Apologies if this somehow lands in the Arcane tag. Anway. Today I found a fun way to use Truculence and I thought I'd share some thoughts on how it can be used.
Arcane Truculence works simply, its application is a bit more complex. So essentially every time you gain 3000 overguard, you make a radial attack (maximum 30m, unmoddable) that applies max Viral to all enemies.
Which is a 325% multiplier. Holy shit I didn't know it was that high, I thought it was only 100%
Anyway.
So naturally, its good on Warframes that are equipped to get themselves some Overguard:
Rhino - Iron Skin generates Overguard, using his Armour and Power Strength plus the amount of damage he takes upon casting (3 second window) so that's not too difficult to get a 3000 overguard... But! If you get the Reinforcing Stomp Augment, you restore 4% of this overguard by using Stomp. Meaning you can keep reapplying the viral so long as you keep taking damage.
Once we get the Exalted rework from Techrot Oncore update in March, Exalted weapons will be able to use Arcanes - this means Mesa, Hildryn, Titania, and Jade will be able to use Secondary Fortifier which will not only massively benefit their damage against Eximus units, but also help with their survivability.
Dante and Kullervo both have abilities that give them Overguard, so... Yeah?
Ember, Styanax, Frost, and Atlas have augments that add Overguard into some of their abilities. Special mention to Atlas however, since Rumbled can be turned off at will, and activated at will with no concerns about how many enemies are around. Ember can make extra good use of Truculence since the viral stacks will synergise with her heat - making her one of the best Warframes for fighting the Infested.
Wow Dante for elite temporal arch this week. That seems just unfairly easy. Dante is really kinda ridiculous. Overguard is ridiculous.
Honestly also arcane circumvent is just too dang powerful. Don't get me wrong, I love it lots, but the ability to essentially have over guard on every frame, on demand is crazy. Especially with invisibility frames like ivara and wispie when she's in the air. Or xaku and Titania with their built in dodges crazy stuff.
Circumvent and Careen are my go to's now. Esp for elite arch. An AOE freeze AND armor/shields/overguard strip all on your roll is just so damn good
If you want overkill add in rolling guard too and as long as you're rolling nothing can hurt you