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Zephyr Prime

Funnel Storm

Funnel Clouds Tornado Swarm

Frame
Zephyr Prime
Forma
2
Playstyle
Helminth
Keep 4 · Funnel Clouds

Funnel Clouds Zephyr - carpet Steel Path with a swarm of small elemental tornadoes and feed them with your guns. Zephyr Prime's extra polarities cut Forma versus base Zephyr for the same polarity story.

Alternative builds

Build dossier · Funnel Storm

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

14

Stretch

+82.5% Ability Range

9

Funnel Clouds

Tornado Augment: Creates 8 additional tornadoes. All tornadoes are 50% their original size and won't pick up enemies.

12

Adaptation

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

12

Rolling Guard

On Dodge: · Become invulnerable for 3s and remove all Status Effects. 7s cooldown.

16

Umbral Intensify

+44% Ability Strength · +11% Tau Resistance

Arcanes

Recommended pair first, then flexible swaps.

RecommendedMolt AugmentedWarframe · RareStrengthRecommendedArcane EnergizeWarframe · LegendaryTornado refresh
Molt EfficiencyWarframe · RareAlt Duration

Arsenal

Playstyle

Funnel Clouds — cast Tornado for a swarm of small twisters, feed them Heat/Electric with guns, keep Turbulence for safety. Strength for tornado damage; Range for coverage; Duration for uptime.

Passive abilities

Reduced gravity while airborne. Tail Wind dashes, hover, and dive bombs — Target Fixation stacks dive damage; Anchored Glide kills the float for Strength. Airburst pulls/pushes packs — Airburst Rounds amp secondaries. Turbulence redirects projectiles — Jet Stream adds move/projectile speed. Tornadoes seek and amplify absorbed elements — Funnel Clouds spawn a small tornado swarm.

Active abilities

  • 1 Tail Wind — Hover, dash, or dive bomb. Target Fixation stacks dive damage; Anchored Glide trades float for Strength.
  • 2 Airburst — Tap pull / hold push dense air. Airburst Rounds stack secondary damage per enemy hit.
  • 3 Turbulence — Projectile-redirect wind shield. Jet Stream adds move and projectile speed for the squad.
  • 4 Tornado — Seeking tornadoes that absorb elements. Funnel Clouds spawn many smaller non-grabbing twisters.
  • Augment: Funnel Clouds required. Hold Tornado for stationary grids on points.

Mod breakdown

Strength / Range / Duration

Tornado damage, swarm coverage, and uptime.

Aura / Exilus

Archon shards

  • Strength
  • Range
  • Duration

Helminth

Keep Tornado. Nourish over Airburst for elemental feed.

Mission Usefulness

  • Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption

    Excellent

    Funnel Clouds carpet SP rooms with small elemental tornadoes you feed with guns.

  • Mobile Defense / Excavation

    Excellent

    Stationary tornadoes on the point.

  • Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs

    Strong

    Swarm clears lanes.

  • Spy / Rescue / Nightmare

    Weak

    Loud weather kit.

  • Open World / Bounties

    Excellent

    Funnel camps.

  • Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content

    Situational

    Shoot into tornadoes for amp.