Damage/Electricity Damage

Electricity Damage

Damage is one of the four primary elemental damage types. It performs well against Machinery and Robotics, but is mitigated by the Alloy Armor worn by many high-level Grineer units.

Status Effects

damage's status effect is Tesla Chain, which sends an electrical surge dealing damage equal to Base Damage × (Electricity Mod Multiplier ÷ 2) as to all enemies within a 3-meter radius. If a proc occurs together with a headshot, stealth bonus, and/or critical hit, the damage is also affected by their respective multipliers. The Tesla Chain is able to hit heads and other body parts by itself, potentially allowing headshots' bonus to apply twice (which also affects the added headshot damage of some sniper rifles' zoom bonuses and  Target Acquired). It should also be noted that due to the nature of Faction damage mods, their bonuses are applied twice during the calculation of Tesla Chain damage. For example, the Tesla Chain damage of a weapon with an innate 100 damage,  Serration,  Stormbringer, and  Bane of Grineer will be:

Base Damage = 100 × (1 + 1.65) × (1 + 0.3) = 344.5

Electricity Mod Multiplier = (1 + 0.9) × (1 + 0.3) = 2.47x

Tesla Chain Damage = 344.5 × (2.47 ÷ 2) = 425.4575

Shocked enemies will also be standing up stunned, exposing them from cover and preventing them from attacking for about 3 seconds (though Ospreys, Bosses, and Tenno are immune to this). Note that only the original target will be stunned, and others around it will only take damage. The target will have electricity running through their body over the duration, which disappears after 6 seconds.

Type Effectiveness

Health	Modifier	Health	Modifier	Health	Modifier
Cloned Flesh		Flesh		Infested
Ferrite Armor		Shield		Infested Flesh
Alloy Armor	–50%	Proto Shield		Fossilized
Machinery	+50%	Robotic	+50%	Sinew

Elemental Combinations

damage mods can be combined with other elemental mods to create a new elemental damage type.

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Electricity Sources

Weapons

• Primary
• Secondary
• Melee
• Sentinel

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 Amprex

 Fulmin

 Lanka

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 Mutalist Quanta (Alternate Fire)

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 Quanta (Primary Fire)

 Quanta Vandal (Primary Fire)

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 Castanas

 Hystrix
(Electric quill, proc only)

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 Sancti Castanas

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 Amphis (Slam Attack)

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 Cadus

 Falcor

 Lacera

 Lecta

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 Ninkondi

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 Obex (Slam Attack)

 Ohma

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 Plasma Sword

 Prisma Obex (Slam Attack)

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 Prova

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 Prova Vandal

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 Secura Lecta

 Serro

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Enemies

• Corpus
• Infested
• Grineer
• Corrupted
• Environment

Prod Crewman wielding the  Prova

Sapping Osprey deploys pulse mines

Sniper Crewman wielding the  Lanka

Nullifier Crewman wielding the  Lanka

Quanta Ranger wielding the  Quanta

Corvette fires electrical scatter grenades

Hyena TH uses Electric Surge

Comba may be armed with the  Lecta

Scrambus may be armed with the  Lecta

Electric Crawler can shock from up to 10m away

The Jordas Golem can launch electric orbs that home into nearby Archwings

Spark fires slow-moving electrical orbs

Shock Draga can fire an electric arc from his  Sydon

Corrupted Nullifier wielding the  Lanka

Arc Traps fire an electric arc at enemies that come too close to it

Plasma Vents periodically damage nearby Archwings

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Mods

• Rifle
• Shotgun
• Pistol
• Melee
• Arch-Gun
• Arch-Melee
• Warframe

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(Dropped Arc Traps)

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Abilities

• Chroma (Electric)
• Vauban
• Volt
• Wisp
• Itzal (Archwing)

• Spectral Scream
• Elemental Ward
• Effigy

	1 10 +3/s	Spectral Scream Exhale a deep breath of elemental destruction. Chroma's energy color determines the element. Introduced in Update 16.0 (2015-03-19)	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)

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• 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,  Electricity,  Toxin, or  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.
• 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,  Electricity,  Toxin, or  Cold damage per second with a 100% status chance and a ?%  Stagger chance; 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 ).
  • Chroma cannot replenish energy using  Energy Vampire,  Rally Point, Rift Plane's innate energy regeneration, Squad Energy Restores,  Energy Siphon,  Energy Nexus,  Dreamer's Bond, and/or  Wellspring while Spectral Scream is active.
  • Energy Orbs, Orokin Void Death Orb's energy restores,  Rage,  Hunter Adrenaline,  Spellbound Harvest,  Arcane Energize, and  Emergence Dissipate's Energy Motes can still replenish Chroma's energy during Spectral Scream.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Elemental alignment determines the ability effects of  Elemental Ward and the elemental damage type of  Effigy.
  • Spectral Scream's damage can be boosted by the Fury aspect of  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.

Augment

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.

Afterburn

Tips & Tricks

• 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 MOAs or death orbs.
• Rolling can be used to counteract the movement speed reduction and cover a large area in a short period of time.
• Spectral Scream's conical area of effect can also break containers, as well as hazards such as explosive barrels. Regardless, increasing range, and having Elemental Ward active along with Spectral Scream will make it easier to clear rooms of containers.

	2 50	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. Introduced in Update 16.0 (2015-03-19)	Heat Electricity Toxin Cold Strength: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 ( Heat damage per second) 15 / 20 / 30 / 55 % (health bonus) Duration: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s Range: 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range) Misc:2 / 5 / 7 / 10 % ( Heat status chance) 5 m (burn radius) Strength: 2.5 / 3 / 5 / 10 x (damage reflection multiplier) 10 / 15 / 20 / 30 % (shield bonus) 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % ( Electricity status chance) 50 / 60 / 100 / 200 (minimum  Electricity 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 % ( Toxin damage chance per second) 15 / 25 / 30 / 35 % (holster damage) Duration: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s ? / ? / 3 / 3 s (holster damage duration) 15 / 25 / 30 / 35 % (reload speed bonus) Range: 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range) Misc:5 m (poison radius) 5 % (enemy health to  Toxin damage) 100 % ( Toxin status chance) Strength: 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 x (damage reflection multiplier) 25 / 70 / 90 / 145 % (armor bonus) 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 % ( Cold status chance) Duration: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s Range: 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks
• Bugs

Info

• Chroma expends 50 Energy to emit an aura of elemental energy, empowering himself and nearby allies within 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds, providing both offensive and defensive buffs.
  • 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.

• Heat
• Electricity
• Toxin
• Cold

Heat

• Generates a flame aura around Chroma and affected allies that increases base Health by 15% / 20% / 30% / 55% and inflicts 25 / 50 / 75 / 100  Heat damage per second within a radius of 5 meters with a 2% / 5% / 7% / 10% status chance.
  • 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 270 health at rank 0, a rank-3 Elemental Ward with a maxed  Vitality and  Intensify will increase Chroma's health at rank 30 to 270 × (1 + 2 + 1 + 0.55 × 1.3) = 1,273.05.
  • Damage bypasses obstacles in the environment and decreases with distance.

Electricity

• Infuses Chroma and affected allies with an electric current that increases base Shields by 10% / 15% / 20% / 30% and converts incoming damage into arc discharges. An arc discharge inflicts 250% / 300% / 500% / 1,000% 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.
  • 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 270 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 270 × (1 + 2 + 1 + 0.3 × 1.3) = 1,185.3.
  • 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 × 10 × 1.3 = 1,300  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 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.

Toxin

• Emits an aura of noxious fumes around Chroma and affected allies that increases base Reload Speed by 15% / 25% / 30% / 35%, as well as weapon damage when Holstering by 15% / 25% / 30% / 35% for ? / ? / 3 / 3 seconds. 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.
  • 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.

Cold

• Encases Chroma and affected allies in a layer of frost that increases base Armor by 25% / 70% / 90% / 145% and creates an ice shield that reflects incoming fire back to its source. Reflected damage is increased by 150% / 200% / 250% / 300% and has a 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% status chance.
  • 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 370 base armor, a rank-3 Elemental Ward with a maxed  Steel Fiber and  Intensify will increase Chroma's armor to 370 × (1 + 1 + 1.45 × (1 + 0.3)) = 1,437.45.
    • 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 after hitting Chroma. 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 weapons fire.

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• Elemental Auras of any type from two or more Chromas do not stack and only the first aura will apply its benefits as long as the player is within buff range. For example, two  Heat auras do not increase damage nor health values, and possessing a  Heat aura will negate receiving a  Cold aura.
• Has a casting delay of 1 second. The animation interrupts movement and other actions.
• Elemental Ward cannot be recast while active.
• Elemental Ward does not work on Nekros' Shadows.
• 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.

Augment

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.

Everlasting Ward

Tips & Tricks

• Heat
• Electricity
• Toxin
• Cold

Heat

• 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.
• The Ward is capable of damaging containers and hazards, albeit fairly slowly. Combining Elemental Ward with Spectral Scream and range mods will make for a useful farming tool so long as you have the energy to maintain it.

Electricity

• 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.

Toxin

• Works very well with weapons that require you to reload frequently or have long reload times.
• Its dmg increase is considered as a Universal base dmg increase, same as  Vex Armor and  Arcane Arachne
• Can reduce recharge delay for  Cycron or a Kitgun equipped with  Pax Charge, however, it does not affect recharge rate.

Cold

• Properly modded, a  Cold-oriented Ward can provide an armor bonus high enough that can counteract the armor penalty generated when casting  Effigy.
• The damage reflection is calculated using the damage before any damage reduction.

Bugs

• 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.

	4 50 +10/s	Effigy Chroma turns his pelt into a massive sentry that strengthens nearby allies and engulfs enemies in elemental attacks. Introduced in Update 16.0 (2015-03-19)	Sentry Chroma 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)

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Chroma expends 50 Energy to shed his outer pelt, imbued with elemental energy while sprouting 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 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,  Electricity,  Toxin, or  Cold damage and  Ragdoll. The sentry can also unleash a radial roar to temporarily stun all enemies within 30 meters.
  • Damage type is based on Chroma's current elemental alignment, determined by Chroma's primary emission color or the selected element of  Spectral Scream.
• Enemies killed by the sentry have a 15% / 30% / 45% / 60% chance to drop additional credits. In addition, all credits that drop within 10 meters of the sentry yield 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% additional credits.
  • For enemies killed by the sentry within the percentage credit bonus range, credit income is increased by an average of 43.75% / 95% / 153.75% / 220%. This assumes the credit chance on kill results in double credits from that enemy.
• While Effigy is active, Chroma can fight in his lightened form, gaining 20% movement speed but with a 50% armor reduction.
  • 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 × (1 + 1.1 + 3.5 × 1.3) × 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  Energy Vampire,  Rally Point, Rift Plane's innate energy regeneration, Squad Energy Restores,  Energy Siphon,  Energy Nexus,  Dreamer's Bond, and/or  Wellspring while Effigy is active.
  • Energy Orbs, Orokin Void Death Orb's energy restores,  Rage,  Hunter Adrenaline,  Spellbound Harvest,  Arcane Energize, and  Emergence Dissipate's Energy Motes can still replenish Chroma's energy while Effigy is active.
• Ability Synergy: Effigy's damage per tick and knockback damage can be boosted by the Fury aspect of  Vex Armor.
  • Effigy will only maintain the damage increase from Fury so long as Chroma's Effigy is within range of  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.

Augment

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 while recovering energy and stunning enemies at the destination.

Guided Effigy

Tips & Tricks

• The pelt 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.
• As the pelt will not move from the spot it is cast on (unless the Guided Effigy mod is equipped), it would serve quite well as an impromptu turret. As such, it is recommended to place the pelt on top of an objective that needs to be defended such as in a Defense mission. If that is the case, then it is recommended to equip energy-regenerating mods such as Rage or Hunter Adrenaline to keep the pelt active for as long as possible.

	1 25	Tesla Launches a grenade that holds an electrical charge, zapping enemies that come within range. Introduced in Update 7.11 (2013-05-17)	Strength:80 / 100 / 120 / 150 (arc damage) 15 (contact damage)
			Duration:5 / 6 / 7 / 10 (charges)
			Range:7 / 8 / 10 / 12 m
			Misc: 40 s (duration) 10% (uncharged status) 100% (charged status)

• Info
• Tips & Tricks
• Bugs

Info

• Vauban releases an electrically-charged grenade that adheres to any surface. On contact with an enemy, the grenade will deal 15  Blast damage. If an enemy approaches the grenade within 7 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters, the grenade will discharge. A single grenade holds a maximum of 5 / 6 / 7 / 10 charges, and each charge inflicts 80 / 100 / 120 / 150  Electricity damage. Charges are fired once every 3 seconds. Each grenade has a duration of 40 seconds; when a grenade uses a charge, its duration is paused for 0.75 seconds. The ability can be held for a short time and released, doubling damage and increasing status chance to 100%.
  • Arc damage and contact damage are affected by Ability Strength, and the contact damage can be increased by body-part multipliers.
  • The arc damage has a low status chance. An Electricity proc will chain 50% of the initial damage to surrounding enemies in a small area of effect while briefly stunning the initial target.
  • For more information about the contact damage, see this blog and this follow-up.
  • Each grenade can deal a total of 400 / 600 / 840 / 1500 damage. Sticking a grenade directly on an enemy can potentially deal that entire amount to the enemy for its duration.
  •  Blast damage is effective against Machinery and Fossilized, but less effective against Ferrite Armor and Infested Sinew.
  •  Blast status effect forces all enemies within a 5 meter radius to stumble and fall.
  •  Electricity damage is effective against Machinery and Robotics but less effective against Alloy Armor.
  •  Electricity status effect chains 50% of Tesla's base damage to surrounding enemies in a small area of effect. Shocked enemies will also be briefly stunned.
  • Number of charges is affected by Ability Duration, while the grenade duration is not.
    • Because of this, the maximum number of usable charges is capped at 18.
  • A grenade can only target one enemy at a time, expending a single charge per attack.
  • Attack range is affected by Ability Range.
  • Grenades can only attack enemies in line of sight (cannot shoot through walls or corners).
• When the ability is charged, damage is doubled and status chance increases to 100%. Both the uncharged 10% status and charged 100% status are unaffected by mods.
  • Damage is further increased by 25% when a charged Tesla shocks an enemy under various forms of immobilizing crowd control, such as  Bastille or Vortex.
• Does not attack the Stalker.
• Can be used while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading.
• Can be cast multiple times while active.

Tips & Tricks

• Place on allies such as hostages, fellow Warframes, or even sentinels to create a sort of melee protection sphere. Best used on Rhino/Excalibur Warframe with their Rhino Charge/Slash Dash ability.
• Placing several Tesla in exactly the same spot will result in the charges being released at nearly the same time, and placing them in a line will result in each firing one at a time as an enemy approaches, dealing more constant damage.
• Placing several Tesla on a rotating body allows the Teslas to possibly "orbit" into range of an enemy, and giving them all a chance to fire at said enemy. This effectively increases the range and increases the Tesla group's overall rate of fire.
• Works best against Corpus and less effective against other factions, while still acting as a moderate damage tool.
  • Electrical damage deals normal damage to shields, and only deals extra damage to unshielded MOAs, so it is realistically best for Infested.
  • Grineer armor will reduce the damage dealt considerably.

Bugs

• Even after the Update 23.3 (2018-08-09) rework, the maximum allotted charges per grenade is still capped at 18 charges. Going over this by increasing duration further has no effect.

• Shock
• Electric Shield
• Discharge

	1 25	Shock Launches a shocking projectile. It stuns and deals high damage to a single target and chains damage to nearby enemies. Introduced in Update 5.3 (2013-01-10)	Strength:75 / 100 / 125 / 200 ( Electricity damage)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:15 m (chain link range)
			Misc: ∞ (cast range) 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (chain links) 100 % ( Electricity status chance)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Volt expends 25 energy to release an arc discharge toward the aiming reticle over infinite range, chaining electricity to enemies within 15 meters of each point of contact. The arc can chain a maximum of 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 times and inflicts 75 / 100 / 125 / 200  Electricity damage with a guaranteed Status Effect.
  • Shock chain requires Line of Sight and does not bypass the environment.
• Can be used while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Casting Shock through an  Electric Shield will electrify it, inflicting 100% of Shock's damage to enemies that pass through it (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 260 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260).
    • The bonus damage from Volt's passive will also be stacked onto the damage from Shock (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 760 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260 and the Passive bonus is 500 at the time Shock is cast).
  • Casting Shock against a target under  Discharge's effect will result in an overcharge, creating an area of effect burst emitted from the target.
• Subsuming Volt to the Helminth will offer Shock and its augments to be used by other Warframes.

Augment

Main article: Shock Trooper

Shock Trooper is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Volt that allows  Shock to be held on cast, creating a wave of energy traveling outward from the user that temporarily grants the caster and nearby allies additional  Electricity damage to all attacks.

Shock Trooper

Tips & Tricks

• Shock stuns all affected enemies. This is especially useful against heavy units.
• Firing Shock directly at enemies may or may not be useful due to its targeting mechanics. Try instead to fire shock at the surfaces near the enemies (the ground, walls, ceiling, etc).
• Firing Shock at the wall behind a corner will chain damage to nearby enemies around said corner. This can be used to scout for enemies not in your line of sight.
• Deals 50% more damage to machinery and robotics.

	3 50	Electric Shield Volt deploys an obstacle of energy, providing cover in any situation. Introduced in Update 5.3 (2013-01-10)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s
			Range:N/A
			Misc: +50% (damage bonus) +100% (critical damage bonus) 6 m x 4.25 m (static shield) 2 m x 3 m (current shield) 6 (shields limit)

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Info

• Volt expends 50 energy to create an electrical energy barrier 4.25 meters high and 6 meters wide that blocks enemy fire, lasting for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds. Shots fired through the shield made by Volt and his allies gain +50%  Electricity damage and +100% critical multiplier. A maximum of 6 Electric Shields can be created at a time.
  • The critical multiplier is applied after weapon mods.
  • The  Electricity damage bonus is an additive bonus that's applied to the weapon's base damage, similar to an elemental mod. For an unmodified weapon that inflicts 100 base damage, firing through a shield will increase the total damage to 100 × (1 + 0.5) = 150. The weapon now inflicts 100 base damage and 50  Electricity damage.
  • Firing through multiple Shields will cause the  Electricity damage bonus to stack additively (e.g., firing through 3 shields will grant a 150%  Electricity damage bonus). The critical multiplier bonus on the other hand does not stack with additional shields.
  • The  Electricity damage bonus does not combine with other elemental types to create secondary elements; the weapon will separately proc the elements present on it and  Electricity from Electric Shield.
  • Warframe abilities do not gain bonuses from being fired through the shield, with the exception of  Ember's  Fireball,  Frost's  Freeze,  Oberon's  Smite, and  Vauban's Flechette Orb.
  • Casting Electric Shields after reaching the maximum will remove the oldest shield.
• Volt has the ability to pickup one of his Electric Shields through a context action (default X ). Doing so will cause the shield to decrease in size to 2.0 m × 3.0 m and become mobile as a hovering frontal shield that reorients itself to face the player's camera direction, as well as  Ragdolling enemies that come into contact with it. Activating the context action again will place down the shield and revert its size.
  • Only one shield can be equipped at a time.
  • Transference will unequip the shield.
• Electric Shield affects certain weapons differently:
  • All primary and secondary weapons will gain  Electricity damage and amplified critical damage.
    • Pellets from gunblades, like  Redeemer and  Sarpa, also gain the buff.
  • Thrown melee weapons, such as the  Glaive, are not affected by Electric Shield.
  • Weapons that have additional sources of damage, such as the  Quanta, will have their additional sources affected by Electric Shield so long as the damage can be modified. For example, firing a  Torid grenade through a Shield will affect the projectile damage and the area damage. Firing a  Mutalist Quanta orb through a Shield will not affect the orb's contact damage, but it will affect the orb's explosion damage.
  • Held-trigger weapons will gain hitscan properties.
• While most hostile gunfire and area of effect damage are blocked by Electric Shield, weapons with innate punch through, such as a Scorch's  Ignis, can bypass Electric Shield.
• Prevents self-stagger from area of effect weapons if the player shoots behind the shield.
• Ability Synergy: Casting  Shock through an Electric Shield will electrify it, inflicting 100% of Shock's damage to enemies that pass through it (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 260 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260).
  • The bonus damage from Volt's passive will also be stacked onto the damage from Shock (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 810 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260 and the Passive bonus is 550 at the time Shock is cast).

Augment

Main article: Recharge Barrier

Recharge Barrier is a PvE and Conclave Warframe Augment Mod for  Volt's  Electric Shield that restores allies' shields when they pass through the barrier.

Recharge Barrier

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Main article: Transistor Shield

Transistor Shield is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Volt's  Electric Shield that allows allies to pick up and move Electric Shields. Additionally, a percentage of enemy damage absorbed by the Electric Shield(s) will add up to Volt's Static Discharge passive.

Transistor Shield

Tips & Tricks

• Multiple instances of the Electric Shield can provide a 360^o wall of protection, or can be used once if backing up into a tight space, blocking enemy fire from all angles.
• Note that Electric Shield does not protect its users from above and below attacks. Placing them above and below the player can be done to counter this.
• As Electric Shield doesn't buff Warframes directly but instead the weapons fired through it, it's one of the only ways to increase Operator damage output. This is particularly useful for Eidolon hunts.

Bugs

• The  Penta does not gain any damage bonuses.
• The  Ignis,  Embolist and  Opticor lose their AoE properties.
• If Shock is cast through Electric Shield with the max bonus damage from Static Discharge (1000) the total damage dealt may be slightly lower than expected (e.g., if Shock adds 100 damage to Electric Shield plus the 1000 bonus damage from passive, the amount of damage inflicted will only be 1098 instead of 1100).

	4 100	Discharge Paralyze nearby hostiles with a damaging electric charge, this also shocks approaching enemies. Introduced in Update 18.13 (2016-05-27)	Strength:500 / 750 / 1000 / 1200 ( Electricity damage/second)
			Duration:3 / 4 / 5 / 6 s (stun duration)
			Range:20 m (electric pulse range) 8 m (electric arc radius)
			Misc: 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 s (electric pulse duration) 4.5 s (damage delay)

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• Volt expends 100 energy to emit a powerful electric pulse over 20 meters. Any enemies that are hit with the initial pulse or that enter the pulse's area in first 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 seconds after the cast will become stunned for 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 seconds and emit arcs of electricity, shocking hostiles who come within 8 meters to inflict 250 / 375 / 500 / 600  Electricity damage per half second.
  • Does not require Line of Sight and bypasses the environment.
  • Affected targets that are not in range of other hostiles will begin to damage themselves after the first 4.5 seconds of Discharge.
    • If affected targets die but one is left alive, it will begin to damage itself after another 4.5 seconds.
    • If total stun duration or remaining duration is shorter than 4.5 seconds, affected target will take no damage.
    • At the casting point, the Discharge damage, electric arc damage, and stun duration remain at 100%, linearly decreasing until all reach 50% of their respective values at the maximum range from the cast point.
      • Electric arc damage does not falloff over the electric arc radius from individual enemies, only over the Discharge range.
  • Loot crates can also undergo the Tesla effect, but can only be charged once.
  • Volt's passive does affect Discharge, but the bonus damage is not simply added onto the ability's total damage output. Instead, the current bonus damage value is divided by the damage per tick value, rounded down to the nearest whole number, then multiplied by 0.5 seconds. This new value is then subtracted from the 4.5 second damage delay phase of Discharge, meaning Discharge will begin damaging the target sooner.
    • For example, a rank 3 Discharge with a max rank  Intensify and 1,000 bonus damage from Volt's passive will deal:

      ${ \textbf{1,200} \times \textbf{1.3} \times (\textbf{6s} - \textbf{4.5s} + \textbf{0.5s} \times \left\lfloor\frac{\textbf{1000}}{\textbf{600} \times \textbf{1.3}}\right\rfloor) = \textbf{3,120} }$

      • This bonus will be applied only to the first enemy/object Discharge's propagation hits, meaning any other targets hit by Discharge will follow the normal damage calculation without Static Discharge's effects.
• Ability Synergy: Casting  Shock against a target under Discharge's effect will result in an overcharge, creating an area of effect burst emitted from the target.
• Has a cast time of ~1 second, affected by Casting Speed.
• Cannot be recast during the pulse's duration, and recasting will not refresh or stack the effect on already affected enemies.

Augment

Main article: Capacitance

Capacitance is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Volt that converts a percentage of damage dealt by  Discharge into shields, split between himself and allies.

Capacitance

Tips & Tricks

• Casting Discharge when targets are in a close proximity to one another and/or to yourself will ensure that enemies take more damage during the Effect Duration.

Bugs

• Can proc Arcanes that trigger off of Critical Hits such as  Arcane Fury.
• Damage delay is longer than 4.5 seconds. Further testing needed.

	1 25	Reservoirs Choose and summon a Reservoir filled with Motes that attach to and aid Wisp and her allies. Haste Mote grants increased movement and attack speed. Vitality Mote increases maximum health and heals over time. Shock Mote stuns nearby enemies. Introduced in Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)	Vitality Haste Shock Strength: 300 (max health) 30 s-1 (heal over time) Duration: 19 / 22 / 26 / 30 s (Mote lifespan) Range: 5 m (Reservoir range) Misc:∞ (Reservoir lifespan) 6 (max reservoirs active) 25 % (Sol Gate damage buff) Strength: 20 % (movement speed) 20 % (attack speed) 30 % (fire rate) Duration: 19 / 22 / 26 / 30 s (Mote lifespan) Range: 5 m (Reservoir range) Misc:∞ (Reservoir lifespan) 6 (max reservoirs active) 100 % (Sol Gate  Corrosive status chance) Strength: 10 ( Electricity damage) Duration: 19 / 22 / 26 / 30 s (Mote lifespan) Range: 5 m (Reservoir range) 15 m (Shock range) Misc:∞ (Reservoir lifespan) 6 (max reservoirs active) 100 % ( Electricity status chance) 5 (number of targets) 3 s (Shock cooldown) 25 % (Sol Gate damage buff)

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Info

• Birthed from Wisp's dimensional habitat, three species of Reservoir pods nursing friendly Motes can be selectively summoned by Wisp. Tap the ability key to freely cycle the selection wheel between the Vitality, Haste, and Shock reservoirs. Hold down the ability key to summon the selected reservoir from a portal above Wisp for 25 energy, placing the pod directly in front of her. The reservoir pods have a range of 5 meters and last indefinitely, while the motes retrieved from the pods lasts 19 / 22/ 26 / 30 seconds while outside of the reservoirs. Wisp can summon a maximum of 6 reservoir pods.
  • Casting additional reservoir pods will replace the oldest pod.
  • Up to three different reservoir types can be unlocked as the ability is ranked up:
    • Vitality: unlocked by default (Unranked Warframe)
    • Haste: unlocked at rank 1 (Warframe Rank 7)
    • Shock: unlocked at rank 2 (Warframe Rank 14)
  • Reservoir selection wheel is displayed above the ability icons. The icon for the currently selected type is enlarged and shown on the left of the wheel. Tapping the ability key (default 1 ) will cycle between the reservoir types, while holding the key will deploy the selected reservoir (tap/hold functions can be inverted in the Settings).

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• Reservoir pods are invulnerable static floating objects that are permanently placed until removed by Wisp or by colliding with Nullifier Crewman bubbles.
• Each reservoir pod spawns a floating Mote above it, which can be plucked an infinite amount of times by Wisp, other Warframes, Companions, summoned allied units such as Specters and Railjack Crews, allied Invasion units, Hostages, converted Liches and Sisters, Kavor Defectors, Sortie and Arbitrations Defense Operatives, and Defense Objects coming into the reservoir's range.
  • This includes at least some allies spawned via Warframe abilities such as  Nidus's Maggots via his  Ravenous ability.
  • Motes attach to the entity that plucked them, floating in orbit and following their target wherever they go.
• Motes grant the affected entity a specialized buff based on the reservoir type.
• Motes respawn from their reservoirs after a brief cooldown if taken by an entity.
• Motes last for a duration, with their timers able to be refreshed and paused indefinitely while the buffed entities are standing in range of the respective reservoir type.
• Reservoir pods take on Wisp's Ability Strength when placed, and will remain at that Ability Strength percentage indefinitely.
• If there are multiple reservoir pods, the pod with the highest buff value will take effect, with its corresponding duration.
  • A lower-value pod will still refresh the duration of a higher-value pod.
• Each entity is limited to 1 active Mote buff per reservoir type.

The Vitality Mote increases maximum Health by 300 and restores 30 health per second.

Vitality Mote appears made of Infested flesh and sinew, shaped similar to a beetle shell with a red U-shaped crown.

Vitality Reservoir appears as a three-petalled plant with a red crown at its base. It constantly emits a flame-like energy particle effect.

The Haste Mote increases Movement Speed and melee Attack Speed by 20% and Fire Rate by 30%.

Haste Mote appears made of Infested flesh and sinew, shaped similar to a beetle shell with a green oval-shaped crown.

Haste Reservoir appears as a three-petalled plant with a green crown at its base. It constantly emits a liquid-like energy particle effect.

The Shock Mote stores an electrical charge that zaps up to 5 enemies within 15 meters with chain lightning every 3 seconds, dealing 10  Electricity damage with a guaranteed Status Effect to stun enemies.

• The electric charge shows as electricity surging around the Shock Mote when ready to discharge.

Shock Mote appears made of Infested flesh and sinew, shaped similar to a beetle shell with a blue hammer-like crown.

Shock Reservoir appears as a three-petalled plant with a blue crown at its base. It constantly emits an electrical spark particle effect.

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• Ability Synergy:
  • Casting  Breach Surge on an active reservoir pod will teleport Wisp to its location and double Breach Surge's range.
    • Targeting a reservoir pod with the reticle will encircle it with Wisp's chosen energy color to indicate Breach Surge's ability to be cast on it and can be used at any range, provided there is line of sight.
    • Reservoir pods can be targeted through solid surfaces provided there is vision of them (e.g. windows).
    • Wisp cannot teleport to a pod while within less than 10 meters of it.
  • Currently obtained Motes provide additional properties to  Sol Gate.
    • Vitality: Provides a 25% damage increase.
    • Haste: Allows Sol Gate to deal  Corrosive procs on every damage instance.
      • Does not gain  Corrosive damage.
    • Shock: Provides a 25% damage increase.

Augment

Main article: Fused Reservoir

Fused Reservoir is a Warframe Augment Mod/Exilus Mod for  Wisp that allows her to spawn a fourth  Reservoir with all three buffs at an increased energy cost.

Fused Reservoir

Tips & Tricks

• Avoid using Shock Motes in Spy missions, as it can hit Grineer Sensor Regulators and alert them.
• Because motes will refresh the duration of any other mote buff (regardless of power), you can make very effective use of temporary Ability Strength buffs such as Growing Power, Energy Conversion, or (especially) the power increase from a Void Fissure mission. You can put down reservoirs while under these effects, acquire more powerful reservoir buffs, and then endlessly refresh their duration using regular-strength reservoirs. This makes any buff to power strength effectively infinite in duration, so long as you do not let your reservoir buffs expire (or get nullified).
  • Similarly, if there are multiple Wisps in a mission, they can space their reservoirs out to effectively gain all the buff benefits of the strongest Wisp, while also increasing the area covered.

	4 100	Fighter Escort Deploys drones that fight alongside the Warframe, each detonating in a destructive blast when killed. Introduced in Hotfix 15.7.2 (2014-12-19)	Strength:2 / 4 / 6 / 8 (drones) 1000 / 1500 / 2000 / 2500 (explosion  Blast damage)
			Duration:15 / 20 / 25 / 30 s
			Range:60 / 100 / 120 / 160 m (explosion radius) 80 m (beam range)

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Info

• In Archwing missions, the Itzal launches 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Locust Drones that independently attack enemies within a range of 80 meters using lasers that deal continuous  Electricity damage. These drones will disappear after 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 seconds. If a drone is destroyed by enemy fire or detonates after the ability's duration expires, it will deal 1000 / 1500 / 2000 / 2500  Blast damage within a radius of 60 / 100 / 120 / 160 meters.
  • In Landscape missions, the range of this ability is reduced down to 8 meters of beam range and 6 / 10 / 12 / 16 meters of detonation radius.
  • Number of drones, beam damage (pending confirmation), and explosion damage are affected by Ability Strength.
  • Explosion damage does not bypass obstacles in the environment and decreases with distance.
  •  Electricity damage is effective against Machinery and Robotics but less effective against Alloy Armor.
  •  Electricity status effect chains 50% of Fighter Escort's base damage to surrounding enemies in a small area of effect. Shocked enemies will also be briefly stunned.
  •  Blast damage is effective against Machinery and Fossilized, but less effective against Ferrite Armor and Infested Sinew.
  •  Blast status effect forces all enemies within a 5 meter radius to stumble and fall.
  • Drone duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Explosion radius is affected by Ability Range.
  • Drones require line-of-sight for targeting acquisition.
• Drones will not be transported by Blink, will not open fire while under the effects of Penumbra, and will not attack during a sprint.
• Cannot be recast while active.

Tips & Tricks

• The drones can distract enemies trying to attack you, drawing fire away from you (giving your shields time to regenerate) and dealing a little extra damage. Whilst they are fairly easily destroyed they are also small and agile, which means enemies without beam weapons will have a hard time hitting them. They can also be useful at distracting enemies away from a defense target such as a satellite in a Mobile Defense mission.
• Whilst ineffective against high-level enemies, the drones can easily destroy lower-level targets by focusing their fire.

Maximization

Maximization is a form of specialization: mods may be blended to result in values that vary between the top-end limits listed here. Click any maximized link to learn how to build it.

• Maximized Ability Duration increases the drone duration to 39 seconds.
  • Has no negative effect on this ability.
• Maximized Ability Efficiency reduces the cost to 25 energy.
  • Has no negative effect on this ability.
• Maximized Ability Range increases the explosion radius to 288 meters.
  • Has no negative effect on this ability.
• Maximized Ability Strength increases the number of drones to 14 and the explosion damage to 4375.
  • Has no negative effect on this ability.

Sources of Electricity Resistances

Mods

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Media

Warframe Builds - ELECTRICITY DAMAGE FUN BUILD Update 16.6

WDR 5 Electricity Damage (Warframe)