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Picking up the bestWarframefor your Tenno can be tricky, more so with98 different framesto choose from (including Prime Warframes and Excalibur Umbra). Digital Extreme’s sci-fi Action Online RPG requires practice and constant trial and error. However, it’s possible to bypass all of that and learn the meta in a few easy steps.
Knowing which Warframe to equip for every occasion is the key to success in a game that hashundreds of different materials to farmand enemies to conquer. This guide offersa detailed list of all Warframes, with a careful analysis of the current meta, power levels, and viability for Steel Path and End-Game challenges.
All Warframes, Ranked
Each Warframe has its pros and cons. Knowing their advantages, weaknesses, and utility purposes is the way to success in a game as massive as this. It’s not just about packing damage and clearing hundreds of enemies at once, or just a bulky ‘Frame’ that can withstand lots of punishment. Some Warframes are great at both of those, while others excel at a different approach. At the end of the day, players should choose whichever Warframe they feel comfortable with, learn its mechanics, its abilities, and, more importantly,the best builds for them.
Warframes
S Tier
Wisp Prime, Harrow Prime, Saryn Prime, Octavia Prime, Xaku Prime, Dante, Mesa Prime, Kullervo, Hildryn Prime, Inaros Prime, Nidus Prime, Revenant Prime, Oraxia
A Tier
Cyte-09, Hildryn, Octavia, Wisp, Saryn, Mesa, Xaku, Khora Prime, Gauss Prime, Volt Prime, Nyx Prime, Trinity Prime, Excalibur Umbra, Nova Prime, Jade, Citrine, Protea Prime, Wukong Prime, Harrow, Nehza Prime, Gara Prime, Nekros Prime, Titania Prime, Inaros, Nidus, Voruna, Styanax, Sevagoth Prime, Dagath, Ivara Prime, Garuda Prime, Vauban Prime, Equinox Prime, Ember Prime, Baruuk Prime, Revenant, Temple, Lavos Prime, Koumei
B Tier
Khora, Gauss, Trinity, Nyx, Rhino Prime, Excalibur, Mag Prime, Protea, Nova, Wukong, Volt, Protea, Wukong, Nehza, Gara, Nekros, Titania, Sevagoth, Ivara, Gire, Garuda, Vauban, Equinox, Ember, Lavos, Chroma Prime, Limbo Prime, Valkyr Prime, Hydroid Prime, Caliban, Atlas Prime, Baruuk, Banshee Prime, Mirage Prime, Grendel Prime, Qorvex
C Tier
Mag, Chroma, Limbo, Valkyr, Hydroid, Atlas, Loki Prime, Ash Prime, Oberon Prime, Rhino, Banshee, Zephyr Prime, Frost Prime, Mirage, Grendel, Yareli Prime
D Tier
Loki, Frost, Oberon, Ash, Zephyr, Yareli
Prime Warframes are always a Tier above their original, due to their increased base stats and intrinsic polarities. Players should always aim to invest in Prime Warframeswhenever they have the chance. Regular Warframes should be used to subsume through Helminth to enhance their utility even further and equip their abilities to other Warframes.
Exceptions to this list areNecramechs, which arevehicles and not Warframes, and alsoExcalibur Prime, which is impossible to obtain unless players are Founder Members.
S Tier Warframes
Starting at Tier A, we will omit Non-Prime Warframes that have their Prime version available, since they have the same abilities as Primed ones, but lower stats. This doesn’t make them less viable if players don’t have access to the Prime versions of them.
A Tier Warframes
B Tier Warframes
Prime Warframes also have the unique property ofregaining full Energyeach time they approach/hit aDeath Orbin Void Missions.
