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Garuda, the Bloody Maiden

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Death’s crimson maiden sharpens her talons. Garuda weaponizes the blood of her foes to deal high damage. Sanguine beauty complements her deadly power.

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ITEM RANK

30

60 / 60

APPLY CONDITIONALS

ENERGY
240
HEALTH
370
SHIELD
370
SPRINT SPEED
1
DURATION
100%
EFFICIENCY
100%
RANGE
100%
STRENGTH
100%
ARMOR
315
Damage Reduction
51.2%
EFFECTIVE HIT POINTS
1,252
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Garuda, the Bloody Maiden

[Garuda], the Bloody Maiden

Where to begin. [Garuda] is a godsend of a frame. A hunter that [Valkyr] wishes she could be, an AoE monster of mayhem, able to scale infinitely and still tank the world with all that EHP, can kill level 180 corrupted heavy gunner eximus units in seconds, amazing gap close and incredible healing (that I even put on Trinity!).

Abilities are insane. This is one of the few guides I will write down a how-to-do for abilities, to really sell you on the idea of how [Garuda] is amazing.
Her 1 is her filling sirloin meat of the burger, it has insane gap close potential and amazing 40% hp threshold execution. Using it grants her a shield based on the percentage of the enemy's max HP, which is usually far exceeding the DPS they can even put out. Doing it again increases the shield to the number shown above, which is absolutely monstrous as it resets the cap.
Her 2 enables some seriously good healing for herself and teammates, making her great for supportability, this the healthy hearty vegetables of the burger.
Her 3 enables you to regain some energy, with proper management using 2, you can fully heal and have full energy, this is the melted cheesy goodness of your burger.
Now for her 4, an extremely underrated ability. [Garuda]'s seeking [Talons], the flavorful bacon resting between the buns of this magnificent kit, wonderfully woven together. It hits any targets in the field of view, proccing slash damage on everyone.

Now for what I mean by how-to-do: when you hit 1 ([Dread] Mirror) on an enemy, it creates this shield in front of garuda, protecting her from damage. With that, you are in range and protected, holding it down creates a blood-bomb that can nuke a small or large area, but save this for a little bit, get it nice and juicy with a 10k-100k number depending on enemy level. While you're in the fray of enemies, slap a few Blood Altars from some of their soon-to-be corpses, gaining insane health back from any damage you might have taken or might lose from using your 3, Bloodletting.
Now for the whole thing to be woven together. You're shielded with massive damage balled up, you have blood altars healing you and you're full energy. Jump backwards, look at the crowd of flesh and robotics before you and use Seeking [Talons] while in the air, you will float during this duration. Let go when you see anyone, hold aim glide to remain floating then hold 1, your Dread Mirror. Wait 4-6 seconds and let it go in the middle of everyone.
Death. Anything and everything dies. Disruptors, Healers, level 300 armored corrupted heavy gunners, all of them- except that nullifier who will probably die soon anyway.

Pros:

  • Infinite damage scaling
  • Insane map pressure
  • Amazing healing for herself and her team
  • Ludicrous crowd control capabilities
  • SO much fun to play
  • Works in majority of game modes to her advantage
  • Great design philosophy
  • Great offensive-tank playstyle
  • Synergizes with anyone and no one
  • Able to hold her own
  • Not weapon reliant
  • Not focus school reliant
  • Built in melee weapons synergize with Dread Mirror's knockdown for ground finisher damage
  • Can melt a majority of bosses with her kit
  • 2 & 4 are team-assisting abilities

Cons:

  • Natural Talent is mandatory, casting speeds are too low
  • Heavily cast reliant, not "press 4 to delete"
  • Best synergies are warframes nobody thinks of (Limbo's rift does not interfere with her playstyle)
  • Prone to a random melee attack oneshot from high level enemies
  • No prime YET
  • Uses an umbra forma to fit all the mods needed
  • Not a flexible build for other means
  • Augments are either broken in a bad way or downright not worth the slot

Notes: I love Garuda. Her design is phenomenally well done and all around stands as a gold standard for warframe design for self-synergy while still being a team player. The combo I do is 1 - 2 -2 -3 - 4Hold - 1Hold (4-6s) to quickly maximize self sustain and instant damage after ultimate cast.