed version of Gara gains additional health and armour. Relics containing her components can be found in most mission types, but I recommend: Blueprint: Xini (Eris) interception with a 14.29% chance on round 3 and … Continue reading Gara

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Lavos

Casual Goblin

Overview: Infused with elemental essence, Lavos launches deadly cocktails of energy to eradicate his foes. You can buy his components from the Entrati Family in the Deimos Necralisk. Special: When collecting an energy or universal orb, clear any ongoing status effects and become immune to further effects for 10 seconds. In addition, ability duration mods apply their bonuses to all status effects caused by Lavos and his weapons. The powers used by Lavos do not consume energy, using a cooldown mechanic instead. This has an additional benefit in Railjack, since any battle intrinsic will also use a cooldown – meaning … Continue reading Lavos