Garuda Prime

Support / Healer

White, gold and deepest scarlet, the queen of gore in full regalia.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Madurai
Polarities: NaramonVazarinMadurai
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 31.3 (2022-03-28)

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 270
Armor: 420
Energy: 220
Sprint Speed: 1.0
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Garuda Prime is the primed variant of Garuda — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. Death’s crimson maiden sharpens her talons. Built around Dread Mirror, Blood Altar, Bloodletting.

Passive

Garuda's damage temporarily increases with each enemy she kills, to a maximum of a percentage. Slashes with her talons if no melee weapon is equipped.

When to Pick

You want Garuda’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
You want a support / healer toolkit and Garuda’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Garuda brings — especially Dread Mirror.

Kit Overview

Ability kit matches Garuda — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
Dread Mirror (Ability 1): Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened enemies instantly.
Blood Altar (Ability 2): Impale an enemy on an altar of talons and siphon health for Garuda and her allies.
Bloodletting (Ability 3): Garuda sacrifices her health to generate energy and clear Status Effects.

Abilities & Augments

1
Dread Mirror →
Energy 25
Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened enemies instantly. Charge to channel the captured damage into an explosive projectile.
Augment
Dread WardOpen augment →
2
Blood Altar →
Energy 25
Impale an enemy on an altar of talons and siphon health for Garuda and her allies.
No augment
3
Bloodletting →
Energy 25
Garuda sacrifices her health to generate energy and clear Status Effects.
Augment
Blood ForgeOpen augment →
4
Seeking Talons →
Energy 25
Charge to expand the targeting area, release to send Garuda's talons careening toward each target in area. Surviving enemies are prone to Slash Status.
Augment
Blending TalonsOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Dread Mirror
Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened enemies instantly.
2
Blood Altar
Impale an enemy on an altar of talons and siphon health for Garuda and her allies.
3
Bloodletting
Garuda sacrifices her health to generate energy and clear Status Effects.
4
Seeking Talons
Charge to expand the targeting area, release to send Garuda's talons careening toward each target in area.

Helminth / Subsume

Dread Mirror is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Blood Altar and later abilities when they define Garuda’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 Garuda’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Garuda if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Garuda 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	Strong	Solid Steel Path pick — Garuda Prime won’t hard-carry every tile, but Dread Mirror keeps the run stable. Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened…. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Garuda Prime wins Mobile Defense / Excavation by parking Dread Mirror on the objective instead of chasing stragglers. Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened…. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Garuda Prime’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened….
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Garuda Prime is not a Spy specialist and Dread Mirror won’t save a loud play. Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened….
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Garuda Prime still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Dread Mirror handles fights. Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened…. Death’s crimson maiden sharpens her talons.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Garuda Prime wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Dread Mirror won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Rip the life force from an enemy and use it as a shield that captures damage, this kills significantly weakened….