Being a Tenno inWarframeis no child’s play — even though the Tenno themselves are children, sort of. The pressure of keeping the peace in the galaxy, as well as stopping their mother from turning into a genocidal maniac, is quite a monumental task. That’s why players might need all the help they can get, especially when modding and building up their warframes.
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It’s just thatsome warframesare a lot more versatile, viable, or powerful than others. Such is the case for the current meta in the game; certain frames are favored for their ease of use and lack of effort in either surviving, killing, or being a jack-of-all-trades. Players looking to give their accounts a boost will want to take note of these overpowered builds inWarframe.
Updated March 31st, 2023, by Sid Natividad:With the Duviri Paradox update drawing ever closer,Warframe players will surely want to be prepared for even more challenges. While players can expect theirWarframe builds(or warframes) to get sidelined in the Duviri open world, being prepared is still imperative.
Thus, there’s no better way to be prepared than to look at some of the mostoverpowered Warframe builds. More builds have been added so players can pick favorites and take on someof the most popular (and most stylish)warframes in the game’s toughest missions.
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This is the only tank build players will ever need, and it also works in a regular Revenant. Just cast Mesmer Skin to stay immortal (take note of the slow casting time, it will make players vulnerable). It also kills the toughest Eximus enemies in one hit without the need for any weapons.
To one-hit-kill enemies, just cast Enthrall (1), wait for it to spread a bit, and then cast Reave (3), making sure to run over any Enthralled target. At nearly 300 percent Strength (300+ with Archon Shards), Reave will kill any Enthralled target in one pass and even refresh Mesmer Skin. It’s that easy.
By far one of the most energetic builds in the game because players will literally have to keep moving. As Gauss, players must activate Kinetic Plating (2) and Redline (4); it’s essential to keep those two up all the time. Afterward, players will need to keep building up Gauss' meter using Mach Rush to keep the meter full coupled with frequent Thermal Sunder (3) casts for crowd control.
Thanks to Gauss' Kinetic Plating, this build usually doesn’t die unless he slows down or runs through a Nullifier bubble. Once the rotation is set, all that’s left for players to do is kill enemies with whichever weapons they brought, preferably ones that inflict Slash procs or bleed damage.
Enemies can’t hit what they can’t see, and so far, the Queen of Invisibility inWarframeremains the undisputed Ivara. For this low-cost and low-effort build, players only need a few Formas. It revolves around keeping Prowl on at all times whilesniping enemiesusing Nataruk or melee gunblades.
With a few mod swaps here and there, players can also take this build to an Archon Hunt, equipped with a Kuva Hek, for one-shotting the Archons while invisible. Ivara has a passive that lets her deal more headshot damage while she’s invisible, and players can abuse that for massive damage.
Nuke builds inWarframeapparently still exist, though in the most unconventional way possible using Mirage’s Sleight of Hand Augment, Explosive Legerdemain. Thankfully, using the build is easier than pronouncing the augment mod. Players just press Sleight of Hand (2), and that’s it.
The whole map will be blown to bits. If anything survives, just activate Sickening Pulse (1) and repeat the process once more. Just be careful not to get hit, especially in Steel Path; this build is a glass cannon due to the min-maxing for Sleight of Hand.
One undisputable fact inWarframe(and has always been for a long time) is that Octavia is overpowered no matter where she’s taken. She will literally just return the damage dealt to her Mallet (1), and that’s where the majority of her killing power comes from.
Everything else is just there to keep her alive through permanent invisibility (Metronome, 3) or by further boosting all her abilities via Amp. Players don’t even have to do anything after gaining invisibility through Metronome. Just keep refreshing Mallet, and the enemies will kill themselves.
Focus is one of the most tedious resources to farm inWarframesince it involves killing too many enemies. However, this Volt build from Confirmare makes that task simpler. All players have to do is take advantage of Volt’s Discharge ability by stacking tons of range mods. Players just have to find a good spot on the map and then fire away their Discharge.
This will kill dozens of enemies and more if the wave is endless. With friends, the build becomes even more busted, especially with buffers like Wisp. If not for farming Focus, players can use Volt build to clear rooms effortlessly. Energy also isn’t much of a problem, thanks to Arcane Energize.
Anyone looking for that edgy overpowered build that deals dizzying damage numbers will find more than love in Harrow’s hands. Because this build from ninjase ensures one of the fastest ways to kill bosses and tough enemies alike by being accurate with headshots.
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All of Harrow’s abilities are put to good use here, but Channel Thurible is the star since it generously replenishes Harrow’s Energy with each headshot. Covenant is also mandatory when enemies are near to convert the absorbed damage into a crit buff. With this build, it’s highly common to see red crits all over the screen.
This Zephyr build from ChangelingRain introduces a busted gameplay loop where the warframe gets a near-permanent energy supply along with a huge crit buff.
All players have to do is:
Enemies killed through Spectrosiphon will also drop energy orbs, leading to an infinite loop of enemies getting distracted, dying, and then getting distracted again as long as the players keep following the instruction above.
Again from ninjase, this bloodthirsty build featuring Garuda remains as relevant as ever with the slow bleed application. There is a certain chain of actions needed to achieve the build’s full operation. Follow this combo guideline:
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For better roleplaying, ensure toattack in melee. Red crits are also common here if the usual combo above is followed faithfully.
This expensive build is courtesy of CommanderPancake. What makes it so extravagant are the five Rank 10 mods needed— two of which are Primed and the other two Umbral. However, the End price is justified here as this build can take on anything the game throws at it, even at the highest levels.
All Saryn has to do is cultivate her Spores on her enemies using the first ability before unleashing a pandemic upon them using Miasma. Most enemies die from the initial wave of damage, and those who survive will die from damage over time. Players will want to be wise with their usage of Miasma, though, as energy efficiency is one of the biggest weaknesses of this build.
