Warframes Comparison
Ash
Durability: 8/19, + invisibility
Damage: Average: Poor vs. mobs, good vs. single targets
Crowd Control: Poor
Mobility: 1.15 Sprint + Teleport
Best Ability: Smoke Screen
Best at: Being Ninja
Banshee
Durability: 12/19 (4 way tie for 12th)
Damage: Good
Crowd Control: Average
Mobility: 1.1 Sprint Speed
Best Ability: Sonar
Best at: Ranged combat
Notes: Ultimate does not give you damage immunity, so it can be dangerous to activate
Ember
Durability: 12/19
Damage: Excellent
Crowd Control: None
Mobility: 1.0 Sprint speed
Best ability: Overheat
Best at: Killing Infested
Excalibur
Durability: 11/19
Damage: Good
Crowd Control: Average
Mobility: 1.0 Sprint Speed, Super Jump
Best at: Being average.
Best Ability: Slash dash
Frost
Durability: 1/19, + Snow Globe
Damage: Average: Good vs. Crowds, poor on single enemies.
Crowd Control: Good
Mobility: 0.9 Sprint Speed
Best ability: Snow Globe
Best at: Defense and Hijack
Notes: If you see a Frost, stay inside their Snow Globe, especially if you are about to die.
Loki
Durability: 19/19, + invisibility
Damage: Poor
Crowd Control: Good
Mobility: 1.25 Sprint Speed + Switch Teleport
Best Ability: Invisibility
Notes: Invisibility comes with a damage buff for melee.
Mag
Durability: 7/19
Damage: Good
Crowd Control: Good
Mobility: 1.0 Sprint speed
Best Ability: Pull
Notes: Don’t forget to bring Bullet Attractor for boss fights.
Nekros
Durability: 16/19
Damage: Poor
Crowd Control: Good
Mobility: 1.1 Sprint speed
Best Ability: Desecrate
Best at: Pull is the best first power
Notes: Nekros is a support frame and can effectively double the amount of loot you get on a mission.
Nova
Durability: 17/19
Damage: Excellent
Crowd Control: Poor
Mobility: 1.2 Sprint speed, Worm Hole (group teleportation)
Best Ability: Molecular Prime
Best at: Killing crowds
Notes: Glass cannon. Amazing against crowds.
Nyx
Durability: 12/19
Damage: Poor
Crowd Control: Excellent
Mobility: 1.1 Sprint Speed
Best Ability: Chaos
Best at: Crowd Control
Notes: Best crowd control Warframe in the game, good at high level content.
Rhino
Durability: 1/19, + Iron Skin
Damage: Good
Crowd Control: Average
Mobility: 0.9 Sprint Speed, 1.15 with Arcane Vanguard Helmet, Rhino Charge
Best Ability: Iron Skin
Best at: Nightmare missions, Tanking
Saryn
Durability: 4/19
Damage: Good
Crowd Control: Poor
Mobility: 0.95 Sprint Speed
Best Ability: Miasma
Best At: Nothing. Rather rounded actually.
Notes: Tanky caster. Good vs. crowds.
Trinity
Durability: 12/19, + Blessing and Link
Damage: Poor
Crowd Control: Poor
Mobility: 1.0 Sprint Speed
Best Ability: Link
Best at: Healing/Tanking
Notes: Trinity is very good at supporting and healing other frames.
Valkyr
Durability: 6/19, + 600 armor which means she gains a lot more from Vitality than other frames
Damage: Average
Crowd Control: Average
Mobility: 1.1 Sprint Speed + Ripline
Best Ability: Ripline
Best at: Melee
Notes: Valkyr will probably get a buff, as her abilities are a bit underwhelming at this point. Ripline takes some practice to use properly, but is a lot of fun.
Vauban
Durability: 18/19
Damage: Average
Crowd Control: Excellent
Mobility: 1.0 Sprint Speed
Best Ability: Bastile
Best at: Crowd Control/Defense
Notes: A must have on defense missions.
Volt
Durability: 5/19
Damage: Excellent
Crowd Control: Poor
Mobility: 1.0 Sprint speed, Speed ability dramatically increases movement speed
Best Ability: Shock
Best at: Rushing
Notes: Best against Corpus.
Zephyr
Durability: 3/19
Damage: Poor
Crowd Control: Good
Mobility: 1.15 Sprint Speed, Tailwind
Best Ability: Shock
Best at: Rushing
Notes: Balanced frame, very fast.
To rate durability, I took 2 x shields + armor adjusted health at level 30, but with no mods. Shields were doubled in my durabilty rating because they regenerate.
Trackbacks
- Warframe Ash Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Zephyr Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Banshee Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Excalibur Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Frost Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Ember Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Mag Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Nekros Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Loki Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Nova Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Nyx Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Volt Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Vauban Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Valkyr Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Saryn Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Trinity Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Rhino Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Oberon Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Hydroid Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Mirage Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Limbo Build Guide | azmytheconomics
- Warframe Chroma Build Guide | azmytheconomics
I’d like to note that Ripline works on other players (without doing damage to them) so Valkyr has the best troll potential ever since they fixed the Vauban’s wormhole.
I deliberately did not rank warframes in terms of their troll potential. 🙂
You should!
Ok, but I’m leaving it in the comment section:
Trolls: Valkyr, Nova. Vauban used to be an epic troll.
Trollable: Nyx – shoot the glowy one!
Everyone else: Neither especially troll nor trollable.
Sadly, in the patch they removed the ripline grabbing players ability :<
First they stop Vortex from killing your allies, now they stop you from pulling them into a horde of enemies. What is this solar system coming to? I’m taking to the forums with torches and pitchforks!