Grendel

Support / Healer

Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord. His insatiable appetite rewards him with high survivability. Enemies will be eaten. And regurgitated.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Naramon
Polarities: NaramonVazarinVazarin
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

RelatedPrime VersionGrendel Prime

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 1095
Shield: 95
Armor: 370
Energy: 175
Sprint Speed: 0.95
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord. Built around Feast, Nourish, Pulverize.

Passive

Each enemy consumed grants bonus bonus armor.

When to Pick

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

Kit Overview

Feast (Ability 1): Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut.
Nourish (Ability 2): Regenerate health as Grendel absorbs nourishment from enemies in his gut.
Pulverize (Ability 3): Grendel curls into a ball.
Regurgitate (Ability 4): Violently puke out a bile soaked enemy from Grendel's gut, turning the consumed into a toxic projectile.

Abilities & Augments

1
Feast →
Energy 25
Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Hold to vomit out stored enemies, covering them in toxic bile.
Augment
GourmandOpen augment →
2
Nourish →
Energy 25
Regenerate health as Grendel absorbs nourishment from enemies in his gut. While he digests, enemies that attack or are attacked by Grendel suffer Viral Damage and energy sources provide more energy. These buffs extend to squad mates.
Augment
Hearty NourishmentOpen augment →
3
Pulverize →
Energy 25
Grendel curls into a ball. He heals over time as he rolls, knocking over anyone in his path. Jumping slams Grendel into the ground and generates a damaging shockwave.
Augment
CatapultOpen augment →
4
Regurgitate →
Energy 25
Violently puke out a bile soaked enemy from Grendel's gut, turning the consumed into a toxic projectile. Nearby enemies are slowed and have their armor dissolved by the bile.
Augment
GastroOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Nourish
Regenerate health as Grendel absorbs nourishment from enemies in his gut.
2
Pulverize
Grendel curls into a ball.
3
Regurgitate
Violently puke out a bile soaked enemy from Grendel's gut, turning the consumed into a toxic projectile.
4
Feast
Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut.

Helminth / Subsume

Feast is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Nourish and later abilities when they define Grendel’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 Grendel’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Grendel if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Grendel 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	Not the densest clearer, but Grendel plus Feast is enough for most Steel Path pubs. Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	On Mobile Defense, Grendel’s Feast means fewer downed cryopods and less babysitting. Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Grendel’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Grendel is not a Spy specialist and Feast won’t save a loud play. Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Grendel still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Feast handles fights. Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Grendel wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Feast won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord.