Caliban vs Inaros
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Caliban if…
- You're sold on Caliban's fantasy (The heir of twin kingdoms ascends) more than another Support / Healer option.
- You'd rather build around Lethal Progeny than live in Inaros's Scarab Shell loop.
- You're buying into Caliban's passive — allies within Affinity range gain up to a percentage resistance to the types of damage they are….
Pick Inaros if…
- Inaros commands the fearsome desert — that's the Inaros pitch you want on the roster.
- This slot should feel like Desiccation, Sandstorm, and Scarab Swarm, not a reskin of Caliban's Razor Gyre, Sentient Wrath, and Fusion Strike.
- You're buying into Inaros's passive — when Inaros takes lethal damage, he entombs himself in a sarcophagus and incarnates as sand to….
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Caliban for Lethal Progeny and Lethal Progeny; lean Inaros for Scarab Shell and Scarab Shell. Mission Usefulness is a wash — decide on kit feel and passive, not the rating table.
At a Glance
Caliban
Stat
Inaros
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
NaramonMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Razor Gyre
Kit Opener
Desiccation
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Caliban
Inaros
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
Caliban
- Lethal Progeny carries mid-mission casts; Fusion Strike is the density payoff.
- Mod focus stays on match the priority to your main ability so the cast loop doesn't fall over mid-rota.
- Missions that reward committing to Caliban's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Inaros
- Scarab Shell carries mid-mission casts; Scarab Swarm is the density payoff.
- Mod focus stays on match the priority to your main ability so the cast loop doesn't fall over mid-rota.
- Inaros shines on tile clears where ability damage — not just weapons — carries the pack.
Mod Scaling Focus
Caliban
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Caliban’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Caliban if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Caliban is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Inaros
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Inaros’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Inaros if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Inaros is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Lethal Progeny into Fusion Strike is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Squad comps where someone has to own tile clear alone — Caliban is the frame you trust for that job.
- Inaros can stay on the shelf; Caliban is the one you'll actually Forma twice.
- Even after Helminth, Sentient Wrath and later abilities are still the reason Caliban earned potato.
- Your endgame loadout screen should show Caliban before it shows another same-role experiment.
- Scarab Shell into Scarab Swarm is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Your favorite clear starts on Desiccation and ends on Scarab Swarm — Inaros is built for that arc.
- Caliban's Lethal Progeny loop asks for a different muscle memory than you want to practice.
- Naramon on the aura slot matches the school you're already building weapons around.
- Potato + Forma budget this month has Inaros's name on it.