Ember

Tank / Defense

Harness the power of fire. Ember’s heat deals high damage. She keeps a cool head when the battle is hot.

Stats

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Verified 2026-07-22

Harness the power of fire. Built around Fireball, Immolation, Fire Blast.

Receive a percentage Ability Strength for every enemy within Affinity Range affected by Heat.

You want a tank / defense toolkit and Ember’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Ember brings — especially Fireball.
You already own the mods / archon shards that make Ember’s scaling comfortable on Steel Path.

Fireball (Ability 1): Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact.
Immolation (Ability 2): Protect Ember with flame armor that burns stronger over time, consuming energy once its meter is at full strength.
Fire Blast (Ability 3): Slam the ground to create a wave of incinerating plasma that knocks back enemies and strips their armor.
Inferno (Ability 4): Command a flaming comet to crash down in front of Ember, engulfing enemies with a fire that can spread through their ranks.

1
Immolation
Protect Ember with flame armor that burns stronger over time, consuming energy once its meter is at full strength.
2
Fire Blast
Slam the ground to create a wave of incinerating plasma that knocks back enemies and strips their armor.
3
Fireball
Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact.
4
Inferno
Command a flaming comet to crash down in front of Ember, engulfing enemies with a fire that can spread through their ranks.

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

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

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

Mission / Context	Rating	Why
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption	Excellent	On Steel Path density, Ember leans on Fireball to keep rooms deleting while the squad rotates. Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact. Harness the power of fire.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Cryopods and excavators are Ember’s home turf — Fireball locks or deletes the wave on the point. Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact. Harness the power of fire.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Ember’s tank / defense kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact. Harness the power of fire.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Weak	Loud kit. Leave Spy / Rescue to invis or silence frames; Fireball doesn’t make Ember quiet. Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact. Harness the power of fire.
Open World / Bounties	Situational	Fine on clustered camps, but sparse open-world travel underuses Ember unless you love Fireball. Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Ember wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Fireball won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Release a fiery projectile that ignites enemies on contact. Harness the power of fire.