Talk:Nova (Warframe)/@comment-50.27.26.53-20130720030650/@comment-124.185.43.178-20130721083038

I wouldn't say nova has more survivability than other frames. Her closest comparison is excalibur (a generally all-round frame) - They both share 300 health at max level and 50.0 armour (which is in line with ash, and mag etc. - the frames which lie between caster frames like ember and tanks like frost and rhino).

The 300 health seems to be standard across all frames, with the difference being in armour rating (an innate resistance to health damage). Only mag and loki have less than 300 base health at max level

Rather than excalibur's 300 shield capacity at max level though, Nova only has 225 at max level, trading the 75 shield points for an extra 75 energy capacity (225 compared to excaliburs 150).

This is where nova's main weakness lies as 225 shield is abnormally low, even most caster frames have 300 at max level (with instead a lower armour rating). It's on par with loki and vauban in fact as the lowest base shield in the game

Overall, I'd say her survivability lies somewhere between caster and all-round frames - in terms of basic stats, nova shares elements of caster frames and all-rounders