Inaros/Abilities

Undying

• Rather than having the standard Bleedout state of other Warframes, Inaros instead enters an immobile sarcophagus when downed. Aiming at an enemy or ally will siphon life from them, gradually filling his revive meter and allowing Inaros to resurrect himself. Otherwise, he can be revived by other players normally. However, note that Inaros is still in danger of bleeding to death if there are no enemies or allies in sight, or if Inaros is unable to fill his meter before his bleedout timer expires.
  • This ability is active even during Solo play.
  • If an ally kills the enemy targeted by Inaros it still counts towards his ressurection passive
  • Siphoning does not appear to have a range limit.^{[citation needed]}
  • Siphoning from enemies will pull them toward Inaros, similar to Devour
  • Siphoning deals 75 damage to enemies, regardless of Armor. However, it is still subject to other damage resistances and Shields.
  • The revive meter is filled by 0.5% for every 1% of an enemy's combined health and shields removed. At least two enemies must be killed for Inaros to be revived.
  • Siphon damage can be increased by Provoked.
  • The siphoning beam can be dispelled. Enemies that can dispel the beam include: Nullifier Crewmen, Corrupted Nullifiers, Sap Combas, Sap Scrambus, Isolator Bursas, and Disruptor Drones.
• Additionally, killing enemies via Stealth Finishers or Counterattacks will restore 20% of Inaros' maximum health. This passive does not apply to Ground Finishers.

Abilities

	1 25	Desiccation Blast enemies with a wave of cursed sand that blinds them and steals their health. Introduced in Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)	Strength:75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (initial  True damage) 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 ( True damage/sec)
			Duration:3 / 5 / 6 / 8 s
			Range:10 / 12 / 13 / 15 m
			Misc:  Stagger on hit 25 % (lifesteal) 180° cone
			Subsumable to Helminth

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Info

• Inaros expends 25 energy to scatter a wave of cursed sand that inflicts  Stagger to all enemies up to 10 / 12 / 13 / 15 meters away in a 180 degree cone in front of him, dealing 75 / 100 / 125 / 150  True damage on hit, then 2 / 4 / 6 / 8  True damage per second for 3 / 5 / 6 / 8 seconds; 25% of any damage dealt by the damage-over-time effect is conferred back to Inaros as Health. Enemies are also blinded by sand and open to Melee Finisher attack prompts (default X ) for the duration.
  • Desiccation bypasses obstacles in the environment and does not require line of sight.
  • All Companions with the exception of Sentinels will receive lifesteal.
  • Effect cone is directed at the reticle and not always forward like the visual effect suggests. For example, aiming directly upwards will apply desiccation to all enemies around but not below Inaros, counting as 360° in many circumstances.
• Can be recast while active. Affected enemies that are not blinded can be blinded by another instance of Desiccation.
• Cast delay of 0.5 seconds, affected by Casting Speed. Casting will interrupt movement.
• Inaros visually creates a pile of sand on the ground beside him as he throws a handful forward. The sand pile lingers for a few seconds then dissipates.
• Subsuming Inaros to the Helminth will offer Desiccation and its augments to be used by other Warframes.

Augment

Main article: Desiccation's Curse

Desiccation's Curse is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Inaros'  Desiccation ability that has a chance to summon a  Swarm Kavat when killing a blinded enemy with a Finisher. Also passively increases the maximum limit of Sand Kavats.

Desiccation's Curse

Tips & Tricks

• Dessication provides an easy way for Inaros to deal melee finishers, allowing him to quickly regenerate his health when performed on a crowd.
• Against certain types of enemies, namely Infested or MOAs, melee finisher is only triggerable from the back of the enemy. Blind them from the front, then execute the finisher attack from their back.

	2 50	Devour Hold power to trap target in quicksand and draw them in for devouring; this steals health and ultimately creates a friendly Sand Shadow. Introduced in Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)	Strength:50-100 / 100-200 / 150-300 / 250-500 ( True damage per second)
			Duration:15 / 20 / 25 / 30 s (quicksand) ≥ 15 s (Sand Shadow)
			Range:20 / 30 / 40 / 50 m (cast and tether range)
			Misc: 2 s (damage ramp-up) 10 (damage ticks per second) Heals 400 health per second

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Info

• Inaros expends 50 Energy to sink an enemy target within 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 meters into quicksand for 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 seconds, trapping it in place as it flails in panic becoming unable to move, attack, or use special abilities. While enemies are trapped, Inaros or any allies can perform the "Devour" action on them by holding down the Interact key (default X ); when devouring an enemy, the player (but not any companions) is completely Invulnerable to damage and Status Effects as Shields and Health are restored at a rate of 400 health per second, while also inflicting  True damage per second to the victim. During the Devour action, the victim initially receives 50 / 100 / 150 / 250 damage per second, that ramps up to 100 / 200 / 300 / 500 damage per second over 2 seconds; damage is dealt in 10 ticks per second.
  • Enemies are unable to act while being actively devoured even if the ability's timer has expired.
  • The act of devouring a trapped enemy does not consume energy whether from Inaros or allies and can be sustained indefinitely for as long as the Use key is held, or the enemy expires.
  • The enemy being devoured by a player is invulnerable to outside sources of damage.
  • Beast-type Companions (Kavats, Kubrows, MOAs, Hounds, Predasites, and Vulpaphylas) will also gain the benefit of the life steal. Sentinels will not.
• If an enemy is killed by being devoured by Inaros, a Sand Shadow is created, which is a friendly copy of the unit killed that will fight alongside Inaros. Sand Shadows last for a duration equal to the time spent devouring them, or a minimum of 15 seconds. A maximum of 3 Shadows can be created.
  • Sand Shadow duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Creating a new Sand Shadow will remove the oldest created one in existence.
• If cast on an enemy target by holding down the ability key (default 2 ), Inaros latches energy tethers onto the enemy from up to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 meters away, dragging it towards him and automatically devouring it upon making contact so long as the key is held.
  • Tethered enemy is dragged along the ground and can fall to lower terrain elevations.
  • Tethered enemy is invulnerable to outside sources of damage while being dragged in.
  • Dragging speed is affected by movement impairing effects such as  Cold procs and  Molecular Prime.
• Ability Synergy: Enemies trapped by Devour will automatically restore health to Inaros and create a Sand Shadow on death when killed inside  Sandstorm.
• Devour cannot be cast on naturally flying enemies like Ospreys and Orokin Drones. Units that only have temporary flight abilities though like Hellions can still be pulled from mid-air and then devoured once on the ground.
• Cast delay of 1 second is affected by Casting Speed, while devour recovery delay of 2 seconds is not. Casting will interrupt movement.
  • If the target dies before Inaros finishes his casting animation, energy used for Devour will be refunded; however, if the target is already trapped in quicksand and is being dragged in by the tether, it will not refund energy if killed during travel.
• Cannot be recast on affected targets.
• Ancient Disruptors will resist the ability heavily, causing only 1 damage per tick to occur, which will often cause the bug listed below. The same goes for Infested allies that are linked to the Disruptor.

Tips & Tricks

• If  Inaros consumes a Boiler, the Boiler will become a Sand Shadow as normal, and the spawn pods created when it dies will not spawn allied units while the Shadow's will. Similarly, Brood Mother Sand Shadows will spawn friendly maggots on death.

Bugs

• Inaros may become stuck in the devour animation, unable to move or cancel the ability until the enemy is killed. Pressing escape will force the player out of the animation although this is exploitable, as you will continue to gain health from the enemy and you can use high powered weapons to kill the enemy, guaranteeing that a Sand Shadow will form.

	2 25 +10/s	Sandstorm Become a sandstorm. Inaros devours enemies pulled into his whirlwind, healing himself. Introduced in Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)	Strength:200 / 300 / 400 / 500 ( Slash damage/sec) 50 (health restore per enemy)
			Duration:? / ? / ? / 4 s (duration)
			Range:4 / 5 / 6 / 7.5 m (radius)
			Misc: 12 m/s (move speed) ? % ( Slash status chance)  Ragdoll in storm 4 s  Knockdown recovery delay

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Info

• Inaros expends 25 energy and begins to spin rapidly and move at 12 m/s as a storm of dust and sand, violently pulling in all enemies within a 4 / 5 / 6 / 7.5 meters radius and dealing 200 / 300 / 400 / 500  Slash damage per second with a ?% status chance for ? / ? / ? / 4 seconds or upon manually deactivating the ability. While trapped within the storm, enemies are gradually flung wildly in a  Ragdoll state following and hovering above Inaros; each trapped enemy heals 50 Health to Inaros. While channeling the storm, Inaros becomes Invulnerable but is unable to attack with weapons or cast other abilities or perform Parkour Maneuvers.
  • Move speed is affected by Movement Speed speed modifiers. Movement Speed bonuses scale off of 10 m/s instead of 12 m/s.
  • Sandstorm's radius is an invisible cylinder with roughly the height of Inaros himself. Enemies on a terrain elevation higher or lower than this cylinder will not be affected by this ability.
• When Inaros performs a Melee quick attack (default E ) during Sandstorm or upon duration end, enemies trapped in the storm are vacuumed toward Inaros and deposited on the ground around him, suffering  Knockdown for 4 seconds and becoming vulnerable to Melee Ground Finishers.
• Casting and deactivating Sandstorm are full-body animations that allow uninterrupted directional movement controls, but restrict parkour Maneuvers and other actions.

Augment

Main article: Elemental Sandstorm

Elemental Sandstorm is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Inaros that causes  Sandstorm to inflict status procs based on equipped damage types and mods on melee weapons currently wielded. Also passively increases Sandstorm's Ability Range by 50%.

Elemental Sandstorm

Bugs

• If a Commander teleports with an Inaros in Sandstorm, the Inaros will no longer spin. This is only a visual bug and does not affect movement speed.

	4 100	Scarab Swarm Summon a Scarab Swarm to attack enemies with guaranteed Corrosion Status. Damage scales with Inaros' Health. Enemies killed while immersed in the swarm summon a Swarm Kavat that fights alongside Inaros and guides the scarabs to other enemies. Introduced in Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:6 / 10 / 12 / 15 s (swarm duration)
			Range:20 / 22 / 25 / 30 m (cast range) ? / ? / ? / 12 m (spread range)
			Misc: ? number of swarms ? / ? / ? / 241 ( Corrosive damage/sec) 10% (bonus damage from max health)  Corrosive status per tick 0.5 s damage tick interval ? s swarm spread interval 100% (spread remaining duration) 3 (Swarm Kavat limit) ? s Swarm Kavat lifespan

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Info

• Inaros expends 100 energy to hurl ? swarms of scarabs that travel up to 20 / 22 / 25 / 30 meters away, infesting all enemies in their path. Swarmed enemies will flail in panic and receive ? / ? / ? / 241 plus 10% of Inaros' max health as  Corrosive damage with a guaranteed status effect per 0.5~ seconds for 6 / 10 / 12 / 15 seconds, during which they are completely disabled. While active, Scarab Swarm splits a flying swarm every ? seconds to spread to an unaffected enemy within a ? / ? / ? / 12 meter radius from a swarm host for 100% of its remaining duration.
  • Launching a Scarab Swarm on an enemy that is still under the effects of another Scarab Swarm, will not refresh the debuff.
  • Scarab Swarm's projectile possesses innate punch through but does not bypass obstacles in the environment.
• When an enemy affected by Scarab Swarm dies, they spawn a friendly Swarm Kavat that scratches enemies to spread Scarab Swarm. A maximum of 3 Swarm Kavats can spawn, each lasting 20 seconds.
  • Number of active Swarm Kavats are tracked as a buff icon beside Inaros' hitpoints indicator.
  • Swarm Kavat-inflicted Scarab Swarm does not spread flying swarms.
• Ability Synergy: Swarm Kavat claw swipes contribute as hits toward Inaros' revival via his Passive.

Augment

Main article: Negation Armor

Negation Armor is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Inaros that sacrifices an active  Scarab Shell to prevent Inaros from entering Bleedout, but receives a  Slash status effect once its invulnerability period expires.

Rank	?	Cost
0	?	6
1	?	7
2	?	8
3	?	9

Tips & Tricks

• It is more energy efficient to cast a Scarab Swarm attack on a single enemy in the middle of a large, clustered group, and allowing the swarm spreading effect to infect all nearby enemies. This is particularly effective against Infested that naturally tend to clump together in groups.

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