Citrine vs Khora
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Citrine if…
- You're sold on Citrine's fantasy (Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion) more than another Support / Healer option.
- You'd rather build around Prismatic Gem than live in Khora's Venari loop.
- You value Citrine's orb-efficiency passive for longer ability spam on dense holds.
Pick Khora if…
- You're sold on Khora's fantasy (Khora is red in whip and claw) more than another Support / Healer option.
- Citrine's pitch (“Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion”) isn't what you're missing — Venari is.
- You're buying into Khora's passive — the ferocious kavat, Venari, fights by Khora's side and provides her with an a percentage speed….
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Citrine for orb economy and Prismatic Gem; lean Khora for Venari and Venari. Mission Usefulness is where they split: speed clears (Situational vs Excellent — edge Khora).
At a Glance
Citrine
Stat
Khora
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
VazarinMatch the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Fractured Blast
Kit Opener
Whipclaw
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Citrine
Khora
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Winner
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
Citrine
- Prismatic Gem carries mid-mission casts; Crystallize is the density payoff.
- Long holds where energy comfort matters — Citrine's loop stays online without babysitting orbs.
- Missions that reward committing to Citrine's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Khora
- Venari carries mid-mission casts; Strangledome 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.
- Dense spawns where Khora's cast cadence outpaces gun-only clears.
Mod Scaling Focus
Citrine
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 Citrine’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Citrine if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Citrine is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Khora
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 Khora’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Khora if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Khora is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Energy / health orb rooms are common in your rota and Citrine gets more mileage out of every pickup.
- You'd rather specialize hard into orb economy than stay generic in the Support lane.
- Skipping Khora frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Citrine properly.
- Open-world and bounty pacing still feel good on Citrine, not only endless survival tiles.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Citrine jumps the line over another Khora craft.
- Venari into Strangledome is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Weapon damage still matters in your loadouts and Khora is the frame that amplifies that plan.
- You've tried (or watched) Citrine and the orb economy fantasy didn't stick.
- Khora rates higher on speed clears (Excellent vs Situational) — that rota is where you actually play.
- You're chasing one strong Support main, and Khora is the candidate.