Excalibur Prime
Summoner / Companion
Excalibur Prime is the epitome of mobility and offense, and features the same abilities as Excalibur, but has unique mod polarities installed allowing for greater customization.
- Role
- Summoner / Companion
- Aura
Madurai- Polarities
- Mastery
- 0
- Introduced
- Update 5.0 (2012-12-18)
Stats
- Type
- Warframe
- Category
- Warframes
- Mastery
- 0
- Health
- 270
- Shield
- 270
- Armor
- 315
- Energy
- 175
- Sprint Speed
- 1.0
Warframe dossier
Playstyle
Excalibur Prime is the primed variant of Excalibur — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. Excalibur epitomizes the warrior spirit. Built around Slash Dash, Radial Blind, Radial Javelin.
Passive
Excalibur Prime deals a percentage increased damage and attacks a percentage faster when wielding swords.
When to Pick
- You want Excalibur’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
- You want a summoner / companion toolkit and Excalibur’s fantasy matches the mission.
- Your squad is missing what Excalibur brings — especially Slash Dash.
Kit Overview
- Ability kit matches Excalibur — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
- Slash Dash (Ability 1): Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter.
- Radial Blind (Ability 2): Emit a bright flash of light, blinding all nearby enemies.
- Radial Javelin (Ability 3): Radial javelins impale nearby enemies, inflicting Slash Status.
Abilities & Augments
- 1
Slash Dash →Energy 25
Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter. The powerful Exalted Blade’s slashes inflict Slash Status.
Augment
Purging SlashOpen augment → Augment
Radiant FinishOpen augment →
Ability Priority
- 1Radial Blind
Emit a bright flash of light, blinding all nearby enemies.
- 2Radial Javelin
Radial javelins impale nearby enemies, inflicting Slash Status.
- 3Slash Dash
Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter.
- 4Exalted Blade
Summon a sword of pure light and immense power.
Helminth / Subsume
- Slash Dash is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
- Keep Radial Blind and later abilities when they define Excalibur’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 Excalibur’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Excalibur if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Excalibur 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 | Bring Excalibur Prime when you want Exalted Blade carrying Survival / Defense / Disruption tiles without a full strip team. Summon a sword of pure light and immense power. Excalibur epitomizes the warrior spirit. | |
| Mobile Defense / Excavation | Excalibur Prime can hold Mobile Defense / Excavation without sweating every spawn, mainly via Slash Dash. Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter. Excalibur epitomizes the warrior spirit. | |
| Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs | If the goal is extract ASAP, cast Slash Dash on Excalibur Prime and ignore slow channeled setups. Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter. Excalibur epitomizes the warrior spirit. | |
| Spy / Rescue / Nightmare | Loud kit. Leave Spy / Rescue to invis or silence frames; Slash Dash doesn’t make Excalibur Prime quiet. Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter. Excalibur epitomizes the warrior spirit. | |
| Open World / Bounties | Strong on packed bounty camps; Excalibur Prime still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Slash Dash handles fights. Slash and dash through enemies alongside a radial specter. Excalibur epitomizes the warrior spirit. | |
| Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content | Excalibur Prime wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Exalted Blade won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Summon a sword of pure light and immense power. Excalibur epitomizes the warrior spirit. |
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