Octavia Prime

Mobile DPS

Strike up a symphony of destruction with the mistress of music, Octavia, in her grandest and most spectacular form. Featuring altered mod polarities for greater customization.

Role: Mobile DPS
Aura: Naramon
Polarities: VazarinNaramonNaramon
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 29.9 (2021-02-23)

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 270
Armor: 160
Energy: 215
Sprint Speed: 1.05
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Octavia Prime is the primed variant of Octavia — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. Octavia turns bass, beat, and melody into a symphony of devastation. Built around Mallet, Resonator, Metronome.

Passive

Replenish bonus energy over several seconds for Octavia and allies within a radius when abilities are activated.

When to Pick

You want Octavia’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
You want a mobile dps toolkit and Octavia’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Octavia brings — especially Mallet.

Kit Overview

Ability kit matches Octavia — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
Mallet (Ability 1): Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire.
Resonator (Ability 2): Launches a rollerball that charms foes to follow it.
Metronome (Ability 3): Grants buffs to those who consistently perform actions in time to Octavia's music.

Abilities & Augments

1
Mallet →
Energy 25
Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire. Damage inflicted on the Mallet increases its lethality.
Augment
Partitioned MalletOpen augment →
2
Resonator →
Energy 25
Launches a rollerball that charms foes to follow it. Combines with the Mallet to create a roving ball of sonic destruction.
Augment
ConductorOpen augment →
3
Metronome →
Energy 25
Grants buffs to those who consistently perform actions in time to Octavia's music. Timed jumps offer the Vivace speed buff. Crouching on the beat grants cloaking with the Nocturne buff. Firing rhythmically bestows Opera multishot buff. Timed melee swings give the Forte damage buff.
No augment
4
Amp →
Energy 25
Draws power from the decibel level of sound in the area and uses it to amplify a damage buff for Octavia and her allies. It also doubles the damage and range of nearby Mallets.
No augment

Ability Priority

1
Mallet
Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire.
2
Resonator
Launches a rollerball that charms foes to follow it.
3
Metronome
Grants buffs to those who consistently perform actions in time to Octavia's music.
4
Amp
Draws power from the decibel level of sound in the area and uses it to amplify a damage buff for Octavia and her allies.

Helminth / Subsume

Mallet is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Resonator and later abilities when they define Octavia’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 Octavia’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Octavia if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Octavia 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	Octavia Prime is a S-tier Steel Path pick because Mallet still works when every spawn is overlevelled. Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Strong	Octavia Prime can hold Mobile Defense / Excavation without sweating every spawn, mainly via Mallet. Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Excellent	Speed runs favor Octavia Prime because Mallet skips empty rooms and ends the mission early. Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Octavia Prime is not a Spy specialist and Mallet won’t save a loud play. Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire.
Open World / Bounties	Excellent	For bounty chains, Octavia Prime plus Mallet is one of the cleaner camp-clear packages. Rhythmically beats damage into nearby enemies and draws their fire. Octavia turns bass, beat, and melody into a symphony of devastation.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Excellent	Hunt and sniper content play to Octavia Prime: Resonator supports the weapon loop instead of forcing melee clear. Launches a rollerball that charms foes to follow it. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.