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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

Overwhelming his foes with fiery rage, shocking touch, venomous breath, or a cold embrace, the draconic hunter Chroma wields elemental caprice to reign supreme. Chroma awoke in Update 16.0 (2015-03-19).

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; 25,000 Standing 25,000 for component blueprints and 50,000 Standing 50,000 for main blueprint.

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

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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 135,000 Credits 135,000.
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 such internally in the game files.
Chroma is the second tallest Warframe due to his stature and the pelt he wears. Limbo 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 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 Limbo.
- In Chroma's case, his outer pelt separates from his body during his 4th ability, Effigy 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 Zephyr, Nova Nova, and Mesa 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 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 Nekros when stowing Dual Daggers.
Chroma has the fourth highest armor value of any Warframe at 350, surpassed by Atlas Atlas at 450, Valkyr 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 Saryn, Volt Volt, Ember Ember, and Frost 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 (2015-03-29).
Chroma's default helmet (along with the default helmets of Loki Loki and Excalibur 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 Mirage and Limbo 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 Chroma, possessing increased armor, energy capacity, and additional and polarities. Chroma Prime was released alongside Gram Prime Gram Prime and Rubico Prime Rubico Prime.

Acquisition

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

Blueprint	Neuroptics	Chassis	Systems
Axi G5 Common Axi A6 Common (V) Axi D1 Common (V) Axi T5 Common (V) Meso B4 Common (V) Meso P1 Common (V) Meso Z3 Common (V) Neo K2 Common (V)	Lith C8 Rare Lith C3 Rare (V) Lith C4 Rare (V)	Neo Z8 Common Axi R2 Uncommon (V) Meso C5 Uncommon (V) Meso D4 Uncommon (V) Meso K2 Uncommon (V) Meso L1 Uncommon (V) Meso T3 Uncommon (V)	Meso R4 Uncommon Axi C3 Rare (V) Axi C4 Rare (V) Meso C4 Rare (V) Neo C1 Rare (V)

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

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

Warframe Guides

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

Notes

Chroma Prime, compared to Chroma 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 Volt Prime, Saryn Prime Saryn Prime, Ivara Prime Ivara Prime, Baruuk Baruuk, and Wisp 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 Flow, 850 with Primed Flow Primed Flow, 880 with Primed Flow and Endurance Drift Endurance Drift.
Chroma Prime's Effigy 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 Mirage and Limbo Limbo.

Media

Chroma Prime Promotional Image
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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 Gram Prime and Rubico Prime Rubico Prime. Any preexisting components or fully-built frames will remain as is.

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Passive

Chroma Chroma possesses an extra midair jump and bullet jump. Wings matching Chroma's energy colors will form during these maneuvers.

Chroma can alter his abilities to match any basic (uncombined) elemental attribute of the player's choice. Customizing Chroma's primary emission color determines what abilities he starts with. 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 Damage Heat;
blue and purple hues being Electricity Damage Electricity;
green, lime, teal and dark yellow hues being Toxin Damage Toxin;
white, grey, black, and some faded colors being Cold Damage 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 can be cycled mid-mission using .

Abilities

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ENERGY: 10 KEY 1	Spectral Scream Exhale a deep breath of elemental destruction. Tap to cycle through elements, hold to cast. The chosen element applies to all of Chroma's abilities. Energy Drain: 3 s^-1	Strength:200 / 250 / 300 / 400 (damage)
		Duration:N/A
		Range:4 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 m (cone length)
		Misc:100% (status chance) 10 m (spread range) ?% (stagger chance) 90° (horizontal aim angle) 45° (vertical aim angle)

Wielding mastery over the deadly elements, Chroma can selectively change his elemental alignment, by tapping the ability key to freely cycle the selection wheel between Heat Damage Heat, Electricity Damage Electricity, Toxin Damage Toxin, or Cold Damage Cold.
- Chroma's initial element once he enters a mission is determined by the primary emissive color in his Appearance customization, otherwise it will default to Heat Damage Heat.
Hold down the ability key (default 1 ) to expend 10 energy to activate Spectral Scream. While active, Chroma holsters his weapons away and continuously exhales elemental energy in a cone 4 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 meters long that inflicts 200 / 250 / 300 / 400 Heat Damage Heat, Electricity Damage Electricity, Toxin Damage Toxin, or Cold Damage Cold damage per second with a 100% status chance and a ?% chance to stagger lightly; each enemy hit directly by Spectral Scream's cone will also spread its ability effects via an elemental energy stream to one other enemy within 10 meters.
- Activation energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency.
- Damage per second is affected by Ability Strength.
- 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 emissive 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 Narrow Minded the range would be reduced to 6.97 meters, while a maxed Overextended Overextended would instead increase it to 12.38 meters.
- Status chance, stagger chance, and spread range are not affected by mods.
- Spectral Scream's cone emits from Chroma's mouth, which changes direction based on where Chroma's model is facing (not the player camera) and can only be aimed within 90 degrees to each side and 45 degrees above or below Chroma.
- While Chroma cannot use his weapons with Spectral Scream active, he is still able to cast abilities or maneuver just as freely.
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 holding down the ability key again (default 1 ).
- Channeling energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency and Ability Duration.
- Chroma cannot gain energy from Squad Energy Restores or Energy Siphon Energy Siphon for the duration of the ability. However, Chroma can still replenish energy using Energy Orbs, Energy Vampire Energy Vampire, Orokin Void Death Orb energy restores, Rage Rage and Hunter Adrenaline Hunter Adrenaline, and while in the Rift Plane.
Ability Synergy:
- Elemental alignment determines the ability effects of Elemental Ward Elemental Ward and the elemental damage type of Effigy Effigy.
- Spectral Scream's damage can be boosted by the Fury aspect of Vex Armor Vex Armor.
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.
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 Chroma's Spectral Scream 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 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:
50
KEY
2

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

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

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
15 / 25 / 30 / 35 % (holster rate bonus)
15 / 25 / 30 / 35 % (reload speed bonus)

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

Misc:5 m (poison radius)
5 % (enemy health to damage)
100 % ( status chance)

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

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

Chroma emits an aura of elemental energy, by expending 50 energy to empower himself and nearby allies as long as they remain within 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters, providing both offensive and defensive buffs. Elemental Ward lasts for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds.
- Energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency.
- 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 or the selected element of Spectral Scream Spectral Scream.

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 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.
- 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 Vitality and Intensify 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 and status chance are not affected by mods.

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% / 1,000% incoming damage as Electricity Damage 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 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 Redirection and Intensify 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 Intensify, losing 100 shields from a single instance of damage will produce an arc that inflicts 100 × 10 × 1.3 = 1,300 Electricity Damage Electricity damage at rank 3 to a single target as long as it's within range.
  - When infused into Hildryn by the Helminth, the Shield drained by skills is also converted into damage, but the base multiplier is 1x instead of 10x. Damage multiplier is affected normally by Power Strength.
- 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 Toxin damage with a 100% status chance.
- Damage chance per second is affected by Ability Strength.
- 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.
- Poison radius, enemy health to Toxin damage, and status chance are not affected by mods.

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, according to the following formula: Base Armor × (1 + Armor Mods + Ability Modifier × (1 + Strength Mods)).
  - Since Chroma has 350 base armor, a rank-3 Elemental Ward with a maxed Steel Fiber Steel Fiber and Intensify Intensify will increase Chroma's armor to $350 \times (1 + 1.1 + 1.5 \times (1 + 0.3)) = 1,417.5$ .
  - 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.
- Does not prevent damage to Chroma aside from the additional armor bonus and other damage reduction rules; Chroma will be hit normally before reflecting the weapons fire.

Elemental Auras of any type from two or more Chromas do not stack, i.e. two Heat Damage Heat auras do not increase damage nor health values, and if you had both a Heat Damage Heat and Cold Damage 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 Chroma that allows allies to retain Elemental Ward 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 Cycron or a Kitgun equipped with Pax Charge Pax Charge, however, it does not affect recharge rate.

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

Allies who enter, leave, then re-enter the radius of -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 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 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:0.5 / 0.625 / 0.75 / 0.875 %/SP (Scorn armor bonus per shield point lost) 200 / 250 / 300 / 350 % (Scorn max armor bonus) 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 %/HP (Fury damage bonus per health point lost) 200 / 225 / 250 / 275 % (Fury max damage bonus)
		Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s
		Range:8 / 10 / 15 / 18 m

Chroma enters a state of primal rage, by expending 75 energy to sustain an armor and damage buffing aura with a radius of 8 / 10 / 15 / 18 meters for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds. While active, Chroma and his allies within aura range gain the Scorn armor buff once Chroma's Shields are hit and the Fury damage buff once his Health is damaged.
- Scorn increases Warframe 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 weapon and Chroma's abilities' 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%.
- Energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency.
- Aura range is affected by Ability Range.
- Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
- Scorn, Fury, and conversion percentages are linearly affected by Ability Strength.
  - E.g., with Intensify Intensify, Steel Fiber 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 Intensify, Serration 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 Steel Fiber and base-damage-increasing mods like Serration 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.
- Multiple Chromas' Scorn and Fury buffs will stack together.
Ability Synergy: The Fury aspect of Vex Armor boosts the damage output of Spectral Scream Spectral Scream and Effigy Effigy.
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 Chroma that makes Vex Armor 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 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 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 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.

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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:100 / 200 / 300 / 400 (damage/tick)
500 / 1000 / 1500 / 2000 (damage/second)
1000 / 2000 / 4000 / 8000 (health)

Duration:N/A

Range:N/A

Misc:140 AP (sentry armor)
20 m (attack range)
?% (status chance)
5 (ticks/second)
5 m (knockback radius)
200 (knockback damage)
Ragdoll on Knockback
30 m (stun radius)
15 / 30 / 45 / 60 % (credit chance)
10 m (credit bonus drop zone)
25 / 50 / 75 / 100 % (credit bonus)

Strength:N/A

Duration:N/A

Range:N/A

Misc:+20% (speed bonus)
-50% (armor reduction)

Chroma sheds his outer pelt by expending 50 energy to activate the ability, imbuing the pelt 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 Damage Heat, Electricity Damage Electricity, Toxin Damage Toxin, or Cold Damage Cold damage per tick with a ?% status chance at 5 ticks per second. If enemies come within 5 meters of the sentry, it will periodically unleash a radial knockback that inflicts 200 Heat Damage Heat, Electricity Damage Electricity, Toxin Damage Toxin, or Cold Damage Cold damage while blasting the affected enemies away. The sentry can also unleash a radial roar to temporarily stun all enemies within 30 meters.
- Activation energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency.
- Sentry health and continuous damage are affected by Ability Strength.
- 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 primary emission color or the selected element of Spectral Scream Spectral Scream.
- Sentry armor, attack range, status chance, damage ticks per second, knockback radius, knockback damage and stun radius are not affected by mods.
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.
- Credit chance, credit bonus drop zone, and credit bonus are not affected by mods.
- Technically increases credits income by 3.75% / 15% / 33.75% / 60% while the Sentry is active.
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 percentages are not affected by mods.
- The armor reduction is a multiplicative penalty that's applied to Chroma's total armor (e.g., with a maxed Steel Fiber Steel Fiber and Intensify Intensify, Chroma with Vex Armor 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 ).
- Channeling energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency and Ability Duration.
- Chroma cannot gain energy from Squad Energy Restores or Energy Siphon Energy Siphon for the duration of the ability. However, Chroma can still replenish energy using Energy Orbs, Rage Rage and Hunter Adrenaline Hunter Adrenaline, Orokin Void Death Orb energy restores, Energy Vampire Energy Vampire, and while in the Rift Plane due to Limbo Limbo's ability.
Ability Synergy: Effigy's damage per tick and knockback damage can be boosted by the Fury aspect of Vex Armor Vex Armor.
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 Chroma's Effigy 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 Banish 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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