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Follie

Blot Battery

Inkblot Gun Platform

Frame
Follie
Forma
3
Playstyle
Helminth
Replace 2 or 4 (Roar / Nourish / Eclipse)

Gun Follie - Inkblot from dive and effigy under a Helminth weapon buff so Steel Path packs melt to guns.

Alternative builds

Build dossier · Blot Battery

3 Forma

Loadout

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

-7

Corrosive Projection

Enemies lose -18% Armor

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

12

Adaptation

When Damaged: · +10% Resistance to that Damage Type for 20s. Stacks up to 90%.

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

14

Primed Flow

+185% Energy Max

Arcanes

Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.

RecommendedMolt AugmentedWarframe · RareStrengthRecommendedArcane RageWarframe · RarePrimary
Arcane EnergizeWarframe · LegendaryAlt

Arsenal

Playstyle

Helminth weapon buff over Shadowgraph or Plein Air — Inkblot from dive/effigy, shoot. Strength for Helminth and Inkblot tools; Duration for buffs.

Passive abilities

Inkblot softens targets across the kit. Forced Perspective dives and emerges invulnerable with Corrosive ink splash. Shadowgraph sketchbook objects splash Inkblot on create. Self Portrait effigies soak damage for the squad over growing ink pools. Plein Air balloons douse Inkblot, strip defense, then crash for scaled Corrosive splash.

Active abilities

  • 1 Forced Perspective — Dive through an ink frame; emerge invulnerable with Inkblot splash.
  • 2 Shadowgraph — Sketchbook tactical objects that splash Inkblot on create. Hold for the gear wheel.
  • 3 Self Portrait — Ink effigy soaks squad damage over a growing Inkblot pool.
  • 4 Plein Air — Balloon enemies with Inkblot and defense strip, then pop for crash splash.
  • Helminth Roar / Nourish / Eclipse over Shadowgraph or Plein Air. Keep Forced Perspective and Self Portrait.

Mod breakdown

Strength / Duration

Helminth uptime and Inkblot tool values.

Aura / Exilus

Archon shards

  • Strength
  • Duration
  • Casting Speed

Helminth

Roar for guns under Inkblot.

Mission Usefulness

  • Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption

    Excellent

    Inkblot under Helminth weapon buffs turns Follie into a SP gun platform with dive escapes.

  • Mobile Defense / Excavation

    Excellent

    Ink the point, shoot.

  • Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs

    Strong

    Guns under Inkblot.

  • Spy / Rescue / Nightmare

    Weak

    Loud guns.

  • Open World / Bounties

    Strong

    Gun camps.

  • Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content

    Strong

    Inkblot softens long fights.