by Twinzet — last updated 9 months ago
Tempting and terrifying, this is Titania in her ultimate form.
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Hello all,
This is the build I use for everything speed related. Easily competes with the fastest frames and builds in the game at 0 forma.
This build synergizes really well with any speedrun missions, due to it being relatively low maintenance. Here are some specific use cases:
Quickly completing capture missions in the void to farm up void relics (I usually average about 40 seconds total for each run, but you can possibly even bring it lower than that)
Running void relic missions with random squads. This lets you stay ahead of your teammates, casually shooting enemies as you go to leave them reactant while you complete the objective for them. This works well on Capture, Rescue, Sabotage, and exterminate fissure missions never having to worry about falling behind and making your team wait. Once you have done the objective and gotten your reactant, you can zip to the extraction point and relax while your teammates do their thing (just make sure to watch your teammates' reactant and ensure that everyone cracks their relics before force extracting).
[Titania]'s Razorwing ability is actually surprisingly usable for spy missions. Although she can't go invisible, by nature of flying, and getting so small, the obstacles around the data console become a lot easier to overcome. She actually gets so small that she can fit through the lasers on laser doors, and since she flies she can bypass the parkour challenges presented in those rooms. The only problem is avoiding being detected by enemies.
[Razorwing Blitz] is an augment mod for [Titania] that allows you to increase her flight speed while in Razorwing every time you cast an ability. This mod is what will allow you to increase how fast you move while in Razorwing, turning her into a speed frame. [Razorwing Blitz]'s buff mechanic can be a bit confusing, so bear with me. For this example, it is assumed that Razorwing Blitz is at max rank.
Say you have [Titania] with no ability strength increase, so her ability strength stat is 100%. Razorwing Blitz will increase your flight speed by 25/50/75/100% going from +25% flight speed boost to +100% flight speed boost, increasing every time you cast an ability up to 4 times.
Now say our Titania has 120% ability strength. That 25/50/75/100% flight speed boost now becomes 30/60/90/120% flight speed boost.
Basically, Razorwing Blitz's flight speed buff looks like this:
So if we have 100% ability strength we can have up to 100% bonus flight speed, if we have 120% ability strength we can have up to 120% ability strength and so on. This means that the flight speed is increased by the ability strength at the time of casting. Here's another example to show what this means:
There are many ways to temporarily increase ability strength in Warframe, for this example we will use Hardened Wellspring. Hardened Wellspring is a modification for the Wellspring ability from the Zenurik focus school that at max rank, increases ability strength by 20% when standing inside the wellspring. This ability strength buff is not permanent and goes away when you step out of the wellspring.
Now lets apply this to [Razorwing Blitz]. If you are inside this wellspring when you cast the abilities to activate [Razorwing Blitz], the extra flight speed bonus will still be in effect even when you leave the wellspring (until [Razorwing Blitz] runs out).
So this means that whatever temporary ability strength buff you have active when you activate [Razorwing Blitz] will contribute to the flight speed bonus and stay as part of that flight speed bonus until [Razorwing Blitz] runs out.
Now that we understand how Razorwing Blitz works, lets move on to the mod options.
Aura - [Titania Prime] comes with the aura mod slot polarized to Madurai, so there are essentially 2 Aura mods that really work well with this build: Growing Power and Pistol Amp.
At max rank, [Growing Power] increases ability strength by 25% for 6 seconds when you inflict a status proc on an enemy. As we discussed earlier, even though the ability strength buff only lasts for 6 seconds, the flight speed bonus gained from the extra ability strength will stay until [Razorwing Blitz] runs out. This allows for you to add an extra 25% flight speed bonus as long as you activate Razorwing Blitz while this bonus strength is active.
The other option is [Pistol Amp]. While in Razorwing, [Titania] only has access to her exalted weapons, [Dex Pixia Prime] and [Diwata Prime] (dual pistols and a melee). [Pistol Amp] will increase the damage dealt by her pistols, which is pretty much what you will be using to deal damage while in razorwing. Personally I actually use [Pistol Amp] over [Growing Power] in my build because to me the added 25% speed isn't needed, and I like to get a bit more damage out of her pistols.
Exilus - This mod slot is not crucial, so if you don't want to use an Exilus Warframe Adapter, it won't ruin the build. However, having access to this slot will allow for a couple of really good options to add on to your build. Of course there are many exilus mods to choose from, but there are 2 that work really well in this slot: Preparation and Rush.
The mod I would highly recommend you put here is [Preparation]. When maxed, this will start you out with your energy completely filled which lets you fly longer off of spawn. There isn't much else to say, just this is an amazing mod for this build.
Another mod you can use in the exilus slot is Rush. This will give you some more speed without needing to put on more ability strength mods.
Speed Drift - This is the "quality of life" mod slot, replace [Speed Drift] with any other mod you see fit and it will fit within the mod capacity as long as it is less than or equal to 9 mod drain. Speed Drift is a great option here, but if something else works better for you, replace it.
Primed Flow - If you have the Primed version of [Flow], it is really good to have, especially if you have [Preparation] in your exilus slot. You can absolutely use normal flow here, and it will also free up some mod capacity for use in the quality of life slot.
Primed Continuity - The reason for this is that ability duration affects the energy drain per second while in Razorwing. Like [Flow], if you don't have Primed Continuity, normal Continuity works fine and will again free up some mod capacity.
Streamline - This is to further reduce the energy drain per second while in Razorwing. It will also reduce how energy expensive it is to cast the ability to activate Razorwing Blitz. Pretty standard stuff.
Narrow Minded - As mentioned earlier, ability duration affects the energy drain while in Razorwing. Ability range is pretty much useless in this build, so the ability duration / range tradeoff is almost meant to be. Titania Prime also comes with a slot polarized to Vazarin, so you can easily fit it into this 0 forma build.
Intensify - After taking care of the energy drain, we can start adding some ability strength to create our speed bonus from [Razorwing Blitz]. [Intensify] is the standard ability strength increase, so we can throw it in the already polarized Madurai slot.
Augur Secrets - We further increase the ability strength on our last slot to complete this speed build.
Arcanes - The only arcane that I highly recommend you have is a max rank Arcane Nullifier. Energy is extremely important to this build as if you run out, you can no longer fly, so this will allow you to fly through Grineer energy drain doors without having to shoot the sensors, and [Protect] you against energy drain sources. As for Arcane Ice, put whatever arcane you want in this slot. I like having Arcane Ice in this slot so I don't die if a Fire Eximus sends out it's waves at me.
The thing about this build is that it actually has relatively low ability strength, as it puts heavy focus on limiting the energy drain to allow you to fly for the entire mission. Even though we haven't completely maxed out ability strength, this build is still able to compete with every other speed frame/build in the game (This build has always beat out teammates with Wukong and Gauss/[Volt] speed builds), so I happily mod out some of the energy drain that can really ruin [Titania]. If you want extra ability strength, I would not recommend using Blind Rage or Umbral Intensify. Instead there is an alternate build that I highly recommend if you don't like the current build.
First, we're going to replace [Speed Drift] with Power Drift. This is a swap that will give you the exact same mod capacity while increasing your ability strength.
Next, replace Primed Flow/Flow with Fleeting Expertise this is the main mod that will give us good energy drain per second.
Lastly, replace Primed Continuity/[Continuity] with [Transient Fortitude]. Since ability duration doesn't affect Razorwing energy drain per second as much as ability efficiency, this is a great mod to use for bonus ability strength.
As you will notice, our ability strength has gone from 154% to 224%, and our energy drain per second has actually gone down from 1.38 to 1.25! Unfortunately, will have to sacrifice Primed Flow/[Flow], which in my eyes is a huge hit to the energy management of the build. On top of that, it will take a lot more endo to achieve as compared to using [Flow] and [Continuity] (not the primed variants). This makes it not worth for me, but again this gives you options to fit this build to your preference.
Now, let's get into how to properly use this build in missions.
First, we need to prep Razorwing Blitz.
Cast Razorwing (Titania's fourth ability) to go into flight mode.
If you are running Growing Power in your aura slot, the first thing you want to do after this is apply a status proc to an enemy.
After this the way you build up speed is by casting any ability up to 4 times. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND CASTING SPELLBIND ([Titania]'s first ability). Personally, I keep the bind to cast my Warframe's first ability on one of my mouse buttons which makes this a bit more comfortable, but it really doesn't matter much.
WHY SPELLBIND IS SO GOOD: If you hold down the key to cast spellbind, it will cast the ability on yourself, making you invulnerable to stagger (very important for Razorwing because crashing into walls staggers [Titania]) and making you invulnerable to status effects. Spellbind lasts 40 seconds on this build, so remember to check if spellbind is active if you don't want to constantly be staggered.
Also, the extra strength from [Growing Power] only lasts for 6 seconds, so make sure you are applying another status proc if you don't get to 4 ability casts in 6 seconds. If you are using another aura mod, you don't have to worry about that extra proc step (which is why I don't use Growing Power), and all you have to do is cast Spellbind 4 times as you go.
KEEP IN MIND: You don't have to cast 4 times! You can adjust the speed to a situation by only casting the amount of times to get the desired speed bonus. The only thing about that is that your speed will not last as long, and you will have to recast more frequently.
After you prep [Razorwing Blitz] and have your desired speed bonus, you need to be able to control this speed. This part has a bit of a learning curve, but you will most likely get the hang of going through missions at superspeed.
A common issue that players have when using [Razorwing Blitz] is constantly hitting walls while going through your mission. This can turn many players off to [Titania]. Make sure you don't constantly hold down the sprint key. I find it to be helpful to only hold the sprint key when I know there is a relatively long mostly straight shot ahead, and then taking advantage of that to cover a large chunk of travel distance. Remember that you still move very fast if you are not holding the sprint key, so don't get hung up on always trying to sprint around at max speed. Other than that, the main way to counter this is to just practice [Titania]. It can be frustrating at first to get used to controlling a Warframe going that fast, while flying, but it shouldn't take long until you get the hang of it. Keep these tips in mind when starting out.
The last main tip to using [Titania] around Warframe is to keep in mind that [Titania] can't interact with things when she is in Razorwing. This means that you can't capture a target on a capture mission, hack alarms, activate elevators, carry datamasses, ect. If you need to interact with something, you can either exit Razorwing, do what you need and then recast it, or what I recommend you do is use operator mode. If you go into your operator form while in Razorwing, [Titania] will stay in Razorwing ready for you to switch back. If you do this, you don't have to use energy recasting Razorwing, and charging up [Razorwing Blitz] again, and you don't waste time.
[Titania] is not only a fun frame to use, but can be extremely speedy if built properly. Using her on "speedrun" missions will give you a competitive advantage when it comes to completing a mission quickly. Her speed makes void relic cracking a lot more relaxing (at least for me), as you don't have to worry about bullet jumping and parkouring just to keep up with your team on these runs. You can just fly around either going ahead and finishing the mission objective for them, or just sticking with them as they work through the mission. Her size while in Razorwing is allows very unique bypasses around obstacles in missions (laser doors, high vents, ect.) and lets you clear obstacles far more easily. If you aren't too familiar with modding, I hope you can take something from the mod breakdown, and tweak this build to suit you. Remember that it can take a bit of getting used to using [Titania] like this, so don't let that discourage you.
Have fun tearing it up in your missions! :)
