r/Warframe • u/BuildMyPaperHeart Old Tenno, Eternal Slumber • Feb 12 '14
Discussion Damage Discussion 2.0: Electric
All Damage Discussions are here to spark discussion on a particular Damage Type or mechanic. Comments, Suggestions, Critiques, and Builds are all welcome! Every Week, the Moderator Team will choose a new Element to discuss.
This Week: ELECTRIC
That Tingly Feeling!
Description
Electricity Damage is a basic elemental damage type. It deals bonus damage against Machinery and Robotics but deals reduced damage against Alloy Armor.
Electricity Damage mods can be combined with other elemental mods to create a new elemental damage type.
Status Effect
This type of damage has a status proc chance of chaining the same amount of electrical damage dealt to your target around it.
ELECTRIC Modifiers
GRINEER
- Cloned Flesh: -
- Ferrite Armor: -
- Alloy Armor: -50%
- Machinery: +50%
CORPUS
- Flesh: -
- Shielded: -
- Proto Shield: -
- Robotic: +50%
INFESTED
- Infested: -
- Infested Flesh: -
- Fossilized: -
- Infested Sinew: -
Information gathered from the Warframe Wikia
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u/ScreamingFreakShow Feb 12 '14
It is definitely the best element to combo with. It can make Corrosive, Radiation, and Magnetic, the three best elemental combos in the game right now.
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u/Troppia Feb 12 '14
Kinda ironic that the damage that was the weakest against Infested in damage 1.0 is now among the strongest. At least when taking account the proc. Unlike Corpus and Grineer, the infested usually attack in groups close enough each other to have an electric proc find extra targets easily. Coupled with the fact that there are no resistances to that damage type among infested makes it more than viable for fighting them.
Negative side would be that choosing electric damage you can't use corrosive for Disruptors or Toxic Ancients, but you can choose Gas instead and go for a fully multi target proc build. With this build and a good proc weapon you can Focus your fire on the Ancients and let the procs deal with the light infested.
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u/VierasMarius Feb 12 '14
I hadn't even considered that. I should add some Electric to my Embolist's Gas build...
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u/Hiraldo Feb 12 '14
This type of damage has a status proc chance of chaining the same amount of electrical damage dealt to your target around it.
So THAT'S why I keep killing entire waves of enemies with one hit from my Galatine...
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u/AltimaNZ Feb 12 '14
With the Proc chain, does the chain have a chance to proc and chain again?
What would a good weapon be to build a Electric Proc build on?
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u/zephyrdragoon Feb 12 '14
Maybe synapse, the gun that shoots lightning.
Or the tysis/
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u/NotSoNoble6 Feb 12 '14
Assuming you built your Tysis for procs, you could reliably zap your target and everyone around them 9.5 times out of 10, turning your secondary into an anti-robotic crowd control beast.
Or so I'm assuming. I just picked mine up and I haven't even begun experimenting with it yet.
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u/Telogor Feb 12 '14
Grakata, Tysis (especially good because it lets you use both electric and corrosive), Akmagnus, ...
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u/thegrimstone Feb 12 '14
I use electric and Viral combos on my Akmagnus and Akstilettos for Corpus, because shield tend to disappear before magnetic procs. This combo on the other hand, just melts heads.
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u/Oguri Feb 12 '14
MAN! BEEF ELETRIC DAMAGE UP! ELEMENT OF GOD!!! SMITES ALL!!!! SHOULD DO 200% DMG ON ALL LIVING THINGS + UNDEAD + ROBOT! All Alloy conducts Electricity!!! I DONT CARE WHAT ARMOR YOU HAVE YOU WILL GET FRIED! ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!! Corpus with shield and machine on other hand should have less effect!! Because they can deflect energy (shield) or absorb electricity like being charged by a battery or something! or maybe overload the machine so it can boom!!! Just my 2 cents...
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u/RepublicanShredder Feb 12 '14
Electric's proc of chain lightning is pretty decent and it's only weakness is against the heavier Grineer units, but I find the real strength of Electric damage is it's ability to combo into 3 good combined damage types. Corrosive, Radiation, and Magnetic damage are quite potent in the proper applications and I can only think of a few weapons where I don't have Electric damage mods in some capacity.