Most effective against shields. Impact status increases the chance that the target will be vulnerable to a Finisher at low health.
—In-game Description
Impact Damage is one of the three physical damage types. Impact damage is effective at quickly draining Corpusshields, but it does comparatively less to Corpus and Grineer bodies.
The status effect of Impact damage is Stagger. It causes enemies to flinch and recoil backwards and adds a 10% chance to enable a Parazon mercy finisher if the target is below the 5% health threshold. Subsequent procs increase the stagger duration and Parazon mercy finisher chance up to 10 stacks, with each stack having its own duration of 6 seconds. However, Ospreys, Bosses and Tenno are immune to the stagger.
Enemies killed by an Impact proc will have their corpse ragdolled and flown away, regardless of the amount of force behind the weapon.
The Empyrean game mode version of Impact is called Ballistic. Its status effect is Concuss, causing enemy crew within a gunship to have reduced aim and damage for 6 seconds, with subsequent procs refreshing the duration.
These weapons deal more than a majority of their physical damage as Impact. The damage ratio is important for physical damage status effects because the game weights the likelihood of which proc occurs according to physical damage ratio. Hence, these weapons proc Knockback more than Bleed or Weakened.
Landslide Bash enemies with an exploding sliding punch, and repeat for a devastating combo. Petrified enemies take extra damage, and drop Rubble when destroyed. Rubble can heal Atlas and bolster his armor.
Atlas charges forward to punch a target enemy up to 8 / 10 / 12 / 15 meters away. The target and enemies within 2 meters are dealt 100 / 200 / 300 / 350Impact damage as a melee strike with a 200%critical damage multiplier, a 5% critical chance, and a 5%status chance.
As an example, with a maxed Pressure Point, Shocking Touch and Intensify, the normal attacks of a rank-3 Landslide will deal Base Damage × (1 + Damage Mods) × (1 + Elemental Mods) × (1 + Strength Mods) = 350 × (1 + 1.2) × (1 + 0.9) × (1 + 0.3) = 1,901.9 damage on the first hit.
Landslide gains 25% additional damage for each combo multiplier, up to a 3.75x damage multiplier at 12x combo, or 4.0x with Venka Prime equipped at 13x combo.
Each enemy struck by landslide adds to the Melee Combo Counter.
Manticore's damage bonus (+15%) applies to the ability.
The combo counter will reset when equipped with Xoris.
Elemental bonuses do not improve status proc damage. Toxin, Heat, Electricity and Gas procs will always deal 50% of landslide's damage (before +elemental and +impact bonuses) per tick.
Landslide is not affected by the equipped melee weapon's stats and innate effects.
Atlas' Health is invulnerable to damage while dashing.
If the target dies before Atlas lands his punch, energy used for Landslide will be refunded.
Landslide can be recast within a 1 second window to perform a repeating combo chain. Each successive hit in the chain deals increasing damage with a larger impact radius and reduced energy cost up to a cap:
200% damage, 200% impact radius, and 50% cost reduction for the second hit
400% damage, 300% impact radius, and 75% cost reduction for the third and all subsequent hits in the chain
This reduction in energy cost modifies Landslide's activation cost and is afterward affected by Ability Efficiency as normal.
As an example, with a maxed Streamline the second successful cast will consume:
Atlas ragdolls enemies with an uppercut on every third successive strike in the chain. All other strikes stagger enemies.
Combo window is affected by Ability Duration and can not fall below 0.5 seconds.
The duration of the combo window and the respective damage multiplier for the next cast are displayed underneath the HUD's targeting reticle.
If no casts are performed within the combo window, the damage and energy cost will reset.
Ability Synergy: Using Landslide to kill petrified enemies frozen by Path of Statues, Petrify, and by casting Rumblers grants 50% more health and armor points, from the enemies' dropped Rubble.
Health restored and bonus armor provided are not affected by mods.
Casting Landslide requires an unobstructed enemy target.
Landslide is capable of locking onto and attacking invisible enemies (e.g. Stalker).
Can be cast while in mid-air.
Killing an enemy with this ability is counted as a Melee Kill.
Landslide attacks can damage enemies across the Rift Plane.
Banshee channels sound at high velocity to create a shock wave that propagates forward in a 180° cone up to 10 / 12 / 13 / 15 meters away. Enemies caught by the wave are ragdolled several meters and receive 25 / 35 / 40 / 50Impact damage.
The shock wave will have a very slight delay between activating and knocking down enemies at the maximum range of the ability, as it has a very minute travel time.
Some enemies, including most heavy units, have a cooldown before being able to be knocked back again.
Some enemies will simply be stunned or be knocked down, but most will be pushed back.
Can be used while jumping, sliding, flipping, wall-running or wall-clinging.
Can be used effectively as a source of instant crowd control to get large amounts of enemies out of your face incredibly quickly.
When combined with Energy Siphon and Maximized Ability Range, this ability can be used continuously to keep large crowds of enemies off their feet until death. This is one of the most energy efficient crowd-control effects in the game.
Since Sonic Boom can knock most enemies back, it can be used to instantly kill enemies by sending them down a bottomless pit.
Bugs
Sonic Boom will leave enemies vulnerable to Finisher attacks long after they have gotten back up from the knockdown, even if she doesn't have Savage Silence equipped or has Silence active.
Excalibur summons 5 / 7 / 10 / 12 javelins against enemies within a radius of 15 / 18 / 22 / 25 meters. Excalibur then drives his weapon into the ground, launching the javelins into their targets. Each javelin inflicts 500 / 650 / 800 / 1000 damage.
Damage is distributed evenly between Impact, Puncture and Slash.
Damage is affected by Ability Strength, while the number of javelins is not.
Enemies that survive the damage are temporarily stunned.
While javelins do notpunch through objects or enemies, their striking position is optimized to ensure a successful hit on their targets when they spawn. This allows the javelins to bypass obstacles in the environment including walls, cover, and Grineer Shield Lancer shields.
Radial Javelin will not target enemies behind obstacles in the environment unless Excalibur has line of sight, or unless the enemy is aware of Excalibur within a short period of time (e.g., an enemy that spots Excalibur and runs out of view can still be targeted by Radial Javelin if the ability is used within a small time frame).
Aegis Storm Take the skies and rain Balefire rockets down on the enemy. Nearby enemies are blasted into the air where they will create an Energy Orb every few seconds. When shields run out the enemies are smashed into the ground.
Overshield/Shield Drain per Second: 25 s-1 OS/S Drain per Enemy: 25 s-1 OS/S Drain per Dodge: 50
Range:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 m (energy field max radius)
Misc:8-18 s (energy orb drop interval)
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Hildryn activates her jet thrusters as she lifts off from the ground. Hildryn gains vertical and horizontal flight capabilities using the movement (WASD ), crouch (Ctrl ), and jump (Spacebar ) hotkeys, similar to Archwing Maneuvers but without the Afterburner. While active, her shield matrix drains 25 shield points per second to continuously generate an energy field with a range of 8 / 10 / 12 / 15 meters; the energy field shrinks as Hildryn gains vertical height and expands as she is closer to the ground. Enemies inside the energy field and within Hildryn's line of sight drain 25 shield points per second per enemy, causing a fiery energy geyser to erupt from beneath them; enemies burned by energy geysers are suspended in midair, receive 100 / 125 / 150 / 200Radiation damage per second, and drop an Energy Orb every 8-18 seconds. Deactivating Aegis Storm (default 4 ) causes Hildryn to slam into the ground, knocking down and dealing 100 / 300 / 400 / 500Impact damage against all enemies inside the energy field.
Activation shield cost is affected by Ability Efficiency, while shield drain per second values are affected by both Ability Efficiency and Ability Duration.
Hildryn in Aegis Storm cannot ascend higher than 10 meters above the horizontal surface underneath her. If Hildryn is above this threshold when activating the ability or due to changes in elevation, she will float downward. If Hildryn moves onto terrain that has a higher elevation than her original casting location, she will not maintain her current altitude limit and will rise to match the terrain.
Hildryn's Balefire Charger is the only weapon usable while this ability is active. Primary, Secondary, and Melee weapons cannot be used with Aegis Storm.
However, Hildryn cannot zoom in with her Balefire Charger during Aegis Storm.
While Hildryn holds two Balefire Chargers instead of one while Aegis Storm is active, this is a purely cosmetic feature and has no effect on the weapon's effectiveness.
Pillage and Helminth subsumed abilities cannot be cast while Aegis Storm is active.
Hildryn can perform dodging while Aegis Storm is active, at the cost of using 50 shields per dodge.
Aegis Storm's movement speed is affected by ability like Volt's Speed and Wisp's Haste Reservoirs.
Hildryn is unable to accomplish any action that requires the Use key (default X ) while Aegis Storm is active, thus cannot interact with consoles, pick up datamasses, or revive allies from bleedout.
The Operator can still be used while in Aegis Storm, and be able to do these actions without deactivating the ability.
While Aegis Storm is active large shield pads appear above each of Hildryn's shoulders. These pads appear above the pads that are briefly visible when Hildryn casts Pillage.
Unlike the pads that appear for Pillage and Haven; which appear to be generated by small spheres; the pads visible when Aegis Storm is active appear to be generated by two Balefire Chargers, Hildryn's Exalted Weapon.
The Balefire Charger visible in Hildryn's hand when she casts Balefire appears to have five energy streams coming out of it. These are not visible in the Balefire Chargers generating her shield pads when Aegis Storm is active.
Tips & Tricks
While channeling Aegis Storm, Hildryn can benefit from damage reduction from both Agility Drift and Aviator.
Even though they can't be used, weapons with Weapon Augments can still trigger their Syndicate Radial Effects, as long as they were the equipped weapon when activating Aegis Storm. Using Balefire Charger will prevent these effects, as that then becomes the equipped weapon. This is useful with the Perrin Sequences' Sequence effect, which recovers 25% of the warframe's shield, which is especially effective for Hildryn.
Operator Mode can be used without cancelling Aegis Storm, allowing Hildryn to crowd-control a large area of the battlefield while the operator uses their Amp or resurrects teammates. This also supplies affinity to an operator's Amp. However, take care not to die as operator, as Transference Static's shield depletion is particularly crippling for Hildryn.
Misc:∞ (cast range) 4/s (salvos per sec) 3 / 5 / 8 / 10 m (barrage radius)
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Hydroid marks a targeted location for orbital bombardment over unrestricted range, calling forth an artillery barrage-like salvo of water missiles from above to strike the marked area 3 / 5 / 8 / 10 meters in radius for 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 seconds. Water missiles launch from above in a salvo of 4 per second, with each missile exploding on impact dealing 50 / 75 / 100 / 150Impact damage and Knockdown enemies within a 5 meters explosion radius.
Cast range, salvos per second and barrage radius are not affected by mods.
The barrage distinctly resembles a salvo of cannon-fire from an old warship. Like said salvo, it is not terribly accurate, but can threaten a wide area for several seconds and an enemy can be struck multiple times.
Water missiles have a high chance to strike both grounded and airborne targets directly.
Tapping the button (default 1 ) initiates the ability cast immediately. Holding the button for up to 2.5 seconds allows Hydroid to charge Tempest Barrage for up to 200% damage per explosion and increased barrage duration, in exchange for double energy cost.
Holding highlights the area around the aiming reticle in Hydroid's energy color, allowing free aim before releasing the hotkey to cast Tempest Barrage at the target location.
While charging, an audible flowing liquid sound plays.
The barrage will be centered on the spot where the reticle is pointing up to the first solid object within view. This allows Tempest Barrage to be cast at distant locations as long as one has line of sight. Note that it tends to fall short if cast through a door or gateway.
The barrage spot is decided upon releasing the cast; you can move the reticle freely before releasing the ability button.
When cast on Snow Globe it will not be able to strike through it, but when cast within it will fall through it normally.
Ability Synergy: Can be cast during Undertow over unrestricted range. Submerged enemies receive damage and status effects from Tempest Barrage.
Tempest Barrage is a One-Handed Action that allows casting during movement, while midair, and on ziplines.
Can be recast while active to create multiple barrage instances.
Water missiles and their impact indicator circles are affected by Hydroid's chosen Warframe energy color.
Breaks containers and damages turrets/cameras.
Subsuming Hydroid to the Helminth will offer Tempest Barrage and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
Tap 1 to quickly cast a short-lived barrage at the location you aim. Holding the hotkey will increase damage, duration and cost by up to 100%.
Mod for Ability Range to increase the explosion radius of each water missile, allowing more enemies to be damaged and knocked down inside and around the barrage area.
Cast multiple barrages in different directions to lock down chokepoints from incoming enemies.
Combo with Undertow and Tentacle Swarm to inflict continuous damage and keep enemies from escaping.
Misc:1 s (wave duration) 50% (Undertow travel distance)
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Hydroid transforms into liquid and surges forward as a wave of water. While traveling in waveform, Hydroid becomes completely invulnerable to damage, as his speed increases to 20 / 25 / 27.5 / 30 meters per second over a duration of 1 second. Enemies within 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 meters of the wave are ragdolled and pulled along by the riptide, while dealt 100 / 200 / 250 / 300Impact damage as the wave travels and 100 / 200 / 250 / 300Slash damage as the wave breaks at the end of the duration.
All damage is affected by Ability Strength. The Slash damage component diminishes with distance and is affected by body-part multipliers.
Wave speed is affected by Ability Duration, while travel duration is not.
Ability Synergy: While traveling in waveform, activatingUndertow halts Hydroid at his current position and transitions directly into liquid form on impact with the ground.
Enemies pulled by Tidal Surge will sink into Undertow as it forms.
Likewise, deactivating Undertow while traveling in waveform halts Hydroid at his current position, causing him to emerge from the pool.
Can be cast while in Undertow liquid form to travel half the normal distance.
Enemies previously drowning within Undertow will be pulled along by Tidal Surge.
Hydroid remains in liquid form during and after Tidal Surge as long as Undertow remains active.
Can be recast while active to renew the surge for continuous travel.
Tidal Impunity is a HydroidWarframe Augment Mod for Tidal Surge that allows Hydroid and all allies contacted by the ability to temporarily gain immunity to Status Effects, as well as removing already active ones.
It can be used to reach or pass certain areas of the map.
Bugs
Sometimes when Hydroid emerges from the wave, his "fin" will be gone.
On PS4, if Hydroid is in the middle of a Tidal Surge when all players reach the extraction point, he will be permanently stuck in his dashing pose and simply clip into the drop ship during the "Mission Complete" mini-scene that plays during the loot screen.
Hydroid submerges into a pool of water with a 1.5 / 2.5 / 3 / 4 meters radius, becoming invulnerable to damage and untargetable by enemies. Enemies that wander onto the pool sink and disappear from sight, become suspended in a Knockdown state, and drown taking 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 base Impact damage per second; drowning enemies also receive 1% / 1.5% / 1.7% / 2% of their maximum health as Impact damage, which continuously stack every second while enemies remain submerged.
Base damage and damage increase per second are affected by Ability Strength.
Damage increase per second applies to each individual enemy. The stacked damage for a single enemy resets to base damage when the submerged enemy exits the pool.
Submerged enemies receive an additional +0.1% damage growth per second for each enemy in the pool.
The current number of submerged enemies trapped within Undertow is displayed on the ability icon.
Allied players can shoot into Undertow to contribute 50% of their total damage from weapons and abilities, distributed evenly to all submerged enemies.
Status Effects apply to all submerged enemies, with their effects and debuff timers paused until enemies exit Undertow.
While active, Hydroid can aim at an enemy target within 10 / 12 / 13 / 15 meters and press the primary attack key (default LMB ) to expend 5 energy, launching a water tendril from the pool, grabbing the target and pulling it into Undertow.
If the targeted enemy is unable to be pulled, the tendril will release it after a few seconds.
Released bodies may make enemies suspicious and stop short of the pool. This will often result in them walking away from the puddle, requiring Hydroid to pull them in manually.
Undertow drains 6 energy per second, and will remain active so long as Hydroid has energy. Undertow will end if Hydroid runs out of energy, jumps (Space ), rolls (2x Shift ), or if deactivated by pressing the ability key again (default 3 ). Hydroid can slowly move while in Undertow by draining 1 energy point per 0.2 meters moved.
Tidal Surge allows Hydroid to remain submerged in Undertow and travel in waveform for half the normal distance.
Undertow will not drain additional energy when Hydroid moves via Tidal Surge.
Enemies previously submerged in Undertow will be pulled along by Tidal Surge.
Tentacle Swarm centers the kraken on Undertow and spawns tentacles inside the pool. Charged cast can extend tentacle spawn radius outside Undertow.
Tentacles will capture enemies when they emerge from Undertow.
Tentacle Swarm deals 200% damage when cast from Undertow.
Hydroid's Companion will also be submerged, regardless of distance from him. His companion will not become invulnerable and is susceptible to damage from explosions.
Enemy corpses will be released from Undertow when killed.
Cannot switch, fire, or reload weapons, perform parkour Maneuvers except jump and roll, nor collect Pickups while in liquid form.
Can be cast while in midair to enter liquid form. Undertow pool will form when Hydroid lands on the ground.
Aura effects from enemy Eximus will not apply to Hydroid while he is submerged but nearby Tenno will suffer from the effects of the Eximus unit's aura if they are in range.
Energy Leech Eximus still will drain energy when in the pool, however.
When Hydroid is submerged, the game treats him as invisible to enemies. As such, any kills on unalerted enemies with undertow will count as a stealth kill.
Also causes the Zenistar to deal bonus stealth damage to enemies.
There is a bug related to this where a Zenistar built with blast will continue to deal bonus damage to some enemies even when Hydroid re-emerges from the puddle.
Submerged enemies cannot prevent Tenno from capturing an Interception point. This makes it incredibly efficient at completely locking down towers on Interception missions.
Curative Undertow is a Hydroid Warframe Augment Mod that allows Undertow to heal Hydroid and his allies within range by a percentage of their max health every 1.5 seconds, draining additional energy for each ally in the pool.
Undertow will knockdown enemies within range when they sink into the puddle. Activating then deactivating Undertow allows you to set up Ground Finisher attacks with your melee weapon on nearby enemies.
If you see an enemy Eximus walk into the pool, deactivate Undertow and expose them to attacks, as their Auras will remain active while submerged.
As Energy Leech Eximus are still able to steal energy from Hydroid while in the pool, it's ill advised to drag them in. It's safer to cast Tempest Barrage or Tentacle Swarm on their location when they are far away to avoid losing massive amounts of energy per second.
When running an Infested Defense (such as an uncontested Dark Sector or Orokin Derelict), stand near the cryopod or a walkway to the cryopod and activate Undertow. Once you've collected several enemies, deactivate Undertow and chain together Area of Effect skills such as Tempest Barrage and Tentacle Swarm.
If you are under heavy fire, activate Undertow to regenerate your shields, as well as health depending on whether your squad has a member with the Rejuvenation aura equipped.
Undertow is useful for gathering large numbers of enemies in one spot for another player to kill them once the ability has ended.
Undertow cannot be used to bypass corpus laser doors by itself.
Bugs
At times a miniature Hydroid and his sentinel can be seen on the pool.
When this bug occurs enemies will begin throwing grenades at the player and will be able to injure the player.
This bug can also rarely occur on PS4, however instead of appearing tiny you will see Hydroid's head and shoulders clip through the floor at their normal size (only when moving).
Some bosses, such as General Sargas Ruk can be submerged by Undertow, making them invulnerable to outside damage by other players.
Enemies see dead bodies that are killed and will often refuse to enter the pool. This requires the use of hydroid to manually pull them in.
A sentinel equipped with Vacuum will still attempt to suck up loot while in the pool, which blocks the player's reticle and prevents them from targeting enemies to drag into the pool.
This will slightly alleviate itself after staying in the pool for an extended period, as sentinels will "freeze up" and stop moving if the player idles for too long.
Cameras can be targeted, but cannot be tentacled in.
Downed Bursa will stay in undertow and count as alive there.
Misc:100 m (cast range) 400 SP (Decoy shields) 200 HP (Decoy health) ? % (physical status chances) 1 (limit of decoys)
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Loki creates a holographic decoy within a range of 100 meters at the location on the aiming reticle. With heightened Threat Level, 400Shield and 200Health points, the decoy will draw enemy fire and last for a maximum of 7 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds or until destroyed by enemy attacks.
Cast range, Decoy's shield capacity and total health are not affected by mods.
Wielding a Lato (Lex Prime in Loki Prime's case), the decoy is capable of inflicting an Impact proc that can stagger enemies, a Puncture proc that reduces the damage of the target's attacks by 30% for 6 seconds, and a Slash proc that deals a minuscule 1 damage per tick.
Aside from the mentioned status effects, the decoy's shots do not inflict damage.
Deploying a decoy while one is already active will remove the previous decoy from the field.
If enough damage is done to the decoy, it will collapse and disappear.
If aimed at a ceiling or the sky, the decoy will appear directly below the aimed point, allowing it to be placed in higher platforms.
If placed in a position where enemies cannot reach:
Within a few seconds Infested enemies will swap their aggro to another target.
Grineer and Corpus enemies will keep trying to aim at the Decoy until it disappears even if they cannot see or hit it, making it extremely effective if placed in good cover against enemy fire.
Decoy has a tendency to fall through certain props on the map. This means a decoy can be placed on top of something, for example: a pillar, and it will sometimes fall through it, being protected from within the prop.
Decoy's shields regenerate over time.
Has a cast time of ~0.6 seconds.
Subsuming Loki to the Helminth will offer Decoy and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
Savior Decoy is a Warframe Augment Mod for Loki that allows Decoy to absorb any fatal damage dealt to the player before switching places, along with reducing Decoy's casting time.
Enemies will focus on the decoy if it is deployed closer to them than Loki is, allowing Loki to deal heavy damage or escape an area without being targeted.
Decoy's defenses do not increase at higher levels or with Ability Strength, making it very weak at high levels if not placed in cover.
Decoy can be used in conjunction with Switch Teleport, essentially allowing teleportation to any point where Decoy can be placed. It should be noted that sometimes there is no switch and loki is just teleporting close to decoy, so careful placing is required sometimes.
The hologram blocks lasers from Laser Barriers, allowing passage through when deployed directly on top of them (as they only emit from one side).
Decoy can be used as means to find or lure out hiding enemies.
The copy will only start firing its Lato if there is an enemy close enough to be attracted, but it will not stop firing once all affected enemies are dead. Keep this in mind when using Decoy to scout enemy locations.
Can also be used to hold doors open, which can be useful when the following area is full of enemies, allowing players to engage them from a safer distance.
Limbo can put the decoy in the rift, making it completely invincible against enemies not also in the rift, although this eliminates its ability to apply procs on enemies.
Can obtain bonus shielding from Shield Osprey Specters, adding some shielding while increasing the shield recharge rate and delay of the decoy. The Specter will also automatically prioritize targets like Decoy to protect, just like it will prioritize following other specters. Note that the osprey is terribly weak, and the decoy will attract heavy fire, making the possibility of the specter dying quickly much higher.
Loki releases a pulse of manipulative energy, temporarily stunning and permanently disarming enemies within a 10 / 13 / 17 / 20 meter radius. Certain enemies will also take 200 / 200 / 350 / 500Impact damage.
This ability is very effective if used with a Bastille on a Defense mission as players can maximize the amount of enemies disarmed.
Bugs
Sometimes, if Radial Disarm is used on enemies that have already been affected by it, they won't be stunned like they normally should.
Rarely, using Irradiating Disarm on infested enemies coated in the Ancient Healer aura may cause none of the infested to take a Radiation proc except the healer.
Casting Radial Disarm rapidly with Natural Talent can cause a 70 second cooldown.
Misc:50 (damage) 50 m (maximum shooting distance) 15° (minimum FoV)
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Mesa stands her ground, holsters her current weapon, and draws her Regulators pistols as her secondary Exalted Weapon. While Peacemaker is active, a focus ring appears in the form of a blurred reticle which can be aimed at enemies. Holding the fire button will cause Mesa to auto-target random enemies inside the focus ring up to 50 meters away. Each gunshot will reduce the size of the focus ring until its field of vision is reduced to 15°.
Maximum shooting distance is not affected by Ability Range.
The focus ring's field of vision resets to its initial value if Peacemaker expires or is deactivated.
In order to achieve target acquisition with Peacemaker, enemies have to be within range and positioned inside the focus ring, and the player's camera must have line of sight with the enemy.
Mesa's Regulator pistols inflict 50 damage per shot. This is not affected by Ability Strength, but is instead affected by the weapon's mod configuration which will appear after the ability is unlocked, equipped in her Regulators, and buffs.
Peacemaker has a built-in damage buff, increasing its base damage by 100% / 115% / 133% / 150%.
This buff is affected by Ability Strength and stacks additively with Damage mods, such as Hornet Strike.
Immediately upon drawing her Regulators, she receives another 150% damage buff
This buff is affected by Ability Strength and stacks additively with Damage mods
The rate of fire will ramp up for each gunshot. The rate of fire will reset if the fire button is released or if no gunshots are fired during a brief period of inactivity.
The Regulators are automatic; players need only to hold down the fire button to continue firing.
Peacemaker drains 15 energy per second and will remain active so long as Mesa has energy.
Peacemaker will end if Mesa runs out of energy or if deactivated by pressing the ability key again.
Peacemaker's energy drain is not converted into shields by Augur Mods.
Due to anti-AFK countermeasures, following two minutes of being immobile, energy gain from all sources will be stopped regardless of whether Mesa is scoring kills with Peacemaker.
Holstering the Regulators upon deactivation is affected by holster speed mods, but not cast speed.
The radius of the focus ring is affected by Ability Range, though the latter's effect is negligible.
The formula used to calculate the field of view angle with mods is non-linear and currently unknown.
While Peacemaker is active, Regulators are the only weapon Mesa can use. She also cannot activate any of her other abilities, although Ballistic Battery can be deactivated with its stored damage applied to a single shot.
After a very brief "draw" period, Mesa is completely immobile and vulnerable to damage while Peacemaker is active, although she will resist crowd-controlling status effects and knockdowns.
The Regulators are Mesa and Mesa Prime's signature Exalted Weapon, which are used when her Peacemaker ability is activated. Unlike other ranged weapons, the rapid-firing Regulators will automatically target and shoot at enemies within a large aiming circle directed by the player, removing the need for precise aim.
Casting Shatter Shield before activating Peacemaker is recommended, due to Mesa becoming vulnerable to attacks while Peacemaker is active.
While you cannot initiate movement while channeling Peacemaker, it can be cast while falling or immediately after initiating a bullet-jump, thus allowing you to start shooting before you actually arrive at your intended location. Channeling Peacemaker also makes you immune to the stagger effect you would normally receive upon hitting the ground after a long fall.
Limbo makes a great complement to Mesa when using this ability, as using Banish on Mesa allows her to become immune to enemy damage while also allowing her to damage enemies outside of the Rift Plane with her Peacemaker. If Cataclysm is cast anywhere with enemies inside Mesa may take damage if they fire at her, even she is not inside the Cataclysm but still under the effect of Banish.
While in the Rift Plane you should deactivate Peacemaker whenever possible to regain energy, especially in a group with multiple Energy Siphon Mods.
Volt's Electric Shield will buff rounds of the Regulator's shots that pass through it.
Volt's Electric Shield will also cause the shots fired to have increased proc chance for Impact, Puncture, or Slash
Volt's Electric Shield has been noted to occasionally, unknown whether as a bug or not, cause a type of punch-through effect that will make Peacemaker penetrate targets. It has been additionally noted that the punch-through is not affected by Peacemakers default range and can kill enemies hit by it, the highest example was roughly a kill 85 meters away from Mesa's default 50. Punch-through effect seems to hit once per 10 shots, so fairly often.
Similar to most Warframe abilities, Peacemaker targets the enemy's torso to inflict damage. It is particularly effective against Corrupted Vor as all Regulator pistol shots will always hit Vor's energy core, the only body part where he is vulnerable to damage.
Since Mesa stays immobile with Peacemaker active, it's highly suggested to bring a Sentinel with Vacuum equipped to pick up Energy Orbs and prolong the duration Peacemaker stays active.
Because of the red hue that affects the scenery around you, using a red energy color can make it more difficult to see the focus ring, which uses the energy color.
Bugs
Shots ignore, both friendly and hostile, snowglobes (Mesa can hit targets on the opposite side of a snowglobe whilst standing outside of it) and certain obstacles (such as Defense cryopods).
Occasionally the draw animation for the Regulator pistols may not occur.
Peacemaker's fire rate is severely hindered when the user's FPS is lower than 30, with lesser FPS resulting in lesser fire rate.
Peacemaker can be utilized by Specters and still allow them to move to a certain degree of minimal slowdown.
When viewed in the Orbiter's Arsenal, the FoV angle is fixed at 15°, regardless of Mesa's range value. When viewed in a mission, however, its value will be affected by Ability Range mods. It is currently unknown whether the angle's value is meant to be fixed at 15° or not.
Soul Punch A blow so powerful, it turns the enemy's very soul into a deadly projectile, damaging all in its path. Enemies that survive the blow are Marked for Harvest and become one of Nekros' Shadows of the Dead if killed while marked.
Misc:Knockback on hit 25 % (instant kill threshold) 50 (projectile Impact damage) 100 (area Impact damage) ? m (explosion radius) 3 s (marked for harvest duration)
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Nekros lunges with telekinetic force, dealing 100 / 200 / 350 / 500Impact damage and knockback on a single enemy target within 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 meters. If the target is at or below 25% health, it is instantly killed.
Knockback and instant kill threshold are not affected by mods.
The target's soul is violently ejected from its body, becoming a high-velocity projectile. Enemies that make contact with the projectile are dealt 50Impact damage. When the projectile makes contact with a hard surface, 100Impact damage is inflicted in an area of effect.
Affected enemies are knocked back, and both damage sources can be increased with headshots.
Ability Synergy: A target killed by Soul Punch summons a friendly Shadows Of The Dead Shadow copy of the enemy target. If the target survives, they become Marked for Harvest for 3 seconds, creating their Shadow copy if killed while marked.
If the max Shadows count is reached, all active Shadows are healed to full health instead.
Marked for Harvest duration is not affected by mods.
Despite having a noticeable visual and audio effect, the skill is perfectly silent and can be used as a means of disposing enemies without alerting nearby units during stealth playthrough.
However, if an enemy is not killed by the ability, the enemies will be alerted.
Can be used while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading, charging, and shooting.
Soul Survivor is a Warframe Augment Mod that allows Nekros to use Soul Punch on allies in bleedout to revive them with partial health, at the cost of consuming all of Nekros's energy.
Under right circumstances it's possible to exploit physics system to launch ragdolls up with great speed, which will result with dealing additional fall damage to alive enemies. (Usually when enemies are grouped tightly together or there is an object right behind the enemy).
Best effectiveness can be achieved by standing higher than the target.Optimal height difference is when projectile can hit the ground near the target. Using this method will usually send surrounding enemies flying, dealing additional fall damage.
If used correctly, soul punch can be used to send enemies out of the map, which allows players to eliminate dangerous enemies quickly. Also, soul punch can be used to force finishers upon enemies.
The ability will NOT damage other Tenno in the Conclave, however the knock-back effect will still occur. This is useful for stunning the enemy or simply knocking them off the edge of the map.
Reviving allies using Soul Survivor augment mod also counts toward Challenges that count Revives.
Spears of light burst from the ground, impaling enemies within a radius of 10 / 13 / 16 / 19 meters and inflicting 150 / 300 / 450 / 600Puncture damage. Impaled enemies are incapacitated for 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 seconds. If Divine Spears is deactivated by pressing the ability key again (default 4 ), impaled enemies are slammed to the ground and dealt 150 / 300 / 450 / 600Impact damage.
Casting this ability makes Nezha stop all other actions, including movement.
Impaled enemies are considered knocked down, and thus can trigger melee ground finisher attacks.
Impaled enemies ignore nullification. The divine spear will not be nullified, so long as Nezha himself is not nullified.
Enemies protected by Ancient Healer auras cannot be impaled, thereby making Divine Spears less effective against Corrupted and Infested without the use of weapons that can easily proc radiation.
Impaled enemies cannot prevent Tenno from capturing an Interception point.
Ability Synergy:Blazing Chakram striking an enemy impaled by Divine Spears produces a second chakram, which fires at a nearby enemy.
Secondary chakrams can create additional ones off of speared enemies.
A charged throw will also produce charged chakrams, which will not seek out enemies or bounce, and often fly off in random directions. Therefore, uncharged throws are much more well-suited to generate many chakrams and ramp up Reaping Chakram's bonus damage.
Range:20 / 30 / 40 / 50 m (cast range) 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 m (orb range)
Misc:100 % (knockdown chance) 100 % (Radiation status chance) 15 / 20 / 25 / 35 % (hitpoints to damage conversion) ? % (Impact, Puncture & Radiation status chances)
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Oberon smites an enemy target with hallowed light up to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 meters away, dealing 150 / 200 / 300 / 500 damage while knocking-down with a 100%Radiation status chance.
Damage distribution is 50%Impact and 50%Radiation.
Knockdown and status chances are not affected by mods.
Additionally, the target emits 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 orb projectiles that seek out enemies within 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 meters from the main target, over a duration of 12 seconds. Each orb deals 75 / 85 / 100 / 150Radiation damage, plus 15% / 20% / 25% / 35% of the main target's maximum health and shields divided among the number of orbs; additionally, orbs stagger and weaken their enemy targets, with a low Radiation status chance.
Hitpoints to damage conversion and status chances are not affected by mods.
Weaken reduces the target's damage output by 30% for 6 seconds.
If there are more orbs than enemies in homing range, the remainder will fire in random directions bouncing off of any environmental surface they touch, locking on to the first enemy which crosses into their homing range.
Multiple orbs from a single cast can hit the same enemy if they travel close enough to the target after bouncing.
Smite is a one-handed ability and as such will not interrupt full actions such as reloading, shooting, or charging weapons.
Subsuming Oberon to the Helminth will offer Smite and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
Smite Infusion is a Warframe Augment Mod for Oberon that allows Smite to be held on cast, creating a wave of energy traveling outward from the user that temporarily grants the caster and nearby allies additional Radiation damage to all attacks.
Smite's Impact / Radiation damage type is particularly effective vs Corpus Shields and Grineer Alloy Armor, and less effective against most Infested units.
Try using Smite's guaranteed Confusion proc to misdirect enemies by turning a high-threat target and nearby foes against each other.
Moreover, the additional Weaken effect forces enemies to expend more time fighting against their confused comrade.
Bugs
When affected by the critical chance buff from a Smeeta Kavat's Charm, the orbs will deal orange critical hits, though will only do 0-1 additional damage depending on target. (E.g: level 125 Chargers receive 0 additional damage from the critical hits, but level 125 Bombards receive 1 more damage, tested at 154% Ability Strength.)
Reckoning Quickly lifts enemies into the air and then hurls them down with conviction. Enemies who succumb to this power have a chance to spawn a Health Sphere.
Oberon lifts enemies within 8 / 10 / 12 / 15 meters up into the air and violently slams them to the ground, dealing 500 / 750 / 1000 / 1250 damage and applying knockdown and a Radiation proc. Additionally, Reckoning deals 100 / 225 / 400 / 625 extra damage to enemies affected by Radiation status effects. An enemy that dies by the effect of this ability has a 25% / 35% / 45% / 50% chance of spawning a Health Orb.
Damage distribution is 50% Impact and 50% Radiation.
Base damage and extra damage are affected by Ability Strength, while the health orb drop chance is not.
Affected enemies that survive the impact will emit an intense flash of light, blinding surrounding enemies within 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 meters that were unaffected by the initial cast, for 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 seconds.
Hallowed Reckoning is a Warframe Augment Mod for Oberon that makes enemies damaged by Reckoning create energy patches at their feet. These patches deal damage over time to enemies standing in them and provide armor to allies, similar to Hallowed Ground.
Use Reckoning when surrounded by a large group of enemies to maximize its offensive effects and health orb generation.
Similar to Smite, Reckoning's Impact / Radiation damage type is particularly effective vs Corpus Shields and Grineer Alloy Armor, while being less effective against most types of Infested units.
Reckoning's widespread Confusion effect can be used to tactically nullify the threat of a large area of enemies, relieving allies outside of the area (temporarily) from needing to deal with them.
Enemies blinded by Reckoning's outer flashes are vulnerable to melee finishers.
With the health-to-energy conversion of an equipped Equilibrium mod, dropped health orbs from Reckoning may meet or exceed the ability's energy cost.
Pair with the Health Conversion mod to gain additional armor from Reckoning's health orbs.
Against higher level enemies, Ability Strength benefits health orb generation by increasing Reckoning's potential to kill.
Using Smite and Hallowed Ground to confuse enemies before using Reckoning, successfully increasing damage output.
Reckoning already has a 100% chance to confuse targets, increasing its own damage with further casts.
Bugs
Occasionally, if Oberon is knocked down just as Reckoning is cast, enemies will be attacked as normal without Oberon doing the skill animation. Only upon standing up from being previously knocked down does Oberon then perform the animation.
Casting Smite then immediately casting Reckoning removes the casting animation of Reckoning, allowing for player movement while casting Reckoning.
Rarely, spamming the ability on a group of enemies will make some enemies hover permanently in the air, much to the effect of Bastille. This may be caused by an enemy that is being lifted is struck again by the ability but not brought down.
Charge range and impact radius are affected by Ability Range.
Rhino's health is immune to damage while charging.
If Rhino Charge is successfully recast within a window of 1 second (1 second is affected by duration) after the previous cast, its damage will be multiplied by 2x, its charge range will be multiplied by 1.25x, and its energy cost will be reduced by 50%. Any additional successful casts within the "Combo Window Time" will multiply Rhino Charge's damage by 4x, multiply its charge range by 1.5x, and reduce its energy cost by 75%. Rhino Charge Does Reset the Combo Window Time upon Each Charge allowing you to keep the stack at the 4x/1.5x/75% range.
Energy cost reduction is applied to Rhino Charge's modified activation cost. As an example, with a maxed Streamline the next successful cast will consume 25 × 0.7 × 0.5 = 8.75 energy, and any successful cast thereafter will consume 25 × 0.7 × 0.25 = 4.375 energy.
The duration of the combo window and the respective damage multiplier for the next successful cast are displayed underneath the HUD's targeting reticle.
If no casts are performed within the combo window, the damage, charge range, and energy cost will reset.
Ability Synergy:
If Iron Skin is active, damage from Rhino Charge will have a 100% status chance for Blast effects.
Rhino Charge deals an additional 100% damage to enemies affected by Rhino Stomp.
Can be used to pass through Laser Barriers unharmed in most cases.
When under the cloaking effects of Ghost and Stalk, the cloak will end only when all nearby enemies are killed or from moving out of range.
Can be activated while jumping, sliding, clinging to a wall, or executing a front flip.
The shield percentage used in the damage calculation accounts for Valkyr's shields at the time Paralysis is cast, not after the shield drain has been applied.
As an example, if Valkyr has 150 shields and a max ranked Intensify at the time a rank-4 Paralysis is cast, Paralysis will deal: Shields × 3.5 × (1 + Strength Mods) =150 × 3.5 × 1.3 = 682.5 damage.
Valkyr's shields will be reduced to: Shields × 0.67 =150 × 0.67 = 100.5 shields.
Stunned enemies are vulnerable to Finisher attacks. If the enemy cannot be attacked with a Finisher (either due to positioning or the enemy type), it will be susceptible to Stealth Damage Multipliers from melee attacks for the duration of the stun. As with other stealth attacks, coming into physical contact with the enemy while attacking will temporarily remove the damage bonus.
Prolonged Paralysis is a Warframe Augment Mod for Valkyr that increases Paralysis's stun duration, as well as slowly pulling affected enemies towards her.
Shields drained this way will reset the shield recharge delay, as if Valkyr was hit.
Installing a decent Redirection and Fast Deflection mod helps by greatly improving the damage output as they are being utilized by this ability.
Redirection increases the damage dealt through greater total amount of shields lost.
Fast Deflection helps recover lost shields quickly.
Extended uses of this ability will recommend installations of Vitality and Steel Fiber mods in order to overcome damages after the Paralysis effects.
The way Paralysis is treated is similar to Banshee's Sonic Boom dealing a blast with tremendous knockbacks, but doing a full 360 angle of damage with half of the original range.
Paralysis can be used within the duration of Hysteria allowing Valkyr to expend her shields with no trouble receiving damage. This will still drain her shields in spite of her invulnerability.
This ability can be spammed due to its very low energy cost, this will heavily divide shields down to 0 if expended drastically, but it will give potential stunlocks to lesser enemies effectively.
This ability synergizes well with Squad Shield Restore, as burst of shield recharges allow Valkyr to spam full loads of shield damage at a group of enemies more effectively.
In Sabotage Missions which you need to destroy several small cylinders after the reactor core has been exposed, a single Paralysis is sufficient to quickly destroy all the cylinders.
Bugs
When used repeatably, Valkyr's scream may sometimes skip over itself and not play. This is merely audible however.
Overcome with rage, Valkyr unleashes a pair of energy talons, the Valkyr Talons, as her melee Exalted Weapon. Normal attacks deal 100 / 125 / 200 / 250 damage within 2 meters.
Damage is distributed evenly between Impact, Puncture, and Slash.
As an example, with a maxed Pressure Point, Shocking Touch and Intensify, the normal attacks of a rank-3 Hysteria will deal Base Damage × (1 + Damage Mods) × (1 + Elemental Mods) × (1 + Strength Mods) = 250 × (1 + 1.2) × (1 + 0.9) × (1 + 0.3) = 1,358.5 damage.
The mods that can be equipped on and affect Valkyr Talons include:
The combo counter will reset when equipped with Xoris.
Hysteria's combo counter decay is affected by Power Spike.
Radial damage from slam attacks diminishes with distance, does not have a critical chance, is not affected by the Melee Combo Counter, and will cause enemies within range to suffer a knockdown.
The damage composition of a ground finisher is the same as a modified normal attack; however, Impact damage from ground finishers is multiplied by 125%.
The finisher multipliers for both attacks are affected by Finishing Touch.
Each attack adds to the Melee Combo Counter; however, radial damage from slam attacks does not.
Hysteria's innate lifesteal is calculated from the total damage of Valkyr's melee attacks after resistances are applied. Hysteria's lifesteal is also additive when combined with other sources of lifesteal
For example, a maxed Life Strike and a rank-3 Hysteria will yield Base Lifesteal + Lifesteal Mods =5% + 20% = 25% lifesteal on heavy hits.
While active, Valkyr becomes immune to all damage and status effects.
Status immunity includes crowd-controlling effects such as knockdowns, staggers, and Nauseous Crawler paralysis.
Certain attacks will still push Valkyr away, and shock waves will cause her to bounce into the air. However, these attacks will not force Valkyr to the ground.
Statuses that were already active when Hysteria was cast will not be removed. However, Valkyr will be immune to their damage regardless.
Valkyr emits an aura with a radius of 5 meters around her while Hysteria is active, and 30% of the total damage she ignores is stored. If any enemies within this aura have line-of-sight of Valkyr when Hysteria is deactivated, Valkyr will be dealt 25% of all stored damage as Impact damage.
The aura will continue to grow up to 20 meters and each kill reduces it by 1 meter. It cannot be reduced below 5 meters under any circumstances.
Stored damage is calculated from the total damage Valkyr ignores before resistances are applied.
The amount of stored damage can be monitored at the top right of the HUD under Hysteria's ability icon.
Highlighted enemies become unmarked if Valkyr moves out of range, negating the damage taken when Hysteria expires.
Since enemies need line-of-sight, invisibility prevents the damage.
After activation, a percentage counter will appear on the ability icon. The percentage increases to 100% over the course of 40 seconds.
Hysteria consumes 2.5 energy per second at 0% while active. The cost will increase by an additional 2.5 until it caps out at 15 energy per second at 100%. Hysteria will remain active until either Valkyr's energy is depleted, or the ability is deactivated by casting it again (default 4 ).
While Hysteria is active, Valkyr can cast her other abilities and user her primary and secondary weapon. Switching weapons will disable Hysteria's effects, including making her vulnerable to damage again; it will also pause the energy cost increase but will continue to drain energy at the current rate.
Hysteria comes installed with its own unique stance. Additional combos will be unlocked as Hysteria increases in rank.
Has a cast time of 1 second, affected by Natural Talent.
Despite being classified as its own weapon, Speed Holster will have no effect on casting speed. However, it will affect Hysteria's 'unequip' animation, played upon its deactivation.
Hysteria's attacks can damage enemies across the Rift Plane.
Hysteria is a unique Stance exclusive to Valkyr Talons that can only be acquired and used by activating Valkyr's fourth ability, Hysteria. This Stance overrides the Stance on any currently equipped melee weapon for as long as Hysteria remains active.
Hysterical Assault is a Warframe Augment/Exilus mod for Valkyr that allows her to pounce onto enemies while in Hysteria by meleeing while aiming, dealing damage on contact. It also provides brief immunity when aiming a primary or secondary weapon.
Enraged is a Warframe Augment Mod for Valkyr's Hysteria that increases its damage and critical chance but fixes its duration to 15 seconds and adds a matching cooldown. The base energy cost is also increased to 50, while the energy drain over time is removed.
There may be a dark red hue for the duration of Hysteria, making it difficult to see enemies. This is especially problematic if Infested Parasites are nearby.
Turning 'Color Correction' off in Options > Display can alleviate this issue.
Her invulnerability can be taken advantage of in reviving teammates in exchange for consuming energy and not attacking enemies with her powerful claws.
This can also be used to escape powerful opponents at the middle point of this ability. Allowing greater hit and run tactics.
It's preferable to use Steel Charge over Growing Power when modding for pure damage as the former adds more damage to Hysteria than the latter.
It's recommended to activate Melee Auto-targeting System in the options as Valkyr's awkward attack animations may miss a lot.
Players who suffer low FPS (Frames per second) may want to avoid attack speed boosts, such as Warcry, while using Hysteria. High attack speeds can result in a loss of DPS as melee attacks are "semi-automatic".
Charge Attacks in Hysteria open enemies to Finishers, allowing you to reliably use the damage boost without spending energy on her Paralysis ability.
This finisher also knocks enemies down, allowing for a successive ground finisher for a quick burst of high damage.
Bugs
Using Hysteria the moment you are downed by enemies will cause you to bug. Sometimes, you will only be able to use your actual melee weapon, but it will swing as though it is your claws; Other times you will be able to use your other weapons, and all while being invincible. You must wait until the effect ends for the bug to clear.
Attacks outside the vulnerability radius of Hysteria are still counted to the damage received in the Hysteria status, however these additional points do no effect at the end of the duration.
If only a melee weapon is equipped in the player's loadout, casting Hysteria while holding either a Codex or Synthesis Scanner will cause Hysteria's attacks to instead use the equipped melee's quick-attacks, while also rendering both combos and blocking unusable.
Tail Wind From the ground, charge and release to launch Zephyr into an airborne hover. From the air, tap to dash forward, or aim down to dive bomb enemies below.
Duration:30 m/s (air speed) ≤ 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 m (hover height)
Range:1.5 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2 m (contact radius) 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 m (explosion radius)
Misc:? s (dash duration) ≤ ? / ? / ? / 10 s (hover duration) 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 m/s (dive initial speed)
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Zephyr generates a powerful gust of wind for propulsion, as she soars toward the aiming reticle at a speed of 30 meters per second for ? seconds. While in flight, Zephyr rides an air current with a 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2 meters radius, which inflicts 250 / 300 / 400 / 500Slash damage and knockdown to all enemies it contacts.
Casting Tail Wind while Zephyr is airborne halves the energy cost, which is affected by Ability Efficiency.
If cast from the ground, aiming at any direction propels Zephyr forward, while aiming straight down causes Zephyr to skyrocket upward. Holding the ability key (default 1 ) instead prepares Zephyr for a Hover Jump technique.
If cast while airborne, aiming at any direction propels Zephyr forward, while aiming straight down or at a slight angle toward the ground causes Zephyr to perform a Dive Bomb technique.
Zephyr maintains a portion of the momentum generated by Tail Wind once the dash ends.
Each Tail Wind dash resets Aim Glide, allowing Zephyr to perform this maneuver repeatedly without landing.
Zephyr executes different aerial combat techniques with Tail Wind depending on the activation conditions:
While Zephyr is on the ground, holding the ability key (default 1 ) for up to 2.5 seconds causes Zephyr to brace for launch as she generates force for liftoff. Once fully charged, Zephyr skyrockets upward to a maximum height of 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 meters; enemies within a 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 meters radius around the launch point are inflicted 250 / 300 / 400 / 500Impact damage and suffer a knockdown. At the apex of the jump, Zephyr suspends herself in midair and hover in place for up to ? / ? / ? / 10 seconds at full charge.
Due to Hover Jump requiring Zephyr to be on land, Tail Wind consumes the full energy cost.
Releasing the ability key before a full charge results in reduced height and hover duration based on the amount of time spent charging.
Zephyr cannot move away or perform Maneuvers while hovering, but can aim freely, fire and reload primary and secondary weapons, as well as cast abilities.
Casting Tail Wind again, rolling (default Shift ) or using quick melee attack (default E ) will cancel hovering. Using the melee method can transition directly into a melee ground slam when aiming downward.
Cannot charge for jump when Zephyr is airborne. Activation in midair will result in a dash or dive bomb instead.
While charging, a charge meter appears around the aiming reticle that gradually fills clockwise.
While Zephyr is airborne, casting Tail Wind downward causes Zephyr to nose dive into the ground at an initial speed of 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 meters per second; during the dive, Zephyr will continue to accelerate until impact. On impact, Zephyr creates an explosion in a 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 meters radius around the landing point that inflicts 250 / 300 / 400 / 500 base Impact damage amplified by height of the dive, as well as Knockdown on all enemies in range.
Base damage is affected by Ability Strength, while initial speed is not.
Total explosion damage depends on the height at which Tail Wind is activated:
Total explosion damage is calculated by multiplying the base damage by 0.2 × Activation Height (e.g., activating Tail Wind at 15 meters will yield 0.2 × 15 × 500 = 1,500 damage at max rank).
Activating Dive Bomb at a height less than 4 meters will only inflict base damage.
Damage bypasses obstacles in the environment and does not decrease with distance.
Tail Wind will only activate Heavy Impact if the required height is achieved.
Performing a dive bomb during a Bullet Jump causes Zephyr to softly rebound away from the landing point and back into the air.
Tail Wind will terminate early if she collides onto any surface.
Activating Tail Wind multiple times allows Zephyr to propel herself farther into the air, effectively simulating flight. There is a slight cooldown between activation.
Can be used to pass through Laser Barriers unharmed in most cases.
Zephyr is vulnerable to crowd control via staggers and knockdowns while using Tail Wind.
Casting Tail Wind interrupts reloading.
Air current visual effects and hover jump charge meter are affected by Zephyr's chosen Warframe energy color.
Target Fixation is a Warframe Augment Mod for Zephyr that increases Tail Wind's damage for every enemy it hits, and applies a 2-second grace period when touching the ground before the buff is lost.
Propelling from the ground is inefficient, it's recommended to jump and dash vertically for more distance.
Aim glide can be used to significantly increase the distance traveled, as all momentum is conserved for the duration of the aim glide.
Bugs
After second activation of this ability gravity increases to normal until Zephyr lands (confirmed as bug in Community Hot Topics).
Occasionally, when "Tail-winding" closely to an Extraction point on Solo, Zephyr's body will be frozen in Tail Wind state, as she supposedly locks herself into the Extraction pod with all her limbs properly placed.
While Zephyr is in the air, she will nose dive into the ground at an initial speed of 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 meters per second. Upon impacting the ground, Zephyr creates an explosion that deals a minimum of 100 / 150 / 200 / 250Impact damage within a 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 meter radius. The final damage depends on the height at which Dive Bomb is activated:
Final damage is calculated by multiplying the minimum damage by 0.2 × Activation Height (e.g., activating Dive Bomb at 15 meters will yield 0.2*15*250 = 750 damage at max rank).
Activating Dive Bomb at a height less than 4 meters will only inflict minimum damage.
Minimum damage and speed are affected by Ability Strength, and the damage does not decrease with distance.
Damage bypasses obstacles in the environment, and affected enemies suffer a Knockdown.
This ability synergies well with the Heavy Impact mod, as the instant acceleration provided by the Dive Bomb gives enough speed for the falling effect to deliver great damage at a large radius.
A max-rank Tail Wind jump with a Dive Bomb at the apex should land with enough speed to get 3x the Heavy Impact base damage (4x is possible if you jump a few meters higher using a crate). With just these three mods at max you can easily get 250 + 250*3.6 + 1200 = 2350 damage for 25 + 25 energy (Tail Wind blast-off, Dive Bomb smash and Heavy Impact blast).
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.
Without Energy Conversion, increases speed to 16.15 meters per second and minimum damage to 807.5.
Increases the cost to 38.75 energy.
Bugs
There seems to be a bug that greatly inhibits her damaging range, failing to damage anything you directly hit or is at point blank range (during the 2/7/14 Livestream the developers confirmed that it appears the damage is being applied below the ground level rather than ground level. As a result, enemies are effectively out of range).
There's another bug that makes her use her standing animation and drop down without a damaging explosion if she is too close to the ground (and this range is quite large for such a bug, unless unintended).
Instead of ending in a knockdown or ragdoll, accumulating 5+ Impact Effects will now result in a "big stagger" with smaller staggers leading up to it, which has a random chance to activate a Parazon Finisher if the enemy is under the Health threshold. Each Impact Status adds 10% chance for the Parazon Finisher to be available.
Impact Damage is one of the three physical damage types. 
Corpus shields, but it does comparatively less to Corpus and 
Grineer bodies.
Ballistic. Its status effect is Concuss, causing enemy crew within a gunship to have reduced aim and damage for 6 seconds, with subsequent procs refreshing the duration.
Infested Health
Impact damage)
Radiation damage per second)
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Puncture (
Plasma) • 
Slash (
Particle)
Cold (
Electricity (
Ionic) • 
Heat (
Incendiary) • 
Toxin (
Chem)
Blast • 
Corrosive • 
Gas • 
Magnetic • 
Radiation • 
Viral
Tau • 
True • 
Void
Impair (PvP only) • 
Knockdown • 
Lifted • 
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