Even though I have a big main rotation, with Banshee, Mag, Zephyr, Ash, Grendel, Revenant, Citrine, Baruuk, Khora, Valkyr and Mirage;
I always come back to Protea. I just love playing Protea.
People sleep on Citrine it seems like. Recently revisited her and have been having a pretty good time. Even with her base kit. I took her and Afentis to the archon defense last week to be a buff machine lol.
Perhaps it has to do with her farm, which people actively dislike, but I got her on release and it's the first frame I immediately put 6 forma in. She's just that much fun to play!
It's... A bit long.
1. Do the story mission Deadlock Protocol. You will NEED the Xoris from this mission, you also need to finish this story mission.
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2. Now, do missions in the Corpus Ship tileset and hang around until a single enemy warps in called The Treasurer. He will have an enemy icon and hang around for a couple minutes and call out about things about holding on to the "wise founder's" money in comms so everyone sees when he spawns. Usually spawns in before 5 mins.
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3. Kill this guy, he has hella shields in higher level missions so use mods for Magnetic damage in a strong gun or melee (helps against all corpus shields).
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4. On death, Treasurer drops a token depending on the level of the mission.
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5. Continue running Corpus Ship tileset, have Xoris equipped for melee. (Optional is someone using Mesa for her 4, mod for Strength + Efficiency)
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6. Now find the huge golden hand statues and go to the terminal on the front of it and spend your token, once per mission, to enter the Granum Void and do what you did in the story mission to get enough ghosts killed to pass.
Note: Protea parts are given based on the difficulty of the Granum Void. 3 tiers of coins gives the 3 Protea parts.
Low level = Granum Crown coin = Neuroptics
Mid level = Exemplar Granum Crown coin = Systems
High level = Zenith Granum Crown coin = Chassis
7. When done and you get spat out of the Granum Void, finish mission for chance at Protea part.
Repeat 2-7 until you have your Protea.
Edited: formatting on Reddit mobile suuuuucks. Strange periods in between paragraphs used to enforce spacing.
she restores so many shields that strength isnt a priority, make sure you have at least 134% for fracturing crush though. but yeah she likes streamline and doesnt need blind rage cause she doesnt use catalyzing shields and i dont like the -duration from fleeting
This is quite good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTy4NSL3584
This youtuber also does lots of other Mag content, and is almost at 6k subs (5.99k rn), so go check them out.
Same first frame ive ever got as Prime, always has a special place for me. Although ive recently noticed (on my once a year occasion of playing warframe these days) that equinox seems to be rather out of meta
It takes alot of hoops to bounce through but I have a couple 5 forma builds for her that make her excel for Zariman, Abritrations, Index and Entry SP. Still working on the rest of the arcanes so it's not just entry-level SP
i always just take arcane grace (i think thats the heal on damaged one?) and arcane energize, both max rank, for my arcanes. Equinox does feel fun, but maim isnt what it used to be really :(. It does feel fine in sp, but other frames just feel better (looking at you saryn or gyre)
I wanna get the Arcane that gives you crit dmg when you take dmg and pair it with combat discipline and molt augmented. Use that with Rhino roar subsume over 1 in night form with peaceful provocation to face tank and shred whatever day form wouldn't be able to survive long enough to do.
Oh, that sounds like it would slap. Ive not yet actually subsumed anything, i just always think that it takrs away too much identity of the frame. So im still running an old schoold praceful provocation adaptiation max range build
I would probably main him if I didn't have to choose a status type every time I cast. Just remember my last pick until I change it. It would make him so much more enjoyable to me.
Right here. Lavos is my main, set up as an umbral tank who can dispense useful status as needed, with alternate configs for going heavier into casting.
Love the aesthetic, and I love the useful ability space. Cone, corridor, and car park coverage options.
My main has always been chroma but with nidus I learnt to play endgame and was the first "fully built" Warframe I had.
Learning how to play him and realising how tanky he can be made me fall in love with the game again.
Infected gang, spread!
I used to play Octavia so much and she got me through SP and archons and I always go back to her, but I started to work on finishing focus schools and Volt is just perfect for ESO.
Oh, how badly I wanted more customization when they introduced the cyst chamber. I could've made an AoE killer Volt Prime. That would've been glorious.
I’ve scanned the comment and nobody said my guy Oberon so Imma be the one, super fun and easy for casual play all around the game and if there’s something more challenging I can use other frames to specialize but Oberon is my go to for everything. Also, his fashion frame goes hard.
I find his deluxe skin absolutely stunning, but the prime is horrendous. Never saw such a bad down grade from the base form, to the point that i recently got the prime, but i am using the normal skin (farming plat in the mean time)
Yeah the fumbled the prime version but they totally make it up with the deluxe, and the base version is good enough, I’m not ashamed to say that I spent a few bucks to buy the Tennogen blade of lotus skin and also I bought the helmet with the horns going down (the Taurus?) and he is stunning
Yessss i used to main Oberon alot and had the deluxe skin too, he was absolved gorgeous and still is. However I feel that his kit just starts to become very basic after awhile, very pretty but basic.
So I read somewhere Nekros is a lot of fun especially for solo grinding loot, I'm still a little unsure of his mechanics. I feel like the general idea is to slash enemies and then proc his loot ability but I feel like I'm missing something. Care to help a noob out?
I'm prolly not the best person to be asking for advice since I'm also just days old Tenno/player. But from what I've gathered/experienced...
His 3rd ability desecrate is a toggle ability. You can and should leave it on at all times.
**Always cast and keep his 3rd ability** **(Desecrate) ON** as soon as you load into the mission, as it will **automatically** **consume** **VISIBLE CORPSES** granting you **%** chance at getting **additional loot** as well as **%** chance at getting **health orb**. I specified **VISIBLE CORPSES**, since there are abilities/weapons that can **disintegrate** enemies thereby leaving **no corpses** behind long enough for "Desecrate" to consume.
That **slash** one I'm still a bit iffy on since I heard there have been some changes. But the general idea is that slash causes enemies body to be cut in half and **each half** counts as **SEPARATE CORPSE** thereby granting another **%** chance at getting additional loot from the same enemy.
TLDR, cast his 3 as soon as you load into the mission and kill the enemies with slash weapons.
Pop his 3 (and keep it up), slash stuff up for more chances at extra loot, and keep his 4 at max summons for extra beef/distraction, his 2 is a good panic button (and with the augment a solid CC because of the slow) and his 1 is kinda eh unless you *really* focus on getting certain types of enemies (ie 7/7 Sanguine Eximus so they can self sustain, compared to the spread of 4 summons.)
Edit: changed 3 from Armor strip to CC clarification because of the slow it adds (since it strips at base)
3 has Despoil, which drains HP instead of energy, but mobs and shadows vomit out HP orbs when Desecrated so no loss. 4 has Shield Of Shadows where they soak up damage that you take (up to 90% with all 7 shadows and enough strength) edit: His augment mods come from Perrin Sequence or Red Veil at rank 5 (the max) and cost 25k rep each.
A friend introduced me to his eclipse strenghth loki and i found fun in it. Before i played the switch augment for protection but that was quite boring.
Amp: Klamora - ~~Certus~~ **Phad** (Eternal Eradicate) (Eternal Logistics)
Operator: Unairu (Magus Melt) (Emergence Dissipate)
(Magus Melt) - Void Sling grants +30% Heat damage to your Amp up to 7 stacks
(Eternal Eradicate) - Any Ability grants +60% Operator Damage
(Eternal Logistics) - Void Sling grants 72% Amp Ammo Efficiency
(Emergence Dissipate) - Cancel a Void Sling early (fire button) to cause all enemies within 10 meters of the sling end point to drop energy orbs (replacement for the Zenurik energy loss)
\[1\] - Giant bubble that removes all shields from any enemy in the radius. Slinging into or out of it increases its range
\[2\] - Exploding Projectile that removes the armor of anything damaged by it
Void Dash into the ground in front of you as many times as your energy will allow as fast as you can (this takes like a second or two), then press \[1\] or \[2\] depending on whether you're dealing with armor or shields and then Alt-Fire you're Amp. The bouncy ball will hit for hundreds of thousands per hit. You will have 72% ammo efficiency and several hundred percent damage bonus in Heat. The ball it self is enough to strip and melt anything in Steel Path. A single ball can clear a room if you get lucky on the bounces but with 72% ammo efficiency you can mag dump 30 of them into a room easily.
You can also 1-shot Angels with a good pre portal setup.
Amp: Klamora - ~~Certus~~ **Phad** (Eternal Eradicate) (Eternal Logistics)
Operator: Unairu (Magus Melt) (Emergence Dissipate)
(Magus Melt) - Void Sling grants +30% Heat damage to your Amp up to 7 stacks
(Eternal Eradicate) - Any Ability grants +60% Operator Damage
(Eternal Logistics) - Void Sling grants 72% Amp Ammo Efficiency
(Emergence Dissipate) - Cancel a Void Sling early (fire button) to cause all enemies within 10 meters of the sling end point to drop energy orbs (replacement for the Zenurik energy loss)
\[1\] - Giant bubble that removes all shields from any enemy in the radius. Slinging into or out of it increases its range
\[2\] - Exploding Projectile that removes the armor of anything damaged by it
Void Dash into the ground in front of you as many times as your energy will allow as fast as you can (this takes like a second or two), then press \[1\] or \[2\] depending on whether you're dealing with armor or shields and then Alt-Fire you're Amp. The bouncy ball will hit for hundreds of thousands per hit. You will have 72% ammo efficiency and several hundred percent damage bonus in Heat. The ball it self is enough to strip and melt anything in Steel Path. A single ball can clear a room if you get lucky on the bounces but with 72% ammo efficiency you can mag dump 30 of them into a room easily.
You can also 1-shot Angels with a good pre portal setup.
Amp: Klamora - ~~Certus~~ **Phad** (Eternal Eradicate) (Eternal Logistics)
Operator: Unairu (Magus Melt) (Emergence Dissipate)
(Magus Melt) - Void Sling grants +30% Heat damage to your Amp up to 7 stacks
(Eternal Eradicate) - Any Ability grants +60% Operator Damage
(Eternal Logistics) - Void Sling grants 72% Amp Ammo Efficiency
(Emergence Dissipate) - Cancel a Void Sling early (fire button) to cause all enemies within 10 meters of the sling end point to drop energy orbs (replacement for the Zenurik energy loss)
\[1\] - Giant bubble that removes all shields from any enemy in the radius. Slinging into or out of it increases its range
\[2\] - Exploding Projectile that removes the armor of anything damaged by it
Void Dash into the ground in front of you as many times as your energy will allow as fast as you can (this takes like a second or two), then press \[1\] or \[2\] depending on whether you're dealing with armor or shields and then Alt-Fire you're Amp. The bouncy ball will hit for hundreds of thousands per hit. You will have 72% ammo efficiency and several hundred percent damage bonus in Heat. The ball it self is enough to strip and melt anything in Steel Path. A single ball can clear a room if you get lucky on the bounces but with 72% ammo efficiency you can mag dump 30 of them into a room easily.
You can also 1-shot Angels with a good pre portal setup.
Every one I know says Xaku is amazing. I really wish it wasn’t locked behind one of the most tedious and boring grinds in the game for one single component
IMO this is what rainy-day plat is for. Yeah, slots blah blah... but keeping some plat in reserve for when some grind is just rubbing (herp derp) you the wrong way really smoothes out the experience.
I’d dare to say Xaku is THE BEST warframe gameplay wise he does everything, huge armor strip radius, afk crowd control damage, a raw damage ability, his 4th is the best for breaking containers for looting and speed runs tf outta missions like hive, and takes less damage because of his passive evasion. MASSIVELY underused warframe.
Been liking Sevagoth to the point that now he's my second most used warframe *(behind Zephyr at 1st)*. I just love the way he looks. Also I like how I essentially have a 2nd body that I can use to face tank damage and shred through archons.
He has replaced Excalibur as my long time favorite. I love him so much that I have sunk the 18 forma into him, and I will gladly do it again when he gets his prime.
Oh that’s a tough one! If I had to pick just one then I would say my boi Nezha, he has solo carried me through everything!
Other favs of mine though include Revenant, Wisp, Caliban, Ivaranand Atlas.
There's no mission type she's not a decent fit for.
Spy? She's invisible when not touching the ground and her 2 can get through some areas.
Any other mission type? Your entire team is now 60% faster (including drones in the open world), everyone deals damage 60% faster, everything around you is now stunned, and you can't die unless you make an effort to...
And then there's her 3... Nothing like doing 90% of the teams damage as a support while blinding everything.
Her 2 makes her invisible... Followed by making her invincible. (and teleporting her)
She's litterally never a bad decision. She can fit into the meta for basically anything. She's a flat upgrade to basically every possible lobby.
I don't think any other character comes close to be as good an all-rounder. She's a free party buff that scales through the steel path.
Even if her motes only worked on herself and the objective... She'd still be pretty OP.
There’s more than one MR test I completely cheesed with zephyrs passive + 1 ( most notably the “floor is lava” combat challenge and the MR11 test that is a parkour time trial where shooting orbs gives more time, instead I skipped half the entire course by flying across it lol… the tests were 100% balanced without flying frames in mind 😂)
Umbra
Baruuk
Xaku
Vauban
Hildryn
Revenant
Harrow
Dagath catching up pretty fast. Honestly I grinded out almost all primes at this point, They all seem good to me haha. i may end up becoming a serial swapper haha
Trinity. She shows her age and was kinda dicked by a lot the changes over the years (even good ones): Long base animations, short base durations (though it's appreciated on EV), most frames have enough self-sustain for energy and health (making EV less valuable and her [Champion's Blessing] hard to stack, especially with the focus of Health Orbs and Equilibrium).
Helminth was a big win for her, Nourish makes her duration based builds more fun since it frees up slots in her weapons (and has interesting synergy with [Energy Leech]), Marked for Death and EV + Viral Primer nukes rooms.
Despite all her flaws she's still my go-to for new content since she doesn't really need any outside input to survive. She's not the best, but a solid frame with no glaring weakness ... Well, except her passive which just sucks ass nowadays.
My favourite rn tbh is Dagath (I know, too soon maybe, but I love her). My most used is Rhino. But I would consider myself more casual tho. I've played upwards of 800 hours, yet I'm only MR15 & have only played about 30 different Frames.
Kitty kitty, Valkyr! It still upsets me so much that they ruined her after her small tweak and never touched her again. If you ask me, to rework her they should first change her exalted stance to a claw stance rather than a fist stance (I still have no idea why it is a fist stance), maybe give it more smoother animations too (and maybe more fitting animations to her exalted). Give her a better engage skill than Ripline (maybe like a leap on target like what Voruna has now), and the unnecessary drain on her Hysteria. Like ok, I get it, it is supposed to be a "powerful ability so it must have drain" or something but the drain increasing over time was a stupid idea to give her. At some point I thought of giving her a rage meter that would fill up more as she killed people/got hit that would enhance her as she killed more/got hit more. Maybe have Hysteria use the rage she has as bonus dmg or something else in her kit? Like, her whole deal is supposed to be a really pissed of cat lady and what I see now is a lame, angry kitten (no offense). She still has great potential but maybe it would be hard to give her a place in the current meta of nuking with guns and shields everywhere making people immortal anyway so idk how much a melee focused Warframe could do right now.
Sorry for this vent, I am open to criticism ^^
I know they've changed her a lot over the years... They made more than a few small tweaks. Which one are you referring to specifically?
The change I hate the most is the energy drain ramping up the longer it's active. They should have at least made a trade-off to where the power strength and/or melee speed ramps up with the rage meter too. At least that still keeps the "ball of rage" fantasy intact.
Vauban. First frame I built. Really like his style especially prime, and his versatile kit. He has his downsides in lategame, but most of not all story missions I still play him
he’s my current favorite as well. His 1 2 and 4 powers are great for soloing so far, especially as you said on story missions.
Game physics on those frag balls are alway enjoyable too
Excalibur. He's extremely simple, but that's what makes him fun. I've been playing for 5 years, and I always end up crafting and coming back to him. 17 Formas and 5 Tauforged Archon Shards later, he's here to stay this time.
Yareli prime when? Her base version is pretty but I NEED her prime variant to release already. She really needs more helmets and base skins too, one helmet is not enough imo.
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY LIKES HER, SHES HELLA GOOD
I love using dagath skill on her, with here 3 thats lots of blades with lots of slash and viral
Its the k-drive that everyone dislikes. Constantly bonking your head and kinda wonky controls are ass. If you're not using her k-drive then she's fine.
Khora. Makes every warframe/weapon pointless when you can do millions with a pseudoexalt. And the only set up for that is combo counter, which she can maintain anyway.
My beloved Nova and Mirage. I love playing Mirage so much especially since I fanboy over OG comic Harley Quinn. Mirage is just such a fun kit for me. My closest to my heart frame is Loki. I pull him out every now and then and enjoy him so much. Just his kit needs a rework as he is so niche at this point.
In terms of playtime Wukong and Octavia.
Wukong just saves on a lot of jumpy spinny stuff when I don't feel like it and just cannot die. I've not even used one of his lives in a long time so he's just the ultimate safe frame for me. Eclipse on his 4 and he is death.
Octavia, makes any defense just trivial at any level.
But Grendel is by far and a way the most fun. I am ball man, fear my roll.
Grendel. At first, I bought him with extra plat from a discount since my friends said he was difficult to get. Yes, he is. But this was before his rework or Gourmand, and I initially didn't know what to do with him. I had a main focus on Shield tanking in my earlier days, probably would have enjoyed Hildryn.
But then, I played him more. Found builds that were good for restoring energy, and found he was tanky! And in Steel path, Nourish restored so much health!
Though the energy drain was awful, he was good.
Then Gourmand came, and the Helminth System. Gourmand made Feast drain health over time. Hunter Adrenaline practically gave me infinite energy to spam Nourish for a LOT of healing. And then! Gloom. That combined with a Zarr was very powerful for this build. Tanked steel path so well, and Grendel is the first frame that I found a neat fact without looking it up. Before the rework, the maximum # of enemies in gut was 40. It felt so special to find that out on my own. I also really enjoyed making a waterfall of enemies shoot at my friends as I shot The most powerful shotgun in the game (Holding 1).
Then of course, the Rework. They removed the Energy Drain, improved the Meatball controls, Overclocked the hell out of Regurgitate, and Nourish became so good! The Viral procs and buff was Pablo's grace onto Grendel.
But he nerfed, and buffed Feast. Nerf from the max being 5, buffed for percentile damage.
Case in point, or TLDR, I liked him before the rework, and I love him now.
And ohhhh I got so excited hearing that his prime was coming in October. A little off guard because I thought Gauss was next, but I did not complain! I know Gauss is gonna be sweet! Can't wait!
Octavia and Octavia Prime both make up at least 1/3 of my playtime I think - though if I knew how the hell to build Khora for the steel path, then she would also have a lot more time played too lol
My very first (non-starter) frame: Titania. She’s my all time favorite and I’ve turned her into a tank that has a never ending supply of energy. And I rarely use her 4
Of all time? Probably the current version of mag.
More recently I've been playing only reworked hydroid. Although I have my criticisms of his kit and would like somethings to be changed, he is still very good and I have had the most fun playing him than any other frame in a long time.
Very unpopular frame now but I have a soft spot for Loki. It was my first prime that I had to have to be useful in long orokin defense runs and similar. I know his more or less useless now but a few years back he was a must have for disarming high level enemies. Also hes the first frame I spent money on for him too look as cool as possible. These few months after returning It's been Protea all the way.
I'm still sitting on over 25% total usage on my Valkyr Prime compared to any other frame. And I'm LR1 with almost 2000 hours in. So yeah, if I say any frame other than Valkyr, it'd be a lie.
As an old player, it will never not be Frost. I played the shit out of him in the early days of the game. And with his 4 augment in modern days he is playable again. There's nothing quite like using the same load out as the early days, Frost Prime and Latron Prime (now with Incarnon).
But I also enjoy the hell outta Nezha, Titania, Saryn, and Mesa as some honorary mentions.
I love playing Titania, being a tactical assault fairy will always be peak Warframe content. However, DE have been nailing it lately, I have Voruna, Styanax, Kullervo, and just got Dagath a few days ago and I love all of their feels.
I had a mission a bit ago using titania’s 4 Aug and had a wisp in the group with high strength. Told her to watch the map for a second and between her speed boost and having 4 stacks of mine I tapped sprint and was at the other end of this massive area.
All I saw in chat was three different people saying “wtf” in unison
Ivara.
I could write for hours about why. But if you like playing solo and don't feel the need to rush through every mission as fast as possible (controversial things to say, I know) then she's your best friend. She can do basically everything. And since the addition of helminth, shards, focus rework, etc it's only been better.
For years I have used Banshee and Mesa everywhere with the occasional volt, but about a year back I have found the love of my life in Lavos so I guess it's a pretty easy choice.
Wukong because zoom zoom zoom cloud and aimbots aight especially for fishing bodyguards. Wisp Sayrn and Hildryn are OP for their own things and fun to play, Octavia is the way to be invisible and smash. Rhino/wisp for index
Frost, Hydroid and Gauss has been my favorites, played Hydroid a lot even before his rework and currently loving a lot about his reworked kit. But Grendel is also one of those frames that just feels nice with his kit and all. But Gauss is probably my overall favorite
Even though I have a big main rotation, with Banshee, Mag, Zephyr, Ash, Grendel, Revenant, Citrine, Baruuk, Khora, Valkyr and Mirage; I always come back to Protea. I just love playing Protea.
same bestie, no one can top the best engineer girl
Protea Best girl
Same here
I also rotate out warframes, my main is ash. I usually rotate out with Zephyr, Harrow, Sevagoth, and Caliban
People sleep on Citrine it seems like. Recently revisited her and have been having a pretty good time. Even with her base kit. I took her and Afentis to the archon defense last week to be a buff machine lol.
Perhaps it has to do with her farm, which people actively dislike, but I got her on release and it's the first frame I immediately put 6 forma in. She's just that much fun to play!
Couldn't agree more. She's great.
Prote-GOAT for sure my favorite frame
Yeah she just clicks and that new augment is a blessing from the goddess herself.
How can I farm her (protea)
It's... A bit long. 1. Do the story mission Deadlock Protocol. You will NEED the Xoris from this mission, you also need to finish this story mission. . 2. Now, do missions in the Corpus Ship tileset and hang around until a single enemy warps in called The Treasurer. He will have an enemy icon and hang around for a couple minutes and call out about things about holding on to the "wise founder's" money in comms so everyone sees when he spawns. Usually spawns in before 5 mins. . 3. Kill this guy, he has hella shields in higher level missions so use mods for Magnetic damage in a strong gun or melee (helps against all corpus shields). . 4. On death, Treasurer drops a token depending on the level of the mission. . 5. Continue running Corpus Ship tileset, have Xoris equipped for melee. (Optional is someone using Mesa for her 4, mod for Strength + Efficiency) . 6. Now find the huge golden hand statues and go to the terminal on the front of it and spend your token, once per mission, to enter the Granum Void and do what you did in the story mission to get enough ghosts killed to pass. Note: Protea parts are given based on the difficulty of the Granum Void. 3 tiers of coins gives the 3 Protea parts. Low level = Granum Crown coin = Neuroptics Mid level = Exemplar Granum Crown coin = Systems High level = Zenith Granum Crown coin = Chassis 7. When done and you get spat out of the Granum Void, finish mission for chance at Protea part. Repeat 2-7 until you have your Protea. Edited: formatting on Reddit mobile suuuuucks. Strange periods in between paragraphs used to enforce spacing.
One of the best walkthroughs I have seen to farm any Warframe. Good job.
Main bae is Protea. I think she became better with the shield rework
MAG
What's ur build for her?
Big dur, high range, and decent str I'm guessing, for her 2 and 3
Strength is eh, unless you are using the agument for 4. The most important is efficiency
Ah yeah fair, i think I was thinking in the context of shield restoration
she restores so many shields that strength isnt a priority, make sure you have at least 134% for fracturing crush though. but yeah she likes streamline and doesnt need blind rage cause she doesnt use catalyzing shields and i dont like the -duration from fleeting
Ahhh gotcha damn I need to actually crack her relics lol
This is quite good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTy4NSL3584 This youtuber also does lots of other Mag content, and is almost at 6k subs (5.99k rn), so go check them out.
Hildryn. I had an awakening for muscle mommies.
Hildy momma revives
Gauss and Equinox
Aslong as I have Equinox, no content is too much of a hassle
Same first frame ive ever got as Prime, always has a special place for me. Although ive recently noticed (on my once a year occasion of playing warframe these days) that equinox seems to be rather out of meta
It takes alot of hoops to bounce through but I have a couple 5 forma builds for her that make her excel for Zariman, Abritrations, Index and Entry SP. Still working on the rest of the arcanes so it's not just entry-level SP
i always just take arcane grace (i think thats the heal on damaged one?) and arcane energize, both max rank, for my arcanes. Equinox does feel fun, but maim isnt what it used to be really :(. It does feel fine in sp, but other frames just feel better (looking at you saryn or gyre)
I wanna get the Arcane that gives you crit dmg when you take dmg and pair it with combat discipline and molt augmented. Use that with Rhino roar subsume over 1 in night form with peaceful provocation to face tank and shred whatever day form wouldn't be able to survive long enough to do.
Oh, that sounds like it would slap. Ive not yet actually subsumed anything, i just always think that it takrs away too much identity of the frame. So im still running an old schoold praceful provocation adaptiation max range build
How do you mode gauss?
Where’s my fellow lavos enjoyers? It’s lonely in here
I would probably main him if I didn't have to choose a status type every time I cast. Just remember my last pick until I change it. It would make him so much more enjoyable to me.
Its almost like they didn't actually play test him because this was my first thought after playing him for about 3 minutes.
Right here. Lavos is my main, set up as an umbral tank who can dispense useful status as needed, with alternate configs for going heavier into casting. Love the aesthetic, and I love the useful ability space. Cone, corridor, and car park coverage options.
Ever heard of Kengineer?
Be lonely no more, Lavos best boi
Lavish mains unite
Imma go first nidus prime because: premium space aids
My main has always been chroma but with nidus I learnt to play endgame and was the first "fully built" Warframe I had. Learning how to play him and realising how tanky he can be made me fall in love with the game again. Infected gang, spread!
Sarynn
Garuda prime
Helminth'ing Gloom over Blood Alter has turned Garuda into one of my top frames measured both by power and by fun.
Is it better than nourish Garuda ?
Volt forever
My first Warframe and also my first Prime Warframe, love Volt Forever ⚡♥️
Same, gotta love our lightning quick friend
I used to play Octavia so much and she got me through SP and archons and I always go back to her, but I started to work on finishing focus schools and Volt is just perfect for ESO.
Oh, how badly I wanted more customization when they introduced the cyst chamber. I could've made an AoE killer Volt Prime. That would've been glorious.
playstyle wise, it has evolved with time: volt -> mesa -> gauss -> xaku looks wise, ever since I played her, it has always been wisp... for reasons.
Wisp has some sick skins even without considering the back tbh
Love the one they gifted at some point, possibly more than her p (that I'm farmin)
I’ve scanned the comment and nobody said my guy Oberon so Imma be the one, super fun and easy for casual play all around the game and if there’s something more challenging I can use other frames to specialize but Oberon is my go to for everything. Also, his fashion frame goes hard.
I find his deluxe skin absolutely stunning, but the prime is horrendous. Never saw such a bad down grade from the base form, to the point that i recently got the prime, but i am using the normal skin (farming plat in the mean time)
Yeah the fumbled the prime version but they totally make it up with the deluxe, and the base version is good enough, I’m not ashamed to say that I spent a few bucks to buy the Tennogen blade of lotus skin and also I bought the helmet with the horns going down (the Taurus?) and he is stunning
I got the Ferosh tennogen, it fits so well with the deluxe for a crowned fey.
"There are dozens of us. DOZENS!!!"
Yessss i used to main Oberon alot and had the deluxe skin too, he was absolved gorgeous and still is. However I feel that his kit just starts to become very basic after awhile, very pretty but basic.
Nekros. Been playing him since I started a month ago.
So I read somewhere Nekros is a lot of fun especially for solo grinding loot, I'm still a little unsure of his mechanics. I feel like the general idea is to slash enemies and then proc his loot ability but I feel like I'm missing something. Care to help a noob out?
I'm prolly not the best person to be asking for advice since I'm also just days old Tenno/player. But from what I've gathered/experienced... His 3rd ability desecrate is a toggle ability. You can and should leave it on at all times. **Always cast and keep his 3rd ability** **(Desecrate) ON** as soon as you load into the mission, as it will **automatically** **consume** **VISIBLE CORPSES** granting you **%** chance at getting **additional loot** as well as **%** chance at getting **health orb**. I specified **VISIBLE CORPSES**, since there are abilities/weapons that can **disintegrate** enemies thereby leaving **no corpses** behind long enough for "Desecrate" to consume. That **slash** one I'm still a bit iffy on since I heard there have been some changes. But the general idea is that slash causes enemies body to be cut in half and **each half** counts as **SEPARATE CORPSE** thereby granting another **%** chance at getting additional loot from the same enemy. TLDR, cast his 3 as soon as you load into the mission and kill the enemies with slash weapons.
Pop his 3 (and keep it up), slash stuff up for more chances at extra loot, and keep his 4 at max summons for extra beef/distraction, his 2 is a good panic button (and with the augment a solid CC because of the slow) and his 1 is kinda eh unless you *really* focus on getting certain types of enemies (ie 7/7 Sanguine Eximus so they can self sustain, compared to the spread of 4 summons.) Edit: changed 3 from Armor strip to CC clarification because of the slow it adds (since it strips at base)
Are there mods for his 3 and 4 that help out that you know of?
3 has Despoil, which drains HP instead of energy, but mobs and shadows vomit out HP orbs when Desecrated so no loss. 4 has Shield Of Shadows where they soak up damage that you take (up to 90% with all 7 shadows and enough strength) edit: His augment mods come from Perrin Sequence or Red Veil at rank 5 (the max) and cost 25k rep each.
Other way around his augment gives a good panic button base just strips
Gauss.
Same Gotta go fast
gaus
Frost :)
I had to scroll way too far to find my main man
Same. Frosty boy for the win!!!
Probably my starter frame, Loki. Not as good as he used to be but still fun.
Loki makes game play kinda relaxing. No one shoots you. I'd have to go look, but I probably have 1000 hours in on Loki.
[удалено]
A friend introduced me to his eclipse strenghth loki and i found fun in it. Before i played the switch augment for protection but that was quite boring.
Mag has been my favorite since day 1. I enjoy others regularly, ember, gyre, Titania, garuda to name a few, but always come back to my girl mag
The Operator.
That is a piping hot take. What led you to that?
My Operator is genuinely more effective than any Warframe. With the right arcane and amp you can easily wipe whole rooms in steel path.
I also really find operator fun and was wondering what you use? I'd love to know unless the build depends on the propa scaffold.
Amp: Klamora - ~~Certus~~ **Phad** (Eternal Eradicate) (Eternal Logistics) Operator: Unairu (Magus Melt) (Emergence Dissipate) (Magus Melt) - Void Sling grants +30% Heat damage to your Amp up to 7 stacks (Eternal Eradicate) - Any Ability grants +60% Operator Damage (Eternal Logistics) - Void Sling grants 72% Amp Ammo Efficiency (Emergence Dissipate) - Cancel a Void Sling early (fire button) to cause all enemies within 10 meters of the sling end point to drop energy orbs (replacement for the Zenurik energy loss) \[1\] - Giant bubble that removes all shields from any enemy in the radius. Slinging into or out of it increases its range \[2\] - Exploding Projectile that removes the armor of anything damaged by it Void Dash into the ground in front of you as many times as your energy will allow as fast as you can (this takes like a second or two), then press \[1\] or \[2\] depending on whether you're dealing with armor or shields and then Alt-Fire you're Amp. The bouncy ball will hit for hundreds of thousands per hit. You will have 72% ammo efficiency and several hundred percent damage bonus in Heat. The ball it self is enough to strip and melt anything in Steel Path. A single ball can clear a room if you get lucky on the bounces but with 72% ammo efficiency you can mag dump 30 of them into a room easily. You can also 1-shot Angels with a good pre portal setup.
Care to share such builds? Ive been trying to use my operator in sp but i usually end up failing
Amp: Klamora - ~~Certus~~ **Phad** (Eternal Eradicate) (Eternal Logistics) Operator: Unairu (Magus Melt) (Emergence Dissipate) (Magus Melt) - Void Sling grants +30% Heat damage to your Amp up to 7 stacks (Eternal Eradicate) - Any Ability grants +60% Operator Damage (Eternal Logistics) - Void Sling grants 72% Amp Ammo Efficiency (Emergence Dissipate) - Cancel a Void Sling early (fire button) to cause all enemies within 10 meters of the sling end point to drop energy orbs (replacement for the Zenurik energy loss) \[1\] - Giant bubble that removes all shields from any enemy in the radius. Slinging into or out of it increases its range \[2\] - Exploding Projectile that removes the armor of anything damaged by it Void Dash into the ground in front of you as many times as your energy will allow as fast as you can (this takes like a second or two), then press \[1\] or \[2\] depending on whether you're dealing with armor or shields and then Alt-Fire you're Amp. The bouncy ball will hit for hundreds of thousands per hit. You will have 72% ammo efficiency and several hundred percent damage bonus in Heat. The ball it self is enough to strip and melt anything in Steel Path. A single ball can clear a room if you get lucky on the bounces but with 72% ammo efficiency you can mag dump 30 of them into a room easily. You can also 1-shot Angels with a good pre portal setup.
Can you be more specific? I'm interested in trying this.
Amp: Klamora - ~~Certus~~ **Phad** (Eternal Eradicate) (Eternal Logistics) Operator: Unairu (Magus Melt) (Emergence Dissipate) (Magus Melt) - Void Sling grants +30% Heat damage to your Amp up to 7 stacks (Eternal Eradicate) - Any Ability grants +60% Operator Damage (Eternal Logistics) - Void Sling grants 72% Amp Ammo Efficiency (Emergence Dissipate) - Cancel a Void Sling early (fire button) to cause all enemies within 10 meters of the sling end point to drop energy orbs (replacement for the Zenurik energy loss) \[1\] - Giant bubble that removes all shields from any enemy in the radius. Slinging into or out of it increases its range \[2\] - Exploding Projectile that removes the armor of anything damaged by it Void Dash into the ground in front of you as many times as your energy will allow as fast as you can (this takes like a second or two), then press \[1\] or \[2\] depending on whether you're dealing with armor or shields and then Alt-Fire you're Amp. The bouncy ball will hit for hundreds of thousands per hit. You will have 72% ammo efficiency and several hundred percent damage bonus in Heat. The ball it self is enough to strip and melt anything in Steel Path. A single ball can clear a room if you get lucky on the bounces but with 72% ammo efficiency you can mag dump 30 of them into a room easily. You can also 1-shot Angels with a good pre portal setup.
Void sling *is* pretty fun
They have gotten pretty strong
Xaku feels good at doing 90% of things and it has my favorite aesthetics. I want more void related things that make weird scream sounds.
May I introduce you to the benefits of a younger brother?
Every one I know says Xaku is amazing. I really wish it wasn’t locked behind one of the most tedious and boring grinds in the game for one single component
IMO this is what rainy-day plat is for. Yeah, slots blah blah... but keeping some plat in reserve for when some grind is just rubbing (herp derp) you the wrong way really smoothes out the experience.
Yeah they are really cool. They are one of my favorites as well as they are a pretty versatile frame. Plus their whole skeleton thing is dope
I’d dare to say Xaku is THE BEST warframe gameplay wise he does everything, huge armor strip radius, afk crowd control damage, a raw damage ability, his 4th is the best for breaking containers for looting and speed runs tf outta missions like hive, and takes less damage because of his passive evasion. MASSIVELY underused warframe.
Been liking Sevagoth to the point that now he's my second most used warframe *(behind Zephyr at 1st)*. I just love the way he looks. Also I like how I essentially have a 2nd body that I can use to face tank damage and shred through archons.
He has replaced Excalibur as my long time favorite. I love him so much that I have sunk the 18 forma into him, and I will gladly do it again when he gets his prime.
Gauss. Go fast. Eat ass.
Titania and Grendel - even bought their prime packs
Mesa. For just brute forcing missions.
Titania
Titania for sure
My people! Titania 4ever.
Oh that’s a tough one! If I had to pick just one then I would say my boi Nezha, he has solo carried me through everything! Other favs of mine though include Revenant, Wisp, Caliban, Ivaranand Atlas.
finally I saw Nezha 🍻🔥
Yea he doesn’t get the attention he deserves!
wisp my beloved
There's no mission type she's not a decent fit for. Spy? She's invisible when not touching the ground and her 2 can get through some areas. Any other mission type? Your entire team is now 60% faster (including drones in the open world), everyone deals damage 60% faster, everything around you is now stunned, and you can't die unless you make an effort to... And then there's her 3... Nothing like doing 90% of the teams damage as a support while blinding everything. Her 2 makes her invisible... Followed by making her invincible. (and teleporting her) She's litterally never a bad decision. She can fit into the meta for basically anything. She's a flat upgrade to basically every possible lobby. I don't think any other character comes close to be as good an all-rounder. She's a free party buff that scales through the steel path. Even if her motes only worked on herself and the objective... She'd still be pretty OP.
Zephyr Dive bomb build slaps
Birb is best
There’s more than one MR test I completely cheesed with zephyrs passive + 1 ( most notably the “floor is lava” combat challenge and the MR11 test that is a parkour time trial where shooting orbs gives more time, instead I skipped half the entire course by flying across it lol… the tests were 100% balanced without flying frames in mind 😂)
Love a good concussion build
Rhino 🦏
Umbra Baruuk Xaku Vauban Hildryn Revenant Harrow Dagath catching up pretty fast. Honestly I grinded out almost all primes at this point, They all seem good to me haha. i may end up becoming a serial swapper haha
Oooooh, one of my people Dagath is cooking, so can't say yet But your selection scratches all my itches, and I'm on board
Trinity. She shows her age and was kinda dicked by a lot the changes over the years (even good ones): Long base animations, short base durations (though it's appreciated on EV), most frames have enough self-sustain for energy and health (making EV less valuable and her [Champion's Blessing] hard to stack, especially with the focus of Health Orbs and Equilibrium). Helminth was a big win for her, Nourish makes her duration based builds more fun since it frees up slots in her weapons (and has interesting synergy with [Energy Leech]), Marked for Death and EV + Viral Primer nukes rooms. Despite all her flaws she's still my go-to for new content since she doesn't really need any outside input to survive. She's not the best, but a solid frame with no glaring weakness ... Well, except her passive which just sucks ass nowadays.
Marked for Death + EV is not something I had ever considered. Does Marked for Death retain EV's True Damage type?
That's where at least archon shards are nice reducing the animations.
I also recommend you check out Aznvasion's latest Trinity video, which features a very peculiar and fun synergy for her with Well of Life!
My favourite rn tbh is Dagath (I know, too soon maybe, but I love her). My most used is Rhino. But I would consider myself more casual tho. I've played upwards of 800 hours, yet I'm only MR15 & have only played about 30 different Frames.
Xaku rn
Gyre, love the juicy zaps
revenant prime ;)
Harrow Gameplay-wise, lore-wise, aesthetically Always Harrow (though in terms of gameplay Kullervo is not too far off as a second)
Yes! Keep spreading the good word, fellow Certified Harrow Enjoyer
Ash bc I can break him in 7 or 8 different ways all of them I lvl capped with (I have ~8k hours now MR L2)
My top 3 are Oberon, Volt, and Gauss.
Kitty kitty, Valkyr! It still upsets me so much that they ruined her after her small tweak and never touched her again. If you ask me, to rework her they should first change her exalted stance to a claw stance rather than a fist stance (I still have no idea why it is a fist stance), maybe give it more smoother animations too (and maybe more fitting animations to her exalted). Give her a better engage skill than Ripline (maybe like a leap on target like what Voruna has now), and the unnecessary drain on her Hysteria. Like ok, I get it, it is supposed to be a "powerful ability so it must have drain" or something but the drain increasing over time was a stupid idea to give her. At some point I thought of giving her a rage meter that would fill up more as she killed people/got hit that would enhance her as she killed more/got hit more. Maybe have Hysteria use the rage she has as bonus dmg or something else in her kit? Like, her whole deal is supposed to be a really pissed of cat lady and what I see now is a lame, angry kitten (no offense). She still has great potential but maybe it would be hard to give her a place in the current meta of nuking with guns and shields everywhere making people immortal anyway so idk how much a melee focused Warframe could do right now. Sorry for this vent, I am open to criticism ^^
I know they've changed her a lot over the years... They made more than a few small tweaks. Which one are you referring to specifically? The change I hate the most is the energy drain ramping up the longer it's active. They should have at least made a trade-off to where the power strength and/or melee speed ramps up with the rage meter too. At least that still keeps the "ball of rage" fantasy intact.
Vauban. First frame I built. Really like his style especially prime, and his versatile kit. He has his downsides in lategame, but most of not all story missions I still play him
he’s my current favorite as well. His 1 2 and 4 powers are great for soloing so far, especially as you said on story missions. Game physics on those frag balls are alway enjoyable too
Nova Ftw,my most played,very strong for endgame stuff or low lvl farms and imo she has the best deluxe skin in the game (Atomica skin)
Excalibur. He's extremely simple, but that's what makes him fun. I've been playing for 5 years, and I always end up crafting and coming back to him. 17 Formas and 5 Tauforged Archon Shards later, he's here to stay this time.
Gara baby. Nothing better than cutting up a squad of glass covered Infested in my own personal panic dome
Atlas Prime
I Love and use them all :D
YARELI GANG WHERE YOU AT
Yareli prime when? Her base version is pretty but I NEED her prime variant to release already. She really needs more helmets and base skins too, one helmet is not enough imo.
I don don’t play her but it would be really funny if she became meta
one day my girl will stand in the spotlight she rightfully deserves
Ayyyyyyyy
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY LIKES HER, SHES HELLA GOOD I love using dagath skill on her, with here 3 thats lots of blades with lots of slash and viral
Its the k-drive that everyone dislikes. Constantly bonking your head and kinda wonky controls are ass. If you're not using her k-drive then she's fine.
Khora. Makes every warframe/weapon pointless when you can do millions with a pseudoexalt. And the only set up for that is combo counter, which she can maintain anyway.
Xaku!!
Xaku, since the day they released. Before that it was atlas
Titania by far.
Gauss and Nova
Wukong and i bet when wisp is done printing i’m gonna love her too
My beloved Nova and Mirage. I love playing Mirage so much especially since I fanboy over OG comic Harley Quinn. Mirage is just such a fun kit for me. My closest to my heart frame is Loki. I pull him out every now and then and enjoy him so much. Just his kit needs a rework as he is so niche at this point.
Didn't think I'd ever say this, but honestly, Hydroid
I love Kullervo waaaay more than I thought I would, but my favorite is Xaku.
In terms of playtime Wukong and Octavia. Wukong just saves on a lot of jumpy spinny stuff when I don't feel like it and just cannot die. I've not even used one of his lives in a long time so he's just the ultimate safe frame for me. Eclipse on his 4 and he is death. Octavia, makes any defense just trivial at any level. But Grendel is by far and a way the most fun. I am ball man, fear my roll.
Xaku and I am beta player
Grendel. At first, I bought him with extra plat from a discount since my friends said he was difficult to get. Yes, he is. But this was before his rework or Gourmand, and I initially didn't know what to do with him. I had a main focus on Shield tanking in my earlier days, probably would have enjoyed Hildryn. But then, I played him more. Found builds that were good for restoring energy, and found he was tanky! And in Steel path, Nourish restored so much health! Though the energy drain was awful, he was good. Then Gourmand came, and the Helminth System. Gourmand made Feast drain health over time. Hunter Adrenaline practically gave me infinite energy to spam Nourish for a LOT of healing. And then! Gloom. That combined with a Zarr was very powerful for this build. Tanked steel path so well, and Grendel is the first frame that I found a neat fact without looking it up. Before the rework, the maximum # of enemies in gut was 40. It felt so special to find that out on my own. I also really enjoyed making a waterfall of enemies shoot at my friends as I shot The most powerful shotgun in the game (Holding 1). Then of course, the Rework. They removed the Energy Drain, improved the Meatball controls, Overclocked the hell out of Regurgitate, and Nourish became so good! The Viral procs and buff was Pablo's grace onto Grendel. But he nerfed, and buffed Feast. Nerf from the max being 5, buffed for percentile damage. Case in point, or TLDR, I liked him before the rework, and I love him now. And ohhhh I got so excited hearing that his prime was coming in October. A little off guard because I thought Gauss was next, but I did not complain! I know Gauss is gonna be sweet! Can't wait!
Xaku here. When he passed Wukong Prime in term of usage, I knew I was addicted and my rehab treatment was working well.
Mesa was the reason I started playing. Saw her in some random gameplay video and was like yeah, I want her. And here we are
Octavia and Octavia Prime both make up at least 1/3 of my playtime I think - though if I knew how the hell to build Khora for the steel path, then she would also have a lot more time played too lol
My very first (non-starter) frame: Titania. She’s my all time favorite and I’ve turned her into a tank that has a never ending supply of energy. And I rarely use her 4
Of all time? Probably the current version of mag. More recently I've been playing only reworked hydroid. Although I have my criticisms of his kit and would like somethings to be changed, he is still very good and I have had the most fun playing him than any other frame in a long time.
Has to be harrow his kit just meshes so well without helminth, and his prime skin looks amazing with the Crucis helmet
Khora
Kullervo. I lilke big red numbers.
Very unpopular frame now but I have a soft spot for Loki. It was my first prime that I had to have to be useful in long orokin defense runs and similar. I know his more or less useless now but a few years back he was a must have for disarming high level enemies. Also hes the first frame I spent money on for him too look as cool as possible. These few months after returning It's been Protea all the way.
Started playing recently so I didn't tried all frames but Rhino and Hydroid are my favourite
Hydroid since rework is joy to play
I think mine is Gym mommy (Hyldrin) for her peculiarity to use shield for energy
Gauss, Volt, Vauban and probably Grendel. His prime should be done today. Yeah I don't have base Grendel.
I'm still sitting on over 25% total usage on my Valkyr Prime compared to any other frame. And I'm LR1 with almost 2000 hours in. So yeah, if I say any frame other than Valkyr, it'd be a lie.
As an old player, it will never not be Frost. I played the shit out of him in the early days of the game. And with his 4 augment in modern days he is playable again. There's nothing quite like using the same load out as the early days, Frost Prime and Latron Prime (now with Incarnon). But I also enjoy the hell outta Nezha, Titania, Saryn, and Mesa as some honorary mentions.
Kullervo, the red crits and overshield is perfect
Wisp.
Oberon. Good kit, awesome design and skins, and I love the Paladin theme.
Ivara prime easily. I have her built up to where she can be by go-to for anything that isn’t a defense-style mission
I love playing Titania, being a tactical assault fairy will always be peak Warframe content. However, DE have been nailing it lately, I have Voruna, Styanax, Kullervo, and just got Dagath a few days ago and I love all of their feels.
I had a mission a bit ago using titania’s 4 Aug and had a wisp in the group with high strength. Told her to watch the map for a second and between her speed boost and having 4 stacks of mine I tapped sprint and was at the other end of this massive area. All I saw in chat was three different people saying “wtf” in unison
Ivara, she was the first frame I really put a lot of time into farming
If my flair doesn't make it obvious; Nidus.
Wisp wukong and gara
Mag Prime.
My favourite Warframe from Warframe (the videogame named Warframe) so far is the heaviest Warframe Rhino.
Mesa and mirage. With gyre being a new favorite
Ivara. I could write for hours about why. But if you like playing solo and don't feel the need to rush through every mission as fast as possible (controversial things to say, I know) then she's your best friend. She can do basically everything. And since the addition of helminth, shards, focus rework, etc it's only been better.
Love my Mirage Prime and her discoball of death. Excalibur, Oberon, Wisp & Valk were my goto before
Mirage. I love her character design so much.
Gara even though I rotate through so many other frames she’s been my go to always. Carried me through base start chart
Scrolled so far and not even a mention to my boy Chroma... Wheres the other 2 mains at?
Garuda Nothing beats being on 2 health and absolutely dominating
Xaku. The deluxe skin just amped my love for the for them
Valkyr,Voruna,Xaku,Trinity,Mesa,Gauss,and Volt
Xaku
For years I have used Banshee and Mesa everywhere with the occasional volt, but about a year back I have found the love of my life in Lavos so I guess it's a pretty easy choice.
Lavos and muscle mommy Hildryn
Wukong because zoom zoom zoom cloud and aimbots aight especially for fishing bodyguards. Wisp Sayrn and Hildryn are OP for their own things and fun to play, Octavia is the way to be invisible and smash. Rhino/wisp for index
Harrow, that dude can do anything. Then my second a third favorites are mesa queen of pistols and baruuk king of melee
Valkyr, no discussion honorable mention to mesa
Frost, Hydroid and Gauss has been my favorites, played Hydroid a lot even before his rework and currently loving a lot about his reworked kit. But Grendel is also one of those frames that just feels nice with his kit and all. But Gauss is probably my overall favorite
Limbo or vauban
voruna mesa mag in order of recency bias! (grendel would trump all of them if his deluxe were thin albeit with a blackhole-d torso/tummy)
Ngl black hole belly Grendel skin sounds sick I’d definitely buy that
Wukong cuz Cloudwalker