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Last week had positive reception overall, so this week we’re following up with a fast favorite
This is Volt, a versatile warrior. Volt’s arsenal is powerful and electrifying. Handle with care, Tenno.
PASSIVE Grounded movement generates an electrical charge building up 1000 Damage per meter that is unleashed with the next attack.
1ST ABILITY Shock-Shoot a bolt of lightning at an enemy
2ND ABILITY Speed-Harness electrifying power to grant yourself and allies extra speed
3RD ABILITY Electric Shield-Summon a barrier that empowers projectiles shot through it, can be picked up
4TH ABILITY Discharge-Emit a high powered blast that electrocutes all enemies in a radius, becoming vulnerable
Progenitor Element-Electricity
Subsumed Ability-Shock
Tactical Ability-Speed
Volt is one of the 3 starter warframes alongside Excalibur and next weeks planned frame. His parts if not chosen can be obtained from the Tenno lab in your clan dojo, or bought from Teshin fully built after reaching Typhoon rank in Conclave for 60,000 standing.
Volt received a prime model in 2015, though now vaulted Baro Ki’teer will occasionally bring relics containing Volt Prime parts.
Volt is the first frame to receive 5 augment mods, 2 being Conclave exclusive
Volt has had 3 changes to his drop locations, originally dropping from the J3 Golem fight in the old days before being moved to Survival rewards, to his current resting spot in the clan labs.
It is possible to stack strength high enough that his speed can crash a mission, though not recommended
Volt scales really well due to a mix of CC, potential overshield charging with Capacitance augment, and Electric Shield giving you conal immunity, self-stagger resistance, and the frankly ludicrous ability to double your crit damage (so functionally a free double damage factor for most weapons you’ll want to use due to hybrid meta). Transistor Shield gives him nice party support too. The added electric procs from Electric Shield also give him nice access to free, semi-passive triggers of “on headshot” conditional mods. Speed is a nice free DPS boost due to the reload bonus and melee DPS buffing. At low levels, Discharge is a very nice nuke, and can be scaled indefinitely with Terrify builds.
Genuinely think he’s the best frame for new players due to always being good at everything at every level of play. Borne out by his usage stats. People that like Volt really like Volt. I think Mag is the best for high level players, but she requires a lot of modding investment and strong weapons before she really shines.