Garuda

Support / Healer

Death’s crimson maiden sharpens her talons. Garuda weaponizes the blood of her foes to deal high damage. Sanguine beauty complements her deadly power.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Madurai
Polarities: NaramonVazarin
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 270
Armor: 315
Energy: 140
Sprint Speed: 1.0
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

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 a support / healer toolkit and Garuda’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Garuda brings — especially Dread Mirror.
You already own the mods / archon shards that make Garuda’s scaling comfortable on Steel Path.

Kit Overview

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.
Seeking Talons (Ability 4): Charge to expand the targeting area, release to send Garuda's talons careening toward each target in area.

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	Garuda is a dependable Steel Path support / healer: weapons do the heavy clear while Dread Mirror covers gaps. 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.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Cryopods and excavators are Garuda’s home turf — Dread Mirror locks or deletes the wave on the point. 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.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Garuda’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…. Death’s crimson maiden sharpens her talons.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Garuda 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…. Death’s crimson maiden sharpens her talons.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Garuda 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….
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Garuda 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…. Death’s crimson maiden sharpens her talons.