Zephyr

• Zephyr generates a powerful gust of wind for propulsion, as she soars toward the aiming reticle at a speed of 30 meters per second for ? seconds. While in flight, Zephyr rides an air current with a 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2 meters radius, which inflicts 250 / 300 / 400 / 500 Slash damage and knockdown to all enemies it contacts.
  • Air speed and dash duration are affected by Ability Duration.
  • Contact damage is affected by Ability Strength.
  • Contact radius is affected by Ability Range.
  • Casting Tail Wind while Zephyr is airborne halves the energy cost, which is affected by Ability Efficiency.
  • If cast from the ground, aiming at any direction propels Zephyr forward, while aiming straight down causes Zephyr to skyrocket upward. Holding the ability key (default 1 ) instead prepares Zephyr for a Hover Jump technique.
  • If cast while airborne, aiming at any direction propels Zephyr forward, while aiming straight down or at a slight angle toward the ground causes Zephyr to perform a Dive Bomb technique.
  • Zephyr maintains a portion of the momentum generated by Tail Wind once the dash ends.
  • Each Tail Wind dash resets Aim Glide, allowing Zephyr to perform this maneuver repeatedly without landing.

• Zephyr executes different aerial combat techniques with Tail Wind depending on the activation conditions:

• Activating Tail Wind multiple times allows Zephyr to propel herself farther into the air, effectively simulating flight. There is a slight cooldown between activation.
• Can be used to pass through Laser Barriers unharmed in most cases.
• Zephyr is vulnerable to crowd control via staggers and knockdowns while using Tail Wind.
• Casting Tail Wind interrupts reloading.
• Air current visual effects and hover jump charge meter are affected by Zephyr's chosen Warframe energy color.

Main article: Target Fixation

Target Fixation is a Warframe Augment Mod for Zephyr that increases Tail Wind's damage for every enemy hit while airborne.

• Propelling from the ground is inefficient, it's recommended to jump and dash vertically for more distance.
• Aim glide can be used to significantly increase the distance traveled, as all momentum is conserved for the duration of the aim glide.

Maximization is a form of specialization: mods may be blended to result in values that vary between the top-end limits listed here. Click any maximized link to learn how to build it.

• Maximized Ability Duration increases hover height to ≤38.25 meters and speed while airborne to 91.8 m/s.
  • Reduces contact radius to 0.68 meters and explosion radius to 2.38 meters.
• Maximized Ability Efficiency reduces cost to 6.25 energy and cost while airborne to 3.13 energy.
  • Reduces hover height to ≤5 meters and speed while airborne to 12 m/s.
• Maximized Ability Range increases contact radius to 5.6 meters and explosion radius to 19.6 meters.
  • Reduces damage instances to 200.
• Maximized Ability Strength increases damage instances to 2060.
  • Without Energy Conversion and Growing Power, increases damage instances to 1685.
  • Increases cost to 38.75 energy and cost while airborne to 19.38 energy.
  • Reduces hover height to ≤9.06 meters and speed while airborne to 21.75 m/s.

• After second activation of this ability gravity increases to normal until Zephyr lands (confirmed as bug in Community Hot Topics).
• Occasionally, when "Tail-winding" closely to an Extraction point on Solo, Zephyr's body will be frozen in Tail Wind state, as she supposedly locks herself into the Extraction pod with all her limbs properly placed.

• Zephyr launches 3 projectiles towards her aiming reticle. Airburst projectiles travel rapidly, spanning ? meters in width. Airbursts explode in a 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 meters radius, knocking back and ragdolling all enemies in range and inflicting 200 / 300 / 400 / 500 damage upon contact with an enemy, surface, or having reached 100 meters.
  • Number of projectiles is not affected by mods.
  • Contact and explosion damage are affected by Ability Strength.
  • Explosion damage does not diminish with distance.
  • Explosion radius is affected by Ability Range, while projectile width and travel distance are not.
  • Airburst projectiles have innate punch through and can bypass certain objects in the environment (e.g. closed doors).
• Synergy: Launching Airburst into active Tornado increases their height.
• The casting cost of Airburst is halved when Zephyr is airborne.
• Each projectile have a flight time and will continue to travel until it hits an enemy or a solid object.
  • A well-aimed Airburst can pass through multiple tornadoes.
• Airburst projectiles cannot break reinforced Corpus ship windows.
• The explosion can damage objects and enemies through walls and other cover.
• Casting Airburst is a One-Handed Action, meaning it can be used while performing many actions without interrupting them, including reloading, charging, shooting, and moving (either sprinting or sliding).

• Airburst is an effective way to deal with large swarms of enemies, especially melee, and when they are huddled together.
• Airburst allows players to apply crowd-control effects on enemies in the distance.
• Synergizes well with Zephyr's Tail Wind as the latter allows Zephyr to stay airborne longer, halving the casting cost of the ability.
• Allows players to make Tornadoes, which aren't affected by Ability Range mods, larger. This increases the suction range of the Tornadoes.

Maximization is a form of specialization: mods may be blended to result in values that vary between the top-end limits listed here. Click any maximized link to learn how to build it.

• Maximized Ability Duration has no positive effects on this ability.
  • Reduces range to 2.72 meters.
• Maximized Ability Efficiency reduces cost to 12.5 energy.
  • Has no negative effects on this ability.
• Maximized Ability Range increases range to 22.4 meters.
  • Reduces damage to 200.
• Maximized Ability Strength increases damage to 2060.
  • Without Energy Conversion and Growing Power, increases damage to 1685.
  • Increases cost to 77.5 energy.

• Zephyr surrounds herself in turbulent winds that alter the trajectory of incoming enemy bullets and projectiles, sustaining a protective aura with a 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 meter radius that lasts for 10 / 12 / 15 / 20 seconds.
  • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Shield radius is affected by Ability Range.
  • The shield is spherical and reliably deflects visible projectiles with noticeable flight times (e.g. from Dera, Plasma Rifle and (Pyrotechnic) Ogris), even if fired from within the shield and even if Zephyr is not the target. As these types of projectiles are deflected, their damage (disregarding area damage) is effectively negated.
  • Hitscan bullets (from weapons' shots with no flight time) are completely avoided.
• Turbulence protects Zephyr from incoming projectiles but does not make Zephyr immune to all forms of damage or crowd control. While Turbulence is active, Zephyr is vulnerable to:
  • Status effects, staggers and knockdowns.
  • Melee attacks (non-projectiles).
  • Area-of-effect attacks and explosions (e.g., Shockwave MOA attacks, Ogris rocket explosions, Ignis area damage, and Seismic Shockwaves).
• Casting speed is affected by Natural Talent and Speed Drift.
  • Cannot be recast while active.
• Wind visual effects are affected by Zephyr's chosen Warframe energy color.

Main article: Jet Stream

Jet Stream is a Warframe Augment Mod for Zephyr that grants Turbulence the ability to provide additional movement speed and projectile flight speed for Zephyr and nearby allies.

• Turbulence with above average Ability Range is very effective to shield mission objectives like Defense cryopods or Mobile Defense consoles.
• Lowering Ability Range will make it more likely to get hit by area damage from diverted projectiles while moving.

Maximization is a form of specialization: mods may be blended to result in values that vary between the top-end limits listed here. Click any maximized link to learn how to build it.

• Maximized Ability Duration increases duration to 61.2 seconds.
  • Reduces range to 2.04 meters.
• Maximized Ability Efficiency reduces cost to 18.75 energy.
  • Reduces duration to 8 seconds.
• Maximized Ability Range increases range to 16.8 meters.
  • Has no negative effects on this ability.
• Maximized Ability Strength has no positive effects on this ability.
  • Increases cost to 116.25 energy.
  • Reduces duration to 14.5 seconds.

• Zephyr forms a maximum of 2 / 2 / 3 / 4 tornadoes at the location on the aiming reticle over unrestricted range; tornadoes will prioritize forming on top of enemies within a spawning area of 15 / 17 / 20 / 25 meters around the location and around Zephyr. Once created, tornadoes wander the battlefield, being drawn to enemy presence until they expire in 10 / 12 / 15 / 20 seconds.
  • Spawn radius is affected by Ability Range.
  • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Number of tornadoes active and cast range are not affected by Mods.
• Synergy: Airburst projectiles that travel through tornadoes will increase the affected tornadoes' height to 9 meters.
• Zephyr and her allies can attack each tornado to distribute 100% total damage (including Critical Hits) and Status Effects from weapons and abilities to all enemies trapped within a tornado.
  • Critical damage dealt to enemies over a Tornado is multiplied by 200%. This multiplier is not affected by mods and applied after any weapon mods.
• Tornado's visual effects are modified by each elemental damage type.
  • Magnetic damage type and default physical damage tornado share the same visual effects.
• Can be recast while active to replace old tornadoes.
• Tornadoes exhibit numerous unique properties and mechanics as summoned allied AI units:

Main article: Funnel Clouds

Funnel Clouds is a Warframe Augment Mod for Zephyr that increases the number of active Tornadoes while decreasing their size and removes their ability to pick up enemies.

• Due to high proc rate, Tornado can be used to apply status effects to masses of enemies.
  • Viral can be used to reduce mobs health by 50% regardless of level.
• Each of 4 spawned tornadoes can have different elements.
• Tornadoes will fling enemies trapped within them in random directions after a period of suspending them midair if there is nothing impeding upward thrust (i.e., ceiling). Otherwise, they will stay in the tornado for the full duration.
  • This can greatly lower the damage and CC it is capable of if the enemies are ejected early, making it much more powerful and effective in lower roofed tilesets as opposed to open areas Zephyr thrives in for mobility.

Maximization is a form of specialization: mods may be blended to result in values that vary between the top-end limits listed here. Click any maximized link to learn how to build it.

• Maximized Ability Duration increases duration to 61.2 seconds.
  • Reduces range to 8.5 meters.
• Maximized Ability Efficiency reduces cost to 25 energy.
  • Reduces duration to 8 seconds.
• Maximized Ability Range increases range to 70 meters.
  • Reduces damage to 48 per second and initial damage multiplier to 80%.
• Maximized Ability Strength increases damage to 494.4 per second and initial damage multiplier to 824%.
  • Without Energy Conversion and Growing Power, increases damage to 404.4 per second and initial damage multiplier to 674%.
  • Increases cost to 155 energy.
  • Reduces duration to 14.5 seconds.

• On some occasions, a bug may prevent you from casting Tornado if there are no enemies in range.
• If another Zephyr is in the squad and casts Tornado, then their duration will appear for you as well, although it does not prevent you from casting it yourself.
• Multiple bugs prevent Tornado from working correctly when not hosting.