by F1ameBlade — last updated 2 years ago
The heir of twin kingdoms ascends. Biological and Sentient life meet in Caliban. An adept monarch, he offers crowd control and survivability. His creator had more than one world in mind.
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3060 / 60
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If you like this build, give it a 👍 to help out!Caliban Gameplay Guide[Caliban] is a strong offensive support frame who can use Sentient Wrath and Fusion strike to cripple enemy defenses. His own defense relies on mild aggro generation from Lethal Progeny which synergizes with his passive that grants a weaker form of [Adaptation] to himself and his allies. He's weak to enemies that are immune to abilities as he doesn't have an innate weapon buff and his kit isn't great for completing objectives.
📝 Build Overview 📝 This build is a greedy variant focused on spamming Fusion Strike and Sentient Wrath. In order to achieve this stat spread some sacrifices are made and Helminth abilities are used to cover any weaknesses.
🔢 Helminth Options 🔢 Razor [Gyre] struggles to make up for the severe restrictions it has while it's being channeled and should be replaced.
Spectrorage generates a large amount of energy when using the [Spectrosiphon] augment.
Spellbind grants some energy with the [Spellbound Harvest] augment and can be used to shrug off status effects.
Ensnare holds enemies in place while you wait for your energy to come back for the Wrath/Strike combo.
Tesla Nervos with the [Tesla Bank] augment can nuke entire rooms for little energy investment when combined with Fusion Strike.
Other abilities are decent but provide a lot of redundancy due to the existence of operator mode, average loadout combinations, and the previously mentioned options.
📊 Ability Stats 📊 Strength should be at least 200% and Range is maxed at the cost of Efficiency. Duration is kept a little above average.
Helminth Invigorations, Arbitration Buffs, Ally Abilities, Arcanes, and other external stat boosts can save you multiple mod slots but may rely on specific team compositions, loadouts, or sheer luck. Plan around these situations and modify your loadout to hit desired ability stat breakpoints.
⏲️ Duration ⏲️ Duration is kept above average so that Fusion Strike, Sentient Wrath, and subsumed abilities don't require constant recasting. Enemies should be dying quick enough that some inefficient recasts may be necessary so too much investment isn't advised.
⛽ Efficiency ⛽ [Primed Flow] gives you a significant buffer to use your abilities. Fusion Strike has a fallout zone that can be spammed to cover more areas so even a high Efficiency build can become expensive depending on your playstyle and the size of the tileset.
📏 Range 📏 Range allows your abilities to cover a larger area but it has some mild negative synergy with Sentient Wrath as it can't be recast until all waves dissipate at their maximum distance or on an enemy. Maximum investment is used to benefit Fusion Strike and your subsumed ability even if it comes at this cost to Sentient Wrath.
💪 Strength 💪 Strength needs to be at least 200% for Fusion Strike to fully strip armor and shields from enemies. Even a few less percentage points can causes enemies to take several more casts to fully strip their defenses. Use any combination of mods to hit this threshold.
↔️ Alternate Playstyles ↔️ Most builds utilize tools that can be swapped out to serve the same purpose albeit in a different manner. The following suggestions are an outline and aren't exhaustive.
🔧 Mods 🔧⚙️ Arcanes ⚙️ Arcane Energize pairs well with [Primed Flow] and allows you to be extremely greedy with your ability casts. It can be replaced if you're confident with your energy economy or you're playing with an ally Warframe that provides energy.
Arcane Aegis synergizes with Lethal Progeny to grant [Caliban] a very long shield gate. This is far less useful in lower level missions and can be replaced if you don't trust the high proc RNG.
📋 Final Notes 📋 [Caliban]'s Adaptive Armor doesn't stack with [Adaptation]. This makes it far less useful on ally Warframes as [Adaptation] is a fairly popular mod. It is useful for NPC allies which includes the summoned Conculysts from Lethal Progeny.
Sentient Wrath puts a Lift proc on enemies which can be annoying when trying to capitalize on the increased damage. Using Fusion Strike will bring them back down to the ground with the damage vulnerability still intact.
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