Replacement frame for Excalibur

[snooptigger]

Hi

 

I hope that this is the correct section to put my question.  I love using Excalibur but I would like to do some other frames as well.  I have done several frames and enjoyed them but once I've levelled them I always go back to him.  I'm wondering which frame you would recommend someone who loves to play Excalibur. 

 

Frames used that that I can remember off top of head. 

Nyx, Rhino, Valkyr, Oberon, Mag, currently levelling Trinity

 

Thanks in advance. 

Edited June 22, 2016 by snooptigger

[(PSN)Kamranos]

Give Ash a try. He is tons of fun and my usual go-to after Excal

[jmthebigman]

Inaros

[Vlada91]

5 minutes ago, snooptigger said:

Hi

 

I hope that this is the correct section to put my question.  I love using Excalibur but I would like to do some other frames as well.  I have done several frames and enjoyed them but once I've levelled them I always go back to him.  I'm wondering which frame you would recommend someone who loves to play Excalibur. 

 

Frames used that that I can remember off top of head. 

Nyx, Rhino, Valkyr, Oberon, Mag, currently levelling Trinity

 

Thanks in advance. 

Wukong...

[jmthebigman]

18 minutes ago, Vlada91 said:

Wukong...

Wukong is useless to the team.

[Varacal]

1 minute ago, jmthebigman said:

Wukong is useless to the team.

thats not what op asked though

[Yual]

Umbra

Edited June 22, 2016 by yual

[jmthebigman]

1 minute ago, Varacal said:

thats not what op asked though

He asked for something which plays alike, Im sure he still wanna stay useful for a team whilst doing so :P

[maxyboy400]

Valkyr mirage or frost

[snooptigger]

Thanks for the hints.  I solo and I team so any info is great.  Not heard of umbra but just bought sands of Iranos, have half of ash prime bps and I have wakong built in the foundry.    Definitely have ideas of what I need to work on now.

As an aside I'm a she not a he!

[Praxxor]

7 minutes ago, jmthebigman said:

He asked for something which plays alike, Im sure he still wanna stay useful for a team whilst doing so :P

wukong is gonna be just as useless/useful for the team as Excal (since when is tankiness and DPS useless for the team?)

[(PSN)abb12355]

12 minutes ago, jmthebigman said:

Wukong is useless to the team.

Why does every frame have to be useful to a team? Excalibur is not even that useful to the team except for his blind. Wukong is a good secondary to Excalibur because his primal Fury.

[VKhaun]

I'm gonna go wide with this and say Ivara.

A lot of people play her by trying to stay invisible all the time using her skill Prowl which slows you down, kind of like an MMORPG stealth for rogues, but you don't HAVE to play her that way. Her other three skills are ranged and very useful. You can run around swapping to and from Artemis bow, firing quiver arrows and guiding projectiles.

[Maicael]

Is there something specific you like about or doing with Excalibur?

If it's Exalted Blade and its ranged waves, then Ivara's Artemis Bow is deadly at range as is Mesa's Peacemakers (but limited to being stationary). You already mentioned using Valkyr, but Wukong also has a channeled ability melee weapon as others have mentioned.

If it's  Radial Javelin or Blind, then Equinox's Maim is similar but capable of scaling with Rest also disabling enemies and opening them to finishers. Inaros is able to open enemies to finishers with Desiccation and regains health from them.

For Slash Dash then Atlas is a good choice, then there's also Rhino, Hydroid, and (somewhat) Zephyr. 

Edited June 22, 2016 by Maicael

[(PSN)OMGITSNUKERXD]

Maybe Wukong or frost.

[Knightmare047]

26 minutes ago, VKhaun said:

I'm gonna go wide with this and say Ivara.

A lot of people play her by trying to stay invisible all the time using her skill Prowl which slows you down, kind of like an MMORPG stealth for rogues, but you don't HAVE to play her that way. Her other three skills are ranged and very useful. You can run around swapping to and from Artemis bow, firing quiver arrows and guiding projectiles.

I can agree here. It's fun to use her and bullet jump while launching her quiver arrows here and there. Sleep Arrows for CC, Stealth Bubble arrows for making a pseudo snow globe and reviving teammates, Dashwire arrows for creating vantage points which is highly underrated and fun, and Sound Arrow for stealth. Ivara is actually more versatile than people seem to give her credit for. And her Artemis Bow is a pretty strong shotgun bow(Shotbow...Shortbow...heh) for close to mid range encounters.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Knightmare047

[SpeedOfLightPuncher]

Fun frames: Nova, Inaros, Mirage, maybe Mesa, Loki and Frost are all frames that are very nice. The frames that I think are not fun but good to have are Limbo (only for sortie survival and defense), Ivara, Wukong (most boring frame) and Ash (end game worthy but kind of boring).

[a-Arcadia]

1 hour ago, yual said:

Umbra

came here looking for answers

[Czygen]

I would suggest Valkyr if you like going melee. 

If you're looking to try something new, I guess Loki or Volt would be a good place to start.

Inaros is also good if you can get him.

[snooptigger]

Once again thank you for your help.  I definitely have ideas of what who I should try out.  Thanks especially to Maicael with the details about specific abilities that didn't occur to me that it would be useful.  Definitely an exalted blade fan.

[Kryshok]

If you take into account Wukong's new syndicate augments then he can be team usefull with his Iron bar ground jab lauches you in the air knocking all foes around you to the ground for easy quick kills.

The other question would be your playstyle..do you like stealth play or run and gun?