How To ACTUALLY Build In Warframe

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Building and Warframe is like peanut butter and jelly. Or isn't? Maybe there's a bit of nuance that isn't being discussed within communities and build videos online. Today let's dive into the layers of mechanics and effects of Building, and how you can make use of cause and effects to create a powerful setup and combination. So next time you hopefully won't need to copy and paste an overframe build.
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[NovaUmbral]

Made an oopsie, falcor DOES have forced elec on STANDARD throw.

[JenosIdallian]

I legitimately rolled my eyes when this showed up in my feed, and half expected this to be some streamer 'hack' about some obscure mod, or yet another 'this melee weapon lets you damage cap in only four mods' sort of garbage.

Genuinely impressed someone put out a video explaining that critical thought and problem solving are the ways to build. I don't wager many people will get the memo on it, but, it's good to know there are others out there that aren't just following the lemming in front of them off the cliff.

[Tayaressss]

oh, this isn't a foundry tutorial

[ShiroNature]

Finally a good build video where they explain builds and don’t just say “use this” 👍🏻

[Argyle]

Learning from warframe creators is like being a child and asking the electrician that’s doing work on your house what he’s doing and he proceeds to talk to you like you’re another electrician and know all the terminology or what to be looking for.

[abyssal_beans]

Tip for zephyr: sliding doesn’t interrupt your hover, it just moves you horizontally while keeping you at the same altitude, which makes a good tool to quickly reposition while staying in the air. I always run maglev/streamlined form, and I don’t run jet stream very often but I imagine that if you do then sliding will probably take you into the next continent.

[Darthmufin]

The real way to build is follow a youtuber's build where they slap gloom on everything and call it good

[teeheeaaw]

realistically you always want psf, since its a huge dps increase

[tareka]

My favorite synergy with well of life - targeted enemy is eligible to proccing Ivara's concentrated arrow explosions, making it an easy way to nuke a room - Suspend an enemy with subsumed WoL (i put it on 2nd slot), shoot lifted enemy in the head with Artemis bow, decast WoL, regen half the energy pool (with flow ofc) from augment for WoL to generate some health orbs, and Equilibrium. GG you turned ivara into genuine room clearer+support, you have much easier time to spam lowkey strong nuke augment for Artemis bow and sustain Prowl, and your team enjoys regen+status cleanse

Additionally, Artemis bow gets benefit from Fire rate mods and Vigilante set bonus on your primary, as long as its not Bow aswell. I chose Afentis for even more firerate buff for Artemis and my 2ndary

Thats exactly what first part of the video is about, with puzzle pieces and whatnot

[bluyu]

The key to building is intent. If you don't do your research to figure out how things can work together, you can't make strong and unique builds. You have to know what you want, know what's available, and know how to make it work together toward what you want.

[frednormal]

I haven't finished the video but I have to get this out and say 1:30 is the single best advice I've rarely heard people say about modding

[papawah]

Finally, a build video I can get behind. Space ninjas were what got me into the game. Researching mechanics and experimenting is what kept me engaged. I personally don't see the satisfaction in copy pasting meta builds. All metas eventually fade to obscurity whether it be through nerfs or powercreep, but knowledge and experimentation will always outclass and outlast the trends.

[Stormandreas]

Just to clarify with jet stream, Jet stream increases MOVEMENT speed, not SPRINT speed. These are 2 different speed values.

Movement speed is simply the base walking speed of warframes
Sprint speed however, is a modifier to the base walking speed

Thus, anything that modifies "movement speed" will apply to ANYTHING movement based, where as anything that modifies "Sprint speed" will ONLY apply when you are capable of sprinting.

Examples of things Sprint Speed wont modify, but Movement Speed will (non exhaustive):
Wisp Sol Gate
Zephyr Tailwind
Jade Glory on High
Hildryn Aegis Storm
Etc.

Movement speed is an incredibly useful boost, and is super easy to acquire from Firewalker, Nezhas subsume, which ALSO provides status immunty and cleansing when in/running through the fire left behind.

Food for thought

[ITzKavez]

I absolutely love the fact that you brought up the fact that so many other parts of you loadout can have a direct affect on how you build.

Shout-out to Breech Surge Banshee with a Pax seeker Kitgun. Learning that surge sparks headshots can trigger Pax seeker altered my brain chemistry.

Shout out to the Proboscis Cernos for Protea allowing me to have a Grouping and Heat Inherit weapon in one, so I can run Roar on her (Nautilus helps too)

Lastly, shout-out to the Rakta Dark Dagger for making Squishy caster frames (Like Banshee) infinitely easier to play by making it harder for enemies to target you.

[khalilvirgo]

I’m glad content creators like you are coming out with this kind of content for Warframe, & I also hope it allows the masses to see how corny it is to be copying and pasting builds in a game so rich in versatility. Thank you

[manunova]

Warframe is a game that involves freedom.
Freedom of equipment, building every piece and deciding how everything looks.
Just copying a build deprives you from your own choice, while watching it to understand the basics of how X thing works can be quite good to get started and check out on your own where you can customize.

I for example have a min-maxed Baruuk Prime with all three Umbral mods, Adaptation and whatnot.
I use Pillage for cleansing and restoring my shields quickly, I guess the armor strip is decent but I run Unairu which does it better if needed.
I genuinely love both the Daikyu and the Nikana Prime, so the amalgam mod for the former is amazing, and I use a primer on my secondary weapon.
My build is literally all about brute forcing facetanking because I love being an indestructible warlord who has to engage with his invincibility a little bit.
I also have dodge builds on Nyx and Xaku.

[goldentoparican]

First time I felt a big "Eureka!" moment was with modding was with my Status Chance Phantasma Prime after farming corrupted mods and seeing that I had Vicious Spread. Once I tested and discovered that less accuracy on beam weapons equaled more eratic horizontal beam movement, it created a fun gimmick for a pretty mindless to use weapon.

Instead of holding RT to shoot a steady beam that does damage and status effects effectively for one target at a time, I now hold RT to fire an eratic beam of fast stacking status effects that can effectively hit multiple enemies at once. It's entertaining and fun, especially with combining it with frames that have abilities that can transfer status effects to weapons like Gauss, Ember, Frost, etc. It becomes crazy fun

[thimovijfschaft]

When it comes to weapon damage. Serration can make weapons feel more comfortable because you don't have to deal with ramp up. Or somestimes you already one shot everything, and dealing more damage isn't needed so you can instead use that modslot for something else

[bappojujubes]

The thumbnail Excalibur having a visible smile through the helmet is cute

[Me_Myself_Maly]

This video somewhat helps dispel the notion in my mind that every weapon in my current loadout needs to do a ton of damage to be worth bringing. When in reality, weapons can serve vastly different roles. Especially if you already have a damaging weapon.
It’s a mindset I’ve been fighting for quite some time now.