Protea Prime

Support / Healer

Behold the child of two fathers. Protea Prime once fulfilled Parvos Granum's vision of a time-wielding guardian. Now she upholds the Tenno ideal of defending the defenseless.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Any
Polarities: MaduraiNaramonNaramon
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Hotfix 35.5.9 (2024-05-01)

RelatedStandard VersionProtea

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 455
Armor: 185
Energy: 200
Sprint Speed: 1.2
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Protea Prime is the primed variant of Protea — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. Protea knows all about protection. Built around Grenade Fan, Blaze Artillery, Dispensary.

Passive

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

When to Pick

You want Protea’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
You want a support / healer toolkit and Protea’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Protea brings — especially Grenade Fan.

Kit Overview

Ability kit matches Protea — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
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.

Abilities & Augments

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 →

Ability Priority

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.

Helminth / Subsume

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.

Mod Scaling

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.

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 Protea Prime plus Grenade Fan is enough for most Steel Path pubs. Throw out grenades in an arc. Protea knows all about protection.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	On Mobile Defense, Protea Prime’s Grenade Fan means fewer downed cryopods and less babysitting. Throw out grenades in an arc. Protea knows all about protection.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Protea Prime’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Throw out grenades in an arc. Protea knows all about protection.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Protea Prime is not a Spy specialist and Grenade Fan won’t save a loud play. Throw out grenades in an arc.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Protea Prime still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Grenade Fan handles fights. Throw out grenades in an arc. Protea knows all about protection.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Protea Prime wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Grenade Fan won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Throw out grenades in an arc. Protea knows all about protection.