Hildryn

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Release Date: March 7th, 2019

Reinforced by her stalwart physique, the herculean cyborg, Hildryn, fortifies her allies' defenses as enemy barricades crumble beneath her overwhelming might. Rocket skyward at full thrust, achieve atmospheric flight, and launch shield-powered warheads to raze the battlefield with heavy artillery firepower. Hildryn first rained death from above on March 7th, 2019 during Operation: Buried Debts.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000	1	1	1	3	Time: 72 hrs
					Rush: 50
Market Price: 325			Blueprint Price: 5,000
Neuroptics
15,000	2	1	85	1,600	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25
Chassis
15,000	2	2	90	2,300	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25
Systems
15,000	2	2	95	1,500	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25

Acquisition

Hildryn's blueprint can be bought from Little Duck for 5,000‍5,000 upon reaching the rank of Agent with Vox Solaris. Her component blueprints can be acquired as drops from the Exploiter Orb.

Drop	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Chassis Blueprint	38.72%	6 – 7	27 ± 9
Neuroptics Blueprint	38.72%
Systems Blueprint	22.56%

Expected refers to total number of runs a player can expect to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.

Nearly Guaranteed refers to the total number of runs a player needs to obtain a 99%, 99.9%, and 99.99% probability to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.

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NotesEdit

• If Hildryn wields her signature Larkspur in Atmospheric mode, the weapon holds an additional 300 reserve ammo, for a total of 700.
• Hildryn has the highest base shields out of all Warframes in the game: 450 and 1,575 at rank 30.
  • When taking overshields into consideration, Hildryn is the Warframe with second highest total shield value, behind Harrow.
  • With her shields as her energy pool, Hildryn technically also boasts the lowest energy as she has none at all.

TipsEdit

• As a Warframe with large Shield capacity, Hildryn gains a lot of benefits from Arcane Enhancements affecting Shields, namely Arcane Aegis and Arcane Barrier.
• As with other Warframes with high shield values, Hildryn also benefits well from  Adaptation, essentially increasing the amount of damage her shields can absorb.
• Hildryn can absorb higher damage, while being airborne with Aegis Storm, by equipping  Agility Drift and/or  Aviator.
• Hildryn is an ideal Warframe to use in missions where energy regeneration would be severely hampered, such as in Nightmare Mode missions with the Energy Drain modifier, or Energy Reduction Modifiers in Sorties.
  • Conversely, Hildryn should not be brought on missions that severely affect shields, such as the No Shields Nightmare Mode modifier.
  • In Rathuum and The Index where Tenno start with no energy, Hildryn can immediately utilize her abilities.
• Hildryn's reliance on shields instead of energy for abilities means that she does not suffer from energy loss caused by energy drain attacks and abilities, such as from Parasitic Eximus units and Sensor Bars.
  • Conversely, due to her lack of energy, all energy interactions other than energy orbs provide no benefit for her, such as Trinity's Energy Vampire,  Energy Siphon,  Rage/ Hunter Adrenaline,  Quick Thinking/ Gladiator Finesse, Zenurik Focus, or Arcane Energize.
• Decaying Dragon Key may sound like an undesirable choice for a shield focused Warframe, but reducing maximum shield capacity will allow her Shield Wall passive to recharge faster. Combining it with shield recharge mods like  Fast Deflection and Arcanes like Arcane Aegis can allow for shields to recharge quickly during the invulnerability period, putting Hildryn in an invulnerability loop if Arcane Aegis is triggered often enough.
  • This particular build will severely hamper Hildryn's ability to cast powers however, due to the greatly reduced shield pool from which to draw shields to fuel her powers.
• Having a Sentinel/MOA (Companion) with  Guardian can allow for Hildryn's shields to instantly recharge upon depletion, effectively resetting her Shield Wall passive.
  • Equipping  Shield Charger is also useful for boosting shield regeneration and providing temporary additional shields and overshields.
  • Both  Guardian and  Shield Charger have a cooldown of 30 seconds.

TriviaEdit

• Hildryn was first revealed in Devstream 122 along with Wisp, sharing space in the same concept art.
• Hildr is an Old Norse word for "battle".
  • Hildr is also a valkyrie in Norse mythology, attested in Prose Edda.
• Hildryn is the 39th Warframe to be released (excluding Primed and Umbra variants).
• Hildryn is the second Warframe whose blueprint can be acquired from a syndicate, Vox Solaris, using standing, the first being Baruuk.
  • Unlike Baruuk, Hildryn's component blueprints cannot be acquired from Vox Solaris. Instead, they are dropped from the Exploiter Orb.
  • She is the first Warframe whose component blueprints are dropped from a Landscape's boss.
  • She is also the first Warframe whose component blueprint acquisition depends on recurring Event, Thermia Fractures (also see Operation: Buried Debts).
• Each of Hildryn's component requires 2 Lazulite Toroids to build, for total of 6 Lazulite Toroids. Considering each Lazulite Toroid provides 12,000‍12,000 and her main blueprint costs 5,000‍5,000, Hildryn is the most expensive in terms of syndicate standing, worth 77,000‍77,000 in total.
• Hildryn is the first and only Warframe that does not have an Energy bar.
  • Also, Hildryn is the third Warframe to use an alternate resource for her abilities, after Nidus and Baruuk. In Hildryn's case, she uses her shields.
• The Orokin script on her default helmet reads "shield maiden".
• Hildryn is the second Warframe with unique rolling animations, the first being  Limbo. She instead deploys "wings" from her shoulders and launches herself forward a short distance, similar to  Rhino's Rhino Charge.
• Hildryn is the first Warframe to have an Exalted Weapon as a first ability, immediately available from Unranked.
  • Other Warframes with Exalted Weapons have theirs as a fourth ability, available at rank 10 and onward.
• Hildryn is the first Warframe to have an Arch-gun, Larkspur, as a Signature Weapon.
  • She also doesn't have any signature weapon in other category.
• Hildryn is the second Warframe that can be airborne via channeled ability, Aegis Storm, first being Titania.

BugsEdit

• A Hildryn Specter does not use any of its abilities likely because the Specter AI uses energy as a baseline.

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Shield MatrixEdit

Hildryn utilizes her advanced Shielding systems to power all of her abilities. Although she has no Energy capacity, her shields boasts additional passive benefits and defensive capabilities listed in the tabs below:

Abilities Edit

	ENERGY 0 KEY 1	Balefire Charge and launch devastating bolts of fire. Overshield/Shield Cost to Activate: 50 OS/S Cost per Shot: 100	Strength:100 / 200 / 350 / 500 ( Electricity damage per bolt)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:1 / 2 / 2 / 3 m (explosion radius)

	ENERGY 0 KEY 2	Pillage Pillage a percentage of Shields and Armor of nearby enemies to replenish Hildryn's own Shields and Overshields. Overshield/Shield Cost to Cast: 150	Strength:10% / 15% / 20% / 25% (shield/armor drain per enemy)
			Duration:2 s (expansion duration)
			Range:5 m / 6 m / 7 m / 8 m (pulse initial radius)
			Misc:100% (status cleanse on cast)

	ENERGY 0 KEY 3	Haven Create a shield aura around allies. Enemies that approach shielded allies will take damage. Overshield/Shield Cost to Activate: 250 OS/S Drain per Ally: 5 s-1 OS/S Drain per Enemy: 25 s-1	Strength:150 / 250 / 300 / 500 (ally shield capacity bonus) 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 ( Radiation damage per second)
			Duration:50% / 60% / 70% / 80% (shield recharge rate)
			Range:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 m (link radius)

	ENERGY 0 KEY 4	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 Cost to Activate: 100 OS/S Drain per Second: 25 s-1 OS/S Drain per Enemy: 25 s-1	Strength:100 / 125 / 150 / 200 ( Radiation damage per second) 100 / 300 / 400 / 500 ( Impact damage on deactivation)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:8 m / 10 m / 12 m / 15 m (energy field max radius)
			Misc:?%/?s (energy orb drop rate)

Strength Mods	Duration Mods	Range Mods

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Hildryn can be equipped with the following items:

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See alsoEdit

• Warframe Cosmetics
• Warframe Augment Mods

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Last updated: Hotfix 24.5.4

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