Talk:Banshee (Warframe)/@comment-68.84.165.253-20140825163346

To all looking at playing as Banshee - Or to all complaining about Banshee having "weak" abilities:


 * COUGH COUGH* INTENSIFY *COUGH COUGH*

It increases the damage from Sonic Boom and Sound Quake; Increases the damage boost created by sonar; Increases the intensity of the stun caused by Silence.

Slap on Energy Siphon, Flow, Streamline, Natural Talent, Continuity (for Sonar and Silence), Stretch, Sheild mods, and use Corrupted mods at your leasure to augment further, and you're good to rock as Banshee. I'm a diehard fan of Banshee, and use a build based on Power and Energy Efficiency; Sonar doesn't need to follow her around for it to be useful. Max Stetch and Fleeting will lock down an entire Defense map (granted the bonus damage suffers, but even though I don't use a build like that, it still works just fine. You run around and spam it near large groups, and then rain hell upon them. A multishot build on Paris Prime is great for CC, or just use Torid, Penta, or Ogris, and wipe the floor. You can even run op to the group, cast Sonic Boom, Sonar, then Sound Quake, and you don't have to worry about Vulerability (Having a Loki use Radial DIsarm also helps too, but isn't necessary). I also highly recommend an Arcane Reverb helmet. The boost to your pool of engery is great to have, along with Flow; and by shield building Banshee, the health loss makes it bearable.

Banshee is no tank, to be sure, but she also isn't a glass cannon. With the right mods and equipment, Banshee can be just as useful as a Nova, Vauban, or Hydroid in defense missions. People, I think, have a hard time realizing that she is a niche warframe (albeit with flexibilty in builds), and is meant to require a higher level of experience to play as (not to say that a new player couldn't). If you're standing there getting shot at, yes, it will hurt, however, that's why she has Sonic Boom (and the stun from Silence). If you knock an enemy down, it can't hurt you, but you can hurt it.

As Banshee, you can run right into combat support, or take a defense role and hang back and gueard, dealing massive amounts of damge. Just be smart about how you play, and never forget to have fun when you play. I hope that this helps out people looking into using Banshee, or want to improve upon how they play as her. Enjoy!