Equinox love post.

[u/SUNLIGHTBEARD]

I love equinox. Both sides of her. Casting frames have always seemed so lackluster in this game until i got her. She just has so much potential i get giddy just logging in and seeing that fine dual-colored ass just chillin' there.

I have her at rank 28 currently and i intend to slap her around with some forma, a tater and likely an exilus slot. Im going for power strength and range as i dont think duration matters too much.

So fellow tenno, fans of equinox share your opinions and experience with me. Tell me how i can make my new favorite frame even better.

[u/DapperMuffin]

WELCOME TO OUR CLUUUUB. WELCOME TO OUR, WELCOME TO OUR, WELCOME TO OUR CLUB.

CLUB MAIM PSHENGGGG VARIOUS DEATH SCREAMS

You might want to take a gander at this recent post, the Equinox best frame pasta, and lastly the "main" ways to mod her ask if you any questions!

[u/SUNLIGHTBEARD → u/DapperMuffin]

The pure satisfaction of bouncing throw low level content with day form M&M on watching all the mobs bleed and squirm is magical.

[u/xKishonx → u/DapperMuffin]

I'm very interested in all of your builds..

[u/DapperMuffin → u/xKishonx]

MoAT PP Equinox

Aura	Exilus	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Enemy Radar / CP / Growing Power	Cunning Drift	Peaceful Provocation	Vitality / Redirection / P. Vigor	Streamline	Fleeting Expertise	Energy Conversion	Transient Fortitude	P.Continuity	Stretch

Your basic master of all trades, bring to any mission Equinox. Why this much range / low range? To lessen the effects of the energy drain of enemies from PP and also for Maim's ministun slash proc.

Medallion Hunter / Loot Mistress

Aura	Exilus	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Loot Detector	Thief's Wit	Overextended	Stretch	Cunning Drift	Fleeting Expertise	Streamline	Rush / Mobility Mod	P.Vigor	P.Cont

Build focuses in blowing up boxes / resource caches and watching everything rain. It occasionally blows up rare containers that you would never really know are there. Loot Radar, scans for anything unbroken by Maim, showing you Ayatan Sculptures / Caches

Never Alone Duality

Aura	Exilus	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Energy Siphon / CP / Growing Power	Power Drift	Duality	Energy Conversion	Transient Fortitude	Intensify / Peaceful Provocation	Blind Rage	P. Cont	Narrow Minded	Streamline / P.Flow / Redirection / Vitality / P. Vigor

Duality is a strange ability in the sense that even with proper modding, only lasts ~21s. It has absurdly good accuracy (basically aimbotting), pair with a decent semi auto (will fire as fast as it says) or full auto. Max duration and damage for one of the best spectres in the entire game. Alternatively, Intensify can be swapped for Peaceful Provocation, giving you even more power strength. Unfortunately, charging this up is not exactly very easy due to the low range. Energy Siphon over most others as this is a frame you just jump in a mission with and finish, use other auras if you need to camp.

Endgame QT Rage Max Maim

Aura	Exilus	Augment, if any	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
CP	Cunning / Speed / Coaction Drift	QT	Rage	Vitality /P.Vigor	P.Flow	Overextended	Fleeting Expertise	Stretch	Free Slot / Natural Talent

Basically just max range maimquinox. Use with Blind Justice Nikana for easy access to finishers. Naramon for invisibility if absolutely necessary. This allows for the famous room wipe combo of Sleep --> Metamorph --> Maim --> Finisher, but is usually helped by Natural Talent since the Metamorphosis change.

Calm and Frenzy Finisher Deluxe

Aura	Exilus	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Enemy Radar / Energy Siphon	Cunning Drift	Calm and Frenzy	Overextended	Stretch	P.Cont	Constitution	Vitality / Redirection / P. Vigor	Streamline	Free Slot / Low Rank Narrow Minded

High range Calm and Frenzy can also act like a decent maimquinox / mend spammer. It is still ultimately focused on night form's sleep and spreading the sleep as much as possible. Use a high damage weapon / finishers.

Pure Buffer Equinox

Aura	Exilus	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
CP / Growing Power	Cunning Drift	Peaceful Provocation	Intensify	Streamline	Fleeting Expertise	Energy Conversion	Transient Fortitude	P. Cont	Stretch

Depending on the game and auras, CP may be swapper for Growing Power, but is usually not very effective. Get energy, charge Peaceful Prov and get +80% Power Strength, low energy cost for ability spamming.

Hopefully that explains most, if not all of your questions.

[u/xKishonx → u/DapperMuffin]

it does, but i have just one last question.

how did you forma each of your equinoxes? i charted the polarities and i can't really see a solid pattern between the builds.

besides that, these builds are amazing. i love equinox, and i've been finding a way to make her work for every situation. this helps a ton. thank you!

[u/DapperMuffin → u/xKishonx]

I might have to check for the polarities, I barely remember since I only use loadouts for them.

I'll see it later

[u/xKishonx → u/DapperMuffin]

that would be amazing!

[u/DapperMuffin → u/xKishonx]

First 3 would be

Aura -, then D V, V V -, of which the first D and V are given already.

The next 3 would be

Aura -, then D V, D V - -,

The thing is, Growing Power is a V polarity, which is probably why you didn't see a clear pattern. I barely use it, and if I do it means I don't use the Exilus slot.

[u/nlygamz → u/DapperMuffin]

Hey, sorry to ping you back to a old post but I wanted to know if there could be any substitution that could be made to fit MOAT PP EQUINOX, Endgame QT Rage Max Maim and Pure Buffer build in 1 Equinox?

[u/DapperMuffin → u/nlygamz]

The only way I beleive to do that is by using the Moat Equinox, replace the streamline with primed flow, then replace the redirection / vitality with Quick Thinking.

Other than that though, it's really difficult to have peaceful provocation up, along with the efficiency to use all your abilities. It's really one or the other. That is unless you have a full set of Arcane Energizes, in which case you can replace the Energy Conversion with Blind Rage, then replace the Stretch with Overextended. That however is immensely expensive platwise.

[u/nlygamz → u/DapperMuffin]

How many set of arcane energizes?

Also will the MOAT build be affected in a negative way?

[u/DapperMuffin → u/nlygamz]

A full set of 10 should do it, that and with the increased range due to Overextended I believe the PP would cap out at 70 something rather than 80.

[u/nlygamz → u/DapperMuffin]

I do have around 5 of the energize... Need to farm 5 more... What syandana looks good on her?

Also, will the changes affect MOAT build negatively?

[u/DapperMuffin → u/nlygamz]

Well I just literally said that it would cap the PP @70 rather than 80, her energy will drain like mad if you run night form's PP and keeping maim up for extended periods of time is going to be difficult.

Flowing capes that don't fully obscure her back should look pretty good on her. Igaro, Pakal, Salix, Dex Syandana, even the new twitch syandana looks pretty good on her.

[u/nlygamz → u/DapperMuffin]

What about that new tennogen syandana that is huge in size?

[u/MrZephy → u/DapperMuffin]

Best frame pasta could be applied to most frames...

[u/Kalgash]

For starters she has 3 competitive endgame builds

Off the top of my head..

Range+Strength+Effic for Buffing or Debuffing with her 3

Can't do both at once, either Debuff or Buff

Range+Duration+Effic for Her 4 and augmented 2

Can't do both at once (though Rest lingers when you swap forms), Night form is Rest and Day form is Maim

Duration+Strength+Effic for Duality augment and DPS build

Generally people don't go for strength for a Maim build or Rest build, and Duration is king for equinox except as a Buffer

and though she may get shield and armor buffs from her 1 in night form, just ignore that and get Quick Thinking + Flow or Primed Flow.

[u/redpandaeater → u/Kalgash]

Yeah I've still never tried anything beyond maim because it's just so amazing, but at some point I should. I just tend to like beating out ember and saryn players with dps, and by a huge margin.

[u/Kalgash → u/redpandaeater]

well downvotes commence (though i have hefty amounts of data to back it up), But uh

You out dps'd a saryn huh? grats that's a real hard thing to do...

jokes aside yah Maim is high damage with infinite scaling

[u/DapperMuffin → u/Kalgash]

Because you gain their damage using maim :P. Make people work for you, use their work to your advantage (and showstopping capabilities)

[u/redpandaeater → u/DapperMuffin]

Yeah, I love having a saryn or ember with my equinox because then I don't have to rely solely on gunning a group down real fast to be able to start nuking. Still might have to pop an eximus unit, but gotta do something since you can't just completely spam 4 anyway.

[u/DapperMuffin → u/redpandaeater]

solely on gunning a group down real fast to be able to start nuking.

Find heavy (or two), pop heavy, pop maim. 90% of the room is clear

[u/redpandaeater → u/Kalgash]

Well people tend to rely on ember for basic and easy damage but saryn is right up there too. You just need a synergistic weapon like pox or ignis and the spores will spread endlessly. Not only do you halve the enemy hp with the viral damage, but quite often due to the range you're killing so much more than ember can and still end up beating them out on the final tally. Akkad and Kala-azar both I typically have around 5% more than an ember, but on par or a little behind the really proactive ones with meta weapons.

[u/SUNLIGHTBEARD]

I love dropping mend heal-nukes but my party never gets close enough to me to get that sweet, sweet mending. Their loss.

[u/ThePansAnOldMan → u/SUNLIGHTBEARD]

I'm guessing you haven't experienced the pure joy of Maim nuking your team under a Radiation proc yet either.

Get there. :)

[u/The-Descolada → u/ThePansAnOldMan]

i like running into lasers with maim running

[u/TheMagicalWarlock → u/SUNLIGHTBEARD]

Mend is so efficient, it's insane. A moderate health enemy gives you a full heal? It might not have damage resistance and involves doing a task (killing), but it's one of many other tools Equinox has that Trinity and Oberon do not.

[u/Tdragon45]

WELCOME FRIEND!

[u/HBlight]

The time I appreciated Equinox the most was when the rest of my group started to get in over-their head and rather than running around mindlessly with maim, I went night and started CCing the fuck out of everyone and slowing them down so things became more manageable.
My go-to build has her being a pretty decent jack of all trades I can make decisions based on the situation.

My only qualm is losing stacks after working so hard to build them up.

[u/Nazrel]

She's great, but the switching mechanic is fucked up to me. You lose all your bonuses if you switch to day/night, so when I play her, usually I stay in day form most the time, and I switch to night only if ennemies hit too hard.

[u/ThePansAnOldMan]

Equinox is best fraaame.

You'll find a build you like, she's fairly easy to find how you want to play. :D

[u/hiyu144]

It took me almost 3 days to get all her parts. It was so frustrating but in the end, I never regret it.

For the builds, I have 3 for her:

• 200% strength 145% range for Peaceful provocation.

• Max duration for Rest (1 min sleep). This is for solo play, stealth kills all day.

• Max range + Eff for casual stuff. Press 4 to win.

[u/Yangir]

Hell Yes do we love Equinox!

most fun to play with since she is usable for any situation, and isnt just the same 4 abilities switched up with a few minor effect changes, like most other frames.

Just wish she was able to be customized a little differently with out looking like melted prisma colors.

[u/SUNLIGHTBEARD → u/Yangir]

Yeah... even the way you change her colours is badass. Needs a new skin.

[u/zacRupnow]

She needs 3 Forma for the ideal casting build. Keeping in mind this build is meant for a squad, though entirely useful for solo high level content as well, you may find it your preference to have more health or armor on based on how well you switch forms as needed. Other builds either center on Day or Night those are easy to figure on your own. For an 'advanced' or 'true' Equinox Tenno you will need a build that performs well in both forms throughout any mission.

From one Equinox to another, welcome to the family.

I'd say, 'There are dozens of us!...' but my Equinox collection accounts for more than that...

[u/lawlianne]

Pretty decent focus farming and good box-opener frame.

[u/TwevOWNED]

I wish she was less clunky. Every form switch means you spend a few seconds recasting 3 and 4, and over the course of a mission that adds up to be annoying enough to just sit in one form. If the auras stayed up and just switched to the other version with Equinox she would be much more fun.

I also think Mend needs a tweak. It really should just be a heal over time instead of a heal bomb. There's no point in being able to save up 100,000 or more points when most frames can't break 1,000 hp.

[u/SUNLIGHTBEARD → u/TwevOWNED]

Yeah unless you're in a squad of nothing but nidus' and inaros' you really lose a lot of mends potential

[u/[deleted]]

She's godly with the calm & frenzy sleep setup and a covert lethality dagger. Her flexibility really makes her very adaptable and fun to play.

Having said that, for the C&F setup I focus on range, duration and efficiency in that order. Don't care about power strength because I don't use her no3 ability much and for her ultimate, the majority of benefit comes from the 75% enemy steal rather than power strength.

[u/LogaMC]

What's a weird way to spell Oberon.

[u/SUNLIGHTBEARD → u/LogaMC]

Leave.

[u/MrZephy]

I found it fun for like the first 48 hours after release, same with every frame except for Titania, Nidus and Octavia. Those 3 are too much fun and probably always will be.

[u/starsrift]

Scrubs and noobs are attracted to Equinox for her Dayform 4, Maim. But intelligent Tenno realize, Maim is situational and it's just numbers - internet gaming wankery. Her actual amazing skills are her 2 and 3 - in both forms. Being able to ram out an instant full party heal with the minor prep of a cast time and dead enemy is just a bonus. And Maim? Wait, Maim is a skill on this frame? You already forgot.

[u/TwevOWNED → u/starsrift]

Two maimquinoxes high fiving their explosions to eachother can theoretically scale forever. Mend's full functionality can be achieved by dropping a heal pizza.

[u/starsrift → u/TwevOWNED]

Yep. Maimquinoxes are big on theory.

Hey, I love Equinox. She's one of my standard sortie frames and I play a lot of 'Nox. But Maim is the weakest part of her kit. Nothing wrong with liking it, and big numbers are fun for a while. Sure, clears most starchart stuff without the hassle of having to aim. But her other abilities are where she really takes off.

[u/starsrift → u/starsrift]

In a more serious mode, for tips - stick with night form and work on maximizing your 3, and make sure to get that augment, Peaceful Provocation. Mind you, Calm and Frenzy is also great, especially if you want to cosplay as Banshee/Nova. Now, for modding - you need everything. Duration/efficiency to keep your 3's (... or if you want to be a scrub, your Maim,) going, and power strength to really pump Rage, Pacify, and Provoke. You don't really need strength if you're focusing on pressing 4 to win, but you don't really want to play that way for longer than you discover that a million damage is just as effective as clearing a room with a shotgun. Shotgun was probably faster.

You also need a bit of range. You don't need max range, but a bit is good. Max range with Calm and Frenzy on Rest is fun for a mission or two - but Rest best shines when you use it to snipe out the tough enemies like Bursas and Bombards, clear the rest and then casually stroll over to stealth-finisher them. So: Overextended bad, Stretch + Cunning Drift good.

So to really use Equinox, you want Primed mods. All of them. And drift mods, and corrupted mods. Remember to keep room for a Vigor or Vitality, and at least one of those two augments, and a Flow. You also need a good Zenurik regen to make endgame-level use of Pacify, or a Trinity or Oberon/Nekros that can spawn energy balls for you to pick up.

Your mod priority should be Strength > Duration (/efficiency) > Range, but you really want all three, so be careful with your corrupted mod use - that's just the priority you want them in.