In what order do elements combine? (HCET) | Warframe

When you have a cold weapon, a toxin progenitor, a heat mod, and an electric ability bonus, what damage types do you get? This video explains simply how every basic damage type combines in ALL circumstances.

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[TheKengineer]

What alternative phrase would you use to represent HCET?

[hexale]

I never knew this HCET thing existed, thank you for explaining it so well

[Nobody_Nowhere_Never]

I knew about HCET, but gave up trying to figure it out in my head. Your chart is magnificent.
Since the lich improvements I've been getting magnetic progenitor weapons and adding viral and maybe heat to everything. Probably not optimal, but it's super efficient.

[MsQueenOfDance]

I got a good giggle out of "Harrow Chassis Every Time"

[hummuslord]

Thank you for all of your hard work over the years Kengineer! Me and my WF friends all place you as our favorite Warframe content creator. I'm taking a brief break from WF for elden ring, but I'll be sure to keep tuning in for updates whenever you post new vids!

[excaliburprime]

10 years of war frame and always learn something new from your videos. Amazing.

[kittentamer]

HCET is the reason Thermal Transfer is tricky to take advantage of for saving elemental mods. Due to HCET you have to go very out of your way to stop Blast from forming. You have to run Electric or Toxin mod to override HCET even if you have innate toxin or electric. It's so annoying.

It can be reaallly fun tho, when you find good weapons and frames to take advantage the swapping on the fly.

[Reavenant]

This video should be made by the DE long time ago and posted on their main channel for all to understand. Great job!

[Malysitos]

Honestly, I don’t really watch these for the Warframe content anymore, I just come here for the funny quips and to listen to that delicious voice that elaborates on Warframe’s quirks and spaghetti code

[enseleno]

This was and sounded like one of those old science project videos that a voice just explains step by step. Was fun!

[sarvashaktimaan]

"This is something everyone learns pretty early on as it's so fundamental"
Me with 495 hours played finding this video while specifically looking how elemental mod order actually combines.

[salamanderpete]

I'm mr21 (returning after a couple of years, but still). Thought I understood this but watched it anyway. I was wrong! Thanks for explaining 😊

[dakotakushin]

Appreciate you, now have incredible respect for you mapping everything out, as well as HCET of course, perfect

[SlyI]

2:43 every damn time😭
This guy is so smart, I'm glad I found this channel.

[lordofseal]

Another exception to the combining rules is presented by the electric damage gained by shooting through Volt's shields as it combines only for projectile weapons while hitscan weapons only gain the standalone electric damage.

[aggammer]

I want to point out 2 things:
1) Saryn's toxic lash doesnt add toxin damage, just forced toxin procs

2) When 2 elements combine, the "emojis" the parenthesis are always presented in the HCET order, so blast for example will always appear as (heat + cold) and never as (cold + heat)

[izan]

Legendary rank 4 here. I have definitely noticed most of the things you mentioned and even thought the dual elemental riven combine scheme(bottom to top) was a bug xD

But I couldn't explain it as well as you did, naturally.

[YaBoiMeeru]

Thanks a bunch! Really educational. Never knew about HCET but was always confused how to get the element combos I want on some weapons. Now I get it just fine.

[tastefuldragon]

This is such a helpful channel. Nice to learn so many mechanical factoids to store away for later!

[tazgrngames]

"Harrow chassis everytime" got me XD