Returning to the game and noticing our much Focus I can get from Thrax I decided I’ll do a little grinding and collect all the Way-Bound powers. In doing that, and nabbing the out of Duviri relevant intrinsics, I’ve noticed I really don’t need the Arcanes I’ve been using. Zenurik covering my need for Emergence Renewed & Vazarin covering my need for Magus Replenish.
I’ve heard pairing Magus Melt & Accelerant is pretty powerful but I’m not sure that I want to convert my damage types as I like the Void status proc & the stronger Overguard strip.
Also, how’re my AMP Arcanes? I think these are pretty good… doesn’t work perfectly when funneling all Focus into the Way-Bounds and have no actives in my current school for Eradicate.
When I’m expecting my Operator to be capable on their own and do some heavy lifting, this is my setup:
Magus Lockdown is just a super useful CC. I’m generally in situations where no amount of extra health/armour is going to stop the Operator getting oneshot, so the natural shield gate plus Emergence Savior gives me a guaranteed 6 or so seconds to get done whatever it is I need to get done
In less intense content, I’ll sometimes swap out Savior for Magus Elevate so that I have some on-demand Warframe healing, but generally any Warframes that are health/armour tanks already have their own methods of healing, and it won’t make much difference to the shield gating ones
Eternal Eradicate and Eternal Onslaught give me the best damage buff to my amp, and I’m confident proccing both with any of the focus schools and their abilities. I typically run the 147 (Raplak, Phahd, Certus) amp in general gameplay so I’m looking to do burst damage, rather than longer sustained damage from something like the 7 (Klamora) prism, where Eternal Logistics or Magus Melt might be preferred
I hadn’t really considered Lockdown but seeing as it’s on everybody’s short-list I’m gonna have to grab it and see for myself how well it works.
It’s well worth it - on-demand CC for both Operator and Warframe. There are lots of situations where it’s a huge help. Need to keep the Operator safe for a second to pull off Last Gasp? Magus Lockdown. Need to hold an enemy still for a second to charge an Incarnon weapon on some headshots? Magus Lockdown!