Chromatic Edge

Aura + Exilus on top, then eight general slots in two rows of four.

✓-9

Steel Charge

Squad receives +60% Melee Damage

✓9

Power Drift

+15% Ability Strength · +30% Chance to Resist Knockdown

✓16

Blind Rage

+99% Ability Strength · -55% Ability Efficiency

✓16

Transient Fortitude

+55% Ability Strength · -27.5% Ability Duration

✓14

Primed Continuity

+55% Ability Duration

✓14

Stretch

+82.5% Ability Range

✓14

Primed Flow

+185% Energy Max

✓9

Chromatic Blade

Exalted Blade Augment: Exalted Blade's Damage Type changes depending on Excalibur's Emissive Color, and Status Chance is increased by 300%.

✓12

Rolling Guard

On Dodge: · Become invulnerable for 3s and remove all Status Effects. 7s cooldown.

✓16

Umbral Intensify

+44% Ability Strength · +11% Tau Resistance

Arcanes

Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.

RecommendedMolt AugmentedWarframe · RareStrengthRecommendedArcane FuryWarframe · RareMelee damage

Melee InfluenceMelee · RareAlt Electric clear

Pull Exalted Blade with Chromatic Blade (Heat or Electric emissive), Blind/Howl packs, and wave-clear. Slash Dash for i-frames between clumps.

Swordsmanship passive boosts melee. Exalted Blade is the kit — Chromatic Blade sets its damage type from emissive color and spikes status chance.

• 1 Slash Dash — Dash through packs with Slash status and brief invulnerability. Surging Dash feeds combo.
• 2 Radial Blind — Blind for open finishers. Radiant Finish multiplies finisher damage.
• 3 Radial Javelin — Slash javelins / Furious Javelin melee buff. Common Wrathful Advance Helminth slot.
• 4 Exalted Blade — Exalted sword + energy waves. Chromatic Blade is the modern damage augment.
• Augment: Chromatic Blade on Exalted Blade. Optional Furious Javelin if you keep 3.

• Strength
• Violet melee crit damage
• Casting Speed

Keep Exalted Blade. Flex Radial Javelin for Wrathful Advance / Roar / Nourish.

• Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption

  Excellent

  Chromatic Exalted Blade deletes dense SP packs once Radial Blind / Howl softens the room.

• Mobile Defense / Excavation

  Excellent

  Blind the point, Exalted waves clear the wave.

• Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs

  Excellent

  Slash Dash + Exalted clears tiles fast.

• Spy / Rescue / Nightmare

  Situational

  Blind helps; Exalted is still loud combat.

• Open World / Bounties

  Strong

  Camps love Exalted waves; travel is fine with Slash Dash.

• Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content

  Weak

  Melee waves want mid-range packs, not Amp hunts.