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Limbo manipulates the very planes of existence to divide his enemies and conquer them in the rift.

This is Limbo, master of the Rift.

In a land of both shadow and substance, Limbo is both nowhere and everywhere.

—Lotus

Release Date: October 24th, 2014

Tapping into the Rift, Limbo demonstrates his art of dimensional travel that disrupts the space-time continuum, blurring the borders between realms and reality. Limbo arrived from the Rift Plane in Update 15.0.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000	1	1	1	3	Time: 72 hrs
25,000	1	1	1	3	Rush: 50
Market Price: 200			Blueprint Price: 35,000
Neuroptics
15,000	150	150	500	2	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	150	150	500	2	Rush: 25
Chassis
15,000	1	300	1000	1	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	1	300	1000	1	Rush: 25
Systems
15,000	1	3	500	220	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	1	3	500	220	Rush: 25

Acquisition

Component blueprints are awarded from The Limbo Theorem quest, obtainable by completing the Europa Junction on Jupiter. An Archwing is required to begin the quest's missions.

Additional component blueprints can be bought from Cephalon Simaris for 25,000‍25,000.

Warframe Guides

See Category:Limbo Guides to read user-made guides on how to play this Warframe.

Mechanics

Main article: Rift Plane

Units can only damage other units if they are both in the same dimensional plane. Units on different planes cannot damage or be damaged by each other, nor be affected by knockdown, stagger, and Status Effect procs.
Players in the Rift Plane regenerate Energy at a rate of 2 units per second and can carry mission items such as Datamasses or Power Cells, but cannot get Pickups (unless they are within a Cataclysm).
The very act of moving between planes is violent, causing enemies to take 300 Impact damage upon entering and upon exiting the Rift Plane, regardless of what ability put them there. This damage is in addition to the damage caused by Limbo's abilities, and is not affected by Ability Strength. Warframes and allied units do not take this damage.

Lore

Main article: The Limbo Theorem

Excellent, the final Theorem and its^sic unfragmented. Processing. Oh. Wait, Limbo, no that's a mistake, you don't want to go there. It's too big a jump. You can't rift walk... ohh. Oh no. Operator, I think I know why we're finding Limbo parts scattered throughout the system. His final rift walk was a miscalc... --disaster.-- Well, perhaps when you occupy this frame, you will use more... caution.

—Ordis at the end of the quest

Limbo's component blueprints were discovered by the player during the The Limbo Theorem quest, scattered across the Origin System as a result of the Warframe's miscalculations when crossing between the normal plane and the Void.

Tips

See Rift Plane for more detailed information on the following tips

Limbo's abilities give him great survivability, making him a good solo frame. He can become invulnerable to every enemy except the ones he chooses, and being in the Rift Plane grants a consistent source of energy.
Limbo can use a single Banish to give a Warframe Energy Regeneration, Invulnerability and with Rift Haven Health Regeneration for only 25 base Energy, making Limbo a very useful support Warframe.
In Defense, Mobile Defense and Excavation missions, Limbo can use Cataclysm to transport the defending Warframes and the mission object to the Rift Plane, making it and the Warframes invulnerable to all enemies outside of the Cataclysm. This works especially well against strong ranged enemies.
In Spy Missions, being in the Rift Plane will not trigger alarms when passing through Laser Barriers, making some Data Vaults extremely easy.
- Enemies, Cameras, and Sensor Regulators can still detect you while in the Rift Plane.
- Using Banish on a Loki with Invisibility active can let them have free mobility through Data Vaults, as Loki will be undetectable by Cameras, Regulators, Enemies, and Laser Barriers.
- When raiding a Spy mission alone, using a Huras Kubrow or Shade Sentinel to hide from enemies will make Limbo invisible and untouchable, thus he can simply ignore all barriers, enemies and other countermeasures in the vaults all by himself.
In Rescue Missions, Limbo's abilities may prove useful:
- Once freed, Banishing a rescue target keeps them perfectly safe, for the duration.
- On the Infested Ship tileset, Limbo can walk through the detection lasers while in the Rift Plane without triggering an execution.
Likewise, Banishing the operative in Defense missions in Sorties and Arbitrations can provide them extra safety.
While most enemy attacks cannot interact between planes, there are notable exceptions, such as the security eye of the Cunning Test. On the other hand, most Warframe abilities can cross planes with no issues. Learning which attacks and abilities can cross the Rift Plane may be worth memorizing.
Cataclysm and Banish does not affect the Operator, which allows them to interact with items outside of the Rift Plane.

Trivia

Limbo is the second Warframe who sells for 25,000‍25,000, rather than the standard 10,000‍10,000, the first being Loki Prime.
Limbo is the first Warframe who has a body part that can detach from its body while in a mission, in this case the upper portion of his base helmet (and by extension, his alternate helmets) that resembles and functions like a top hat.
Limbo's physical appearance, emulating a top hat and coat, evokes the appearance of a stage magician.
- Alternatively, Limbo appears to have many similarities to Baron Samedi, a Loa of Haitian Vodou. Baron Samedi is depicted wearing a top hat and dinner jacket, and spends most of his time in another realm/plane. He is tasked with deciding whether or not someone will die and be accepted into the realm of the dead, typically by digging the grave of someone destined to die.
Limbo is currently the tallest Warframe in the game when including his top hat, even surpassing Chroma in height.
According to his associated questline, the original Limbo Warframe that the player obtains information about (and subsequent blueprints from the data) died while crossing into the rift plane, scattering his components across the Origin System. Ordis insists the player be more careful as to not repeat the same mistake.
Limbo is the first Warframe to have unique rolling animations, propelling himself forward while slipping into and out of the Rift Plane.
- When performing a back-spring, Limbo will reach up and quickly remove the unique module of his currently equipped helmet, "tipping" his "hat" whilst sliding backward.
Limbo is the second quest-driven Warframe that has a Prime variant, after Mirage.

Bugs

Limbo's hat may be displaced on his head after casting abilities.
The displaying of Banish's icon on allies does not occur when allies walk into Portals generated by Limbo's Passive. This can make it very confusing to tell which of your allies, if any, are currently in the rift. in case of doubt, enter the rift and cast banish on your allies, this will make the issue irrelevant.

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Dance between realms with this golden rift walker. Featuring altered mod polarities for greater customization.

Release Date: June 19th, 2018

Limbo Prime is the Primed variant of Limbo, sporting higher shield capacity, armor, energy capacity, and additional and polarities. Limbo Prime was released alongside Pyrana Prime and Destreza Prime.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000				5	Time: 72 hrs
25,000				5	Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprint Price: N/A
Neuroptics
15,000	2	300	450	900	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	300	450	900	Rush: 25
Chassis
15,000	2	6	1,675	550	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	6	1,675	550	Rush: 25
Systems
15,000	2	2	3,000	100	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	2	3,000	100	Rush: 25

Acquisition

Limbo Prime's main and component blueprints are acquired from the following Void Relics.

Blueprint	Neuroptics	Chassis	Systems
Meso T3 Uncommon (V) Meso Z1 Uncommon (V) Neo I1 Uncommon (V) Neo M2 Uncommon (V)	Lith L1 Rare (V) Lith L2 Rare (V) Axi L2 Rare (V)	Meso L1 Rare (V) Neo L1 Rare (V) Axi L3 Rare (V) Axi L5 Rare (V)	Lith B3 Common (V) Lith B6 Common (V) Meso N7 Common (V) Neo A2 Common (V) Neo C1 Common (V) Neo R3 Common (V) Axi T3 Common (V)

^{Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic}

Warframe Guides

See Category:Limbo Guides to read user-made guides on how to play this Warframe.

Notes

Limbo Prime, compared to Limbo:
- Higher Shields (100/300 vs. 75/225)
- Higher Armor (125 vs. 100)
- Higher Energy (175/262 vs. 150/225)
- 2 Additional Polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 0)
As a Prime Warframe, Limbo Prime possesses a special passive ability where contact with an Orokin Void Death Orb will make them release an energy pulse that grants 250 Energy to all nearby allies. This effect can only occur once per Death Orb, and can occur even if the Death Orb has been previously destroyed.
Limbo Prime's Cataclysm has additional swirling particle effects that encompass its borders.

Trivia

Limbo Prime was unintentionally leaked with Console Update 22.20.6 via chat linking function.
Limbo Prime is the second Primed Warframe whose non-prime variant was unlockable through a quest (The Limbo Theorem). The first was Mirage Prime.

Media

WARFRAME - Limbo Prime Rift Torrent Build Analysis

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WARFRAME - Arbiter Limbo Experimental Build (Rolling Guard & Vigorous Swap)

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Vaultings

On March 18th, 2020, it was announced that Limbo Prime would enter the Prime Vault and its relics retired from the drop tables on March 31st, 2020, along with Pyrana Prime and Destreza Prime. Any preexisting components or fully-built frames will remain as is.

Bugs

Limbo's hat may be displaced on his head after casting abilities.
The displaying of Banish's icon on allies is inconsistent, not always showing up when the teammate has been banished or walked into the Rift Walk portal.

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Passive

Main article: Rift Plane

Limbo has access to the Rift plane, an alternate dimension to the normal environment, or material plane. By performing a Roll (default Shift ), a Sidespring (A or D + Shift ), or a Backspring (RMB + S + Shift ), Limbo slides into and out of the Rift plane at will. Several of Limbo's abilities impose the Rift upon the world around him, affecting himself, the environment, enemies, and even allies.

Limbo can remain indefinitely in either dimension, until he performs the triggering maneuvers again or travels freely between both planes via Cataclysm.
- Rift Walk also affects Limbo's Companion which will walk the same dimensional plane as its owner, unless it crosses planes via Cataclysm.
- Beware that coming into contact with a Nullifier bubble will forcefully bring Limbo back to the material plane.
When sliding into the Rift plane, Limbo leaves a portal in his wake that lasts 5 seconds. Ally players can touch the portal to enter the Rift for 15 seconds, after which they will return to the material plane.
- Allies can perform the trigger maneuvers to return to the material plane sooner.
- Limbo himself can use the portal to enter the Rift with no time limit.
Additionally, while Limbo and enemies are inside the Rift, each Rift-bound enemy killed grants him 10 energy.
If Limbo is in the Rift plane, he can still damage enemies outside of it if they are ragdolled.
- Damaging enemies in the Rift plane while being in the material plane is also possible as long as the enemies are ragdolled.

Abilities

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ENERGY 25 KEY 1	Banish Casts a wave of Rift energy that damages hostiles while pushing enemies and allies out of Limbo’s current plane of existence.	Strength:150 / 200 / 225 / 250 ( Impact damage)
		Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s
		Range:20 / 25 / 30 / 35 m (wave distance)
		Misc:5 m (cone initial radius) ? ° (spread angle) ∞ (dispel range) 2 e/s (Rift energy regen per second) 300 (Rift transitional Impact damage)

Limbo unleashes a wave of Rift energy toward the aiming reticle. Banish's wave envelops a 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 meters long area within a truncated cone, which begins with a base of 5 meter radius and a ?° spread angle. All enemies and allies caught in the wave's extent are banished out of Limbo's current plane of existence. If Limbo is in the material plane, only material-bound targets will be banished into the Rift plane for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds; if Limbo is in the Rift, then only Rift-bound targets will return to the material plane. Holding down the ability key (default 1 ) dispels the Banish status on all banished targets at no additional energy cost.
- Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
- Wave distance is affected by Ability Range.
- Cone initial radius, spread angle and dispel range, are not affected by mods.
- Wave bypasses obstacles in the environment and does not require line of sight with targets.
- Cast animation of 0.7 seconds is not affected by Natural Talent or Speed Drift.
Banish exhibits various effects when applied to ally or enemy targets:

Targets banished into the Rift can be banished out of it by any Limbo.
Targets in different dimensional planes can still physically collide with each other.
Weapon attacks are only effective when the combatants are all present in the same dimensional plane. Otherwise, weapon damage, critical hits, and status effects have no effect on both parties; hit-scan and projectiles will phase through entities on different planes.
Warframe abilities can penetrate through the Rift to affect targets on different dimensional planes.
- This includes Exalted Weapon attacks, with the exception of Ivara's Artemis Bow.
The following are some of the effects that cannot affect targets on different planes: Infested Ancient and Eximus aura effects, most environmental and Infested Hive hazards, Grineer Arc Traps and Sensor Bar force fields, Corpus Laser Barriers, Orokin Death Orbs, and Spy laser sensors do not trip the data vault alarm.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane article.

Players affected by Banish can leave the Rift plane by rolling (aka dodging, default Shift ).
Warframes regenerate 2 energy per second. This energy recharge is constant and cannot be interrupted, except by some abilities or by exiting the Rift.
Banished players can still succumb to most bosses' special abilities, as well as ability nullifying effects from Nullifier Crewman, Comba, Scrambus, Datalyst, Isolator Bursa, Disruptor Drone and the Stalker.
Banished players cannot prompt the interact function (default X ) on most interactive objects in the environment.
- Banished players can still revive and be revived by other players outside the Rift.
- Portable items (such as datamasses, power cores and void keys) cannot be picked up, but will be carried through the Rift.
Banished players cannot collect pickups on the ground unless the items are located within a Cataclysm. However, a Companion's Vacuum or Fetch precepts can gather pickups in midair until the player exits the Rift plane.
Players are visually coated in a layer of white energy while in the Rift plane.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane article.

Enemies affected by Banish are knocked down and dealt 150 / 200 / 225 / 250 Impact damage. Additionally, they take 300 Impact transitional damage upon entering or leaving the Rift plane.
- Ability damage is affected by Ability Strength.
- Rift transitional damage is not affected by mods.
- If an enemy banished to the Rift is killed outright by Banish's Impact damage, Limbo still receives 10 energy from his passive.
Limbo's passive (aka Rift Walking) causes him to enter the Rift plane, allowing him to damage banished enemies. Allies can elect to enter the Rift via the portal created by Limbo's stride to damage banished enemies.
Cataclysm causes Limbo and his allies to enter the Rift plane while inside its influence, allowing them to damage banished enemies outside the Cataclysm.
Oxium Ospreys and Volatile Runners will charge and detonate regardless of whether they are in the same plane as their intended targets. However, the explosion will only deal damage to enemies on the same plane.
Enemies are visually coated in rippling energy and monochrome flames while in the Rift plane.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane article.

Ability Synergy:
- All enemies banished into the Rift are frozen in place by Stasis.
- Cast or dispel Banish on Rift-bound enemies affected by Rift Surge back into the material plane to discharge their surge, resulting in a radial banish.
  - Dispel for Banish functions on enemy targets affected by Rift Surge's radial banish.
- Cast Banish on enemies inside Cataclysm to briefly blink them out and back into the Rift, dealing damage and knockdown.
Banish cannot target Companions and static Defense Objects.
- However, it does affect some bosses, such as Jackal with diminishing effectiveness on duration, as well as Sortie Tenno operatives, Rescue targets, and Assassins (e.g. Zanuka and The Grustrag Three).
Casting Banish is a One-Handed Action that can be done while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading, charging, shooting, maneuvering, and while on a zipline.
Cannot be cast without at least 1 target on the same dimensional plane as Limbo, and within the wave's area of effect.
Can only be dispelled when at least 1 ally or enemy is affected by a banish buff or debuff.
Subsuming Limbo to the Helminth will offer Banish and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
- Subsumed Banish includes the hold-cast to cancel the ability to dispel all afflicted from the Rift.

Main article: Rift Haven

Rift Haven is a Warframe Augment Mod for Limbo that makes Banish restore a portion of an injured ally's health.

Rank	Health Restored	Cost
0	10%	6
1	15%	7
2	20%	8
3	25%	9

Before casting Banish, remind yourself which dimension you are currently in, either the material plane or the Rift plane. Banish only works on eligible targets that exist in the same dimension as you, and pushes them into the opposite dimension.
Enemies will be damaged and knocked down by Banish, allowing you and teammates to dispatch them with melee ground finisher attacks.
Ally Warframes will be pushed alongside nearby enemies into the opposite dimension if caught in Banish's area of effect. This enables ally players to immediately use weapon attacks on banished enemies that need to first recover from knockdown.
- To avoid confusion, give a friendly reminder to fellow players that they can perform a dodge (default Shift ) to end their Banish status and exit the Rift at will.
- Alternatively, hold down the ability key to phase them back to the material plane.
Use Limbo's passive (dodging, default Shift ) after casting Banish to enter the opposite dimension, allowing you to attack banished enemies with your weapons.
Toggle on Stasis before casting Banish. Enemies banished into the Rift plane while Stasis is active will immediately freeze in suspended animation, as they are receiving Banish's knockdown effect which will resume animation once Stasis ends.
- Use this method to add a delayed crowd control effect to Rift-bound enemies, buying you time to recast Stasis or kill them before they fully recover from the knockdown.
Cast Rift Surge on Rift-bound enemies, then hold down Banish to make surged enemies discharge, banishing themselves and nearby material-bound enemies back into the Rift, without expending energy. Repeat this ability combo to continuously draw enemies into the Rift while you stay safe inside its protection.
- This can be a good alternative to casting Cataclysm, as it can be unwelcomed by other players, and also to avoid accidentally banishing unwilling teammates.
While you are in the Rift plane, cast Banish on enemies inside a Cataclysm to damage and knockdown your targets for additional crowd control. Those enemies will remain Rift-bound due to Cataclysm, allowing you to immediately strike them down with your weapons.
Banish a Rescue target to protect them from harm while you head towards extraction.
- Likewise, Banish the operative in Defense missions in Sorties and Arbitrations to keep them safe from enemy fire.
Can be used on Loki's Decoy, Saryn's Molt or Chroma's Effigy to make them immune to damage from enemies that are not in the Rift plane.
- Can also be cast on Shield Osprey specters, which is very useful considering that Shield Ospreys often will simply wander into groups of enemies and die rather quickly, and because the shield link works across planes.

ENERGY 50 KEY 2	Stasis Freezes Rift-bound enemies. While active, enemy projectiles are arrested in mid-air, resuming its trajectory when stasis ends.	Strength:N/A
		Duration:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 s
		Range:N/A
		Misc:∞ (affected targets) ∞ (effect range) 300 (gunfire objects limit)

Limbo halts all enemies in the Rift, freezing them in suspended animation for 8 / 10 / 12 / 15 seconds. Additionally, enemy weapon hit-scan gunfire, projectiles, and beams in flight within the Rift cease to move for the duration. While active, the Rift is able to contain 300 enemy weapon fire objects before it becomes unstable; exceeding this limit will end the ability prematurely to resume all Rift-bound enemy activity.
- Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
- Affected targets, effect range, and gunfire objects limit are not affected by mods.
- While active, Stasis affects all enemies that enter the Rift at any time, regardless of distance from Limbo.
- Cast and deactivation animations of 1 second, are affected by Natural Talent and Speed Drift.
- Does not freeze certain enemies, including but not limited to: Treasurer.
Upon deactivation by pressing the ability key again (default 2 ), expiration, being dispelled, or reaching the limit, all Rift-bound enemies will resume their actions prior to Stasis, while all suspended objects will resume movement depending on priority:
- All hit-scan bullets are released simultaneously.
- Projectiles fly towards their set trajectory one by one, rather than simultaneously, by order of creation.
- Manual deactivation can be performed during other actions, such as reloading, shooting, casting abilities, sliding, while knocked-down or even during bleedout.
Ability Synergy:
- Stasis freezes all new and existing enemies rendered Riftbound by Banish, Rift Surge, and Cataclysm.
Enemies under Stasis are not immune to new status effects.
- Any duration-based status effect, such as a Bleed proc, that is applied to an enemy before Stasis will run its normal duration.
Stasis can be activated and deactivated, regardless of whether Limbo is in the Rift or not.
If there are multiple Limbo players on a squad, Stasis will not deactivate until either the weapon fire object limit is reached or the latest Stasis instance ends.
As the number of suspended objects approaches the limit, the Rift will visually distort and ripple with increasing intensity before Stasis ends prematurely.
When used repeatedly against Sentient enemies, Stasis' freeze effect will gradually diminish to a fraction of its total duration for the affected enemies. Sentients exposed to this ability repeatedly will be able to move and attack after being frozen for a short duration, eventually becoming immune to Stasis altogether.
- Despite being able to move and attack, Riftbound Sentients' ranged attacks will stay suspended in mid-air for as long as Stasis remains active.
- Exiting and re-entering the Rift plane will renew Stasis' freeze effect with shortened duration against the Sentients that were previously exposed to the active Stasis instance.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane article.

Activating Stasis before banishing enemies is an effective way of protecting yourself whilst in the Rift.
Having Stasis active while your Cataclysm is active, will prevent you from taking any damage from new enemies that enter your Cataclysm's radius.
Synthesis targets and Feral Kavats can be put in Stasis, making it a lot easier to scan them.

The effects of Stasis held by one Limbo cannot be deactivated by a different Limbo. If two different Limbos activate their Stasis, deactivating the one cast second will not resume action of suspended targets.

ENERGY 50 KEY 3	Rift Surge Surges nearby Rift-bound enemies with Rift energy. When killed the Rift Surge is transferred to a nearby enemy outside the rift. Surged enemies that leave the Rift perform a radial Banish.	Strength:N/A
		Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (surge duration) 6 / 10 / 14 / 18 s (banish duration)
		Range:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 m (surge & transfer range) 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 m (banish radius)
		Misc:300 (Rift transitional Impact damage)

Limbo produces a surge of Rift energy in a 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 meters radius around him, charging all Rift-bound enemies in range for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds. Surged enemies that leave the Rift plane will discharge their Rift energy, ending their surge and resulting in a radial banishment; the enemy whose surge is discharged from and any material-bound enemies within 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 meters are forced into the Rift plane for 6 / 10 / 14 / 18 seconds.
- Surge and banish durations are affected by Ability Duration.
- Surge and banish radii are affected by Ability Range.
- Cast animation of 1 second is affected by Natural Talent and Speed Drift.
Killing a surged enemy will transfer its charge to a nearby enemy within 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 meters in the material plane. Enemies banished by the effect of Rift Surge will be knocked-down and take 300 Impact transitional damage upon entering or leaving the Rift plane.
- Surge transfer range is affected by Ability Range.
- Rift transitional damage is not affected by mods.
Ability Synergy:
- Banish and Cataclysm render enemies Rift-bound for Rift Surge's debuff to apply on them, as well as able to trigger the radial banish by sending enemies back into the material plane.
  - Dispel for Banish functions on enemy targets affected by Rift Surge's radial banish.
- Stasis freezes enemies affected by Rift Surge's radial banish.
Limbo does not need to be in any particular plane to activate Rift Surge, but at least one enemy must be in the Rift and within range to cast it.
Cannot be recast unless an unaffected enemy enters the Rift and comes within cast range.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane mechanic.

Main article: Rift Torrent

Rift Torrent is a Warframe Augment Mod for Limbo's Rift Surge that increases Limbo's damage while in the Rift Plane for each enemy affected by Rift Surge.

Rank	Damage Bonus	Cost
0	15%	6
1	20%	7
2	25%	8
3	30%	9

Rift Surge is designed to keep enemies sealed inside the Rift by extending their Banish duration, as well as provide a way for Limbo to bring new enemies into the Rift without endangering himself by returning to the material plane.
The following techniques and occurrences can trigger Rift Surge's banish effect on charged enemies:
- Recast or dispel Banish on banished enemies, causing them to momentarily leave the Rift plane.
- Banish's duration ends on affected enemies.
- Rift Surge's banish duration ends.
- Detonating Cataclysm to expose enemies inside it to the material plane (unless affected by Banish).
- Enemies exiting Cataclysm by moving through its boundaries (unless affected by Banish).
It's usually beneficial to have Stasis active before new enemies come into the Rift with you, so that you don't take unnecessary damage from any newly banished enemy.

ENERGY 100 KEY 4	Cataclysm A violent blast of void energy tears open a pocket of rift plane which can sustain itself for a short period before collapsing in another lethal blast.	Strength:200 / 300 / 400 / 500 ( Blast damage)
		Duration:15 / 20 / 25 / 30 s
		Range:10 / 12 / 14 / 16 m (initial radius) 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 m (final radius)
		Misc:∞ (cast range) 2 e/s (Rift energy regen per second) 100 % (formation and collapse stagger chance) 300 (Rift transitional Impact damage) 5 % (collapse damage bonus) 25-100 % (damage bonus radius scaling)

Limbo brings a dimensional nexus into existence that bridges the Material and Rift planes, forming a sphere of swirling void energy with an initial radius of 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 meters centered around the location on the aiming reticle over unrestricted range. The sphere continuously shrinks over a duration of 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 seconds to a final radius of 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 meters before collapsing on itself.
- Radius reduction per second is affected by Ability Duration and Ability Range and uses the following formula:
  $Reduction = 2 \times Base Radius \times (1 + Range Mods) \div (3 \times Base Duration \times (1 + Duration Mods))$
- Initial and final radius are affected by Ability Range.
- Cast animation of 2 seconds is affected by Natural Talent and Speed Drift.
- The sphere will be created wherever the reticle is aiming when the casting animation finishes, allowing time before then to fine-tune the sphere's placement.
Cataclysm will collapse when deactivated manually by pressing the ability key again (default 4 ), its duration expires, it is dispelled, or by coming in contact with a nullifying field (Nullifier Crewman, Isolator Bursa).
Cataclysm exhibits various effects on allies, enemies, and objects within its influence.

Allies can freely move between the material and Rift planes by entering and exiting the sphere.
Warframes regenerate 2 energy per second. This energy recharge is constant and cannot be interrupted, except by some abilities or by exiting the Rift.
Weapon attacks only apply when allies and their targets are both present in the Rift. Otherwise, weapon damage, critical hits, and status effects have no effect on both parties.
Warframe abilities can affect targets across the different dimensional planes.
Players can still revive teammates, but cannot interact with consoles or activate Life Support capsules.
Players are visually coated in a layer of white energy while in the Rift plane.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane mechanic.

Enemies can freely move between the material and Rift planes by entering and exiting the sphere.
Cataclysm's formation and collapse each deal 200 / 300 / 400 / 500 Blast damage and staggers all enemies caught within the area of effect; enemies caught in either explosion or crossing the sphere's borders will also take 300 Impact transitional damage upon entering or leaving the Rift plane. Additionally, collapsing deals bonus damage based on the average health and shields of enemies caught in the explosion:
- Bonus Damage = 0.05 × ((Sum of Enemies' Current Health + Sum of Enemies' Current Shields) ÷ Number of Enemies) when an un-modded Cataclysm expires after its full duration. ^{[citation needed]}
  - Bonus damage further scales with Cataclysm's current range/duration, dealing 25% of its total when at its maximum and ranking up to 100% when at its minimum.
- Base damage from either explosion is affected by Ability Strength.
  - Damage does not diminish with distance and bypasses obstacles in the environment.
- Collapse bonus and Rift transitional damage are not affected by mods.
Weapon attacks only apply when enemies and their targets are both present in the Rift. Otherwise, weapon damage, critical hits, and status effects have no effect on both parties.
Warframe abilities can affect targets across the different dimensional planes.
Rift Walking causes Limbo to enter the Rift plane, allowing him to damage enemies within Cataclysm.
Cataclysm affects most bosses and objectives that are otherwise not affected by Banish, causing them to enter the Rift plane while within its influence.
Enemies are visually coated in rippling energy and monochrome flames while in the Rift plane.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane mechanic.

Cataclysm will pull Cryopods and Excavators into the Rift plane. These objects will remain in the Rift as long as the bottom center part of their in-game model is within the Cataclysm sphere.
Cataclysm's forming explosion can break Reinforced Glass, while the collapsing explosion can break the former as well as Storage Containers.
Portable items like datamasses, power cores and void keys within the Cataclysm can be picked up and carried, and will not be dropped by transitioning between planes.
Pickups within Cataclysm can be collected by players.
For more information on Rift-related attributes, see the Rift Plane mechanic.

Ability Synergy:
- Banish enemies inside Cataclysm to briefly blink them out and back into the Rift, dealing damage and knockdown.
- All enemies within Cataclysm are frozen in place by Stasis.
- Collapse the Cataclysm to force enemies affected by Rift Surge back into the material plane, discharging their surge to result in a radial banish.
Cataclysm's sphere void energy is affected by Limbo's chosen energy color.

Main article: Cataclysmic Continuum

Cataclysmic Continuum is a Warframe Augment Mod for Limbo that extends Cataclysm's duration for every enemy killed inside it.

Rank	Duration Bonus	Cost
0	0.3s	6
1	0.5s	7
2	0.7s	8
3	1s	9

Because Cataclysm prevents enemy fire outside the sphere from damaging objects inside it, this ability can be used as an alternative to Snow Globe in protecting Defense, Mobile Defense and Excavation objectives.
- Power Cores can be picked up and delivered to Excavators safely, all within the Cataclysm.
Kuva Guardians will remain in the material plane, even inside a Cataclysm, while retaining their Keshegs.
- This can help in Kuva Siphon missions to ignore them completely, or disarm them through the Rift since Operator powers work across planes.
While Cataclysm can be used to protect an objective or team members from harm directly, it is also possible to manage ranged threats by surrounding them with the skill instead of the players, then eliminating them individually as they are revealed by the shrinking sphere.
- Generally, this is disadvantageous when facing high concentrations of melee enemies, as it effectively provides them cover from the team until outside the sphere.
  - Allies can be Banished so they can attack enemies within Cataclysm without them needing to go inside it.
- Using Cataclysm in this way is most effective when enemies are in open spaces or stationary. In particular, Corpus MOAs and the heavy units from several factions exhibit the tendency to stand in the open and fire while relatively stationary, leaving them vulnerable to this technique.
  - Stasis can also be activated to keep enemies inside the Cataclysm.
- This method offers an alternative means of managing scattered groups of enemies without denying the use of datamasses in Mobile Defense, since players in the Rift cannot interact with consoles, even if they are carrying a datamass.
When debating whether to emphasize Duration or Range mods in a Cataclysm-oriented build, consider that the Range will often dictate the "effective duration" of the ability, since it can often become smaller than is useful in the latter stages of its duration.
- Narrow Minded is a mod to consider carefully before equipping at high level, since it will not only decrease the maximum size of the sphere, but also the minimum size. This is especially important since Narrow Minded will also serve to prolong the skill's later stages in which it has shrunken considerably and may be less useful.
  - This mod can also be highly advantageous when size is of less importance than duration, such as screening Defense, Mobile Defense, or Excavation missions objectives from harm. This is especially helpful against the Corpus, as a Nullifier bubble touching the Cataclysm anywhere within its area will end the ability; minimum range makes this much easier to prevent by shooting the bubble before it touches the Cataclysm.
- Since Range mods improve both the initial AND final range of the skill, it is possible to create a Cataclysm which never becomes too small to fight inside before it ends naturally, never requiring an early recast.
The darkest black energy color from the Smoke color palette can greatly increase visibility within the sphere.
Cataclysm can break loot containers over a large area, and building for range and efficiency is very effective for activities such as farming resources in the Plains of Eidolon.

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