Talk:Revenant/@comment-31601950-20180712011836/@comment-66.41.56.161-20180717163530

To the Lone Tenno, they both come at different extremes. The Frames are a mix of living beings, Helminth, and Orokin modifications that ultimately create the Warframes we use. The Orokin created both Sentients and Helminth, but both are ultimately different in both fundamentals, and purpose.

Nidus is the Helminth Virus incarnate, with a desire to spread around the contagion and evolve himself in the process. Much like the Infested themselves, his shtick is all about devouring everything, be it biological or technological, to empower himself.

On the opposite end, you have the Sentients and Revenant. They were created by the Orokin for the purpose of Terraforming and adapting to new worlds. As an invasive species, they would have been designed to effectively kill off anything around and make the place habitable for their masters. This is in stark contrast to Helminth, which only wanted to take everything in and absorb it all.

Looking at both from a technical standpoint, their difference becomes more apparent. Revenant seems to have to sustain himself off of the energy and vitality of his enemies, sapping health and shields away. His affliction enthrals enemies into his service, while also using them as a source of power. His Crowd Control simply puts enemies to sleep, which isn't too harsh, though the resulting after effect is when they explode.

On the other hand, Nidus specializes in simply absorbing and affecting his enemies as he goes. Instead of using meatshields, he outright attaches to and parasitically affects an enemy to divert damage. His Crowd Control violently flings enemies around and traps them in place. On top of it all, his health isn't restored by external means, but rather is an inborn trait of his due to the Helminth Virus' ability to self replicate and regrow itself.

In a strange sort of way, you can almost view Nidus and Revenant as the quintessential Lycanthrope and Vampire of Warframe. One which grows fat off of destruction, with ridiculous vitality to make him nigh unkillable. The other sustains itself from the life of fallen enemies and enslaves them to protect himself. Another comparison that further shows how opposite they are.

tl;dr Nidus and Revenant are indeed opposites, though we have yet to see a Void Warframe which would truly be the other end of the spectrum from these two. Only time will tell.