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The Balefire Charger is HildrynIcon272 Hildryn's and HildrynPrimeIcon272 Hildryn Prime's signature Exalted Weapon, summoned by activating Balefire130xWhite the ability with the same name. This pistol launches bolts of DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity that deal area-of-effect damage in a large area, and can be charged to deal more damage. Its massive damage is offset by its low critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance.


Characteristics[]

Advantages

Disadvantages

Notes[]

  • The Balefire Charger uses Pistol Mods.
  • The Balefire Charger is the only weapon that can be used while using the AegisStorm130xWhite Aegis Storm ability.
    • The Balefire Charger cannot zoom in when used with Aegis Storm.
    • While Hildryn holds two Balefire Chargers instead of one while Aegis Storm is active, this is a purely cosmetic feature and has no effect on the weapon's effectiveness.
  • The Balefire Charger's explosion radius scales with Balefire130xWhite Balefire ability rank and is affected by Ability Range mods and (Mod TT 20px Primed) Mod TT 20px Fulmination.
    • Range mods and Fulmination bonuses multiply. A fully ranked Balefire with Fulmination and Stretch will have: 3m × (1 + 24%) × (1 + 45%) = 5.4m, but Fulmination's effect will not be reflected on the ability card.
  • Shield cost to activate and cost per shot is affected by Ability Efficiency mods.
  • When Hildryn has Overshields, Balefire Charger shots will Ragdoll b Ragdoll enemies.
  • While charging, the increased damage and shield consumption scales with the amount charged. At full charge, the Balefire Chargers deal 100% more damage and consumes 450 shields.
  • As an Exalted Weapon, this weapon comes with an OrokinCatalyst Orokin Catalyst pre-installed.

Tips[]

  • While Balefire Charger's low base Status Chance make DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive and DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic procs less effective at removing shields and armor, it synergizes well with Hildryn's Pillage130xWhite Pillage, as this ability can drain shields and permanently remove armor.

Trivia[]

  • The Balefire Charger is the first Exalted Weapon to not be channeled via Warframe's fourth ability.
  • The Balefire Charger is the third secondary Exalted Weapon, after Regulators Regulators and DexPixia Dex Pixia.
  • On HildrynPrimeIcon272 Hildryn Prime, the pistol is named Balefire Charger Prime. Their stats are, however, identical to Balefire Charger.

Patch History[]

Hotfix 33.6.4 (2023-08-15)

  • Fixed being unable to equip the Balefire Einheri skin on Hildryn’s Balefire Prime.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

  • Fixed de-equipping a Scanner not returning you to your active Exalted weapon if one was equipped prior.

Hotfix 29.1.1 (2020-09-18)

  • Fixes towards Exalted weapons not being equipped when viewed via Look Link or Mod Link.

Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)

  • Fixed both Charged Damage and Quick Shot Damage of Hildryn’s Balefire Charger Damage displaying the same value in the Arsenal.

Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)

  • Hildryn is no longer restricted to move at walking speed when charging Balefire.

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

  • Introduced.


Last updated: Hotfix 23.1.3 (2018-07-26)

See Also[]

  • Balefire130xWhite Balefire, the ability that summons the weapon.
  • HildrynIcon272 Hildryn, the weapon's user.
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