Oberon

Support / Healer

Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding. His command of the natural world supports allies. Boon to his friends, bane of his foes.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Madurai
Polarities: MaduraiMadurai
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 11.5 (2013-12-19)

RelatedPrime VersionOberon Prime

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 365
Shield: 270
Armor: 385
Energy: 175
Sprint Speed: 1.0
Build Cost: 30,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding. Built around Smite, Hallowed Ground, Renewal.

Passive

Oberon grants Righteous Negation to himself and his allies in Affinity Range when he collects Health Orbs, protecting players against the next instance of damage. Stacks up to stacks times.

When to Pick

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

Kit Overview

Smite (Ability 1): Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard.
Hallowed Ground (Ability 2): Sanctifies the ground around Oberon, inflicting Radiation Damage to all enemies within the radius.
Renewal (Ability 3): Generates a protective aura that grants bonus Armor to Oberon and his allies and restores allies’ Health over time.
Reckoning (Ability 4): Lifts enemies into the air and then hurls them down with conviction, removing their Armor.

Abilities & Augments

1
Smite →
Energy 25
Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard. Enemies near the target also take a portion of the damage.
Augment
Smite InfusionOpen augment →
2
Hallowed Ground →
Energy 25
Sanctifies the ground around Oberon, inflicting Radiation Damage to all enemies within the radius. Also grants protection against Status Effects for Oberon and his allies.
Augment
Hallowed EruptionOpen augment →
3
Renewal →
Energy 25
Generates a protective aura that grants bonus Armor to Oberon and his allies and restores allies’ Health over time. Healing is doubled while within the radius of Hallowed Ground.
Augment
Phoenix RenewalOpen augment →
4
Reckoning →
Energy 25
Lifts enemies into the air and then hurls them down with conviction, removing their Armor. Enemies hit by this ability will grant Oberon additional Armor and have a chance to spawn a Health Orb when they die.
Augment
Defiled ReckoningOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Smite
Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard.
2
Renewal
Generates a protective aura that grants bonus Armor to Oberon and his allies and restores allies’ Health over time.
3
Reckoning
Lifts enemies into the air and then hurls them down with conviction, removing their Armor.
4
Hallowed Ground
Sanctifies the ground around Oberon, inflicting Radiation Damage to all enemies within the radius.

Helminth / Subsume

Smite is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Hallowed Ground and later abilities when they define Oberon’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 Oberon’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Oberon if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Oberon 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	Excellent	Bring Oberon when you want Smite carrying Survival / Defense / Disruption tiles without a full strip team. Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard. Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Point-hold missions reward Oberon: Hallowed Ground turns the excavator into a killbox. Sanctifies the ground around Oberon, inflicting Radiation Damage to all enemies within the radius. Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Oberon’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard. Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Oberon is not a Spy specialist and Smite won’t save a loud play. Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard. Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Oberon still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Smite handles fights. Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard. Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Oberon wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Smite won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Focuses deadly energy within a target, dealing massive damage and removing all of its defenses, including Overguard. Healing and suffering do Oberon’s bidding.