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Caliban Prime

Caliban Prime

Support / Healer

Forged in celebration of the all-too-brief peace between the Orokin and Sentients, Caliban Prime is a true collaborative masterpiece. The heir of twin kingdoms arises in royal gold.

Role
Support / Healer
Aura
NaramonNaramon
Polarities
VazarinVazarinMaduraiMaduraiMaduraiMadurai
Mastery
0
Introduced
Update 39.1 (2025-08-26)

Stats

Type
Warframe
Category
Warframes
Mastery
0
Health
270
Shield
640
Armor
290
Energy
175
Sprint Speed
1.1
Build Cost
25,000 Credits
Build Time
72h 0m
Rush
50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Caliban Prime is the primed variant of Caliban — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. 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 Caliban’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
  • You want a support / healer toolkit and Caliban’s fantasy matches the mission.
  • Your squad is missing what Caliban brings — especially Razor Gyre.

Kit Overview

  • Ability kit matches Caliban — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
  • 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.

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.

  • 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. 1
    Razor Gyre

    Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death.

  2. 2
    Lethal Progeny

    Cycle through Sentient unit types, then summon them to Caliban's side.

  3. 3
    Fusion Strike

    Converge three streams of raw energy upon a single point, causing a massive explosion.

  4. 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 / ContextRatingWhy
Steel Path Survival / Defense / DisruptionStrongUse Caliban Prime on Steel Path when the squad already has strip/nukes and you need Razor Gyre. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death. The heir of twin kingdoms ascends.
Mobile Defense / ExcavationExcellentPoint-hold missions reward Caliban Prime: Razor Gyre turns the excavator into a killbox. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death. The heir of twin kingdoms ascends.
Exterminate / Capture Speed RunsSituationalUsable on speed runs, but Caliban Prime’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death. The heir of twin kingdoms ascends.
Spy / Rescue / NightmareSituationalOnly if you already know the vaults — Caliban Prime is not a Spy specialist and Razor Gyre won’t save a loud play. Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death. The heir of twin kingdoms ascends.
Open World / BountiesStrongStrong on packed bounty camps; Caliban Prime 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 ContentWeakCaliban Prime 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. The heir of twin kingdoms ascends.

Crafting

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