Lavos

Support / Healer

The serpents of Lavos encourage him as he transmutes the battlefield. He uses Toxin, Cold, Electricity, and Heat to deal elemental damage. Harness the power of the dark alchemist.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Naramon
Polarities: VazarinNaramon
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 29.6 (2020-12-18)

RelatedPrime VersionLavos Prime

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 540
Shield: 270
Armor: 575
Energy: 0
Sprint Speed: 1.15
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

The serpents of Lavos encourage him as he transmutes the battlefield. Built around Ophidian Bite, Vial Rush, Transmutation Probe.

Passive

Energy and Universal Orbs give Lavos status immunity for several seconds. Hold any ability to imbue the next cast with additional Elemental Damage and Status.

When to Pick

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

Kit Overview

Ophidian Bite (Ability 1): Lash out with a toxic serpentine strike, consuming the target to heal Lavos.
Vial Rush (Ability 2): Dash forward, crashing through enemies and leaving an icy trail of broken vials.
Transmutation Probe (Ability 3): Launch a probe that converts Health and Energy Orbs into Universal Orbs that provide both, and ammo pickups into Universal Ammo Pickups.
Catalyze (Ability 4): Catalyst Probes erupt from Lavos and douse combatants in a fiery gel.

Abilities & Augments

1
Ophidian Bite →
Energy 25
Lash out with a toxic serpentine strike, consuming the target to heal Lavos. Hold to imbue all abilities with Toxin.
Augment
Swift BiteOpen augment →
2
Vial Rush →
Energy 25
Dash forward, crashing through enemies and leaving an icy trail of broken vials. Hold to imbue the next ability cast with Cold.
No augment
3
Transmutation Probe →
Energy 25
Launch a probe that converts Health and Energy Orbs into Universal Orbs that provide both, and ammo pickups into Universal Ammo Pickups. The probe shocks enemies in close proximity. Each electrocuted foe reduces other ability cooldowns by 1.5s. Hold to imbue the next ability cast with Electricity.
Augment
Lingering TransmutationOpen augment →
4
Catalyze →
Energy 25
Catalyst Probes erupt from Lavos and douse combatants in a fiery gel. Damage is doubled for each element afflicting an enemy. Hold to imbue the next ability cast with Heat.
No augment

Ability Priority

1
Ophidian Bite
Lash out with a toxic serpentine strike, consuming the target to heal Lavos.
2
Transmutation Probe
Launch a probe that converts Health and Energy Orbs into Universal Orbs that provide both, and ammo pickups into Universal Ammo Pickups.
3
Vial Rush
Dash forward, crashing through enemies and leaving an icy trail of broken vials.
4
Catalyze
Catalyst Probes erupt from Lavos and douse combatants in a fiery gel.

Helminth / Subsume

Ophidian Bite is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Vial Rush and later abilities when they define Lavos’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 Lavos’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Lavos if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Lavos 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 — Lavos won’t hard-carry every tile, but Ophidian Bite keeps the run stable. Lash out with a toxic serpentine strike, consuming the target to heal Lavos.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Lavos wins Mobile Defense / Excavation by parking Ophidian Bite on the objective instead of chasing stragglers. Lash out with a toxic serpentine strike, consuming the target to heal Lavos.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Lavos’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Dash forward, crashing through enemies and leaving an icy trail of broken vials.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Lavos is not a Spy specialist and Ophidian Bite won’t save a loud play. Lash out with a toxic serpentine strike, consuming the target to heal Lavos.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Lavos still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Vial Rush handles fights. Dash forward, crashing through enemies and leaving an icy trail of broken vials. The serpents of Lavos encourage him as he transmutes the battlefield.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Lavos wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Ophidian Bite won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Lash out with a toxic serpentine strike, consuming the target to heal Lavos.