Talk:Warframes/@comment-91.115.164.170-20140406102735

Advice for new players who want a melee frame:

Rhino with orokin reactor (you can get the blueprint for that from invasion/alert mission and craft it while rhino is being crafted). Upgrade him with Vitality, redirection (more shields), Fast deflection (shields regenerate faster), quick rest (Rhino is quite slow, so a fast recharging stamina will be very helpful). Laser resistance when fighting Corpus will help too ;)

Dat frame can take then one hell of a beating and in higher level mission, he usually is the last man standing who revives everyone else. Just craft him some high damage long range weapon and a powerful melee weapon. I recommend the "Scindo" (thats the huge battle axe).Upgrade it with attack speed, damage and so on (try to craft Orokin catalyst if you get the invasion mission) AND give it an upgrade for total power energy.

How to use it? Pick off enemies from a distance and when you get a crowd, start swinging your Scindo axe. The normal damage upgrade will boost its killing power and high attack speed upgrade will make you swing it as if it had no weight at all. Add some damage property to it too for additional damage output. Always collect the blue balls of energy and use your abilities only when you NEED them. There is no point in activating your uber armor ability when only facing a handful of enemies.

If you are a teammate of a Rhino user, be patient, he is a bit slower than the others, but don't leave him behind as he will be the guy who will revive you when you die because you ran ahead of everyone else ;)