Bastille (Old)

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Bastille has been fused with Vortex into an ability under the same name since Update 26.0 (2019-10-31): The Old Blood.

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Succeeded by
Bastille since Update 26

	4 100	Bastille Erect a containment field to capture enemies and suspended them in stasis, stripping their armor. Hold to collapse all Bastilles into a single damaging vortex. Introduced in Update 7.11 (2013-05-17)	Strength:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 (affected enemies) 15 (contact damage)
			Duration:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 s
			Range:5 / 7 / 8 / 10 m

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Vauban releases a device that creates a containment field. This lasts 8 / 10 / 12 / 15 seconds, has a radius of 5 / 7 / 8 / 10 meters, and affects 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 enemies. On contact with an enemy, the device will deal 15 damage. Enemies within the field are suspended and incapacitated - including those outside that subsequently enter the field.
  • Number of affected enemies and contact damage are affected by Ability Strength, and the contact damage can be increased by body-part multipliers.
  • For more information about the contact damage, see this blog and this follow-up.
  • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Field radius is affected by Ability Range.
  • The device will deploy on the first surface it makes contact with and will hover approximately one meter perpendicular to the surface. Regardless of the orientation of the surface, the containment field will always project horizontally.
  • Enemies held up by Bastille before actual encounters will assume a state of unawareness. These enemies will be susceptible to Stealth Damage Multipliers from melee attacks over the ability's duration.
• Will not hold most Bosses and Capture targets suspended in the air. Instead, Bastille slows the targets down until their crowd control diminishing return mechanic reduces the ability's effectiveness on them.
  • Will suspend The Grustrag Three and Zanuka Hunter, as well as aerial units such as Shield Ospreys.
• Can be used while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading.
• Can be cast multiple times while active.

Augment

Main article: Repelling Bastille

Repelling Bastille is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Vauban's  Bastille that repels new enemies when it reaches the maximum amount of enemies it can contain, and increases Vortex's duration for every additional Vortex thrown into it.

Repelling Bastille

Tips & Tricks

• When used in narrow hallways or choke-points, enemies that are held up in the field block the path of others behind, negating the enemy limit and blocking all the enemies from advancing.
• Bastille spawns from a ball that Vauban throws in an arc, so it can be deployed where aimed.
• Suspended enemies who suffer ragdoll effect will be permanently released from that instance of Bastille. However, they can still be trapped in another instance.

See Also

•  Vauban