Dragon Nikana Life Strike Build : Max Damage/efficiency Build?

[ZephyrPhantom]

Greetings, fellow Tenno,

 

I'm currently looking to maximize the amount of damage I can deal with my Dragon Nikana having recently acquired Life Strike while still remaining efficient enough to cast abilities. My current build currently looks something like this:

 

Pressure Point | Life Strike | Elemental Mod (Molten Impact, Fever Strike, or North Wind) | Focus Energy

Spoiled Strike | Fury | Killing Blow | Reflex Coil

 

All mods except Life Strike are maxed (life strike is at rank 1).

 

My question - would I gain more damage from replacing Killing Blow with an additional Elemental mod, or should I instead remove Spoiled Strike + Fury for an Elemental mod + something else? I'd like to keep the Reflex Coil on if possible to minimize the energy drain so I can use this build on any frame I play with.

Edited April 15, 2014 by ZephyrPhantom

[Angius]

Use Rending Strike, that's for sure.

 

Here, have my target non-channel build, maybe it'll inspire you somehow: http://goo.gl/iGMCYw

[Ogractor]

My build currently looks like this:

 

I'm doing pretty well with it but I might experiment a bit more with the build.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Thanks for the builds, guys! I ultimately replaced Spoiled Strike + Fury for two elemental mods for better damage.

[Cryozar]

I'd say you would've had more benefits taking out reflex coil instead because with Life Strike you want to avoid channeling often unless you have a rage build on your warframe with an energy siphon because of how costly channeling can be with Life Strike (6.5 cost at rank 1 with a maxed Focus Energy) and if you use reflex coil, you're missing out on that extra damage potential

[Darzk]

./agree with ditching Reflex Coil to keep Spoiled Strike.

 

SS is +45% damage per hit, and hitting harder but slower, if you think about it, really increases your energy efficiency by decreasing the amount of energy you spend to restore the same health / do the same damage.