Hildryn/Abilities

Passive[]

Hildryn utilizes her advanced Shielding systems to power all of her abilities. Although she has no Energy capacity, her shields boast additional passive benefits and defensive capabilities:

Hildryn's Shield Gating is more advanced than other Warframes, bolstering her defenses:
- Overshields protect Hildryn's Health pool from damage types that normally bypass shields to directly affect health, such as Toxin damage and Combat Discipline's health loss per kill.
- Hildryn's Shield Gating grace period is 3.5 seconds when fully charged.
  - This passive is shared with ally Warframes and Companions when linked via Haven. Reset is dependent on the allies' own shield bar being fully replenished once protected by invulnerability.
  - This passive also works in Archwing combat.

All of Hildryn's abilities drain her Overshield and Shield points, as she lacks any energy capacity.
- Ability Efficiency mods and abilities affect the shield costs of her abilities instead of energy costs.
- Mods which convert energy spent on abilities to shields (such as Brief Respite or the Augur Mod Set) do not replenish shields.

Energy Orb pickups restore 25 shield points and instantly reset shield recharge delay.
- Because Hildryn can still pick up energy orbs to restore shield, mods or arcanes that benefit from picking up energy, such as Equilibrium, Energy Conversion, and Arcane Energize, still function.
  - However, Arcane Energize has no effect on her, even though it can still trigger.
- Increasing the effectiveness of Energy Orbs with an Amber Archon Shard also works with Hildryn, increasing the amount of shields gained per orb.
- Can only pick up Energy Orbs when Hildryn's shield pool is not at or above maximum.
- Shield points from Energy Orbs cannot create Overshields.

Unlike most Warframes, when Hildryn ranks up she receives a special set of rank bonuses which are indicated at the middle-left of the Warframe Upgrade screen:

+10 Health every three ranks, starting at rank 1.
+25 Shield every three ranks, starting at rank 2 and at rank 3.

At rank 30, this results in a total of:

+100 Health
+500 Shield

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1 50	Balefire Charge and launch devastating bolts of fire. Introduced in Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)	Strength:100 - 300 / 200 - 600 / 350 - 1050 / 500 - 1500 ( Electricity damage per bolt)
		Duration:N/A
		Range:1 / 2 / 2 / 3 m (explosion radius)
		Misc: 100% (ragdoll chance on hit with Overshield)

Info

Hildryn expends 50 shields or overshields to equip her Exalted Weapon energy rocket launcher sidearm, the Balefire Charger. The Balefire Charger consumes 100 shields or overshields to fire an energy bolt which explodes on impact with enemies and surfaces.
- Balefire Charger will Stagger enemies if Hildryn has overshield.
Balefire Charger has its own unique statistics:
- Base damage is 100 / 200 / 350 / 500 pure Electricity.
- Shots have a 5% critical chance, 1.5x critical multiplier, 10% status chance, and 0.833 fire rate.
- Shots can be charged with a maximum charge time of 2 seconds, increasing the damage to 300 / 600 / 1050 / 1500 but increases shield cost to 200 at full charge.
- Shots have an explosion radius of 1 / 2 / 2 / 3 meters.
- Damage is affected by Ability Strength and most secondary weapon mods.
  - For example, with Hornet Strike, Convulsion and Intensify equipped, each shot will deal
    $Base Damage \times (1 + Damage Mods) \times (1 + Elemental Mods) \times (1 + Strength Mods) =$
    $500 \times (1 + 2.2) \times (1 + 0.9) \times (1 + 0.3) = 3,952$ damage.
  - The mods that affect Balefire Charger include:
    - damage (e.g., Pistol Amp and Hornet Strike)
    - elemental (e.g., Convulsion)
    - multishot (e.g. Barrel Diffusion)
    - critical (e.g., Pistol Gambit and Target Cracker)
    - status chance (e.g. Jolt)
    - fire rate (e.g. Gunslinger)
    - faction damage (e.g., Expel Infested)
    - punch through (e.g., Seeker)
      - However, the projectile won't deal any damage while traveling through enemies.
    - explosion radius (e.g., Fulmination)
      - Range mods and Fulmination bonuses multiply. A fully ranked Balefire with Fulmination and Stretch will have: 3m × (1 + 24%) × (1 + 45%) = 5.4m, but Fulmination's effect will not be reflected on the ability card.
- Balefire can not be equipped with Acolyte Mods (e.g., Sharpened Bullets) or Amalgam Mods (e.g., Amalgam Barrel Diffusion).
- Riven Mods are not generated for the Balefire Charger.

Ability Synergy: Activating Aegis Storm will immediately equip Balefire at no shield cost.

While Aegis Storm is active, a second Balefire Charger will be equipped on Hildryn's left arm when using this ability. This is a purely cosmetic effect and does not provide any tangible combat advantages.
Balefire Charger can be used while riding a K-Drive by activating the ability before mounting the K-Drive and then switching to the secondary weapon as usual.

Weapon

Main article: Balefire Charger

The Balefire Charger is Hildryn's and Hildryn Prime's signature Exalted Weapon, summoned by activating the ability with the same name. This pistol launches bolts of Electricity that deal area-of-effect damage in a large area, and can be charged to deal more damage. Its massive damage is offset by its low critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance.

This weapon deals primarily Electricity damage.
Innate two polarities.
Can benefit from Fulmination ( Primed).

Advantages

Highest base damage of all Exalted Weapon secondaries.
Releases shots that explode in a 1/2/3 meter radius.
- Does not inflict self-stagger.
- No damage falloff.
Pinpoint accuracy.
- Magnum Force's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
Balefire Surge augment allows fully charged shots to replenish shields and overshields, as well as destroy nullifier shields.
Does not use ammunition and does not need to reload.

Disadvantages

Very low critical chance.
Low critical multiplier and status chance.
Slowest fire rate of all secondaries in the game.
Projectile has travel time.
Requires shields to activate and consumes shields per shot.
As an Exalted Weapon it cannot contribute towards the Set Bonus of any Set Mods.
Cannot equip Acolyte Mods (e.g., Sharpened Bullets) or Amalgam Mods (e.g., Amalgam Barrel Diffusion).
- This includes mods based on Acolyte mods, such as Galvanized Crosshairs.
Does not have an Exilus slot.
Cannot equip Secondary Arcane Enhancements.

Augment

Main article: Balefire Surge

Balefire Surge is a Warframe Augment Mod for Hildryn's Balefire that allows it to restore shields on direct hits from fully charged shots, and giving the ability to instantly destroy nullifier shields.

Balefire Surge

Tips & Tricks

Balefire is capable of scoring headshots and activating headshot prerequisite effects such as Arcane Precision. Arcane Precision does affect Balefire Charger's damage.

Bugs

Currently, Arsenal displays a (moddable) reload stat of 1 second that has no effect.

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2 150	Pillage Pillage a percentage of Shields and Armor of nearby enemies to replenish Hildryn's own Shields and Overshields. Introduced in Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)	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: ? / ? / 6 / 20 m/s (expansion distance per sec) 100% (status cleanse on cast)
		Subsumable to Helminth

Info

Hildryn expends 150 shields or overshields to emit a radial pulse with an initial radius of 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 meters, which follows her as an aura and rapidly expands outward by ? / ? / 6 / 20 meters per second over a duration of 2 seconds. Hildryn and allies touched by the expanding pulse are instantly cleansed of all negative Status Effects. Enemies in direct line of sight of Hildryn and within range of her aura are marked for pillage, reducing their current Shields or total Armor by 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%. When Pillage expires or when the ability key (default 2 ) is pressed again while the ability is active, the pulse instantly retracts to Hildryn to restore her missing shields and produce Overshields based on the amount of shields and/or armor stolen from all pillaged enemies.
- Roar, Magnetic procs, and enemy weakspots on the "chest" area will increase the shield strip, but not shield return or armor strip.
- Enemy armor and shields are fully removed at 400% Ability Strength. With one Corrosive Projection, armor will be fully stripped at 328% Ability Strength.
  - Shield strip removes a percentage of the current maximum value, as such it has diminishing returns on subsequent casts against the same enemies. Armor strip, however, is a percentage of an enemy's total, requiring four casts at base strength to fully strip.
    - Enemy shields can still regenerate with natural shield regeneration (such as Armis Ulta, Kuva Liches, or Sisters of Parvos) or while affected by regeneration buffs (such as Shield Ospreys).
- Shield restore affects Kubrows, Kavats, and MOAs, but has no effect on Sentinels.
- Does not steal from enemies without shields or armor stats.
- Enemies that possess both shields and armor will need to have their shields broken before armor can be pillaged.
- Pillaged enemies leaving Pillage's pulse and/or Hildryn's line of sight will still return shields to her.
Casting Pillage is a full body animation that stops Hildryn's grounded movement and other actions.
Pillage cannot be cast while Aegis Storm is active.
Hildryn's shoulder-mounted shield pads briefly become visible when Pillage is cast.
Enemies affected by Pillage glow in an upward stream of energy particles. Pillaged shields return to Hildryn as energy missiles once the ability expires or is recast while active.
Pulse, energy stream, and energy missiles are affected by Hildryn's chosen Warframe energy color.
Subsuming Hildryn to the Helminth will offer Pillage and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
- Subsumed Pillage uses 50 energy instead of shields.
- Does not generate shields for Inaros, Nidus, or Kullervo.
- Other Warframes cannot make use of the Blazing Pillage augment, due to their inability to cast Haven.

Augment

Main article: Blazing Pillage

Blazing Pillage is a Warframe Augment Mod for Hildryn that makes enemies affected by Haven receive Heat damage with a guaranteed proc and restore Shields to Hildryn when hit by Pillage.

Blazing Pillage

Tips & Tricks

Similar to Molecular Prime, ability duration is far more effective at increasing this ability's range than ability range itself. Increasing duration also provides more time for Hildryn to move around and tag enemies with the aura.
Modding for Corrosive Projection or Shield Disruption is useful in certain scenarios, as the armor/shield strips are additive with Pillage. For example, the 18% reduced armor from Corrosive Projection equates to 72% power strength that is no longer needed, bringing down the power strength requirement for a full armor strip from 400% to 328%.

Bugs

Visually, the ability only expands at 17-17.5 meters/second, but actually expands at 20 meters/second

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3 250 +5/s/ally +25/s/enemy	Haven Create a shield aura around allies. Enemies that approach shielded allies will take damage. Introduced in Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)	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)
		Misc: 100% (extra damage per second with Overshield) 3.5 seconds of shield gating for allies

Info

Info

Hildryn expends 250 shields or overshields to overcharge her Shield Matrix to continuously link to allies and enemies alike. When targets are in her direct line of sight and within a 8 / 10 / 12 / 15 meter radius, Hildryn drains 5 Overshield/Shield points per second for every ally linked, and 25 Overshield/Shield points per second for every enemy linked. Deactivate the ability by pressing the ability key (default 3 ) again.
While linked, allies gain extra maximum shield capacity by 150 / 250 / 300 / 500 points, 50% / 60% / 70% / 80% faster shield recharge rate, and 3.5 seconds of invulnerability on their shield gate; when the link is broken, excess shield points from the maximum shield capacity bonus become Overshields lasting until used.
- When the shield gate invulnerability is ready to protect an ally, the ally's shield bar appears energized by lightning.
- Affected allies include all Warframes, Companions, Eidolon Lures, summoned allied units such as Specters, allied Invasion units, Hostages, Kavor Defectors, Sortie and Arbitrations Defense Operatives, and Defense Objects.
- Has no effect on Inaros, Nidus, or Kullervo due to their lack of shields.
While linked, enemies receive 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 Radiation damage per second, doubled when Hildryn has overshield. Light and medium enemy types are staggered when first linked, with a chance to be staggered again per damage instance. Heavy enemy types do not appear to suffer staggers from this ability.
Ability Synergy:
- When Blazing Pillage is equipped, enemies affected by Haven when Pillage passes through them will inflict Heat damage with a guaranteed status effect and restore additional shields.
Casting Haven is a full body animation that stops Hildryn's grounded movement and other actions, while deactivating Haven does not play an animation nor stop Hildryn's actions.
While Haven is active, Hildryn's upper body is enveloped in a fluctuating energy barrier, while her thigh-mounted shield pads become constantly visible.
Upon linking with a target, a shield beam connects the target to Hildryn with audible humming.
Energy barrier, shield pads, and shield beam colors are affected by Hildryn's chosen Warframe energy color.

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4 100 +25/s +25/s/enemy +50/dodge	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. Introduced in Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)	Strength:100 / 125 / 150 / 200 ( Radiation damage per second) 100 / 300 / 400 / 500 ( Impact damage on deactivation)
		Duration:N/A
		Range:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 m (energy field max radius)
		Misc: 8-18 s (energy orb drop interval)

Info

Hildryn expends 100 shields or overshields to activate her jet thrusters as she lifts off from the ground. Hildryn gains vertical and horizontal flight capabilities using the movement (W A S D ), 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 a 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 / 200 Radiation damage per second, and drop an Energy Orb every 8-18 seconds. Deactivating Aegis Storm (default 4 ) causes Hildryn to become Invulnerable as she slams into the ground, knocking down and dealing 100 / 300 / 400 / 500 Impact damage against all enemies inside the energy field.
- Geyser damage is increased as the energy field's radius becomes smaller.
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 descending 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.
Ability Synergy: Activating Aegis Storm will immediately equip Balefire at no shield cost.
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.
Hildryn can perform dodging while Aegis Storm is active, at the cost of using 50 shields per dodge.
- Dodge distance is increased by Parkour Velocity bonuses from Arcane Agility, Arcane Consequence, Telos Boltace, and Infested Mobility, but not Endurance Drift.
- Amalgam Barrel Diffusion reduces animation time at the cost of ~27%±3% reduced distance.
Aegis Storm's movement speed is affected by movement speed increases such as 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.
While channeling, Hildryn's shields can be restored by Volt's Capacitance, Trinity's Blessing, Night Equinox's Mend & Maim, and Mag's Polarize. Trinity's Vampire Leech will not restore shields.
Balefire Surge can replenish Hildryn's own shields during Aegis Storm.

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