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Warframe: A Deep Dive into the New Arcanes of the Old Blood Update
This video explores the new Arcanes introduced in Warframe's Old Blood update, highlighting their mechanics, synergies, and potential builds. The video takes a detailed look at Arcanes like Debilitate, Secondary Irradiate, and Arcane Expertise, analyzing their uses and impact on Warframe builds.
1. 💥 Arcane Debilitate: Status Effects and Synergies
- ✅ If an enemy has 10 stacks of status effects, reapplying the same status effect has a 100% chance to apply one of the base elements.
- ✅ On beam weapons like the Phantasma, this Arcane creates insane status effect interactions even without Warframe buffs.
- ✅ On Saryn, using Toxic Lash with Toxic Dose and Nourish will result in a lot of status effects on the enemy's HP bar.
| Status Effect | Components |
|---|---|
| Blast | Heat and Cold |
| Radiation | Heat and Electricity |
| Magnetic | Cold and Electricity |
| Viral | Cold and Toxin |
| Corrosive | Cold and Toxin |
00:11 - 01:49
1. 💥 Arcane Debilitate: Status Effects and Synergies
- ✅ If an enemy has 10 stacks of status effects, reapplying the same status effect has a 100% chance to apply one of the base elements.
- ✅ On beam weapons like the Phantasma, this Arcane creates insane status effect interactions even without Warframe buffs.
- ✅ On Saryn, using Toxic Lash with Toxic Dose and Nourish will result in a lot of status effects on the enemy's HP bar.
| Status Effect | Components |
|---|---|
| Blast | Heat and Cold |
| Radiation | Heat and Electricity |
| Magnetic | Cold and Electricity |
| Viral | Cold and Toxin |
| Corrosive | Cold and Toxin |
02:38 - 04:21
2. ☢️ Secondary Irradiate: Radiation Synergy and AOE Potential
- ✅ Hitting an enemy affected by 10 stacks of Radiation will deal 180% of the hit damage to enemies within 7m.
- ✅ Warframes like Oberon can apply a lot of Radiation, and weapons like the Akkor are good for this Arcane.
- ✅ The Akkor innately has Radiation, making it effective even without Oberon.
| Warframe | Radiation Application Ability |
|---|---|
| Oberon | Can apply a lot of Radiation in a wide area. |
| Corbex | Can apply Radiation. |
| Lavos | Can apply Radiation. |
04:22 - 04:54
3. ⏱️ Arcane Concentration: Duration Boost Analysis
- ✅ Casting an ability grants +60% Duration for the next 3 seconds.
- ⚠️ This Arcane is not considered meta or essential.
- ⚠️ Duration is generally sufficient at 128% or 155%.
04:55 - 06:11
4. 🛡️ Arcane Expertise: Ability Strength and Shield Synergy
- ✅ 100% of your Ability Strength modifier is also applied to your max Shields.
- ✅ Good for Warframes like Hildryn.
- ✅ Modifying Ability Strength also acts as a Shield modifier.
| Mod | Effect |
|---|---|
| Blind Rage | 99% increase in Ability Strength and 99% increase in Shields |
| Transient Fortitude | Increase in Ability Strength and increase in Shields |
| Intensify | Increase in Ability Strength and increase in Shields |
| Auger Secret | Increase in Ability Strength and increase in Shields |
06:12 - 07:13
5. ❄️ Melee Karin: Increased Damage to Frozen Enemies
- ✅ Deals 2.5x damage to frozen enemies.
- ✅ Rolling freezes enemies within a 5.5m radius with a 2-second cooldown.
- ✅ Best suited for Warframes like Frost.
07:14 - 08:27
6. 🛡️ Arcane Circumvent: Armor Stealing and Synergy
- ✅ Rolling through an enemy steals 50% of their armor and applies it to yourself.
- ✅ The stolen armor lasts for 15 seconds.
- ✅ With a high-ranked Circumvent, you can completely strip the armor of any enemy in the game with just two rolls.
- ✅ When combined with Melee Karin, you can strip enemy armor and double your damage.
08:28 - 09:13
7. 💪 Primary Bulwark: Armor-Based Damage Increase
- ✅ Gain 1% damage for each unit of armor over 1,000 (up to 500%).
- ✅ Good for Warframes that use health tanking with Arcane Endurance.
- ✅ Provides 180% more base damage if using a high armor frame.
09:14 - 10:09
8. ⚡ Primary Overcharge: Energy-Based Multishot
- ✅ When above 90% energy, gain 35% of your max energy as multishot (up to 350%).
- ⚠️ Good for Warframes that don't cast abilities often.
- ⚠️ Requires the use of Primed Flow.
10:10 - 10:54
9. 🛡️ Arcane Endurance: Armor-Based Damage Reduction
- ✅ Removes all of your Warframe's shields, but if you have 700 or more armor, you can't take more than 500 damage per second.
- ✅ Best suited for Warframes with very high base armor, like Inaros and Kahl's Hero.
- ✅ Can also work well on Wisp.