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Vauban Prime

Enduring Cage

Bastille Vortex Strip

Frame
Vauban Prime
Forma
2
Playstyle
Helminth
Keep 4 · Enduring Bastille

Bastille Vauban - suspend and strip Steel Path packs, hold Vortex to blender, and let Enduring Bastille extend the cage on every kill. Vauban Prime's extra polarities cut Forma versus base Vauban for the same polarity story.

Alternative builds

Build dossier · Enduring Cage

2 Forma

Loadout

Aura + Exilus on top, then eight general slots in two rows of four.

-7

Growing Power

On Status Effect with Weapon: Squad increases personal Ability Strength by 25% for 6s.

9

Cunning Drift

+12% Slide · -30% Friction · +15% Ability Range

16

Blind Rage

+99% Ability Strength · -55% Ability Efficiency

16

Transient Fortitude

+55% Ability Strength · -27.5% Ability Duration

14

Primed Continuity

+55% Ability Duration

11

Overextended

+90% Ability Range · -60% Ability Strength

14

Stretch

+82.5% Ability Range

9

Enduring Bastille

Bastille Augment: Killing an enemy in Bastille extends the duration by 2s. Vortex's duration is increased by 70% of its Maximum Duration for each additional Vortex thrown into it.

12

Adaptation

When Damaged: · +10% Resistance to that Damage Type for 20s. Stacks up to 90%.

16

Umbral Intensify

+44% Ability Strength · +11% Tau Resistance

Arcanes

Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.

RecommendedMolt EfficiencyWarframe · RareCage uptimeRecommendedMolt AugmentedWarframe · RareStrength
Arcane EnergizeWarframe · LegendaryAlt

Arsenal

Playstyle

Bastille for strip/stasis, hold Vortex when you want a blender, Enduring Bastille on kills. Range and Duration first; Strength for strip.

Passive abilities

Engineer CC. Tesla Nervos latch and arc Electricity — Tesla Bank converts attach health into a death burst. Minelayer cycles Tether-Flechette and other mines. Photon Strike calls laser artillery (doubled vs Overguard) — Photon Repeater refunds and multi-strikes on 5+ hits. Bastille suspends and strips armor into the squad; hold for Vortex — Enduring Bastille extends on kills.

Active abilities

  • 1 Tesla Nervos — Latching Electricity drones. Tesla Bank death-bursts from attach health.
  • 2 Minelayer — Tether-Flechette and utility mines. Common Helminth slot.
  • 3 Photon Strike — Laser artillery. Photon Repeater free multi-strikes after 5+ hits.
  • 4 Bastille — Stasis + armor strip (hold Vortex). Enduring Bastille extends on kills.
  • Augment: Enduring Bastille. Keep Bastille.

Mod breakdown

Range / Duration / Strength

Cage size, uptime, and armor strip.

Aura / Exilus

Archon shards

  • Range
  • Duration
  • Strength — strip

Helminth

Keep Bastille. Roar over Minelayer for gun camps.

Mission Usefulness

  • Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption

    Excellent

    Bastille / Vortex strip and suspend SP packs while Enduring Bastille keeps the cage online forever.

  • Mobile Defense / Excavation

    Excellent

    Cage the point, strip, shoot.

  • Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs

    Situational

    Setup-heavy versus pure gun clears.

  • Spy / Rescue / Nightmare

    Weak

    Loud engineer kit.

  • Open World / Bounties

    Strong

    Camp cages.

  • Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content

    Weak

    CC kit wants packs.