Quiet Marks

Aura + Exilus on top, then eight general slots in two rows of four.

✓-9

Steel Charge

Squad receives +60% Melee Damage

✓9

Power Drift

+15% Ability Strength · +30% Chance to Resist Knockdown

✓16

Blind Rage

+99% Ability Strength · -55% Ability Efficiency

✓16

Transient Fortitude

+55% Ability Strength · -27.5% Ability Duration

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Primed Continuity

+55% Ability Duration

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Stretch

+82.5% Ability Range

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Primed Flow

+185% Energy Max

✓7

Equilibrium

Health pickups give +32% Energy. Energy pickups give +32% Health.

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Savage Silence

Silence Augment: Silence staggers enemies and Finisher damage is increased by 300%

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Umbral Intensify

+44% Ability Strength · +11% Tau Resistance

Arcanes

Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.

RecommendedArcane TrickeryWarframe · UncommonFinisher kills extend invis after marksRecommendedMolt AugmentedWarframe · RareStrength for Silence amp + Blade Storm

Arcane EnergizeWarframe · LegendaryAlt — Silence energy taxArcane CrepuscularWarframe · RareAlt — invis damage buff

Smoke Screen → Silence (with Savage Silence) → mark. Silence stuns and multiplies finisher damage into Blade Storm. Arcane Trickery often extends invis after clone kills.

Ash’s passive bleeds enemies that are open to finishers — Blade Storm marks and Teleport finishers feed that pressure. Plan the kit around finishers (or Blade Storm hits) instead of raw Ability Strength alone.

• 1 Shuriken — Base kit opener / Seeking Shuriken strip tool. Often the Helminth slot when you import Wrathful Advance or Silence.
• 2 Smoke Screen — Primary invisibility and cast stun. Duration keeps you covered between Trickery procs; cannot refresh while already active.
• 3 Teleport — Reposition onto marks or finishers. Teleport Rush is the modern augment for parkour + invis extension when you want more melee flow.
• 4 Blade Storm — Shadow clones mark and finish. Scales with Strength, stealth multipliers, and your melee / Shadow Clones investment. Tap to mark, tap again to send clones.
• Helminth: Silence over Shuriken — equip Savage Silence so Blade Storm finishers hit harder.

• Duration — Silence + Smoke Screen
• Strength — Blade Storm ceiling
• Casting Speed — faster Silence / Smoke casts
• Energy Max — Silence tax

Silence + Savage Silence over Shuriken. Radial Blind + Radiant Finish is the alternate finisher-amp import if you prefer blinds.

• Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption

  Excellent

  Mark dense packs, stay invisible, let clones finish the room — the core Blade Storm loop.

• Mobile Defense / Excavation

  Strong

  Mark waves on the point; Smoke Screen keeps you safe while clones work.

• Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs

  Strong

  Fast rooms if you mark greedily; slightly slower than a pure gun plan on empty tiles.

• Spy / Rescue / Nightmare

  Strong

  Smoke Screen keeps routes quiet; skip Blade Storm unless a tile goes loud.

• Open World / Bounties

  Strong

  Packed bounty camps love Blade Storm marks; open travel is less natural.

• Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content

  Weak

  Clones want clustered marks, not long sightlines or Amp hunts.