Talk:Excalibur/Umbra/@comment-76.174.195.178-20170102045847/@comment-73.98.145.50-20170117224326

I'd actually prefer Zephyr Prime over Banshee Prime. Zephyr has the second highest shield stat I've seen, and the highest of all non-prime frames. That, combined with her being the pinnacle of mobility on the battlefield, make her an excellent melee fighter. Augment that with the ragdoll of Jat Kittag, makes for hours of fun ragdolling enemies, then leaping after them for a second hit DBZ-style.

Banshee however, I felt was a rather weak stealth frame. Her passive naturally silences weapons, which would be nice if I didn't already silence them with mods, and her abilities are weak at best, and easily replaceable with mods at worst. Soundquake is sorta unique, however it's far outclassed by almost every other 4th ability availible as far as damage output (the only one worse is Loki's Radial Disarm), and it's energy drain is a monster, meaning you'd have to minmax to even consider using it effectively for extended periods, and even then it'd barely hold up mid- to late-game. The one thing I'll give Banshee is that it's a good concept, if poorly realized, and her deluxe skin is creative (but it's a deluxe skin, so...).

All in all, Zephyr Prime would be much more appealing to me than Banshee prime ever would be.