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Shade · Companions

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Budget Ghost Sentinel

GeneralCheap invisibility1 forma

Ghost stealth on the unprimed Shade — Animal Instinct and Regen instead of Primed variants, Duplex clones for cloak-safe priming, and basic survivability mods so new players get invis without the Prisma farm.

Loadout

Exilus on top, then eight general slots. Weapons have no Aura slot.

Mods Explained

Why each mod is in this Shade loadout.

  • Animal Instinct

    Budget Exilus radar — same job as Primed Animal Instinct without the rare-mod tax.

  • Ghost

    The whole point of Shade: cloak when enemies are close. Identical precept to Prisma; only the body stats differ.

  • Vacuum

    Pickup radius so stealth clears don’t force you to break cloak for loot.

  • Duplex Bond

    Clones shoot and prime while Ghost keeps you invisible — big power spike for a low-cost sentinel.

  • Regen

    Unprimed recovery cut. Weaker than Primed Regen but enough to bring Ghost back after a pop.

  • Momentous Bond

    Eximus kills slash revive time — compensates for weaker Regen on the budget body.

  • Calculated Redirection

    Shield bulk; base Shade is fragile, so Redirection is the cheap survivability pillar.

  • Enhanced Vitality

    Health buffer for the moments Ghost is down and enemies look at the sentinel.

  • Metal Fiber

    Armor so the budget chassis lasts a few more hits between Regen cycles.

Used on Warframe builds

Frame builds that list Shade in Arsenal.