Is Fragor Prime worth a catalyst?

[SharadzKharzhodi]

basically all there is to it. is this a sufficiently endgame weapon? i will definately need more space for the build im hoping for. speaking of which, would Reach or healing return be better on this? because im going more for crit+melee combo counter damage rather than status damage with this.

[Volkeris]

Definitely worth a catalyst. And personally I would go with Reach.

[(XBOX)Grimsley Clause]

It's a fun weapon, but depending on where you're bringing it, I don't know how it'd stack. Don't bother with reach on it, it's range is too short, it's a major critical weapon, and one of the stronger hammers, so stay with what it's good with. Healing Return is debatable, but not worth it imo.

Yeah, you shoud, it's still a good weapon for the majority of the Star Chart.

Also, I feel like this should be in Players helping Players, not General.

[Voltage]

If you enjoy it sure. It isn't the best weapon, but if you like fragor then why not.

[Railgun]

The Fragor prime, built correctly, is a very powerful weapon. It is definitely worth the catalyst. If you have trouble building it, go to http://warframe-builder.com/,

or continue asking around on the forums.

[aligatorno]

If you like Hammers, yeah. It will redcrit really quickly if you put Bloodrush on it, and Primed Reach will work pretty well since its initial range is not that great.  Healing return is useless if you don't put weeping wounds since it only has 10% status chance. 

The biggest problem with it is its attack speed being too slow, for me berserker alone doesn't cut it. I personally prefer Jag Kittag over it, while not as good damage wise, its augments makes it really fun to use with certain frames at high levels or all frames on the star chart. 

Edited April 26, 2017 by aligatorno

[FATEdPondera]

Every weapon is viable and worthwhile in this game, if you use them as they are meant to be used. With an impact weapon like this, I'd set it up with a primed heavy impact, viral damage, the obligatory spoiled strike and fury mods, body count, blood rush (it's 35% becomes 121% chance to crit with only 5 strikes and it just goes up from there), and a primed reach to finish things up. Behold, you have a corpus whacking happy mallet that can do obscene damage.

[Keiiken]

Its good weapon to build for crit, channeling and ground slam (http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Seismic_Wave) imho.

[Xekrin]

I'd say oh hell no but then I dislike great hammers, they do not feel at all like something a ninja would use.  I know, we are very loosely considered ninjas at this point, but I also have personal dislike of super slow weapons.  Especially when those weapons don't have any major advantages over faster weapons.

You end up spending half your time, effort, and mod slots speeding the weapon up rather than making it as strong as possible.

[JacketUnHoly]

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Edited January 27, 2021 by Lluminate

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3 minutes ago, Lluminate said:

This mod doesn't drop anymore. 

 

Seismic Wave doesn't drop anymore? Glad I have so many of them then XD

[SharadzKharzhodi]

19 minutes ago, (Xbox One)ALG Minuscule36 said:

Also, I feel like this should be in Players helping Players, not General.

as im still a noob at this, i don't know where to find players helping players. i'll look around.

but thanks everyone who helped out, ive not been doing too well at higher levels (100) with my Valkyr Prime/Soma Prime/Broken War setup and ive been trying to get better stuff

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6 minutes ago, SharadzKharzhodi said:

as im still a noob at this, i don't know where to find players helping players. i'll look around.

but thanks everyone who helped out, ive not been doing too well at higher levels (100) with my Valkyr Prime/Soma Prime/Broken War setup and ive been trying to get better stuff

Soma Prime and Broken War vs. lvl 100s? Sortie?

[SharadzKharzhodi]

1 minute ago, (Xbox One)ALG Minuscule36 said:

Soma Prime and Broken War vs. lvl 100s? Sortie?

yes, mainly sorties, though it admittedly does start feeling weak at about lvl 60-70 then almost useless at lvl 100

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Just now, SharadzKharzhodi said:

yes, mainly sorties, though it admittedly does start feeling weak at about lvl 60-70 then almost useless at lvl 100

Mm. Just gotta upgrade your arsenal and acquire stronger mods. I don't care much for either weapon, but I know when modded properly, they can easily clear Sortie 3.

[Schregger]

1 hour ago, SharadzKharzhodi said:

basically all there is to it. is this a sufficiently endgame weapon? i will definately need more space for the build im hoping for. speaking of which, would Reach or healing return be better on this? because im going more for crit+melee combo counter damage rather than status damage with this.

Reach isn't a bad choice, but there are better ones. And forget healing return, if you can get it or have it, for with life strike. Fragor Primed becomes the healing hammer, bring you to full health with each charged swing. Also make sure to have body count (increase combo counter), blood rush (increase crit chance with combo) and berserker (increase weapon speed for each crit strike.)

[(PSN)robotwars7]

Full Crit build is advisable, along with either Berserker or primed Fury to offset the slow speed. Berserker would probably be best since you can reliably Crit with the Fragor Prime.

it's a fantastic Hammer,  I dare say underrated. I should use it more myself honestly.

[blackheartstar_pc]

Yes.

[jfhsanseiIII]

Yes.  It's great and worth a catalyst, but the one caveat being it's range.  I generally use it with frames that function well/better in melee.   

[Vulture051]

What it lacks in range it more than makes up for in raw power. Stick Blood Rush on it and you're red critting with only 1.5 combo multiplier

[armoreddemon]

It is totally worth a potato.   Everyones advice on doing a crit build is spot on.  With Bloodrush+Body Count you eventually just start pounding people into the floor like flimsy grineer shaped nails. 

[TaylorsContraction]

18 hours ago, (Xbox One)ALG Minuscule36 said:

Seismic Wave doesn't drop anymore? Glad I have so many of them then XD

It's transmutable though :thumbsup:

[PopeUrban]

I built it for single hit damage. I equip it on Ivara for when I'm soloing L100 sortie spy missions and need to kill some guys blicking a vent I need to walk through, the stealth animation and damage do good work for this purpose.

[OPdatSHIET]

It's in the top 10 melee items I would dare to say, so it depends how much you play I guess, so it's more the fact that you can or can't miss the catalyst...

[(PSN)CharlieX05]

I wouldnt recommend even using it without primed fury, but thats just me. Slow melee annoys me.