Anatolius here to bring you them quick feels about your baby boo Volt and to even help you out with Excalibur! It contains images so here is a “read more”.
Ok so first you got yourself a Volt Prime. Here is my Volt Prime as an example (this has no arcanes, no arcane helmets, and no mods so you can see the flat stats).
Important to know that Volt Prime has a leg up on your normal Volt. We will discuss that later.
Alright here is ya baby, ready to be modded for the world! First you gotta think: “What kind of build am I looking for?” Then you gotta come to the realization: “ Will this build work for X frame?”
Example: DO NOT try to build Volt Prime like a Rhino or a Chroma. You will be disappointed with the results. You can, however, build Volt Prime as Support, Melee, and/or Some bulk!
Lets get started! So first lets look at his kit. This is important because you gotta know what your kit can do before you build for it
Boom you got Shock, Speed, Electric Shield, and Overload.
Now
This UI is shit and does not detail HALF of the important things you should actually know about your abilities BUT THATS OK. We got a Wiki
Shock: Your bread and butter of CC. You might not get the kills in higher end game but thats ok, normally its not about the kills, about about the CC. You can pretty much spam this no matter your build. It chains, it stuns, it might make you breakfast.
Speed: This is your get out of jail card. Notice I didnt say get out of jail “free” because enemies can still hit you. But with some quick movement, you will survive. This increases ATTACK and MOVEMENT speed. So you move faster and you hit faster with your melee. If you generally want to run away or want a melee build, this is for you.
Electric Shield: Pretty much what every Volt main uses. Not only is it a <180 degree shield but you can shoot though that bitch for increased damage and crit damage. It also has a niffty side affect that makes some weapons hit-scan (this makes them hit instantly instead of travel time) PLEASE NOTE IF YOU DIDNT ALREADY THAT THIS DOES NOT STOP: Auras, AOE explosions, Procs, ect. You will get hit by these. Bombards will still fuck you.
Overload: Now this ability aint that great damage wise. Yes its a good AOE CC but its damage is negligible. What it can pull off is a good Overshield buffer. More on that later.
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So now its time for the warframe build. This is not to be mistaken for your “loadout” which is basically your weapons + companions. If you need help with making a build, you could use this:http://warframe-builder.com/Warframes/Builder/Volt_prime
The stats arent 100% accurate but if you know your mods, you will know what the build is for. This of this website as a template before you got forma things in game.
I am not sure what kinda playstyle you have or what mods you have but for simplicity, I will use Warframe Builder (most if not all my builds are built upon Prime and Rare Vault mods and Some Drift mods. Id prefer not to assume you have these mods (if you tell me what you have later, I am sure I can craft you a build).
Right now you are looking for something that will help you live. Which in this case, you can remove Range because you arent worried about everyone else’s safety, just your own for now. Once you get the hang of it, you can start adding more range and lowering other stats.
For a build geared more towards survival you can try this:
This is a negative range build. This helps keep up electric shield and you can use speed to run up to enemies and stab them for a quick health boost (You will need a melee weapon with Lifestrike for that) while shock trooper makes it to anyone you are meleeing doesnt strike back. Then you can get your distance behind your shield and keep shooting.
This wont get you though a Sortie but you can hold your own for a while.
Some other builds you can consider:
Capacitance support build: You can use a range build with efficiency to spam it and build up over shields.
Shock Trooper: You can use more power and duration to buff your squad
Some Volt/Prime Tips:
1) Prime Flow + Quick Thinking= Potential Win?
Volt Prime shares with Ivara the highest energy capacity in the game (around 800?? max) This is more than enough to help you survive when you have to rely on energy as your 2nd wind.
2) Shield placement is everything
As exampled, you can box yourself in to make a mini shield. Just make sure you have room to move and your arm isnt sticking out because you can get hit that way.
3) His health can be as viable as his shields
Volt has above average shields and average health. So yes, you can use his health for a rage build But dont linger. One solid hit can kill you regardless.
4) Try a heavy melee + Speed
As speed increases attack speed, you can try using heavy melees or other weapons with knockdown to take advantage of his quickness. This is my personal favorite.
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As for excalibur prime, you can sell your original excalibur if you want (unless you want to keep him for cosmetic reasons). You can use his slot to get another warframe. Excalibur prime is a direct buff to excalibur so you arent missing much by keeping both.
I wont go crazy in depth with him as you wanted to main Volt Prime but ill give you some tips on excalibur prime.
1) Your Melee is literally everything
Most of his abilities rely on melee mods to beef up his power. But of course if you run out of energy, you dont want to be 100% naked. Pick something you would use with or without using exalted blade. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOUR MELEE IS ON POINT
2) Get his augments
Pretty much all of them are good and apply one buff or another to your melee
3) When in doubt, (radial) Blind them out
This will literally save your life, your allies life, your kubrow’s life and your mom’s life. Blind is a very good ability as it opens them up to finishers (which scales very well) As long as you dont make noise (via shooting) enemies cant locate you.
4) He is as flexible as his muscles
You can use strength, range, or duration, all of them work well with him. If you want to drop strength a litte, its ok because your ult will feed from your melee.If you want to use strength, you can use his radial javelin augment to get a nice buff to your melee (which retroactively buffs everything else). Duration is good for longer build times or range for farther slash dash (this ability seems kinda wonky tho, I can seem to hit a damn thing with it.)If you want anymore advice, let us know. You can friends us on warframe (PC) at Anatolius.Hope this helps!
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