Volt

• Volt releases an arc discharge toward the targeted enemy or location on the aiming reticle over unrestricted range, chaining electricity to enemies within 7 / 10 / 12 / 15 meters of each point of contact. The arc can chain a maximum of 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 times and inflicts 75 / 100 / 125 / 200 Electricity damage with a 100% status chance to each enemy.
  • Chain link range is affected by Ability Range.
  • Damage is affected by Ability Strength.
  • Electricity damage is effective against Machinery and Robotics but less effective against Alloy Armor.
  • Electricity status effect chains 50% of Shock's base damage to surrounding enemies in a small area of effect. Shocked enemies will also be briefly stunned.
  • Cast range and status chance are not affected by mods.
  • Shock's first point of contact can either be a surface or an enemy:
    • By aiming the arc at a surface within the vicinity of nearby enemies, Shock can be used to damage enemies without directly aiming at them.
    • By aiming the arc directly at an enemy, Shock will have the potential to damage and stun a maximum of 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 enemies per cast.
  • Shock can only chain to enemies within the arc's line of sight (e.g., Shock will not phase through obstacles in the environment to reach enemies within range).
• Can be used while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Casting Shock through an Electric Shield will electrify it, inflicting 100% of Shock's damage to enemies that pass through it (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 260 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260).
    • The bonus damage from Volt's passive will also be stacked onto the damage from Shock (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 810 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260 and the Passive bonus is 550 at the time Shock is cast).
  • Casting Shock against a target under Discharge's effect will result in an overcharge, creating an area of effect burst emitted from the target.
• Subsuming Volt to the Helminth will offer Shock and its augments to be used by other Warframes.

Main article: Shock Trooper

Shock Trooper is a Warframe Augment Mod for Volt that allows Shock to be held on cast, creating a wave of energy traveling outward from the user that temporarily grants the caster and nearby allies additional Electricity damage to all attacks.

Rank	Electricity Damage	Duration	Range	Cost
0	50%	28s	15m	6
1	65%	32s	15m	7
2	80%	36s	15m	8
3	100%	40s	15m	9

• Shock stuns all affected enemies. This is especially useful against heavy units.
• Firing Shock directly at enemies may or may not be useful due to its targeting mechanics. Try instead to fire shock at the surfaces near the enemies (the ground, walls, ceiling, etc).
• Firing Shock at the wall behind a corner will chain damage to nearby enemies around said corner. This can be used to scout for enemies not in your line of sight.
• Deals 50% more damage to machinery and robotics.

• Volt energizes the surrounding area, increasing the mobility of his allies within 15 / 20 / 22 / 25 meters. Affected players will gain 8% / 13% / 15% / 17% weapon Reload Speed and 10% / 15% / 25% / 50% melee Attack Speed and movement speed bonuses, lasting for 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 seconds.
  • Speed buff and Reload buff are affected by Ability Strength.
  • The attack speed buff grants an additive bonus that will stack with other attack speed modifiers. (e.g.,  Fury combined with Speed at max rank and +30% Ability Strength will increase Volt's attack speed by 0.5 × 1.3 + 0.3 = 95%).
  • The movement speed buff grants a multiplicative bonus that will stack with other movement speed modifiers. (e.g.,  Rush combined with Speed at max rank and +30% Ability Strength will increase Volt's sprint speed by (1 × 1.3) × (1 + (0.5 × 1.3)) − 1 = 114.5%).
  • The reload speed buff grants an additive bonus that will stack with other reload speed modifiers. (e.g.,  Quickdraw combined with Speed at max rank and +30% Ability Strength will increase Volt's reload speed by 0.17 × 1.3 + 0.48 = 70.1%).
  • Speed does not affect casting speed, knockdown recovery speed, or holster speed.
  • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Radius is affected by Ability Range.
• The effects of Speed are applied to Volt and Tenno.
  • Allies only need to be in range when Speed is cast to be affected.
  • Allies can backflip to remove Speed if they wish to opt-out.
• Increases the distance of combat maneuvers like the sliding front flip and wall run as a result of the faster sprint speed.
• Can be used while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading.
• Can be recast while active to refresh duration.

Main article: Shocking Speed

Shocking Speed is a Warframe Augment Mod for Volt's Speed that causes him and his allies to inflict Electricity damage and status to enemies they touch while moving.

Rank	Electricity Damage	Cost
0	75	6
1	100	7
2	125	8
3	175	9

• Great for catching up with teammates that need to be revived, fleeing from tough enemies, or taking the lead.
• Excellent skill to use for a cell looking to get through a mission quickly.
• Can be combined with  Rush for unrivaled speeds.
• Combine with  Fury and  Berserker for absurd attack speed on melee weapons.
• Can be used to avoid enemy fire due to reduced enemy accuracy and to dodge almost all Corpus due to their weapons' projectile travel time.
• Can reduce recharge delay for Cycron or a Kitgun equipped with Pax Charge, however, it does not affect recharge rate.
• Using Speed before switching to Archwing mode significantly boost Archwing's flight speed

• Volt creates an electrical energy barrier 4.25 meters high and 6 meters wide that absorbs enemy fire, lasting for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds. Shots fired through the shield made by Volt and his allies gain 50% Electricity damage and 200% critical multiplier.
  • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Height and width of the shield as well as the damage bonus are not affected by mods.
  • The Electricity damage bonus is an additive bonus that's applied to the weapon's base damage, similar to an elemental mod. For an unmodified weapon that inflicts 100 base damage, firing through a shield will increase the total damage to 100 × (1 + 0.5) = 150. The weapon now inflicts 100 base damage and 50 Electricity damage.
  • Firing through multiple Shields will cause the Electricity damage bonus to stack additively (e.g., firing through 3 shields will grant a 150% Electricity damage bonus). The critical multiplier bonus on the other hand does not stack with additional shields.
  • The Electricity damage bonus does not combine with other elemental types to create secondary elements; the weapon will separately proc the elements present on it and Electricity from Electric Shield.
  • Warframe abilities do not gain bonuses from being fired through the shield, with the exception of Ember's Fireball, Frost's Freeze, Oberon's Smite, and Vauban's Flechette Orb.
• Volt has the ability to pickup one of his Static Shields through a context action. Doing so will cause the shield to decrease in size to 2.0 m × 3.0 m and become mobile. Activating the context action again will revert the Current Shield back into a Static Shield.
  • The position and movement of the Current Shield will be fixed to the target reticle, meaning the Shield will move with the camera while being within 1.5 meters of Volt.
  • When the Current Shield is equipped Volt will be limited to the use of only his secondary and melee weapons and will have his speed and mobility reduced.
  • Enemies hit by the Current Shield while Volt is sprinting will be ragdolled.
  • Volt will be drained 1 energy for every 4 meters he travels with the Current Shield equipped.
    • Distance Per Energy is affected by Ability Efficiency through the equation DPE = 4 ÷ (2 − (1 + Efficiency Mods)).
  • Only one shield can be equipped at a time.
• A maximum of 6 separate Electric Shields can be cast at any given time. Casting Electric Shields after reaching the maximum will remove the oldest shield.
• Electric Shield affects certain weapons differently:
  • All primary and secondary weapons will gain Electricity damage and amplified critical damage.
    • Pellets from gunblades, like Redeemer and Sarpa, also gain the buff.
  • Thrown melee weapons, such as the Glaive, are not affected by Electric Shield.
  • Weapons that have additional sources of damage, such as the Quanta, will have their additional sources affected by Electric Shield so long as the damage can be modified. For example, firing a Torid grenade through a Shield will affect the projectile damage and the area damage. Firing a Mutalist Quanta orb through a Shield will not affect the orb's contact damage, but it will affect the orb's explosion damage.
  • Held-trigger weapons will gain hitscan properties.
• While most hostile gunfire and AoE damage are blocked by Electric Shield, weapons with innate punch through, such as a Scorch's Ignis, can bypass Electric Shield.
• Prevents self-stagger from AoE weapons if the player shoots behind the shield.
• Ability Synergy: Casting Shock through an Electric Shield will electrify it, inflicting 100% of Shock's damage to enemies that pass through it (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 260 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260).
  • The bonus damage from Volt's passive will also be stacked onto the damage from Shock (e.g., Electric Shield will deal 810 damage if Shock's modified damage is 260 and the Passive bonus is 550 at the time Shock is cast).

Main article: Transistor Shield

Transistor Shield is a Warframe Augment Mod for Volt's Electric Shield that allows allies to pick up and move Electric Shields, with no energy cost for moving them. Additionally, a percentage of enemy damage absorbed by the Electric Shield(s) will add up to Volt's Static Discharge passive.

Main article: Recharge Barrier

Recharge Barrier is a PvE and Conclave Warframe Augment Mod for Volt's Electric Shield that restores allies' shields when they pass through the barrier.

• Multiple instances of the Static Shield can provide a 360^o wall of protection, or can be used once if backing up into a tight space, blocking enemy fire from all angles.
• Note that Electric Shield does not protect its users from above and below attacks. Placing them above and below the player can be done to counter this.

• Volt emits a powerful electric pulse over 12 / 15 / 18 / 20 meters, any enemies that are hit with the initial pulse or that enter the pulse's area in first 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 seconds after the cast will become stunned for the entire 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 second Effect Duration and emit arcs of electricity like Tesla Coils, shocking hostiles who come within 4 / 4 / 6 / 8 meters.
  • Effect Duration is affected by Ability Duration, but the 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 second Ability Duration and 4.5 second Damage Delay are not.
    • Electric Arcs are not obstructed by the environment.
  • Electric Arcs deal 250 / 375 / 500 / 600 Electricity damage per tick to each other hostile within 4 / 4 / 6 / 8 meters of the affected target. Electricity damage ticks twice every second.
    • There is no delay of 4.5 seconds and affected targets will not deal self damage.
  • Affected targets that are not in range of other hostiles will begin to damage themselves after the first 4.5 seconds of Discharge for 250 / 375 / 500 / 600 Electricity damage per tick for the remaining 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 second Effect Duration. Electricity damage ticks twice every second.
    • If affected targets die but one is left alive, it will begin to damage itself after another 4.5 seconds.
    • If Effect Duration or remaining duration is shorter than 4.5 seconds, affected target will take no damage.
  • Discharge damage, Electric Arc damage, and Effect Duration all have falloff over the 12 / 15 / 18 / 20m range.
    • Discharge damage and Electric Arc damage are affected by Ability Strength.
    • Discharge range and Electric Arc radius are affected by Ability Range.
    • At the casting point Discharge damage, Electric Arc damage, and Effect Duration remain at 100%, linearly decreasing until all reach 50% of their respective values at the maximum range from the cast point.
      • Electric Arc damage does not falloff over the Electric Arc Radius from individual enemies, only over the Discharge range.
  • Loot crates can also undergo the Tesla effect, but can only be charged once.
  • Volt's passive does affect Discharge, but the bonus damage is not simply added onto the ability's total damage output. Instead, the current bonus damage value is divided by the damage per tick value, rounded down to the nearest whole number, then multiplied by 0.5 seconds. This new value is then subtracted from the 4.5 second Damage Delay phase of Discharge, meaning Discharge will begin damaging the target sooner.
    • For example, a rank 3 Discharge with a max rank  Intensify and 1,000 bonus damage from Volt's passive will deal:

      $ { \textbf{1,200} \times \textbf{1.3} \times (\textbf{6s} - \textbf{4.5s} + \textbf{0.5s} \times \left\lfloor\frac{\textbf{1000}}{\textbf{600} \times \textbf{1.3}}\right\rfloor) = \textbf{3,120} } $

      • This bonus will be applied only to the first enemy/object Discharge's propagation hits, meaning any other targets hit by Discharge will follow the normal damage calculation without Static Discharge's effects.
• Ability Synergy: Casting Shock against a target under Discharge's effect will result in an overcharge, creating an area of effect burst emitted from the target.
• Can be used while sliding, wall clinging, and in mid-air (e.g. jumping or executing a front flip).
• Has a cast time of ~1 second, during which Volt is vulnerable to damage and energy drains, but immune to knockdowns and stuns.
• Cannot be recast within the first 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 seconds of a previous cast, and recasting after said duration will not refresh or stack the effect on already affected enemies.

Main article: Capacitance

Capacitance is a Warframe Augment Mod for Volt that converts a percentage of damage dealt by Discharge into shields, split between himself and allies.

• Casting Discharge when targets are in a close proximity to one another and/or to yourself will ensure that enemies take more damage during the Effect Duration.