Chroma

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A master of the deadly elements, Chroma can alter his damage output by changing his Emissive Color.

This is Chroma, an ancient legend, master of the elements.

When all the land is in ruins, Tenno, only Chroma will remain.

—Lotus

Release Date: March 19th, 2015

The bestial avatar of the primal forces of nature, Chroma, confounds his foes and strengthens his allies with elemental caprice. Chroma awoke in Update 16.0.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000	1	1	1	Volt Neuroptics	Time: 72 hrs
25,000	1	1	1	Volt Neuroptics	Rush: 50
Market Price: 375			Blueprint Price: N/A
Neuroptics
15,000	200	2	350	Ember Neuroptics	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	200	2	350	Ember Neuroptics	Rush: 25
Chassis
15,000	2	900	50	Frost Chassis	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	900	50	Frost Chassis	Rush: 25
Systems
15,000	400	2	1	Saryn Systems	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	400	2	1	Saryn Systems	Rush: 25

Acquisition

Chroma's main blueprint is rewarded upon completion of the quest The New Strange.

Component blueprints are awarded by completing Junctions. The Neuroptics will be rewarded after completing the Uranus Junction, the Chassis the Neptune Junction and the Systems the Pluto Junction.

Additional blueprints can be bought from Cephalon Simaris; 25,000‍25,000 for component blueprints and 50,000‍50,000 for main blueprint.

Warframe Guides

See Category:Chroma Guides to read user-made guides on how to play this Warframe.

Notes

Considering the resources required to craft the necessary non-Chroma Warframe parts, the total cost of crafting Chroma is 4 Neural Sensors, 3 Neurodes, 2 Argon Crystals, 2 Morphics, 1 Control Module, 1300 Rubedo, 1000 Ferrite, 900 Nano Spores, 650 Polymer Bundles, 600 Plastids, 550 Salvage, 400 Oxium, 300 Alloy Plates, and 135,000‍135,000.
While players will have access to most of the component blueprints by the time they reach Pluto, players will still have to gain access to Sedna to get Saryn systems from Kela De Thaym to craft Chroma.
When editing the appearance of Chroma, there is a special option to view him without his Effigy on.

Trivia

Chroma was first revealed during Tennolive 2015 and hinted at during Devstreams 45 and 46.
Chroma shares a similar name with an enemy from Digital Extremes' 2008 game darkSector.
The word Chroma means "Color" in Greek. His name likely refers to his unique gameplay mechanic that his selected emissive color determines the elemental damage type dealt by his abilities.
- His name may also refer to Chromatic Dragons from the popular role-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons", whose elemental affinities are, similarly, indicated by the color of their scales. This connection was hinted by Community Manager Rebecca Ford in livestreams prior to Chroma's unveiling.
Chroma was originally developed simply under the name Dragon and is still referred to as as such internally in the game files.
Chroma is the second tallest Warframe due to his stature and the pelt he wears. Limbo is the tallest, due to his "top hat."
Chroma's Drac Helmet shows Chroma's actual helmet, the only one to do so while Effigy is inactive. The 'head' of the pelt rests on top of Chroma's base helmet in a fashion similar to that of cloaks capes or hats of skinned animals where the upper part of the head and snout is used as a hat.
- The helmet also resembles a seahorse. The Leafy Sea Dragon and Weedy Sea Dragon are both closely related to seahorses.
- Its appearance seems inspired by the Greek depiction of dragons, most notably the snout, which appears thinner in contrast to the typical European dragon. This is further backed by the fact that Chroma's name has a Greek origin.
Chroma is the second Warframe to have a separable part, the first being Limbo.
- In Chroma's case, his outer pelt separates from his body during his 4th ability, Effigy, to create the sentry. Because the sentry's helmet design is determined by the cosmetic helmet selected for the Chroma warframe, this also reveals Chroma's "true" helmet which is not affected by the helmet selected.
- Following the above notes, Chroma presumably wears his dragon-skin outer pelt like a hunter might do for animal skin.
The line in Lotus' summary, "When all the land is in ruins, Tenno, only Chroma will remain" is a reference to the song about the character Trogdor, a fictional dragon-like being from the web cartoon Homestar Runner.
Chroma is another in the line of heavily fan-requested warframes (such as Zephyr, Nova, and Mesa), with inspiration being drawn from a long-surviving thread on the Fan Concepts forum.

A rear view of Chroma's storage of Tonfas
A frontal view of Chroma's storage of Tonfas

When equipped with Tonfa-type weapons (ex. Kronen), Chroma stores them on his back with the weapon's blades running nearly parallel each other, rather than diverging outward as with other Warframes. Chroma is currently the only Warframe to store Tonfas in this manner, and the second Warframe to have a unique holster style for a melee weapon, with the first being Nekros when stowing Dual Daggers.
Chroma has the fourth highest armor value of any Warframe at 350, surpassed by Atlas at 450, Valkyr at 600 and Valkyr Prime at 700.
Chroma is the first and only Warframe whose component blueprints are acquired from Junctions.
Chroma is the first and only Warframe to require components from other Warframes to construct.
- It is also the first Warframe whose blueprint uses a fourth Warframe component in the place of a resource like Orokin Cells or Argon Crystals.
  - Each one of the Warframes from which the components are derived – Saryn, Volt, Ember, and Frost – correspond to a single elemental type, and thus Chroma, which can use all 4 elements, can be said to have properties of each Warframe.
The increased credit drop chance from enemies killed by Chroma's 4th ability, Effigy, may be a reference to common legends of dragons hoarding gold.
On release, a bug allowed Chroma to double end of mission credit rewards for all allies on missions with no extraction, chiefly Defense and Interception. His release coinciding with a double credit weekend, with a credit booster more than 1.3 million credits was obtainable from The Law of Retribution. Removed in Hotfix 16.1.4.1.
Chroma's default helmet (along with the default helmets of Loki and Excalibur) are available as unlockable antenna toppers in Rocket League.
Chroma appears to have six fingers, but the digit coming out from his hand is actually a part of his effigy.
Chroma is the first know Warframe to be controlled by faction other than the Tenno, in this case is the Infested, and being hostile toward the players.
- When or how Chroma comes into this circumstance is unknown.
Chroma is the third quest-driven Warframe that has a Prime variant, after Mirage and Limbo.

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Bind the elements and unleash untold destruction with Chroma Prime. Featuring altered mod polarities for greater customization.

Release Date: September 25th, 2018

Chroma Prime is the Primed variant of Chroma, possessing increased armor, energy capacity, and additional and polarities. Chroma Prime was released alongside Gram Prime and Rubico Prime.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000				5	Time: 72 hrs
25,000				5	Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprint Price: N/A
Neuroptics
15,000	4	1,750	450	4,750	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	4	1,750	450	4,750	Rush: 25
Chassis
15,000	2	10	1,600	7,800	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	10	1,600	7,800	Rush: 25
Systems
15,000	2	5	1,775	4,000	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	5	1,775	4,000	Rush: 25

Acquisition

Chroma Prime's main and component blueprints are acquired from the following Void Relics.

Blueprint	Neuroptics	Chassis	Systems
Meso B4 Common (V) Meso P1 Common (V) Meso Z3 Common (V) Neo K2 Common (V) Axi A6 Common (V) Axi D1 Common (V) Axi T5 Common (V)	Lith C3 Rare (V) Lith C4 Rare (V)	Meso C5 Uncommon (V) Meso D4 Uncommon (V) Meso K2 Uncommon (V) Meso L1 Uncommon (V) Meso T3 Uncommon (V) Axi R2 Uncommon (V)	Meso C4 Rare (V) Neo C1 Rare (V) Axi C3 Rare (V) Axi C4 Rare (V)

^{Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic}

Warframe Guides

See Category:Chroma Prime Guides to read user-made guides on how to play this Warframe.

Notes

Chroma Prime, compared to Chroma:
- Higher Armor (425 vs. 350)
- Higher Energy (200/300 vs. 150/225)
- Different Polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 0)
As a Prime Warframe, Chroma Prime possesses a special passive ability where contact with an Orokin Void Death Orb will make them release an energy pulse that grants 250 Energy to all nearby allies. This effect can only occur once per Death Orb and can occur even if the Death Orb has been previously destroyed.
Chroma Prime, along with Volt Prime, Saryn Prime, Ivara Prime, Baruuk, and Wisp, possesses the highest energy pool of all Warframes in the game: 200 at rank 0 and 300 at rank 30.
- This can be increased to 600 with a maxed Flow, 850 with Primed Flow, 880 with Primed Flow and Endurance Drift.
Chroma Prime's Effigy has larger and more complex wings than the original, along with orbiting particles.

Trivia

Chroma Prime is the third Primed Warframe whose non-primed variant was unlockable through a quest (The New Strange), after Mirage and Limbo.

Media

Chroma Prime Promotional Image
Prime attachments

Vaultings

On June 30th, 2020, it was announced that Chroma Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on July 14th, 2020, along with Gram Prime and Rubico Prime. Any preexisting components or fully-built frames will remain as is.

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Passive

Chroma can alter his abilities to match any basic (uncombined) elemental attribute of the player's choice. This change is performed by customizing Chroma's primary emission color. Color choices are grouped into four categories with each category corresponding to a given element:

red, magenta, brown, orange and bright yellow hues being Heat;
blue and purple hues being Electricity;
green, lime, teal and dark yellow hues being Toxin;
white, grey, black, and some faded colors being Cold.

Note that players do not need to purchase color palettes to unlock the full potential of this trait.

While customizing his emission color, Chroma's active element is displayed in the form of an icon (, , , ). This imgur album can serve as a reference for future color palette purchases.

Customizing the secondary emission and the energy colors will have no effect on Chroma's chosen element.

Abilities

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ENERGY 10 KEY 1	Spectral Scream Exhale a deep breath of elemental destruction. Chroma's energy color determines the element. Energy Drain: 3 s^-1	Strength:N/A
		Duration:N/A
		Range:4 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 m
		Misc:40% / 45% / 50% / 60% (status chance)

Chroma unleashes a continuous stream of elemental energy in a cone 4 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 meters long that inflicts 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 Heat, Electricity, Toxin, or Cold damage per second with a 40% / 45% / 50% / 60% status chance.
- Damage per second is affected by Ability Strength, while the status chance is not.
- Damage bypasses obstacles in the environment and does not decrease with distance.
- Damage type is based on Chroma's current elemental alignment which is determined by Chroma's energy color.
- Cone length is affected by Ability Range, following the expression:
  10 × (1 + Ability Range)^1/3.
  - At max rank, with a maxed Narrow Minded the range would be reduced to 6.97 meters, while a maxed Overextended would instead increase it to 12.38 meters.
Spectral Scream's damage can be boosted by the Fury aspect of Vex Armor.
Spectral Scream drains 3 energy per second and will remain active as long as Chroma has energy. Spectral Scream will end if Chroma runs out of energy or if deactivated by pressing the ability key again (default 1 ).
- Activation energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency, and the channeling energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency and Ability Duration.
- Chroma cannot gain energy from Squad Energy Restores or Energy Siphon for the duration of the ability. However, Chroma can still replenish energy using Energy Orbs, Energy Vampire, Orokin Void Death Orb energy restores, Rage and Hunter Adrenaline, and while in the Rift Plane.
Chroma is able to cast abilities or maneuver just as freely with Spectral Scream active.
The AoE cone is directed from the point of the animation as opposed to toward the crosshair. This means that diving rolls will divert the aim.
The attack can only be aimed within 90 degrees to each side and 45 degrees above or below Chroma.
A visual effect lingers after the cone of damage, dependent on element.

Main article: Afterburn

Afterburn is a Warframe Augment Mod usable in both PvE and Conclave for Chroma's Spectral Scream that launches a single damaging elemental attack upon deactivating the ability.

Rank	Damage per second active	Total damage cap	Cost
0	25	200	6
1	50	300	7
2	75	400	8
3	100	500	9

This ability can come in handy when used as a form of Crowd Control and can both be used as a damage ability, or with Heat or Electricity elemental damage creating a continuous crowd control stun.
This ability can be used to resist knockdowns, making it usable for walking through corpus laser doors or shockwaves caused by MOA or death orbs.
Rolling can be used to counteract the movement speed reduction and cover a large area in a short period of time.
Having a Limbo with a high duration build on your team can be very useful, as Spectral Scream will be able to damage all enemies even while Chroma is in the rift. With a build with maximum efficiency, this will also cause Spectral Scream to cost no energy to use, while actually gaining energy at a minute rate.

ENERGY
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Elemental Ward
Depending on Chroma's elemental alignment, an offensive area-of-effect is created. Chroma and his nearby allies are imbued with defensive energy.

Strength:25 / 50 / 75 / 100 ( damage per second)
50 / 75 / 100 / 200 % (health bonus)

Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration)

Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range)

Misc:2 / 5 / 7 / 10 % ( status chance)
5 m (burn radius)

Strength:2.5 / 3 / 5 / 10 x (damage reflection multiplier)
50 / 65 / 75 / 100 % (shield bonus)
10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % ( status chance)
50 / 60 / 100 / 200 (minimum damage)

Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration)

Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range)
5 / 6 / 8 / 10 m (discharge range)

Strength:25 / 35 / 40 / 50 % ( damage chance per second)

Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration)
15 / 25 / 30 / 35 % (holster rate bonus)
15 / 25 / 30 / 35 % (reload speed bonus)

Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range)

Strength:1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 x (damage reflection multiplier)
25 / 75 / 100 / 150 % (armor bonus)
10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % ( status chance)

Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration)

Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range)

Chroma emits an aura that infuses himself and nearby allies with elemental energy as long as they remain within 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters, providing both offensive and defensive buffs. The aura lasts for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds.
- Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
- Aura radius is affected by Ability Range.
Elemental Ward exhibits different effects depending on Chroma's current elemental alignment, determined by Chroma's primary emission color.

Generates a flame aura around Chroma and affected allies that increases base health by 50% / 75% / 100% / 200% and inflicts 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 Heat damage per second within a radius of 5 meters with a 2% / 5% / 7% / 10% status chance.
- Health bonus and damage per second are affected by Ability Strength, while the status chance is not.
- The health bonus stacks additively with base health modifiers, and the amount of health gained is determined by the affected Warframe's base health at rank 0. Since Chroma has 100 health at rank 0, a rank-3 Elemental Ward with a maxed Vitality and Intensify will increase Chroma's health at rank 30 to $100 \times (1 + 2 + 4.4 + 2 \times 1.3) = 1,000$ .
- Damage bypasses obstacles in the environment and decreases with distance.
- Burn radius is not affected by Ability Range.

Infuses Chroma and affected allies with an electric current that increases base shields by 50% / 65% / 75% / 100% and converts incoming damage into arc discharges. An arc discharge inflicts 250% / 300% / 500% / 1000% incoming damage as Electricity damage to a single target within 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 meters with a 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% status chance. Arc discharges will inflict a minimum of 50 / 60 / 100 / 200 Electricity damage.
- Shield bonus, damage multiplier, minimum damage, and status chance are affected by Ability Strength.
- The shield bonus stacks additively with base shield modifiers, and the amount of shields gained is determined by the affected Warframe's base shields at rank 0. Since Chroma has 100 shields at rank 0, a rank-3 Elemental Ward with a maxed Redirection and Intensify will increase Chroma's shield capacity at rank 30 to $100 \times (1 + 2 + 4.4 + 1 \times 1.3) = 870$ .
- Arc damage bypasses obstacles in the environment.
- The final damage of an arc discharge is determined by the amount of shields and/or health lost by incoming damage. For example with a maxed Intensify, losing 100 shields from a single instance of damage will produce an arc that inflicts $100 \times 10 \times 1.3 = 1,300$ Electricity damage at rank 3 to a single target as long as it's within range.
- Damage from environmental hazards can also be converted into arc discharges.
- Arcs can strike the same target multiple times, and arcs can be produced in quick succession should Chroma and allies receive multiple instances of damage that exceed the minimum threshold.
- Arc range is affected by Ability Range.

Emits an aura of noxious fumes around Chroma and affected allies that increases base reload speed by 15% / 25% / 30% / 35% and holster rate by 15% / 25% / 30% / 35%. Within a radius of 5 meters, the noxious fumes also have a 25% / 35% / 40% / 50% chance per second to deal 5% of an enemy's maximum health as Toxin damage with a 100% status chance.
- Damage chance per second is affected by Ability Strength, while the damage is not.
- The Toxin damage will only be applied to an enemy if it is not already affected by a Toxin proc, but can occur as soon as an existing Toxin proc expires. As such, its effect cannot stack with itself but can refresh itself every 7 seconds.
- Damage bypasses obstacles in the environment and does not decrease with distance.
- Reload speed and holster rate bonuses are affected by Ability Duration.
- The amount of reload speed gained is determined by the affected weapon's base reload speed.
- Damage radius is not affected by Ability Range.

Encases Chroma and affected allies in a layer of frost that increases base armor by 25% / 75% / 100% / 150% and creates an ice shield that reflects incoming fire back to their source. Reflected damage is increased by 150% / 200% / 250% / 300% and has a 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% status chance.
- Armor bonus, damage multiplier, and status chance are affected by Ability Strength.
- The armor bonus stacks additively with base armor modifiers, and the amount of armor gained is determined by the affected Warframe's base armor. Since Chroma has 350 base armor, a rank-3 Elemental Ward with a maxed Steel Fiber and Intensify will increase Chroma's armor to $350 \times (1 + 1.1 + 1.5 \times 1.3) = 1,417.5$ . As with all other additive armor bonuses, Elemental Ward's bonus is applied before multiplicative armor bonuses.
- Incoming hitscan and non-hitscan projectiles are physically redirected. As such, obstacles in the environment can prevent reflected damage from hitting enemies.
- Hitscan projectiles are reflected directly to the source enemy regardless of distance from Chroma. Melee attacks are not reflected.
- Non-hitscan projectiles are reflected in the direction of the source enemy.

Elemental Auras of any type from two or more Chromas do not stack, i.e. two Heat auras do not increase damage nor health values, and if you had both a Heat and Cold aura, only one of them would be active on allies, the first aura stays until you move out of range or it expires.
Has a casting delay of 1 second. The animation interrupts movement and other actions.
Elemental Ward cannot be recast while active.
Subsuming Chroma to the Helminth will offer Elemental Ward and its augments to be used by other Warframes. The Ward's effects are determined by the Warframe's primary emission color.

Main article: Everlasting Ward

Everlasting Ward is a Warframe Augment Mod for Chroma that allows allies to retain Elemental Ward's effects upon moving out of its range, lasting for a percentage of Elemental Ward's remaining duration.

Stats

Rank	Duration	Cost
0	50%	6
1	65%	7
2	80%	8
3	100%	9

In a pinch, the bonus Health provided by the Ward can be used as a quick heal, as the Health granted is automatically added to your remaining health and is not reduced from your remaining health when Elemental Ward wears off.

Can be used to great effect on Survival and Exterminate missions where enemies approach you from all directions and are often difficult to locate or target. At maximum Ability Strength, the damage reflected can easily finish off weaker enemies and potentially stun any survivors.

Works very well with weapons that require you to reload frequently or have long reload times.
Can reduce recharge delay for Cycron or a Kitgun equipped with Pax Charge, however, it does not affect recharge rate.

Properly modded, a Cold-oriented Ward can provide an armor bonus high enough that can counteract the armor penalty generated when casting Effigy.

Allies who enter, leave, then re-enter the radius of Heat-oriented Ward will not regain the buff on the same cast of Elemental Ward. This results in an empty space where the bonus health should have been, even if they took no damage at all.
- This causes Medi-Ray and other healing abilities to attempt to heal the player, but if the player gets out of Elemental Ward's range, their health will return to normal again, wasting the health restored in the process.
The in-game UI shows the armor bonus from the Cold aura as a flat bonus rather than a percentage.

ENERGY 75 KEY 3	Vex Armor When Shields are hit, Chroma and nearby allies' Armor grows stronger, when Health takes a hit, Weapon Damage increases. Active for a limited time, maximum increases corresponding to rank.	Strength:N/A
		Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s
		Range:8 / 10 / 15 / 18 m

Chroma enters a state of primal rage, gaining Scorn when shields are hit and Fury when health is damaged.
- Scorn increases Chroma's armor by 0.5% / 0.625% / 0.75% / 0.875% for every point of shields lost up to a maximum of 200% / 250% / 300% / 350%.
- Fury increases Chroma's weapons' base damage by 2% / 2.25% / 2.5% / 2.75% for every point of health lost up to a maximum of 200% / 225% / 250% / 275%.
- Scorn, Fury, and conversion percentages are linearly affected by Ability Strength.
  - E.g., with Intensify, Steel Fiber and maximum Scorn at rank 3, Chroma's armor will be at:
    $Base Armor \times (1 + Armor Mods + Scorn Modifier \times (1 + Strength Mods)) =$
    
    $350 \times (1 + 1.1 + 3.5 \times (1 + 0.3)) = 2,327.5$ (instead of $735$ without the ability).
  - E.g., with Intensify, Serration and maximum Fury at rank 3, a weapon with 100 base damage will be at:
    $Base Damage \times (1 + Damage Mods + Fury Modifier \times (1 + Strength Mods)) =$
    
    $100 \times (1 + 1.65 + 2.75 \times (1 + 0.3)) = 622.5$ (instead of $265$ without the ability).
  - Both Scorn and Fury are additive multipliers that function the same as (and add together with) mods like Steel Fiber and base-damage-increasing mods like Serration. If these mods are present, all the multipliers are added together before any further calculations such as elemental damage mods, critical hit mods, or multishot mods.
- Scorn and Fury are tracked from 0% to their maximum increase in the HUD next to Chroma's shield and health indicators.
  - Scorn and Fury will gradually increase each time shields or health are hit until they reach their maximum percentages. 400 shield points must be lost to maximize Scorn, and 100 health points must be lost to maximize Fury.
- Hits on overshields count towards Scorn accumulation.
- Shield drain from a Hijack payload counts towards Scorn accumulation.
The effects of Vex Armor last for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds.
- Duration is affected by Ability Duration,
Allies within a radius of 8 / 10 / 15 / 18 meters receive Vex Armor's effects.
- Range is affected by Ability Range.
- Multiple Chromas' Scorn and Fury buffs will stack together.
Vex Armor is a one-handed action. As such, it can be used while performing various maneuvers and actions without interruption.
- Vex Armor can be recast while active, retaining the existing buffs.
The ability has a casting animation time of 0.75 seconds.

Main article: Vexing Retaliation

Vexing Retaliation is a PvE Warframe Augment for Chroma that makes Vex Armor detonate an area-of-effect attack upon receiving 150 incoming damage, dealing procs on enemies.

Rank	Range	Cost
0	4.0m	6
1	5.0m	7
2	7.0m	8
3	9.0m	9

Equipping a rank 4 or higher Vigor mod will allow you to maximize Scorn armor bonus without requiring shields to recharge, as well as provide additional health.
Using an electric element Elemental Ward will allow you to maximize the Scorn armor bonus without having to equip any mods increasing your shields.
Equipping a Decaying Dragon Key to lower your shields can increase the likelihood of health damage at the loss of some of the Scorn Armor bonus due to the reduction of your shields.
Using Energy to Shield conversion mods, like Brief Respite and Augur mod set effect, to generate shields/overshields when casting Vex Armor will help you maximize the Scorn armor bonus without having to equip any mods increasing your shields.

ENERGY 50 KEY 4	Effigy Chroma turns his pelt into a massive sentry that strengthens nearby allies and engulfs enemies in elemental attacks. Energy Drain: 10 s^-1	Strength:N/A
		Duration:N/A
		Range:N/A
		Misc:20 m (attack range) 30 m (stun radius) 5 m (knockback radius) Sentry 5 (ticks/second) 15% / 30% / 45% / 60% (credit chance) 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% (credit bonus) Chroma 20% (speed bonus) 50% (armor reduction)

Chroma sheds his outer pelt, imbuing it with elemental energy to sprout wings and converting it into a stationary floating sentry with 1000 / 2000 / 4000 / 8000 Flesh health and 140 Ferrite Armor. The sentry will attack all enemies within 20 meters with a continuous stream of elemental energy, dealing 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 Heat, Electricity, Toxin, or Cold damage per tick. The sentry is capable of unleashing a radial attack that inflicts 200 Heat, Electricity, Toxin, or Cold damage to enemies within 5 meters. The sentry can also unleash a radial roar to temporarily stun enemies within 30 meters.
- Sentry health and continuous damage are affected by Ability Strength, while the radial attack damage is not.
- Effigy's elemental breath attack does 5 ticks of damage within 1 second making the base damage per second 2000.
- Damage type is based on Chroma's current elemental alignment, determined by Chroma's energy color.
  - Heat damage is effective against Cloned Flesh, Infested, and Infested Flesh, but less effective against Proto Shields.
  - Heat status effect deals 50% of Effigy's base damage per tick over 7 ticks in 6 seconds. Ignited enemies will also panic and flail around for a brief period.
  - Electricity damage is effective against Machinery and Robotics but less effective against Alloy Armor.
  - Electricity status effect chains 50% of Effigy's base damage to surrounding enemies in a small area of effect. Shocked enemies will also be briefly stunned.
  - Toxin damage is effective against Flesh and Ferrite Armor and bypasses Shielded and Proto Shields, but is less effective against Machinery, Robotics, and Fossilized.
  - Toxin status effect deals 50% of Effigy's base damage per tick over 9 ticks in 8 seconds. Toxin damage bypasses shields and is able to directly affect health. Multiple instances of the Toxin DoT stack on the same target for increased damage over time.
  - Cold damage is effective against Alloy Armor, Shielded, and Infested Sinew, but less effective against Infested Flesh and Fossilized.
  - Cold status effect reduces a target's movement speed and fire/attack rate by 50% over a duration of 6 seconds.
- Enemies affected by the close-range radial attack are ragdolled.
- Sentry attack range, stun radius, and knockback radius are not affected by Ability Range.
Enemies killed by the sentry have a 15% / 30% / 45% / 60% chance to drop additional credits.
- All Credits that drop within 10 meters of the sentry yield 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% additional credits.
  - The range is not affected by mods.
- Technically increases credits income by 3.75% / 15% / 33.75% / 60% while the Sentry is active.
- Credit chance and credit bonus are not affected by Ability Strength.
While Effigy is active, Chroma can fight in his lightened form, gaining 20% movement speed but with a 50% armor reduction.
- Speed bonus and armor reduction are not affected by Ability Strength.
- The armor reduction is a multiplicative penalty that's applied to Chroma's total armor (e.g., with a maxed Steel Fiber and Intensify, Chroma with Vex Armor at full capacity will have his armor lowered to $350 \times (1 + 1.1 + 3.5 \times 1.3) \times 0.5 = 1,163.75$ when Effigy is activated).
Effigy drains 10 energy per second while active, and will deactivate if Chroma runs out of energy, sentry health is depleted, or if manually deactivated by pressing the ability key again (default 4 ).
- Activation energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency, and the channeling energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency and Ability Duration.
- Chroma cannot gain energy from Squad Energy Restores or Energy Siphon for the duration of the ability. However, Chroma can still replenish energy using Energy Orbs, Rage and Hunter Adrenaline, Orokin Void Death Orb energy restores, Energy Vampire, and while in the Rift Plane due to Limbo's ability.
When deactivated, Chroma can teleport his pelt from anywhere onto himself. This will stop movement and interrupt any action Chroma is doing, such as reloading, leaving a player vulnerable.
- When deactivated while sliding, Chroma's pelt will be reapplied to him without triggering the animation, even if the player immediately cancels his slide.
Both the initial cast and the return of Chroma's pelt will cease any actions as they are a two-handed ability.

Main article: Guided Effigy

Guided Effigy is a Warframe Augment Mod for Chroma's Effigy that allows him to control the Effigy, dealing rapid damage to enemies in its path and stunning enemies at the destination.

Rank	Damage per Second	Cost
0	500	6
1	1,000	7
2	1,500	8
3	2,000	9

The sentry usually unleashes its roar a few seconds after deploying. This allows you to quickly deploy the sentry for a temporary stun to all nearby enemies.
The pelt can be Banished, preventing damage from non-banished enemies while still being able to damage all enemies normally.
The pelt gains shields from the Shield Osprey Eximus Specter.

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