Banshee Prime

Crowd Control

Banshee Prime assails her foes by manipulating sonic forces to deadly effect. Featuring altered mod polarities for greater customization.

Role: Crowd Control
Aura: Madurai
Polarities: MaduraiMaduraiNaramon
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Hotfix 19.11.5 (2017-02-28)

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 270
Armor: 135
Energy: 215
Sprint Speed: 1.15
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Banshee Prime is the primed variant of Banshee — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. Banshee’s call heralds death. Built around Sonic Boom, Sonar, Silence.

Passive

Weapon noises are hushed so that enemies cannot hear them.

When to Pick

You want Banshee’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
You want a crowd control toolkit and Banshee’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Banshee brings — especially Sonic Boom.

Kit Overview

Ability kit matches Banshee — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
Sonic Boom (Ability 1): Banshee emits a sonic shockwave that pushes targets in range with enough force to incapacitate or kill attackers.
Sonar (Ability 2): Using acoustic location, Banshee's Sonar power finds and tracks enemies, and exposes critical weak spots to everyone in your squad.
Silence (Ability 3): Using Silence surrounds Banshee in an aura that stuns enemies and will limit their perceptions and tactical response to gunfire and Warframe attacks.

Abilities & Augments

1
Sonic Boom →
Energy 25
Banshee emits a sonic shockwave that pushes targets in range with enough force to incapacitate or kill attackers.
Augment
Sonic FractureOpen augment →
2
Sonar →
Energy 25
Using acoustic location, Banshee's Sonar power finds and tracks enemies, and exposes critical weak spots to everyone in your squad.
Augment
Augmented SonarOpen augment →
3
Silence →
Energy 25
Using Silence surrounds Banshee in an aura that stuns enemies and will limit their perceptions and tactical response to gunfire and Warframe attacks.
Augment
Savage SilenceOpen augment →
4
Sound Quake →
Energy 25
Channeling all of her acoustic energy into the environment, Banshee uses ultrasonic reverberations to violently shake the ground.
Augment
Resonating QuakeOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Sonic Boom
Banshee emits a sonic shockwave that pushes targets in range with enough force to incapacitate or kill attackers.
2
Sonar
Using acoustic location, Banshee's Sonar power finds and tracks enemies, and exposes critical weak spots to everyone in your squad.
3
Silence
Using Silence surrounds Banshee in an aura that stuns enemies and will limit their perceptions and tactical response to gunfire and Warframe attacks.
4
Sound Quake
Channeling all of her acoustic energy into the environment, Banshee uses ultrasonic reverberations to violently shake the ground.

Helminth / Subsume

Sonic Boom is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Sonar and later abilities when they define Banshee’s identity.
Never subsume the ability that enables the rest of the kit’s energy or survival loop.

Mod Scaling

Strength: Raises damage and effect potency across Banshee’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Banshee if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Banshee is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
Efficiency: Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.

Priority

Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.

Mission Usefulness

Mission / Context	Rating	Why
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption	Excellent	Banshee Prime stays online in long Steel Path runs thanks to Sound Quake, not just raw weapon DPS. Channeling all of her acoustic energy into the environment, Banshee uses ultrasonic reverberations to violently shake…. Banshee’s call heralds death.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	On Mobile Defense, Banshee Prime’s Sonic Boom means fewer downed cryopods and less babysitting. Banshee emits a sonic shockwave that pushes targets in range with enough force to incapacitate or kill attackers. Banshee’s call heralds death.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Strong	Good Exterminate / Capture frame if you skip Banshee Prime’s slow setup and spam Sonic Boom. Banshee emits a sonic shockwave that pushes targets in range with enough force to incapacitate or kill attackers. Banshee’s call heralds death.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Excellent	Banshee Prime is a specialist here: Silence keeps vaults and rescues safe under nasty modifiers. Using Silence surrounds Banshee in an aura that stuns enemies and will limit their perceptions and tactical response…. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.
Open World / Bounties	Situational	Fine on clustered camps, but sparse open-world travel underuses Banshee Prime unless you love Sonic Boom. Banshee emits a sonic shockwave that pushes targets in range with enough force to incapacitate or kill attackers. Banshee’s call heralds death.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Banshee Prime wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Sonic Boom won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Banshee emits a sonic shockwave that pushes targets in range with enough force to incapacitate or kill attackers. Banshee’s call heralds death.