Newbie Guide: Starter Warframe Ability

[Vurige]

So I will get this straight. This is a guide for new players that still confuse about picking their starter warframe (Excalibur, Loki, and Mag) or already pick it but not satisfied about their ability because their warframe's ability is different than their playstyle. if you already did choose your starter but feel uncomfortable about the ability, read this guide so you can make another account and choose the one that suits you.

 

Note: I will not gonna put the passive status like armor, health or shield so the newbie will not be confused, only just the 4 active skill for their first impression. And all this content just about my opinion about that three warframe, so please don't yell, cry, or punch me if I write something wrong.

 

EXCALIBUR

Work as close quarter offense (His theme is swordplay)

-His first ability (Slash Dash) can be use as fast travel and can pass through all enemies including the shielded one. Requires small amount of energy so it's efficient for damaging multiple enemies (only) in front of him.

-Radial Blind (second ability) used to stun enemies near Excalibur, especially melee, work as panic button, work well against infested (the alien mutant faction)

-Super jump (third ability) used as....well....jumping. It can send you jumping 3 times higher than normal by default and it can't deal damage but has low cost of energy

-Radial javelin (final ability) deal massive damage and can ragdoll enemies (make them fall down)

 

LOKI

Work as team support (can draw enemy fire and make teammates nearby less likely for being hit)

-Decoy (first ability) create a copy of himself, making enemies nearby stop hitting you (and your teammates if they are nearby) work as panic button but the decoy has small amount of health and only last for short moment (even shorter in higher level mission)

-Invisibility (second ability) Work same as decoy but for yourself, enabling you to sneak attack the enemies or reviving downed allies without being distracted.You are not invulnerable to damage, just untargetable.

-Switch teleport (third ability) make you swaps positions with a target, also work as panic button and trolling other player (if you aiming at another player)

-Radial Disarm (fourth ability) make enemies permanently unable to use their ranged weapons, forcing them to use melee.

-All Loki's ability can't deal damage (except radial disarm damage to Infested Chargers and knocks them down. But has no effect on other Infested,

 

MAG

Work as crowd control (most ability can do AoE to enemies)

-Pull (first ability) can throw all enemies in front of Mag within it's range (about 15 meters by default) and deal damage.

The damage is enough to instant kill enemies on low-level but useless on higher level (starting from earth, maybe?)

This is a great crowd controlling ability, as using it will disorient enemies, drawing away open fires for several seconds,

-Shield Polarize (second ability) restores team's shields and depletes the same percentage from enemy shields (only work for Corpus, need confirmation on Grineer), It also can deal damage.

-Bullet Attractor (third ability) create a barrier on targeted enemy all bullet that pass the barrier will hit the enemy. Can be used to boss for efficient kill.

-Crush (final ability)  simply deal massive AoE damage to surrounding area, has long cast time and make you vulnerable to enemies that didn't affected by this ability.

-Mag can do more damage to Corpus due to their weakness is magnetic

 

Well that's all, please leave a feedback if you want.

Edited March 14, 2014 by Vurige

[Zareek]

Perhaps maybe a conclussion for each class. Other than that, I approve!

[MagPrime]

Decent start.

 

I'd recommend a little more detail on the abilities, an example of combo and situations, stuff like that.

[izzatuw]

I don't see the point of this thread. It's good but I'm sure that the players would've picked their frame by the time they read this

[(PSN)delta_3802]

Excalibur's slash dash can also get you through the green LASERs that the Corpus use to lock down doors. It's a useful thing to be able to do if you are 1. catching up to your team and get caught behind a gate without an angle to shoot the camera that detects you. 2. When you are trying to burn through to another area (such as when you are required to get something like 4 harddrives from the corpus and lose your ability to fire your primary weapon).

[Darzk]

Excalibur's slash dash can also get you through the green LASERs that the Corpus use to lock down doors.

 

They've changed the doors so the knockdown still lets you though.

 

Also, you can get through the doors by using a slide attack.

 

Mag's Shield Polarize does a great deal of damage to Corpus, but nothing to Grineer/Infested.