Protea

Support / Healer

Protea knows all about protection. Her vast arsenal inflicts damage and provides ally support. She can even manipulate time itself.

Stats

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Verified 2026-07-22

Protea knows all about protection. Built around Grenade Fan, Blaze Artillery, Dispensary.

Every caststh Power Cast is granted +a percentage Ability Strength.

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

Grenade Fan (Ability 1): Throw out grenades in an arc.
Blaze Artillery (Ability 2): Deploys an artillery unit to blast plasma charges at enemies it faces.
Dispensary (Ability 3): Deploys a device that generates 3 pickups after a short delay: empowered health orb, universal ammo pack and energy orb.
Temporal Anchor (Ability 4): Drops a Temporal Anchor which, after a short duration, Protea rewinds to trigger a temporal implosion.

1
Grenade Fan →
Energy 25
Throw out grenades in an arc. (TAP) SHRAPNEL VORTEX Creates a slashing, staggering swirl of shrapnel. (HOLD) SHIELD SATELLITES Protea reconfigures Grenades to work as overcharging shield generators, protecting her, her allies and companions. When Shields break, a Satellite is destroyed to double minimum Shield Gate invincibility time.
No augment
2
Blaze Artillery →
Energy 25
Deploys an artillery unit to blast plasma charges at enemies it faces. Each enemy hit increases the power of subsequent plasma attacks.
Augment
Temporal ArtilleryOpen augment →
3
Dispensary →
Energy 25
Deploys a device that generates 3 pickups after a short delay: empowered health orb, universal ammo pack and energy orb.
Augment
Repair DispensaryOpen augment →
4
Temporal Anchor →
Energy 25
Drops a Temporal Anchor which, after a short duration, Protea rewinds to trigger a temporal implosion. Implosion damage increases based on damage dealt between anchor drop and rewind. Everything lost or expended in that time is returned. Dying while Anchor is active rewinds Protea to the anchor, saving her. Protea is knocked down and the anchor vanishes.
Augment
Temporal ErosionOpen augment →

1
Grenade Fan
Throw out grenades in an arc.
2
Dispensary
Deploys a device that generates 3 pickups after a short delay: empowered health orb, universal ammo pack and energy orb.
3
Blaze Artillery
Deploys an artillery unit to blast plasma charges at enemies it faces.
4
Temporal Anchor
Drops a Temporal Anchor which, after a short duration, Protea rewinds to trigger a temporal implosion.

Grenade Fan is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Blaze Artillery and later abilities when they define Protea’s identity.
Never subsume the ability that enables the rest of the kit’s energy or survival loop.

Strength: Raises damage and effect potency across Protea’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Protea if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Protea is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
Efficiency: Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.

Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.

Mission / Context	Rating	Why
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption	Strong	Protea holds up on Steel Path as a support / healer; invest Forma if you plan to main Grenade Fan. Throw out grenades in an arc.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Bring Protea when the objective can’t move — Grenade Fan is built for standing your ground. Throw out grenades in an arc.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Protea’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Throw out grenades in an arc.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Protea is not a Spy specialist and Grenade Fan won’t save a loud play. Throw out grenades in an arc. Protea knows all about protection.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Protea still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Grenade Fan handles fights. Throw out grenades in an arc.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Protea wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Grenade Fan won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Throw out grenades in an arc.