Good Frame For Xini?

[Rhane]

Can anyone suggest a good warframe for Xini?

 

Im trying to level up my weapons and farm for mods on Xini so i'll need a good frame that is good at wave clearly using mostly its abilities without relying on weapons much.

[Scandroid]

saryn vauban nova nyx rhino banshee ember

Edited July 30, 2013 by BlackJackD

[Archistopheles]

Ember.

[Seraphyx]

Definitely Nova. It is by far the easiest to level up in defense missions and if you have a decently leveled up aura item you can get molecular prime at level 1. That's all you'll really need.

[archiadus]

For clearing waves fast: Nova / Ember

 

For surviving high waves : Vauban

[HomeyCDawg]

Ember is hard to beat vs. infested. Nova too.

 

If you have a powerful gun and plenty of ammo, however, Nyx can carry you almost as far as you feel like going, even soloing.

[WhiteTrick]

Frost

 

dont let anyone fool you

 

and if they complain about toxic, then dont be a scrub and let it get near the pod -_-

[Tyrian3k]

Can anyone suggest a good warframe for Xini?

 

Im trying to level up my weapons and farm for mods on Xini so i'll need a good frame that is good at wave clearly using mostly its abilities without relying on weapons much.

 

 

You don't gain any weapon experience by killing enemies with your warframe abilities, so you should either get a teammate with a powerful frame like Nova to clear the waves for you (shared exp is applied to everything equally) or use your weapons, where Banshee might come in handy with her Sonar ability.

[DAWGUNITALPHA]

Loki

[VileRocK]

Frost

 

dont let anyone fool you

 

and if they complain about toxic, then dont be a scrub and let it get near the pod -_-

 

There is 0 point in taking frost for infested defence... His bubble is not required with a Vauban's bastille up, and his ult is mediocre as it does not ignore armour...

[DAWGUNITALPHA]

Frost

 

dont let anyone fool you

 

and if they complain about toxic, then dont be a scrub and let it get near the pod -_-

But then you have snowglobe which tends to lead to having more enemies getting close to the pod than if you didn't because people can't stand outside the @(*()$ globe without jeopardizing the pod's safety and if a toxic ancient gets in the bubble? Well either someone's going down or the pod is.

[Guest]

Ash, Banshee, Ember, Excalibur, Frost, Loki, Mag, Nova, Nyx, Rhino, Saryn, Trinity, Vauban, and Volt

[PsychShaman]

Also, remember Kappa, Sedna and Kiste, Ceres are great for XP and mods. Xini is great if you're farming certain mods that drop for infested, otherwise try Kappa and Kiste. I used to run Xini a lot, I tried Kappa and Kiste, and haven't looked back since.

[paragasu]

You are leveling up your weapon and didn't want to use your weapon? what?...

[droidjv]

You are leveling up your weapon and didn't want to use your weapon? what?...

Shared exp is the easiest way so you just carry the weapon you want to level up and stay close to someone else killing enemies

[Troublechutor]

Solo or online?

 

What wave target are you trying to hit?

 

What frames do you have available?

 

What weapons?

 

What ranks, mods, sentinels do you have?

[Alohoe]

Frost

 

dont let anyone fool you

 

and if they complain about toxic, then dont be a scrub and let it get near the pod -_-

i lol'd. then i lol'd some more.  even volt is more useful than frost in xini.  

[BIossome]

Just so you know, using your powers and getting kills with them give you little to no EXP for your weapons.

[Vilemyre]

Vauban and just spam the place with his tesla and use bastille.

Edited July 31, 2013 by Palkora

[fatpig84]

Use Nyx or Vauban.

Chaos or Bastille then shoot em.

[smithf]

I am thinking like: we probably need a good team more than a good frame. With a good team, it can work out well even if the some frames are not considered those "good for defense" type.
Also, the range of low level wave vs high level wave may need separate considerations. There are many cases which works very well for low level but after a certain threshold point, becomes lackluster.

[Sixty5]

Anything that carries a gun.

[TemetNosce]

Vauban or Nova. I'd go with Vauban, let your team be the damage dealers. Just sit at the pod, drop continual Bastille, and maybe spam some Teslas if you really want.

[finalgenesis]

If the point is to maximize level your weapons and get mods, and I assume you're levelling your weapons mainly via shared xp supplemented by the rare direct kill (assuming a weak levelling weapon ...etc). Then you're looking for 2 things:

 

1. You want your teammates to kill more stuff as fast as possible. In fact you want to find a good team.

 

2. You don't want to kill things yourself with abilities, as those = no exp.

 

3. higher waves = more xp.

 

With that in mind it narrows down the frame you are looking for, you are looking for a support frame, you definitely don't want a frame that mass slaughters via abilities. The support frame should also help you get to higher waves and increase your teammate's killing speed. Here are some candidates:

 

1. Rhino - Damage buff build. Max duration, power efficency, energy capacity and the works, NO focus, your rhino stomp isn't for killing, but for the stun when things get hairy. Help you and your teammates kill faster with their weapons.

 

2. CC/support frames (Nyx, Vauban, Banshee...etc) - should be self explanatory, they either help you get to higher waves, help you kill faster, or both.

 

3. NO to Nova and most of the rest of direct damage frames, Nova ult can steal a S#&$-ton of kills, and that's VERY bad for your weapon xp, along with the other direct damage ability frames.

 

4. NO to Frost. Unless you're trolling your team and want to snow globe the pod, protecting any toxic and other ancients that made it inside. I've seen too many games fail that way via a Frost + infested combo.

Edited July 31, 2013 by finalgenesis

[OutLaw_Styx]

Vauban , Nova or Rhino, Nyx , Trinity

Edited July 31, 2013 by OutLaw_Styx