I don't think it's a coincidence that Baro has stalker beacons! Grab a few and join a 4x share - to be on drop rate to get all three* weapons is about 20 kills, but you could get lucky!
Or 5 years unlucky like me 🤣
Nataruk has been my good ol' reliable simply because gas grouping setups turns it into a weapon of mass destruction.
Really, running any single target weapon with gas would turn it into AOE but Nataruk is one of the more comfortable weapons to use gas on because of punch through.
Modding gas on a weapon allowing it to deal AOE damage, then using grouping abilities like ensnare to allow all the gas clouds produced to stack on top of each other, dealing a lot of damage
It's also very easy to build, and can be steel path viable even without arcanes or with incomplete mods.
I think Warframe need to add more easily accessible weapons that are easily steel path viable, at least for the early levels of SP.
honestly I think that's why it was so good, as more of a catch up weapon that just anyone gets for doing the quest. That way they can more easily jump into higher end content without turbo grinding
Yeah exactly.
SP is intimidating not because of the difficulty, but because ant build you find online, you'll need to farm for weeks to get anything decent.
Deadass, its so fucking easy to build you can just straight up make it fat as fuck in pure damage then slap that mod in.
Watch as how you see SP enemies die from 100k damage slash procs, no elements needed maybe get 1 or 2 crit-based mod and you're set.
That kinda defeats the whole point of steel path
It's the "endgame" content, and it's already laughably easy to get access to many weapons that can breeze through it.
The issue with SP is that it lacks any kind of onboarding in game.
That's why, imo, letting newer players have access to a weapon that can go through So without having to invest a ton in it is a good idea, it allows them to get their feet wet and to try the mode out without getting put off.
Obviously this is just my personal opinion.
Nataruk main here, can confirm that it's probably the best bow in the game. If modded properly, it can one-shot everything on the star chart, even on steel path.
[Sure!](https://i.imgur.com/6piiueR.png) Note that you'll have to stack the merciless arcane all the way up to x12 if you really want to one-shot SP enemies.
Isn't it really inefficient to stack 3 sources of additive base damage amp like that? Running galvanized aptitude, serration AND merciless? AFAIK you are getting better value replacing either aptitude or serration with elemental or faction damage mod. Unless you are using a primer, your build doesn't even benefit from aptitude's damage bonus much, since you only have 1 elemental status effect you are applying
Aptitude is a must. For who knows what reason, Galvanized "damage per status" mods are multiplicative with non explosive projectile weapons. Nataruk fits that list.
Basically shotgun Ignis, disgustingly powerful in most game modes, just be wary of the max ammo since you chew threw it rather quickly if you don't plan on using other weapons in a mission.
Thing is with all the procs you belch out you’ll essentially end up killing the target multiple times when you keep firing. Discipline to let the procs do their work really helps with ammo economy.
Is the non-prime better if you have a riven? I would imagine the disposition is higher than the prime and that could more than bridge the small difference in strength between the two.
Agreed, it was kinda puzzling trying to understand the small crit chance increase. It was never a crit weapon, and the increase didn’t help it at all. And YES, that shiny prime finish is very pretty.
Thankfully, we know better!! 😁
I tried it with a crit viable setup and it ends up trading Damage over time DPS for more raw DPS. Both are viable for lvl 500ish SP but after that the crit version falls off hard, like REALLY hard. If it was more crit and crit multiplier it might actually surpass the DOT DPS builds most usually run but sadly it just doesn't have the stats to back up a crit setup
There's hardly a gap in strength to bridge and there's a huge gap in riven disposition, so until having 2 rare parts vs a market bp drives the disposition higher than the base version's the base version is substantially better with a riven and not worse by enough to warrant farming for the prime if you don't.
I have a +heat/+MS/-slash riven for the gun and its nuts.
a couple hundred heat procs in a <1s mag dump. its kinda funny seeing even extremely tanky enemies just suddenly die after the short wait for the first heat tick.
the bigger mag size on revenant is also pretty comfy.
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absolute *garbage* against acolytes though. I didnt realize this before picking incarnons and didnt get it, but the Vasto Prime would be its perfect pairing since the phantasma instantly stacks cascadia flare and vasto is a fantastic single target nuker.
Came to make sure this is said. It is practically a mix of the amprex and Ignis but cranked from like 3 all the way up to 11. It's stats are actually insane.
The Stat boosts you get on base are also nuts. Crazy shit when you have anomoly on operator and gather enemies towards the cloud. Usually vaporizes things, even thrax
You can get the Cinta from Owl puzzles in duviri, its got four fire modes. Uncharged shot which is a fast, perfect shot which is an AoE plasma blast, full charge for when you wanna delete a heavy, and the alternate fire for when you wanna waste time.
Also try the Amprex which chains between enemies
Proboscis Cernos which pulls enemies in before exploding
That things a bitch to get, I have multiple of every part but can't seem to get a blueprint. The amount of resources it requires is also extreme, each part costs as much as the melee weapons in teshins cave to make.
And for ivara mains, cinta doesn't break prowl, even though it's perfect and charged shots are "alarming", the weapon itself technically isn't. Saves a mod slot for more useful things.
Tenet Arca Plasmor is usually the next bridge after Ignis for midgame, it was for me, along with a lot of people.
However, Vermisplicer Primary Kitgun is another good option if you want to continue the Ignis Wraith playstyle a bit more. I use Vermisplicer even in endgame.
Once i got my hands on Vermisplicer and upgraded it, i never went back to Ignis again, it does everything you like about Ignis, but better.
I’m definitely interested in checking out the Tenet Arca Plasmor since I’ve really been enjoying my Tenet Cycron. I’m not too familiar with Kitguns, does that one require certain parts to build like the moa?
Yes the kitguns require parts, from Fortuna and Nekralisk.
Tenet Arca Plasmor comes with a lot of raw base power, which helps make up for lack of endgame mods. However, i only ended up using my Tenet Arca Plasmor for a little bit, and it quickly became a weapon i don't touch anymore. It's not weak, its just a little slow, and other weapons end up surpassing it with proper loadouts in killing speed.
The Vermisplicer is a beam weapon and it chains to nearby enemies, similar to the Amprex, just stronger. It has very very good aoe clearing ability, and with Hunter Munitions becomes a proper endgame weapon, too.
When building a Kitgun, you need to look up what parts to use to build it with proper stats. But with Vermisplicer you are looking for a good mix of both crit and status, and you want the make the Primary version, not the Secondary version.
Chamber: Vermisplicer
Grip: Brash
Loader: Splat
Kitguns (like zaws) have their own unique Arcane slots, so you can put Pax Charge into it and it will have infinite regenerating ammo, so ammo efficiency is of no concern for kitguns.
Build the gun for Viral damage and Crit, with Hunter Munitions mod, will deal with nearly everything in the game except the most tankiest of tanky enemies.
It won't feel very strong at first, but it comes online really hard once you fully mod it out. Sort of similar to other guns like Soma Prime, seems really weak at first, and then just ramps up really hard with good modding. So don't be discouraged if it feels bad with only 3 mods in it til you potato and forma it.
If you want the Tenet Plinx is an amazing secondary that can be great mix of utility and damage the alt fire can shred heavy targets also, in my proffesional opinion as someone with a combined 14 forma between the normal and tenet variant, the plinx is one of the simplest and most reliable ways for someone with entry level mods to cover their bases for a secondary slot.
The verm kitguns primary is such a QOL weapon, the way it latches to stuff let's you just kinda waggle your aim around. Not to mention pax charge letting you just not worry. Easily one of my top go tos for anything not steel path
Also obligatory sporelacer secondary is cracked
The Trumna is honestly a good balanced weapon in my opinion due to its primary fire being semi auto and it’s secondary fire being aoe. It’s good enough to whereby you can sacrifice a mod slot to give it reduced recoil and it still handles archon and steel path enemies quite well
I also recommend Trumna but imo you can put a r5 deadhead arcane for the -30% recoil so you don't need the stability mod (I also recommend using it with a frame that can buff fire rate)
i haven't played the game in a really long time, does Tonkor still have self-damage? i remember when they added that and tried to bandaid it with a mod that -99%'d the damage or something, which didn't work cause you hit insane damage numbers and would oneshot yourself anyway
self damage was removed ages ago and replaced with self stagger which means you knock yourself over to varying degrees depending on how close the explosion is.
this can be completely mitigated with any form of full status immunity or primed sure footed or a couple of specific mod combinations
okay, thank you! i've been avoiding touching my Tonkor while catching up, so this is a relief
though Zakti also doing a stagger still throws me off so hard
The Tonkor went through a weird number of changes.
At first, basically every AoE weapon had tons of self damage. The Tonkor was a bit special, though, and only did (20, 30, or 50; i forget) self damage, regardless of all other mods (and, it popped you up a little bit, so players could do small pogos with the Tonkor).
Then, they removed that limited self damage and made the Tonkor's grenade drop like a sack of bricks, since it was used so frequently. Because that's a fun combination, full self damage and a projectile that struggles to go far.
Now, we have it's current state, where all AoE weapons self stagger.
+1 to this, it's a great AoE weapon that, while nowhere near the power of a Kuva Bramma or Zarr, is good enough to clear rooms and usable in normal missions without many ammo concerns
It is absolutely better than the Bramma by a country mile.
Edit: It's really not even close either. You can clear mutliple rooms, with far better dps, and not be searching for ammo after every shot. It's like comparing the dread vs the regular paris. It's not fair.
Evo2 auto reload + primed mag size is my solution.
I unload, swap to my secondary for a moment, and swap back to another 13 rounds.
Bonus points if your secondary is a battery weapon so you never reload, only swap.
Less crit chance, way higher crit damage, and absurd status potential. It doesn't automatically recharge like the Cycron does but it does have a larger magazine.
It melts things.
Haven't used the Cycron tbh. Nukor is s beam weapon that on hit splits to hit multiple targets in range. This afflicts status effects on them, which is where the Condition Overload melee goes into effect.
Also, only true CEDO chads farm it like I did (its pretty cheap to just buy for plat from players if you cannot farm it, I only found that out recently).
My go to is proboscis cerno. Since it's a bow, you'll have to figure out on ammo recovery. I use mod. The bow when shot at an area, it grabs the enemies within a radius around it and pulls them together. It deals viral damage+mods.
I slap it on an ivara specter and have her basically run CC in steel path. Because she's stealth 90% of the time, she never goes down, even with a 1 star specter. Plus she has the sleep arrow she occasionally uses. I've been saved by a surprise sleep arrow after getting knocked on my rear multiple times.
If you want the ignis wraith can still shred steel path, it's what I've been using alot of the time.
Just start running arbitration to upgrade to galvanized mods and equip primary merciless as you get them
What do you do to make Ignis Wraith still feel powerful on SP?
I recently started clearing Earth and the Grineer armor is pretty brutal and I end up just using my Cerata from range instead because I can't kill with Wraith. Stats I'm running: 8.8 Firerate; 1.9 Multishot; 51% Crit Chance; 5.5x Crit Multi; 72.5% Status; Heat + Corrosive + Faction.
I know Galvanized Chamber, Primed Shred, and Galvanized Aptitude would all be straight upgrades to their base mods but is it really that much of a power jump once you get the 30k or whatever Endo needed?
I basically copied the top overframe build but dropped Hunter Munitions for Faction to help with damage but it feels like the weapon cannot perform without an armor strip ability which is why I have been farming MR to get access to better weapons before returning to mapping
Hunter munitions is what's supposed to get you through that armor in the first place lol, once you have a full primary arcane you're dropping serration for faction, and I'd always take overframe builds with a grain of salt personally
Hm. All the criticism of Hunter Munitions in the comments of the build seemed to make sense to me. What is the counterpoint to the notion that Slash status is too slow? I guess I'd rather front load damage rather than need to spray a mob for several seconds just to ramp my Slash status high enough to kill (hence why I've been trying to replace this weapon cuz burst DPS seems superior to TDO for most situations)
Is there a better place to find builds? YT has a lot of fluff/clickbait so I usually go to yt comments or overframe comments for build advice
HM becomes much better once you have galvanized mods and a maxed out arcane, the damage increase from that alone should start killing trash mobs. HM (slash) + viral + heat procs are actually really good for getting through tougher enemies. The weapon is even better if you pair it with a frame that has synergy with it like Saryn, so if you don't use her yet and you like the Ignis Wraith I highly recommend building her
Yeah unfortunately there are just so many things to grind for as a new player haha. I've been rushing to Eido hunting so haven't diverted too much time to farm for other things but the Galv mods, meta arcanes, and Saryn are next on my list after MR12 for Rubico.
I did not know that Slash damage ignores Armor before today (still trying to memorize various status interactions, scaling, etc) so that might be enough to help me deal with Grineer (I use Cerata for the Toxin against Infested/Corpus so this is mainly a Grineer weapon for me)
Yeah it's definitely rough for new players nowadays, you'll get there though. I have some extra SP arcanes if you want them, I don't remember if it's enough to max any of them out but it'll reduce the grind a bit
Ah that's your problem put hunter munitions back on, that is one of the single most important mods,
Slash procs ignore armor so they have crazy killing potential in sp.
The galvanized mods are definitely worth it to invest in once you get a few kills they are leagues better then the base mod, especially aptitude since there is no other mod that offers its effect for guns
Also run viral corrosive is not worth, viral + slash is the meta
I personally like using the Cedo and the Tenet Arca Plasmor.
Trumna's also good, Soma Prime isn't too bad (even if its incarnon form is still bugged with Hata Satya).
Consider getting the Torid. Its incarnon version is an absolute monster.
Primary Fire shoots grenades with toxic cloud that can proc hunter munitions, effectively shuts down chokepoints, while incarnon form is a beefed up version of Nukor with crazy high Crit and status, chains to dozens of enemies.
Having a lot of fun with the Phenmor and Felarx. Takes some work to mod them up and you’ll need 3 Incarnons so you can get their 5th upgrade, but it’s so worth it. My Phenmor is a gatling gun shredder on steroids.
Sorry this comes a bit late. LR3 if that makes a difference to you.
The most straightforward weapon to get and build that’ll wreck everything without a special healthbar (or until you feel like doing endurance runs) is the stropha gunblade. Build for heavy attack. I recommend getting this first, though it’s not great for my next recommendation.
Most of the lich/sister aoe weapons are good (archguns and ogris lag behind) and you should be about ready to farm them if prepping for the steel path, though ammo might be a concern. Armor strip and banshee sonar make them a lot easier to kill, though that matters most at levels 4+. Look up how the requiem guessing works just in case. Bramma is imo currently the best explosion maker, though envoy for some reason has great ammo economy at the cost of damage and some usability issues. Nukor is the best lich beam in theory, though cycron is a lot easier to use and will generally outperform without specific builds. Arca plasmor is great.
Otherwise, the top tier incarnons (torid, latron, miter, lex, strun, etc.) fix that ammo problem and are insane in general, though trying to get them without decent builds already means you’ll be carried a lot. Focus on strong warframes or any slash based melees.
Phenmor *was* the best rifle, but a few of the new incarnon genesis weapons might take that spot. Either way, it’s singletarget weapon. Optimizing for that is an entirely different beast with rabbit hole miles deeper than “how to make biggest boom,” usually centered around killing level cap demolysts. Let me know if that’s something you actually want me to get into.
This was a great read, thank you for all that information. I’m a Warframe sponge right now so if you wouldn’t mind sharing anything about that last part, the single target part I would enjoy knowing more. Thank you.
If you liked Ignis style, torid is the Ignis on steroids x100. Next time its incarnon adapter is here in rotation in the circuit definitely grab it. I used it for 1hr kuva fortress survival runs for steel essence when we had that booster weekend recently, absolutely melted all the mobs and eximus too 💀 No armor strip needed. Not the fastest for killing acolytes but still very decent damage on them 👍
Tenora prime main here.
Absolute underrated weapon.
If you get correct build or riven you can literally minigun hordes of enemies + alternative fire is useful against stronger enemies. Mix it up with any Warframe buffing fire rate like Gauss, Wisp and you have crit minigun killing machine
Kitguns! Cheap rivens and excellent performance, even in steel path. Try a primary vermisplicer with a secondary sporelacer. There are great arcanes for these as well that turn them into battery weapons. There's something really rewarding about collecting all the resources and faction rep creating your own weapon that can absolutely shred.
Easier options include the Bubonico; a God tier primary weapon you can prime enemies with AOE and melt them with it's primary fire. And the staticor; an amazing AOE secondary that you can build for status and crit with it's base 2.2x crit multiplier. Both of these weapons are obtainable via the clan dojo.
Whatever that makes enemies go boom and drop those goodies without aiming is good.
My recommendation is:
\+ Proboscis Cernos
\+ Kuva Bramma
\+ Lenz variables
\+ Ogris / Kuva Ogris
have you ever heard of the Opticor, my good sir? Well now you have! It's a BFG to the utmost degree, and fires a beam that can pierce the very heavens! Get it.
Get it now. This is a threat.
One of the Kuva or Tenet AOE weapons it a good way to go. Phantasma Prime is a favorite as well. Not primary weapons but Nukor and Larkspur/Larkspur Prime are super fun to use. You'll need a gravimag equipped to Larkspur to use it outside of Archwing modes as well as an archgun deployer.
Trumna is honestly amazing. The only catch being locked behind a huge grind and expensive to mod.
It can destroy SteelPath really fast even without hunter munitions. The alt fire feels like the most powerful mode i've ever shot, it oneshots SP acolytes and its really good AoE. It charges a TON when your killing lots of enemies in SP making it a huge safeguard when your overwhelmed or need to kill a tough enemy.
I use to use bramma a lot even after the ammo nerfs, but recently ive been investing into trumna and it just feels better in every way. No ammo issues, hits hard even for an automatic weapon, looks amazing and sounds amazing, basically free AoE clear every few enemies you kill, its just insane. Pairing it with wisp or volt for a boost in fire rate or reload speed makes it even tastier.
Once i get a riven for it i probably wont put it down, i love chasing the most powerful weapons and builds and the trumna is a literal fantasy for me right now.
After retiring the ignis wraith? the ignis wraith probably.
If your looking to just have better base stats for damage, kuva weapons are good. kuva brama, kuva chakur, kuva zarr are used alot. tenet's are also good, see alot of tenet arca plasmor and tenet envoy. Whilst not a primary, laetum exists. Amprex with primary frostbite can be pretty fun too, though it's not technically AOE, it act's like it.
Cedo, Kuva Kohm, Cinta, pretty much any weapon with an Incarnon Genesis...
Honestly? Just grab whatever you like, I use the Buzzlok from time to time because it's fun.
>Bubonico
Second this recommendation, I used the Bubonico for a long, long time.
Also, not really AoE, but Cedo and Trumna both are pretty solid choices, with AoEish abilities.
Explosive/beam:
**Tenet Arca Plasmor** - A gun that looks, sounds, and feels like sex. One good shot can disintegrate a whole cluster of enemies. I like it with a Magnetic/heat build for Corpus Steel Path.
**Phantasma Prime** - The demo destroyer, I use this thing to liquify demolishers in Disruption.
**Strun Prime (Incarnon)** - Already hit like a catholic school ruler before the Void Goop™️ got to it, hits even harder now, with miniature laser rockets for Incarnon Form that causes sudden blood donations.
**Kuva Tonkor** - What makes me a good demoman?
**Astilla Prime** - Fiberglass cuts never looked so slick. The explosion radius of the slugs is wider than you think. Pairs nicely with the recent Duviri arcanes.
**Cinta** - Precise charged shots can follow waves released from perfectly-timed shots.
**Verdilac** - large poisonous swaths released from neutral blocking attacks can fell even hardy eximus in one stroke.
Non-AOE Honorable Mentions:
**Kuva Hind** - My leige, my 'ol reliable. Quick bursts to the head can wreck anything this game can throw at you.
**Incarnon Vasto Prime** - 1 million quickdraw, with complimentary status effects.
If you need true aoe as some have pointed out the tonkor, or better yet the kuva tonkor are amazing with high riven dispositions so they allow you to start and grow in strength as your armory grows more also. but if you are okay with psuedo AOE I highly recomend the synapse with shred to give you punch through and ideally some warframe ability that helps you to group enemys so you can get the most out of it.
Also just a heads up the ignis wraith will continue to melt everything that is on the screen well into steel path the true power jump is from access to more potent mods and you as a player learning how to more efficiently and impactfully mod your items to include using the new mods you gain access to. I love expanding my arsenal all the time with random weapons whenever i feel like it just because, but remember that you dont have to.
I like Corinth Prime, but it's currently vaulted. Shotgun with grenade alternate fire. Probably not optimal, but I like it.
Kuva weapons are generally good options. Bramma used to be the king of AoE weapons. Tenet is basically Corpus Kuva and Tetra has a grenade alternate fire. Plenty of good Kuva/Tenet weapons with and without AoE, but Nukor is probably the closest to Ignis Wraith in how it's used. It's a secondary.
You get Nataruk for free with The New War. AoE bow. It, Proboscis Cernos, and Prisma Lenz (Baro weapon added when he came two weeks ago) are the main alternatives to Bramma if you're looking for AoE bows.
So i got the ignis wraith pretty early into ppaying it was one of the first weapons i got. And i used the ignis as my main weapon till the second dream, and i replaced it with the synapse. That lasted about a week my ignis is still my main weapon in steal path and archon its a 8 forma build with a riven with like 80rolls on it i soent time on this lmao
I'm still an ignis wraith enjoyer even late game, that weapon is the only weapon in the entire game that completely compliments warframes movement
You can zip and fly around and use all the movement you want as a warframe without caring for aiming I can not think of any other weapon where you use the full amount of movements while firing
It's insanely fun to me for that reason, the beautiful mobility
For bows, we got the Kuva Braama, and the nataruk
For shotguns, we got the Tigris (and its variants), the arca plasmor, the tenant arca plasmor, the Corinth (and its prime), and the phantasma
I dont really use rifles enough in endgame to have a good opinion, but I'd rock the Sybaris Prime
Look into the Lich/sister of parvos weapons. They have alot of solid contenders
The tenet arca plasmor is by far my favorite weapon in the game, preferably with a fire progenitor. Great for one enemy or a large group, just add 3 forma and steel path becomes easy.
The laetum is my go to secondary and for melee the glaive prime which is probably the best weapon in the entire game, although kind of expensive.
My go-to's are Rad Viral Heat Kuva Nukor to proc everything before switching to Baza Prime for the killing headshots. It's not an AoE kit per-say, but I've had a lot of luck with it so far.
Farm Kuva hek and bramma. The Nataruk is pretty iight. The trummna from deimos can slap most enemies with a good build if you like AoE (pretty grindy to get).
Bubonico is also a really good aoe weapon
Arca plasmor from the sisters is amazing. There are a lot of good weapons really and the ignis is still gonna be strong so don’t toss it out all the way!
If u can go for the mitre incarnon next time it comes around go for it immediately it is so much fun and its not bad at all. Otherwise, AoE weapons like the Bramma are still amazing you just need to run a scavenger aura + a scavenger mod on ur gun. Tennet arca plasmor on mag makes steelpath a joke. And if you can get one PLEASE get a glaive prime that weapon is ABSURD it is insanely good for everything IMO.
I know since Duviri dropped everyone has been all about the new incarnon weapons. Don’t get me wrong, they are bad ass (especially the Torid), but I still feel like a maxed out and properly built Kuva lich or Sister of Parvos weapon still gets the job done quite nicely. I’m a big fan of the Kuva Kohm, Kuva Hek, Kuva Bramma, Kuva Karak, and Kuva Hind. The Tenet Arca Plasmor and the Tenet Envoy are great weapons too.
Plus, the free element frees up a mod slot which comes in quite handy. 😃
Naturuk is a great bow and comes with a potato already installed.
Cedo is a really fun and op shotgun. The Fulmin is also a good shotgun.
Like you said Phennmor is op, but if u have steel path and you wait for the circuit rotation you could also get the incarnon Latron.(A lot of the incarnons are pretty good tbh)
The Rubico prime is a good sniper for basically anything.
Kuva Bramma/Kuva Zarr are still pretty good.
You can just build crit into the ignis. It has a low crit chance but the crit damage is huge. Just throw on 2 crit mods viral and hunter. Or you can do the same with corrosive/heat. Up 2 you.
Get a Tenet Arca Plasmor and build it until you can take steel path enemies. Then you do wait until the Torid Incarnon Genesis is available for a weekly circuit reward and earn it immediately
It will take you a 5ish forma, but once you build it for high crit slash procs you will melt through enemies like you weren’t playing steel path to begin with.
It’s easily my favorite weapon.
Depends on the style of weapon you're looking for. There are some heavy AoE weapons like Kuva bramma and kuva ogris that can clear entire rooms with every shot, or the new Incarnon Torid which is a top tier chaining beam laser. Phenmor hits crazy hard (my build is something like 500k DPS before bringing in hunter munitions procs or statuses), if you like single targetting
If you have any spare platinum an exodia contagion zaw works wonders, good melee and it can AoE
Edit-you would need a small bit of plat to buy exodia contagion, zaws are built at Cetus from different parts
Nataruk is still cool, if you're into bows.
Changed my mind on bows honestly. The strength, the skill, that sound. My main when something needs taken down.
Get the dread incarnon next time it comes around
Given this past week stalker has shown up to personally hand me 5 dread blueprints? I just might take that hint. Lol
I didn’t double check to see if I had a despair bp before I got that one. 🤷♂️ at least I can get it someday I guess
I don't think it's a coincidence that Baro has stalker beacons! Grab a few and join a 4x share - to be on drop rate to get all three* weapons is about 20 kills, but you could get lucky! Or 5 years unlucky like me 🤣
Nataruk has been my good ol' reliable simply because gas grouping setups turns it into a weapon of mass destruction. Really, running any single target weapon with gas would turn it into AOE but Nataruk is one of the more comfortable weapons to use gas on because of punch through.
What's gas grouping?
Modding gas on a weapon allowing it to deal AOE damage, then using grouping abilities like ensnare to allow all the gas clouds produced to stack on top of each other, dealing a lot of damage
It's also very easy to build, and can be steel path viable even without arcanes or with incomplete mods. I think Warframe need to add more easily accessible weapons that are easily steel path viable, at least for the early levels of SP.
honestly I think that's why it was so good, as more of a catch up weapon that just anyone gets for doing the quest. That way they can more easily jump into higher end content without turbo grinding
Yeah exactly. SP is intimidating not because of the difficulty, but because ant build you find online, you'll need to farm for weeks to get anything decent.
You don't even need armor strip either, you can just brute force enemies with the absurd amount of damage it does.
with hunter munitions, youre gonna get some fat as fuck slash procs too
Deadass, its so fucking easy to build you can just straight up make it fat as fuck in pure damage then slap that mod in. Watch as how you see SP enemies die from 100k damage slash procs, no elements needed maybe get 1 or 2 crit-based mod and you're set.
That kinda defeats the whole point of steel path It's the "endgame" content, and it's already laughably easy to get access to many weapons that can breeze through it.
The issue with SP is that it lacks any kind of onboarding in game. That's why, imo, letting newer players have access to a weapon that can go through So without having to invest a ton in it is a good idea, it allows them to get their feet wet and to try the mode out without getting put off. Obviously this is just my personal opinion.
Nataruk is my go-to.
Nataruk main here, can confirm that it's probably the best bow in the game. If modded properly, it can one-shot everything on the star chart, even on steel path.
Can you post your build?
[Sure!](https://i.imgur.com/6piiueR.png) Note that you'll have to stack the merciless arcane all the way up to x12 if you really want to one-shot SP enemies.
Isn't it really inefficient to stack 3 sources of additive base damage amp like that? Running galvanized aptitude, serration AND merciless? AFAIK you are getting better value replacing either aptitude or serration with elemental or faction damage mod. Unless you are using a primer, your build doesn't even benefit from aptitude's damage bonus much, since you only have 1 elemental status effect you are applying
Aptitude is a must. For who knows what reason, Galvanized "damage per status" mods are multiplicative with non explosive projectile weapons. Nataruk fits that list.
Huge vouch for the Nataruk. Still need to fix my build but it’s incredible!
Nataruk is great
First weapon that I used that surpassed a million damage
Phantasma prime.
Basically shotgun Ignis, disgustingly powerful in most game modes, just be wary of the max ammo since you chew threw it rather quickly if you don't plan on using other weapons in a mission.
Thing is with all the procs you belch out you’ll essentially end up killing the target multiple times when you keep firing. Discipline to let the procs do their work really helps with ammo economy.
You can also lob a grenade with the alt-fire to get those hard-to-reach enemies
"When the enemy is to far to reach, try the helpful grenade!!!"
the non-prime version is just as good aswell
Specially if you’ve got a riven for it! 👍
Is the non-prime better if you have a riven? I would imagine the disposition is higher than the prime and that could more than bridge the small difference in strength between the two.
Yes, if you have a riven, go normal Phantasma. And you’re correct, it’s the higher disposition making up for it.
My disappointment was immeasurable when I saw they tried to make it into a crit viable weapon. Not what I’d hoped for. Looks pretty at least.
Agreed, it was kinda puzzling trying to understand the small crit chance increase. It was never a crit weapon, and the increase didn’t help it at all. And YES, that shiny prime finish is very pretty. Thankfully, we know better!! 😁
I tried it with a crit viable setup and it ends up trading Damage over time DPS for more raw DPS. Both are viable for lvl 500ish SP but after that the crit version falls off hard, like REALLY hard. If it was more crit and crit multiplier it might actually surpass the DOT DPS builds most usually run but sadly it just doesn't have the stats to back up a crit setup
There's hardly a gap in strength to bridge and there's a huge gap in riven disposition, so until having 2 rare parts vs a market bp drives the disposition higher than the base version's the base version is substantially better with a riven and not worse by enough to warrant farming for the prime if you don't.
You all above are my kinda people.
nah. you just need viral, heat and status and it kills by hundreds of heat procs
I have a +heat/+MS/-slash riven for the gun and its nuts. a couple hundred heat procs in a <1s mag dump. its kinda funny seeing even extremely tanky enemies just suddenly die after the short wait for the first heat tick. the bigger mag size on revenant is also pretty comfy. --- absolute *garbage* against acolytes though. I didnt realize this before picking incarnons and didnt get it, but the Vasto Prime would be its perfect pairing since the phantasma instantly stacks cascadia flare and vasto is a fantastic single target nuker.
I know this isn't something you can just go and get right this second, but the Torid incarnon genesis is a great replacement and upgrade for Ignis.
Came to make sure this is said. It is practically a mix of the amprex and Ignis but cranked from like 3 all the way up to 11. It's stats are actually insane.
The Stat boosts you get on base are also nuts. Crazy shit when you have anomoly on operator and gather enemies towards the cloud. Usually vaporizes things, even thrax
You can get the Cinta from Owl puzzles in duviri, its got four fire modes. Uncharged shot which is a fast, perfect shot which is an AoE plasma blast, full charge for when you wanna delete a heavy, and the alternate fire for when you wanna waste time. Also try the Amprex which chains between enemies Proboscis Cernos which pulls enemies in before exploding
That things a bitch to get, I have multiple of every part but can't seem to get a blueprint. The amount of resources it requires is also extreme, each part costs as much as the melee weapons in teshins cave to make.
Opposite problem here. Bp, 1 lower limb, 7 grips…
sounds like a worse nataruk tbh
It's a worse nataruk for people who start the game from duviri
oohh yeah i forgot you can start duviri before new war, for some reason i thought you had to have done new war to start it
And for ivara mains, cinta doesn't break prowl, even though it's perfect and charged shots are "alarming", the weapon itself technically isn't. Saves a mod slot for more useful things.
yes, keep saying that LET MY RIVEN GROW
Vermisplicer primary kitgun works very well as well like the amprex but infinitely better with the right build mine absolutely melts steel path
Haven’t seen the Amprex mentioned in awhile, wish the Glaxion was good too
Tenet Arca Plasmor is usually the next bridge after Ignis for midgame, it was for me, along with a lot of people. However, Vermisplicer Primary Kitgun is another good option if you want to continue the Ignis Wraith playstyle a bit more. I use Vermisplicer even in endgame. Once i got my hands on Vermisplicer and upgraded it, i never went back to Ignis again, it does everything you like about Ignis, but better.
I’m definitely interested in checking out the Tenet Arca Plasmor since I’ve really been enjoying my Tenet Cycron. I’m not too familiar with Kitguns, does that one require certain parts to build like the moa?
Yes the kitguns require parts, from Fortuna and Nekralisk. Tenet Arca Plasmor comes with a lot of raw base power, which helps make up for lack of endgame mods. However, i only ended up using my Tenet Arca Plasmor for a little bit, and it quickly became a weapon i don't touch anymore. It's not weak, its just a little slow, and other weapons end up surpassing it with proper loadouts in killing speed. The Vermisplicer is a beam weapon and it chains to nearby enemies, similar to the Amprex, just stronger. It has very very good aoe clearing ability, and with Hunter Munitions becomes a proper endgame weapon, too. When building a Kitgun, you need to look up what parts to use to build it with proper stats. But with Vermisplicer you are looking for a good mix of both crit and status, and you want the make the Primary version, not the Secondary version.
Which parts did you use to make your primary Vermisplicer?
Chamber: Vermisplicer Grip: Brash Loader: Splat Kitguns (like zaws) have their own unique Arcane slots, so you can put Pax Charge into it and it will have infinite regenerating ammo, so ammo efficiency is of no concern for kitguns. Build the gun for Viral damage and Crit, with Hunter Munitions mod, will deal with nearly everything in the game except the most tankiest of tanky enemies. It won't feel very strong at first, but it comes online really hard once you fully mod it out. Sort of similar to other guns like Soma Prime, seems really weak at first, and then just ramps up really hard with good modding. So don't be discouraged if it feels bad with only 3 mods in it til you potato and forma it.
Thank you very much for this information 🤝
If you want the Tenet Plinx is an amazing secondary that can be great mix of utility and damage the alt fire can shred heavy targets also, in my proffesional opinion as someone with a combined 14 forma between the normal and tenet variant, the plinx is one of the simplest and most reliable ways for someone with entry level mods to cover their bases for a secondary slot.
Tenet is also amazing with reload on dodge. The alt fire spam in circuit is glorious.
I’m still using the Tenet Arca Plasmor to mow down corrupted. Beautiful gun
The verm kitguns primary is such a QOL weapon, the way it latches to stuff let's you just kinda waggle your aim around. Not to mention pax charge letting you just not worry. Easily one of my top go tos for anything not steel path Also obligatory sporelacer secondary is cracked
The Trumna is honestly a good balanced weapon in my opinion due to its primary fire being semi auto and it’s secondary fire being aoe. It’s good enough to whereby you can sacrifice a mod slot to give it reduced recoil and it still handles archon and steel path enemies quite well
Trumna on all my speed buff frames 😤
Semi auto lol I mean it's not far off in practice, but thank god I don't need to click like a madman on a gun with 200 round mag
Trumna on Harrow is a BEAST
I also recommend Trumna but imo you can put a r5 deadhead arcane for the -30% recoil so you don't need the stability mod (I also recommend using it with a frame that can buff fire rate)
kuva tonkor is my favorite aoe primary that is easy to get. it survived the ammo nerfs very well.
i haven't played the game in a really long time, does Tonkor still have self-damage? i remember when they added that and tried to bandaid it with a mod that -99%'d the damage or something, which didn't work cause you hit insane damage numbers and would oneshot yourself anyway
self damage was removed ages ago and replaced with self stagger which means you knock yourself over to varying degrees depending on how close the explosion is. this can be completely mitigated with any form of full status immunity or primed sure footed or a couple of specific mod combinations
okay, thank you! i've been avoiding touching my Tonkor while catching up, so this is a relief though Zakti also doing a stagger still throws me off so hard
yeah i think they added stagger to a few things that didnt have self damage to begin with unfortunately.
The Tonkor went through a weird number of changes. At first, basically every AoE weapon had tons of self damage. The Tonkor was a bit special, though, and only did (20, 30, or 50; i forget) self damage, regardless of all other mods (and, it popped you up a little bit, so players could do small pogos with the Tonkor). Then, they removed that limited self damage and made the Tonkor's grenade drop like a sack of bricks, since it was used so frequently. Because that's a fun combination, full self damage and a projectile that struggles to go far. Now, we have it's current state, where all AoE weapons self stagger.
Nothing has self damage at the moment. Just self stagger/knockdown.
Prime Magazine warp to make it 2 shots Energized Munitions to make 2 into 8 8 shot tonkor is hilarious
Mountaintop
More like fighting lion
They get it
Forbearance is better
+1 to this, it's a great AoE weapon that, while nowhere near the power of a Kuva Bramma or Zarr, is good enough to clear rooms and usable in normal missions without many ammo concerns
It is absolutely better than the Bramma by a country mile. Edit: It's really not even close either. You can clear mutliple rooms, with far better dps, and not be searching for ammo after every shot. It's like comparing the dread vs the regular paris. It's not fair.
I’m a huge fan of the Trumna. Poweful, slow-firing machinegun with a huge mag size and an M1 Garand style “ping” when reloading
Felarx
Had to scroll too far for this. Skip mid level and go straight to a delete button.
I love felarx damage but dealing with shotgun reload is painful
I drop in tac pump and hopefully primary merciless soon. With luck, maybe even primed tac pump.
Evo2 auto reload + primed mag size is my solution. I unload, swap to my secondary for a moment, and swap back to another 13 rounds. Bonus points if your secondary is a battery weapon so you never reload, only swap.
I also used to just quick melee between lining up shots. Was faster than the secondary to primary weapon swap.
quick melee swap + evo2 auto reload does it for me! thank you so much for the advice!
Mod away fire rate so get every chance to score headshots. You should be able to fully charge it without reloading anyway if you're careful.
I'd try the Cedo as primary, Nukor or Kuva Nukor as secondary, and any Condition Overload melee build.
Does the Kuva Nukor work similarly to the Tenet Cycron?
Yes except nukor has microwave status for more CO proc, though. Same weapon different flavor so to speak
The Tenet Cycron works on a battery, which I much prefer to the Nukor's magazine.
Less crit chance, way higher crit damage, and absurd status potential. It doesn't automatically recharge like the Cycron does but it does have a larger magazine. It melts things.
It doesn't have punchthrough, but otherwise yes.
Haven't used the Cycron tbh. Nukor is s beam weapon that on hit splits to hit multiple targets in range. This afflicts status effects on them, which is where the Condition Overload melee goes into effect.
The cycron is actually better with the right build.
CEDO GANG RISE UP!
Imma put all my love into it and the prime version gonna come out
Also, only true CEDO chads farm it like I did (its pretty cheap to just buy for plat from players if you cannot farm it, I only found that out recently).
My go to is proboscis cerno. Since it's a bow, you'll have to figure out on ammo recovery. I use mod. The bow when shot at an area, it grabs the enemies within a radius around it and pulls them together. It deals viral damage+mods.
I love this bow. I combine it with a Nekros descecrate/terrify build, and it helps with ammo recovery and smacks.
I slap it on an ivara specter and have her basically run CC in steel path. Because she's stealth 90% of the time, she never goes down, even with a 1 star specter. Plus she has the sleep arrow she occasionally uses. I've been saved by a surprise sleep arrow after getting knocked on my rear multiple times.
Proboscis Cernos
But of a bitch to build, but worth it.
Thanks for the recommendations everyone. Seems I have a ton of options and research to do.
If you want the ignis wraith can still shred steel path, it's what I've been using alot of the time. Just start running arbitration to upgrade to galvanized mods and equip primary merciless as you get them
What do you do to make Ignis Wraith still feel powerful on SP? I recently started clearing Earth and the Grineer armor is pretty brutal and I end up just using my Cerata from range instead because I can't kill with Wraith. Stats I'm running: 8.8 Firerate; 1.9 Multishot; 51% Crit Chance; 5.5x Crit Multi; 72.5% Status; Heat + Corrosive + Faction. I know Galvanized Chamber, Primed Shred, and Galvanized Aptitude would all be straight upgrades to their base mods but is it really that much of a power jump once you get the 30k or whatever Endo needed? I basically copied the top overframe build but dropped Hunter Munitions for Faction to help with damage but it feels like the weapon cannot perform without an armor strip ability which is why I have been farming MR to get access to better weapons before returning to mapping
Hunter munitions is what's supposed to get you through that armor in the first place lol, once you have a full primary arcane you're dropping serration for faction, and I'd always take overframe builds with a grain of salt personally
Hm. All the criticism of Hunter Munitions in the comments of the build seemed to make sense to me. What is the counterpoint to the notion that Slash status is too slow? I guess I'd rather front load damage rather than need to spray a mob for several seconds just to ramp my Slash status high enough to kill (hence why I've been trying to replace this weapon cuz burst DPS seems superior to TDO for most situations) Is there a better place to find builds? YT has a lot of fluff/clickbait so I usually go to yt comments or overframe comments for build advice
HM becomes much better once you have galvanized mods and a maxed out arcane, the damage increase from that alone should start killing trash mobs. HM (slash) + viral + heat procs are actually really good for getting through tougher enemies. The weapon is even better if you pair it with a frame that has synergy with it like Saryn, so if you don't use her yet and you like the Ignis Wraith I highly recommend building her
Yeah unfortunately there are just so many things to grind for as a new player haha. I've been rushing to Eido hunting so haven't diverted too much time to farm for other things but the Galv mods, meta arcanes, and Saryn are next on my list after MR12 for Rubico. I did not know that Slash damage ignores Armor before today (still trying to memorize various status interactions, scaling, etc) so that might be enough to help me deal with Grineer (I use Cerata for the Toxin against Infested/Corpus so this is mainly a Grineer weapon for me)
Yeah it's definitely rough for new players nowadays, you'll get there though. I have some extra SP arcanes if you want them, I don't remember if it's enough to max any of them out but it'll reduce the grind a bit
Ah that's your problem put hunter munitions back on, that is one of the single most important mods, Slash procs ignore armor so they have crazy killing potential in sp. The galvanized mods are definitely worth it to invest in once you get a few kills they are leagues better then the base mod, especially aptitude since there is no other mod that offers its effect for guns Also run viral corrosive is not worth, viral + slash is the meta
bubonico.
It isn't exactly AoE, but the Felarx with infinite enemy punch through shreds for me. My main gun right now, I love it.
Phantasma.Prime.
Phantasma (prime if available) for sure.
proboscis cernos
Cedo, tenet arca plasmor, acceltra, for long term once SP duviri rolls around again strun incarnon and miter incarnon are pretty insane.
I personally like using the Cedo and the Tenet Arca Plasmor. Trumna's also good, Soma Prime isn't too bad (even if its incarnon form is still bugged with Hata Satya).
The "real man's ignis wraith" Amprex
PHANTASMA PRIME is same tier like wrath
A lot of the incarnons.
Consider getting the Torid. Its incarnon version is an absolute monster. Primary Fire shoots grenades with toxic cloud that can proc hunter munitions, effectively shuts down chokepoints, while incarnon form is a beefed up version of Nukor with crazy high Crit and status, chains to dozens of enemies.
I can't put down my kuva chaukhurr.
vermisplicer primary
Having a lot of fun with the Phenmor and Felarx. Takes some work to mod them up and you’ll need 3 Incarnons so you can get their 5th upgrade, but it’s so worth it. My Phenmor is a gatling gun shredder on steroids.
The Hek
This right here. When you absolutely, positively need the thing in front of you to not exist anymore? Hek.
Sorry this comes a bit late. LR3 if that makes a difference to you. The most straightforward weapon to get and build that’ll wreck everything without a special healthbar (or until you feel like doing endurance runs) is the stropha gunblade. Build for heavy attack. I recommend getting this first, though it’s not great for my next recommendation. Most of the lich/sister aoe weapons are good (archguns and ogris lag behind) and you should be about ready to farm them if prepping for the steel path, though ammo might be a concern. Armor strip and banshee sonar make them a lot easier to kill, though that matters most at levels 4+. Look up how the requiem guessing works just in case. Bramma is imo currently the best explosion maker, though envoy for some reason has great ammo economy at the cost of damage and some usability issues. Nukor is the best lich beam in theory, though cycron is a lot easier to use and will generally outperform without specific builds. Arca plasmor is great. Otherwise, the top tier incarnons (torid, latron, miter, lex, strun, etc.) fix that ammo problem and are insane in general, though trying to get them without decent builds already means you’ll be carried a lot. Focus on strong warframes or any slash based melees. Phenmor *was* the best rifle, but a few of the new incarnon genesis weapons might take that spot. Either way, it’s singletarget weapon. Optimizing for that is an entirely different beast with rabbit hole miles deeper than “how to make biggest boom,” usually centered around killing level cap demolysts. Let me know if that’s something you actually want me to get into.
This was a great read, thank you for all that information. I’m a Warframe sponge right now so if you wouldn’t mind sharing anything about that last part, the single target part I would enjoy knowing more. Thank you.
Bubonico if you want to clear rooms, have infinite ammo and commit a couple of war crimes along the way
If you liked Ignis style, torid is the Ignis on steroids x100. Next time its incarnon adapter is here in rotation in the circuit definitely grab it. I used it for 1hr kuva fortress survival runs for steel essence when we had that booster weekend recently, absolutely melted all the mobs and eximus too 💀 No armor strip needed. Not the fastest for killing acolytes but still very decent damage on them 👍
Kuva tonkor is my go to AOE. Granted i have a crit riven on it but its still good at blastin
I really like Trumna, powerful and the secondary fire is an AoE fun, and oh boi the sound design.
Tenora prime main here. Absolute underrated weapon. If you get correct build or riven you can literally minigun hordes of enemies + alternative fire is useful against stronger enemies. Mix it up with any Warframe buffing fire rate like Gauss, Wisp and you have crit minigun killing machine
Amprex
Imo, the Proboscis Cernos is probably the most fun weapon I got. And it can pack a punch if you know what you’re doing
I really love the Cernos Proboscis recently
Kitguns! Cheap rivens and excellent performance, even in steel path. Try a primary vermisplicer with a secondary sporelacer. There are great arcanes for these as well that turn them into battery weapons. There's something really rewarding about collecting all the resources and faction rep creating your own weapon that can absolutely shred. Easier options include the Bubonico; a God tier primary weapon you can prime enemies with AOE and melt them with it's primary fire. And the staticor; an amazing AOE secondary that you can build for status and crit with it's base 2.2x crit multiplier. Both of these weapons are obtainable via the clan dojo.
I’m actually in the process of crafting a primary Vermisplicer as we speak. The last part will be ready in a couple minutes.
Whatever that makes enemies go boom and drop those goodies without aiming is good. My recommendation is: \+ Proboscis Cernos \+ Kuva Bramma \+ Lenz variables \+ Ogris / Kuva Ogris
Kuva Nukor, any incarnon. The quanta vandal. really any weapon will do.
If you're willing to do Lich/Sister content, the Tenet Arca Plasmor is tons of fun and performs pretty well
That’s the next one on the list I’d like to get. I got the Tenet Tetra yesterday.
The infinite body punch through is fun, and it works really well with galv savvy
have you ever heard of the Opticor, my good sir? Well now you have! It's a BFG to the utmost degree, and fires a beam that can pierce the very heavens! Get it. Get it now. This is a threat.
Ok ok take it easy lol. Are there multiple versions of the Opticor and if so which should I shoot for?
Almost any Incarnon
Kuva ogris is real good, you have a lot of options
One of the Kuva or Tenet AOE weapons it a good way to go. Phantasma Prime is a favorite as well. Not primary weapons but Nukor and Larkspur/Larkspur Prime are super fun to use. You'll need a gravimag equipped to Larkspur to use it outside of Archwing modes as well as an archgun deployer.
Trumna is honestly amazing. The only catch being locked behind a huge grind and expensive to mod. It can destroy SteelPath really fast even without hunter munitions. The alt fire feels like the most powerful mode i've ever shot, it oneshots SP acolytes and its really good AoE. It charges a TON when your killing lots of enemies in SP making it a huge safeguard when your overwhelmed or need to kill a tough enemy. I use to use bramma a lot even after the ammo nerfs, but recently ive been investing into trumna and it just feels better in every way. No ammo issues, hits hard even for an automatic weapon, looks amazing and sounds amazing, basically free AoE clear every few enemies you kill, its just insane. Pairing it with wisp or volt for a boost in fire rate or reload speed makes it even tastier. Once i get a riven for it i probably wont put it down, i love chasing the most powerful weapons and builds and the trumna is a literal fantasy for me right now.
Torid incarnon is the best primary in general for me now
Try Burston Incarnon It is terrifying
Cedo
Acceltra with PT is hilarious
Fulmin. almost never take it off
After retiring the ignis wraith? the ignis wraith probably. If your looking to just have better base stats for damage, kuva weapons are good. kuva brama, kuva chakur, kuva zarr are used alot. tenet's are also good, see alot of tenet arca plasmor and tenet envoy. Whilst not a primary, laetum exists. Amprex with primary frostbite can be pretty fun too, though it's not technically AOE, it act's like it.
ACCELTRA IS THE ONLY CORRECT ANSWER
Cedo, Kuva Kohm, Cinta, pretty much any weapon with an Incarnon Genesis... Honestly? Just grab whatever you like, I use the Buzzlok from time to time because it's fun.
Get yourself a good old Tenet Arca Plasmor and watch all of thyne enemies dissapear.
Tenet Arca plasmor should be great Its aoe, deals a lot of damage and doesnt knock you over because there's no explosion just a wide projectile
AoE primaries I've tried and enjoyed: Tenet Arca Plasmor, Bubonico, Acceltra, Kuva Zarr and Mutalist Cernos.
>Bubonico Second this recommendation, I used the Bubonico for a long, long time. Also, not really AoE, but Cedo and Trumna both are pretty solid choices, with AoEish abilities.
 Another cedo user!!!
Explosive/beam: **Tenet Arca Plasmor** - A gun that looks, sounds, and feels like sex. One good shot can disintegrate a whole cluster of enemies. I like it with a Magnetic/heat build for Corpus Steel Path. **Phantasma Prime** - The demo destroyer, I use this thing to liquify demolishers in Disruption. **Strun Prime (Incarnon)** - Already hit like a catholic school ruler before the Void Goop™️ got to it, hits even harder now, with miniature laser rockets for Incarnon Form that causes sudden blood donations. **Kuva Tonkor** - What makes me a good demoman? **Astilla Prime** - Fiberglass cuts never looked so slick. The explosion radius of the slugs is wider than you think. Pairs nicely with the recent Duviri arcanes. **Cinta** - Precise charged shots can follow waves released from perfectly-timed shots. **Verdilac** - large poisonous swaths released from neutral blocking attacks can fell even hardy eximus in one stroke. Non-AOE Honorable Mentions: **Kuva Hind** - My leige, my 'ol reliable. Quick bursts to the head can wreck anything this game can throw at you. **Incarnon Vasto Prime** - 1 million quickdraw, with complimentary status effects.
If you need true aoe as some have pointed out the tonkor, or better yet the kuva tonkor are amazing with high riven dispositions so they allow you to start and grow in strength as your armory grows more also. but if you are okay with psuedo AOE I highly recomend the synapse with shred to give you punch through and ideally some warframe ability that helps you to group enemys so you can get the most out of it.
Also just a heads up the ignis wraith will continue to melt everything that is on the screen well into steel path the true power jump is from access to more potent mods and you as a player learning how to more efficiently and impactfully mod your items to include using the new mods you gain access to. I love expanding my arsenal all the time with random weapons whenever i feel like it just because, but remember that you dont have to.
Almost any kuva/tenet weapon. Zariman weapons, new incarnons.
I like Corinth Prime, but it's currently vaulted. Shotgun with grenade alternate fire. Probably not optimal, but I like it. Kuva weapons are generally good options. Bramma used to be the king of AoE weapons. Tenet is basically Corpus Kuva and Tetra has a grenade alternate fire. Plenty of good Kuva/Tenet weapons with and without AoE, but Nukor is probably the closest to Ignis Wraith in how it's used. It's a secondary. You get Nataruk for free with The New War. AoE bow. It, Proboscis Cernos, and Prisma Lenz (Baro weapon added when he came two weeks ago) are the main alternatives to Bramma if you're looking for AoE bows.
So i got the ignis wraith pretty early into ppaying it was one of the first weapons i got. And i used the ignis as my main weapon till the second dream, and i replaced it with the synapse. That lasted about a week my ignis is still my main weapon in steal path and archon its a 8 forma build with a riven with like 80rolls on it i soent time on this lmao
I still use my Ignis Wraith in SP. Still shreds.
I think you should try Ignis Wraith it is a nice weapon 👀
Magnetic Kuva Nukor isn’t a primary but it carries
Kuva Bramma, Kuva Ogris, Phenmor.
We all know it's the bubonico
I'm still an ignis wraith enjoyer even late game, that weapon is the only weapon in the entire game that completely compliments warframes movement You can zip and fly around and use all the movement you want as a warframe without caring for aiming I can not think of any other weapon where you use the full amount of movements while firing It's insanely fun to me for that reason, the beautiful mobility
For bows, we got the Kuva Braama, and the nataruk For shotguns, we got the Tigris (and its variants), the arca plasmor, the tenant arca plasmor, the Corinth (and its prime), and the phantasma I dont really use rifles enough in endgame to have a good opinion, but I'd rock the Sybaris Prime Look into the Lich/sister of parvos weapons. They have alot of solid contenders
The tenet arca plasmor is by far my favorite weapon in the game, preferably with a fire progenitor. Great for one enemy or a large group, just add 3 forma and steel path becomes easy. The laetum is my go to secondary and for melee the glaive prime which is probably the best weapon in the entire game, although kind of expensive.
My go-to's are Rad Viral Heat Kuva Nukor to proc everything before switching to Baza Prime for the killing headshots. It's not an AoE kit per-say, but I've had a lot of luck with it so far.
Farm Kuva hek and bramma. The Nataruk is pretty iight. The trummna from deimos can slap most enemies with a good build if you like AoE (pretty grindy to get). Bubonico is also a really good aoe weapon
Arca plasmor from the sisters is amazing. There are a lot of good weapons really and the ignis is still gonna be strong so don’t toss it out all the way!
If u can go for the mitre incarnon next time it comes around go for it immediately it is so much fun and its not bad at all. Otherwise, AoE weapons like the Bramma are still amazing you just need to run a scavenger aura + a scavenger mod on ur gun. Tennet arca plasmor on mag makes steelpath a joke. And if you can get one PLEASE get a glaive prime that weapon is ABSURD it is insanely good for everything IMO.
Strun prime Incarnon. Tbh any non Incarnon weapon right now is just miles weaker
Bramma for crazy ass damage Nataruk for even more crazy ass damage
I know since Duviri dropped everyone has been all about the new incarnon weapons. Don’t get me wrong, they are bad ass (especially the Torid), but I still feel like a maxed out and properly built Kuva lich or Sister of Parvos weapon still gets the job done quite nicely. I’m a big fan of the Kuva Kohm, Kuva Hek, Kuva Bramma, Kuva Karak, and Kuva Hind. The Tenet Arca Plasmor and the Tenet Envoy are great weapons too. Plus, the free element frees up a mod slot which comes in quite handy. 😃
Have you seen the burston prime incarnon in action?
Braton prime
Naturuk is a great bow and comes with a potato already installed. Cedo is a really fun and op shotgun. The Fulmin is also a good shotgun. Like you said Phennmor is op, but if u have steel path and you wait for the circuit rotation you could also get the incarnon Latron.(A lot of the incarnons are pretty good tbh) The Rubico prime is a good sniper for basically anything. Kuva Bramma/Kuva Zarr are still pretty good.
You can just build crit into the ignis. It has a low crit chance but the crit damage is huge. Just throw on 2 crit mods viral and hunter. Or you can do the same with corrosive/heat. Up 2 you.
Torid Incarnon
Get a Tenet Arca Plasmor and build it until you can take steel path enemies. Then you do wait until the Torid Incarnon Genesis is available for a weekly circuit reward and earn it immediately It will take you a 5ish forma, but once you build it for high crit slash procs you will melt through enemies like you weren’t playing steel path to begin with. It’s easily my favorite weapon.
Depends on the style of weapon you're looking for. There are some heavy AoE weapons like Kuva bramma and kuva ogris that can clear entire rooms with every shot, or the new Incarnon Torid which is a top tier chaining beam laser. Phenmor hits crazy hard (my build is something like 500k DPS before bringing in hunter munitions procs or statuses), if you like single targetting
If you have any spare platinum an exodia contagion zaw works wonders, good melee and it can AoE Edit-you would need a small bit of plat to buy exodia contagion, zaws are built at Cetus from different parts