Caliban

Support / Healer

The heir of twin kingdoms ascends. Biological and Sentient life meet in Caliban. An adept monarch, he offers crowd control and survivability. His creator had more than one world in mind.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Naramon
Polarities: Vazarin
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 31.0 (2021-12-15)

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 550
Armor: 290
Energy: 140
Sprint Speed: 1.1
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

The heir of twin kingdoms ascends. Built around Razor Gyre, Sentient Wrath, Lethal Progeny.

Passive

Allies within Affinity range gain up to a percentage resistance to the types of damage they are currently taking.

When to Pick

You want a support / healer toolkit and Caliban’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Caliban brings — especially Razor Gyre.
You already own the mods / archon shards that make Caliban’s scaling comfortable on Steel Path.

Kit Overview

Razor Gyre (Ability 1): Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.
Sentient Wrath (Ability 2): Smash the ground sending out a radial wave of destruction.
Lethal Progeny (Ability 3): Cycle through Sentient unit types, then summon them to Caliban's side.
Fusion Strike (Ability 4): Converge three streams of raw energy upon a single point, causing a massive explosion.

Abilities & Augments

1
Razor Gyre →
Energy 25
Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death. Struck enemies are inflicted with Tau Status Effect, making them more vulnerable to all other status effects. For each enemy hit, recover a portion of the energy cost, as well as health and shields. Enemies lifted by Sentient Wrath take increased damage.
Augment
Razor MortarOpen augment →
2
Sentient Wrath →
Energy 25
Smash the ground sending out a radial wave of destruction. Those not killed by the initial blast are helplessly raised into the air, where they take amplified damage for a short time.
No augment
3
Lethal Progeny →
Energy 25
Cycle through Sentient unit types, then summon them to Caliban's side. Conculysts focus on raw melee damage. Ortholysts specialize in ranged attacks and inflict Tau Status Effect. Summulysts summon their own Choralysts and provide shield protection for the squad.
No augment
4
Fusion Strike →
Energy 25
Converge three streams of raw energy upon a single point, causing a massive explosion. The streams strip armor and shields, and each enemy struck detonates on stream convergence. Summoned Conculysts can wield their own mini Fusion Strikes.
No augment

Ability Priority

1
Razor Gyre
Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.
2
Lethal Progeny
Cycle through Sentient unit types, then summon them to Caliban's side.
3
Fusion Strike
Converge three streams of raw energy upon a single point, causing a massive explosion.
4
Sentient Wrath
Smash the ground sending out a radial wave of destruction.

Helminth / Subsume

Razor Gyre is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Sentient Wrath and later abilities when they define Caliban’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 Caliban’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Caliban if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Caliban 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	Strong	Solid Steel Path pick — Caliban won’t hard-carry every tile, but Razor Gyre keeps the run stable. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Caliban wins Mobile Defense / Excavation by parking Razor Gyre on the objective instead of chasing stragglers. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Caliban’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Caliban is not a Spy specialist and Razor Gyre won’t save a loud play. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Caliban still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Razor Gyre handles fights. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death. The heir of twin kingdoms ascends.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Caliban wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Razor Gyre won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.