Rhino Prime

Tank / Defense

Takes Rhino's ground-shaking abilities to the next level with altered mod polarities that offer greater customization.

Role: Tank / Defense
Aura: Madurai
Polarities: VazarinVazarinNaramon
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 12.4 (2014-03-05)

RelatedStandard VersionRhino

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 455
Armor: 290
Energy: 100
Sprint Speed: 1.0
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Rhino Prime is the primed variant of Rhino — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. Rhino packs a punch. Built around Rhino Charge, Iron Skin, Roar.

Passive

Emit a shockwave dealing bonus damage after landing from a great height.

When to Pick

You want Rhino’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
You want a tank / defense toolkit and Rhino’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Rhino brings — especially Rhino Charge.

Kit Overview

Ability kit matches Rhino — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
Rhino Charge (Ability 1): Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.
Iron Skin (Ability 2): Rhino hardens his skin, insulating himself from all damage and gaining Overguard.
Roar (Ability 3): Grants all nearby Warframes increased damage for a short duration.

Abilities & Augments

1
Rhino Charge →
Energy 25
Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.
Augment
Ironclad ChargeOpen augment →
2
Iron Skin →
Energy 25
Rhino hardens his skin, insulating himself from all damage and gaining Overguard.
Augment
Iron ShrapnelOpen augment →
3
Roar →
Energy 25
Grants all nearby Warframes increased damage for a short duration.
Augment
Piercing RoarOpen augment →
4
Rhino Stomp →
Energy 25
Rhino stomps with force sufficient to disrupt time, tumbling enemies around him in stasis.
Augment
Reinforcing StompOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Iron Skin
Rhino hardens his skin, insulating himself from all damage and gaining Overguard.
2
Rhino Charge
Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.
3
Roar
Grants all nearby Warframes increased damage for a short duration.
4
Rhino Stomp
Rhino stomps with force sufficient to disrupt time, tumbling enemies around him in stasis.

Helminth / Subsume

Rhino Charge is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Iron Skin and later abilities when they define Rhino’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 Rhino’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Rhino if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Rhino 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 Rhino Prime when you want Rhino Charge carrying Survival / Defense / Disruption tiles without a full strip team. Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Point-hold missions reward Rhino Prime: Iron Skin turns the excavator into a killbox. Rhino hardens his skin, insulating himself from all damage and gaining Overguard.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Rhino Prime’s tank / defense kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Weak	Loud kit. Leave Spy / Rescue to invis or silence frames; Rhino Charge doesn’t make Rhino Prime quiet. Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.
Open World / Bounties	Situational	Fine on clustered camps, but sparse open-world travel underuses Rhino Prime unless you love Rhino Charge. Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Rhino Prime wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Rhino Charge won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Rhino charges towards a target, clobbering any in his path and goring his victim.