Whenever someone asks me what the best warframe in the game, I always turn to Xaku. He's just equipped to do it all, whatever content you face, he can do it and do it well. plus the fact his 4 has almost 30m more range than Limbo for crate shattering.
@@amirrezaafzalinia1556 careful now they are gonna tell you that you assumed my gender now. They've corrected a few people now so must be a sore spot or something lol.
many thanks for the explanation of xaku's 3rd powers. and the build of xaku. the weapon is also a nice bonus. now I understand better xaku, thanks to you. 💙 I was always using 2 and 4 but not for their full extended capabilities. I sued them for auto turret(2) and evasion(4). now I get these ones wayyy more. this will certainly makes me more wanting to step up my fights. But I have a long path to walk.
@@rocketfish6021 thats why I prefer pillage over gaze, yes I need to recast it often, and even twice in most cases (unless I do a 400str build), but I can strip all defense by one skill, get an instant shield and even cleance myself from statuses
Thanks so much! :) glad you enjoyed helmet - Kintsu left arm - frakta shoulder guard both legs - Riv Elite Ephemera - Seraphayre And then the new mag signa Syandana - Bolide the colors are mostly from potentia or kiteer and the dark pink is from classic middle row
Xaku AFK Build, Notes below: (62s vast duration, full armor strip, almost max range) Swap intensify for blind rage. Swap equilibrium for constitution Additionally on my build I use 2 tau 15% duration shards, a 15% and 10% strength shard. (As well as a tau amber for energy on spawn (my preference)) Use molt Efficientcy arcane With this build you get a 62s duration for your 4th. And 164% STR + corrosive projection gets 100% armor strip Additionally I use zenurik with the "inner might" ability. It grants a free ability cast every 60s....your 4 lasts 62s so free 4 casting because it Laps the duration :slight_smile: this also removes the penalty of blind rage after you get setup. I cast my 4 as soon as I spawn. And I use quiver subsume, gives me a 30s duration. Very chill for afk gameplay. I just press 4th every min or I roll to wipe a status. Overall this is my favourite build, perfect for chilling. And only gets nastier with range invigorarions / fissure warframe buffs (run 1 weapon in fizzure to get a 50% chance at X2 range and str) Sorry this was long, it's very intricate thanks,
What are the fail safes you have if a nullifier bubbles ruins your casting cycle? It seems like everything has to go in a specific sequence, like falling dominoes. Or are they (nullies) a non issue?
very nice video, didn't ever consider Xaku as a meta-dmg dealer(I play since Beta but I didn't focus on real builds up to now - yeah lol); keep up the videos!!
I'm assuming this has been mentioned in the comments before, but with the amount of forma you have right now, you can fit in a maxed out build, with Umbral Intensify, Primed Continuity and Primed Flow, if you just put Primed Continuity in the V polarity over Intensify. Xaku Prime depending on the polarities could probably fit the build without an Umbral Forma or 3 Forma.
I'm not a level cap player, I would like your opinion on these things. I know this will probably be obvious and said many times Nourish-is a better choice. Dispensary doesn't fit on xaku(unless you're playing very stationary) and you could have way more than enough strength by adding Blind Rage. If stationary Xaku is what you want, Condemn would be a good choice as well for shield gating and crowd control. However I have not tested and do not know how would affective this would be compared to dispensary in level cap.
Yea nothing wrong with nourish, I like dispensary because of eruption force proccing and the consistency AND the fact that it litters the battle field with orbs so I just throw it out every now and then for the energy litter xD but yea nourish is probably the king right now tbh :)
@@mattacer it is! also really great on sevagoth if want a more niche one to try, either dispensary or siphon works wonders, and with gloom + eruption it basically freezes enemies dead in the air, really good :)
The only thing that makes Xaku broken is being able to strip 100% armor without much investment. If you don't strip armor, their guns hit like nerf-guns.
Xaku got me through origin system and steel path with ease. Note that his 2 is better equipped when fighting higher level enemies as it scales with lvl.
is there something about warframe and south africa in particular? ek is ook from suid afrika, but I find it super strange so many warframe youtubers i've been finding end up being south african too lol - for most of my internet journey it was few and far between that I would find another south african, but it seems like theyve all been playing warframe this whole time apparently. theres also weapons like the veldt in game too
Tried this build yesterday in a SP survival and loved it. Had a buddy running Revenant (giving Mesmer skin) and we literally just stood there while Xaku armor stripped and destroyed everything.
Great video thank you, I’ve been experimenting with xaku lately and thought fire Walker might be a good ability for tanki ness therefore I won’t need rolling guard also I run energize and molt augmented for the strength 😁 can’t wait for the prime version
I just got him from the foundry, he’s the only warframe I have that got maxed out in rank in two sanctuary runs, and two cause I got bored halfway through one. He also makes my bramma look like a joke when clearing maps
I got scammed HARD by kyai's trash clickbait build. Had me going around getting sisters hounds and fucking grendel while spending insane amount of endo and forma. You are my new sensei now
thank you soo much,i really love it,will try this one instead,never thought of subsuming xata because im stuck with what people said about how OP xata is,that i forgot his second ability is way more powerful,thanks a lot mate
that bs is made BY warframe. stop being a horrible person and improve on yourself, the world is changing, you should change too or its not gonna end well@@kerjataksiap5618
There are many instances in this video where I see you go into the operator. And then go back into the Warframe and you're invincible for a decent amount of time. Is that an operator arcane? Or is that some mechanic with rolling guard that I don't know about
Primed Flow and Equilibrium swapped for Fleeting Expertise and Streamline (both 1 rank lower than max). Cuts about a third of your duration, but you can cast 4 times more abilities per energy invested. Also, easier to fit.
The problem i have with these xaku builds is, when doing deep archimedea, you will eventually get hit, which means instant death, and with these missions being so long, that also means you will get downed a lot, which is pretty risky. I'd like a build that can fix it at this point and xaku would be perfect.
Hey great video ! Just 2 little question, is it ok if i keep the 1st power of xaku ? and second question : I'm scared to run with that low hp / shield can i put a health mod in there or should i just try to force myself to get use to it ? Thanks :D
on the build, couldnt you swap primed continuity and intensify around so primed continuity is int he polarity then you would have enough capacity to swap intensify with umbral intensify for more strength? you have the mod capacity so theres no need for an umbral forma unless ive done the maths wrong
Randomly popped in my head: What if Xaku’s void weapons got turned into an Exalted version, giving you the ability to mod them as you would Redeemer’s?
helmet - Kintsu left arm - frakta shoulder guard both legs - Riv Elite Ephemera - Seraphayre And then the new mag signa Syandana - Bolide the colors are mostly from potentia or kiteer and the dark pink is from classic middle row
I think its marginally easier to use a defensive subsume such as harrow on your 1 slot clearing up 3 mod slots, Equilibrium, Rolling Guard and Primed Flow for duration, efficiency and strength (164%, with corrosive this is an instant armor strip, good for missions which dont go long enough for molt augmented)
for something not level cap related, sure that's great! for a level cap run you would suffer quite a bit without rolling guard and the safety net of an energy pool and equilibrium, fully depends on what you want to be doing, the build can change a lot depending on what the goal is ofcoarse :)
Makes wonderful sense, from my experience my survivability tends to depend on the door that i am shooting through and that the enemies arent but i can see your argument. Thx for the answer :) @@morning8590
I've never understood why people are so obsessed with nourish if im being honest, it does not affect xakus abilities. it's good when used with xata's whisper but in most cases that will be the ability helminthed off so then nourish affects nothing except if you try to buff enemies you convert with accuse then buff them with nourish, and on most maps accuse isnt really used, if you are doing it only for the energy, yea its actually quite decent but will get stopped when an energy conduit hits, because energy drain stops all energy regen, same as channeled abilities, so there is a lot to consider, if you are building xaku as a weapons platform (meaning you are going to helminth off their 2) then yea nourish is a good buff to your weapon damage, but if you are going ability dps then nourish is a worse option than dispensary imo, so considering all that, its really up to what you want out of xaku :)
@@morning8590 what I'm taking away from this if ur on a frame that uses ability damage like xaku ur wasting ur time on nourish .....but if ur on a weapon platform like say Revanent then the combo of nourish + energy nexus/grimoire or anything like that is better......also would u say stealth kubrow will be better on ability frames like xaku then other companions
Hey Morning love the guide and been playing this build and it slaps. Just a quick question i haven't been able to reliably test. When in Vast Untime do the other abilities scale passively with molt stack as you get kills or do you need to drop your guns as you scale up and re acquire them.
I think i use an archon shard that gives u more energy cap and i use like 2 archon shards for more energy effectiveness. So my energy cap is like 329 i think but every time i pick up and orb it gives me 50-70 energy so i never run out of energy on xaku as long as im killing.
I was thinking of doing a QnA monday type video every monday where I can answer questions like this for example :) so i'll add yours to the 1st episode aswell!
I put Tharos Strike over Xaku's 3 because controllers suck at scrolling through abilities and with armor stripping alone I can run and gun a lot more effectively.
Hey, wouldnt it be good if you would only 99% armor strip if you used rank 10 umbral intensify instead of normal intensify and 2 normal crimson shards on 10% ability strength? then you would have 1% ability str less and 1% armor on enemy left and you could make use from corrosive dmg boost, right? That was my thought as I saw this build. Anyways nice build and explaination. love it!
Nourish is in almost every single way worse than dispensary for xaku, also it does not proc off his guns, its almost worthless on him if you are going for ability damage, roar would be a far better candidate, and as you can see in the video clearly it doesnt need any more extra damage buffs since level scaling buffs it automatically, nourish is a great ability, just not on xaku sadly, unless you are going whisper instead of scaling guns
For a brief second at 6:31, I see you're running Vazarin. Wouldn't Zenurik work better, if this is a energy consuming build? Also, how about bringing a Sahasa Kubrow along? They can DIG energy orbs from time to time, to help aid the "Dispensary".
Nah dispensary is more than enough energy generation :) zenurik is not a great option for level cap, you need the invulnerability, also panzer is the choice pet because it helps with energy via synth set, and doesnt die, hopefully when the companion rework happens we can start using other pets again for these kinds of things!
I use a very similar build, but I don't like molt augmented and instead get my 100% strip from 1 red shard, corrosive projection and str mods. My build doesn't struggle with energy due to 1 yellow energize shard and primed flow. My build of course has max range and rolling guard. My arcanes slots are up to choice. I like having 100% strip right out the gate, it just makes xaku very comfy.
epik. but should i wait for the prime ver if i dudnt build him at all? as i can see, you dont play with shieldgate spam. so will shieldgate build even fit in this grasp build or is it worth it?
Yea I play a combination of shieldgate/rolling guard and protective sling, you can replace intensify with blind rage, corrosive projection with BR and then with the dragon key you can shield gate quite effectively, but spamming shield gate is a bit more of a chore at level cap because you are going to drain yourself quite quickly, a Nice way if you wanna try it, is when your shield gate goes down, then you rolling guard, cast an ability to replenish shields, then when the gate goes down again, you can sling, and then repeat the cycle like that? The way I do it is a bit more effort but I've gotten very use to it and quick at it, is when gate goes down, I sling, then after it wears off i rolling guard, then my shield is full. and then I repeat, for full immortality :) About the waiting, thats up to you tbh, I say get xaku in anycase for the mastery level and especially if you want to play xaku :) either way worth to get
Not gonna lie, thats quite bad, what are you using it for? nourish? if thats the case stay tuned to wednesdays video coming out :) but yea that build, i've seen it, and it REALLY over rated
@@voltrixgames4375 lol just went and watched some videos on xakum, and im genuinely curious, so you obviously watched another youtubers build for xaku, then you came to my video and copy pasted the other guys build in my comment section, my question is, why? i truly find it odd xD you can go that build tbh it's decent for basic steel path, but why you do this? i ask because its not only you that does this, everyone seems to find weird pleasure out of regurgitating other creators builds in all the warframe youtubers comment sections, what is the ultimate outcome you are looking for?
Honestly for a lil more survivability i put on arcanae blessing vitality and vampiric grasp. U shouldn’t die with that. My max health be well over 1k and any time u take damage just pop your 4 and for every enemy u with your 4 your 2 will heal u every time it hits the enemy cuz of vampiric grasp so basically u can out heal the damage you’re receiving yk…
Why not use Nourish rather than despensary if this is an energy hungry build so you can build around more damage with viral and void not counting weapons?
Because nourish is not as reliable as dispensary, remember im doing solo level cap always so I don't need the inconsistency, the viral is cool and all but I got tons of it from my primer and panzer whenever I want it, so I don't need it at all, nourish is good in either groups or builds that aren't this energy hungry, as far as the damage you get from nourish, I don't need it tbh, as you saw I handle level cap no issues, with or without viral. :)
Also side note, I like using eruption on xaku because it disables enemies even more, so damage is not an issue, the only possible issue is cc and defense, and dispensary helps cover that as well
Ok I’m trying to figure out if u can actually make xaku’s whisper stronger buy boosting strength up or something cuz im playing around with it I don’t really know
on endu runs i usally eemove energy since i get a lot of that, i like using adap and vampiric grasp tho i am experimenting rn i wanna try to subsume other abilities that could clear a whole horde with one click, since he kinda gets old at like 45 min on sp
Curious, you're using Vazarin? So having invulnability after changing in and out of operator form? Since I'm using Zenurik, how do I survive best? I've been trying it out in the first Steel Path missions on earth, barely over level 100, but once my Rolling Guard runs out, I more or less get one shot. I've always used Warframes with high defences, so I have no experience with something as squishy as this >.>
Yea it takes some time to get used to it, there are a few things, jumping lowers enemy accuracy so moving and jumping around is quite helpful, then as you said rolling guard is great, then if your talking about xaku specifically accuse is a great way to pull aggro off you because enemies will be shooting each other, there are also great ways to refresh shields with augur mods and brief respite, the shield changes are coming very soon aswell so im going to make a video on surviving because its going to be easier to survive after that, even though i know people feel the opposite is true. Also vazarin is really great for just never dying, if you get use to it and able to activate it quick its probably the best way to survive in any circumstance :) But generally surviving is invulnerability frames and cc mainly
It is yea, if you want a more "optimized for steel path" version and not as min max as this I have a more recent xaku video that might suit you better :)
So, two questions. Post companion rework do you think dispensary or nourish might be better on xaku? Since you can outsource energy generation and make use of the multiplier. The other question I had was how you're able to survive so easily on this build. I know we have 75% evasion, arcane eruption CC and the controlled enemies soaking hits, but I still feel like I just get popped all too often. I noticed you seem to have long invulnerability periods swapping on and off operator form, is that something to do with it?
IIRC the invuln on operator dash is something from the Vazarin focus school. As for companions, the Sly Vulpaphyla has a mod that increases dodge chance. But with the companion rework, you might get away with using a companion to generate energy/health orbs (Dethcube maybe?), albeit less reliably than Dispensary. Which would free up a Helminth ability.
Whichever one makes it more comfortable tbh, dispensary is very comfy and guaranteed because sometimes enemies are very stingy and dont drop energy which can really make it hard on you, if you manage with energy however nourish is better in every single way because of the damage buff, energy generation you can use dethcube or dig dog now, which works quite nicely, the operator thing is protective sling from vazarin and rolling guard combined with the shield gate invulnerability, those 3 together make a sick combo, most of xakus tankyness at "not level cap" levels come from enemies are killed as soon as they appear, so it deinately is a bit to get use to, I'm starting a series of videos where I do mroe traditional builds for steel path next saturday and xaku will be the 2nd warframe i cover, then i'll give you a few builds that crush steel path ez pz :)
Has something changed within the 3 months of this being out. With all the mods I am only getting 84% base strength with umbral intensify and not 105%. What am I doing wrong??
My xaku 128% duration / 45% efficiency / 280% range / 313% str in default, 438% with bufs I use thermal sunder, roar, tharos strike, gloom, Wrathful advance. Already 300k kills with this boi and Still loving it
I know but keeping the build simple for the newer players as well. but thanks man for the info, I'm still gonna umbral forma xaku prime though and drop a v-pol will see, it's not so much that I need to, it's more a case of I have to many umbral formas lying around doing nothing so I give it to some of my favorites. Very weird i know xD
@@morning8590 i think it will be more fun to try triple umbra builds with 2 umbra forma on frames like chroma and wisp and use regular forma on frames where the build will fit But thats just me
The archon shards, so your probably getting to 80%? the arhon shardd i have on gives 35% extra, so if you want to do it without arhon shards, use blind rage in the place of intensify, it's gonna be a bit heavier on your energy but still managable, or you could use one normal red archon shard for 10% strength and replace intensify with transient fortitude :) to avoid the efficiency drain
@@morning8590 thank you I see that now. I'm not ready for steel path yet and I haven't farmed archons so that might work better for normal play. So far I'm loving Xaku
you really boughts the zenith bundle?and put the thingy on the xaku?bro if i could bouy that bundle my mag would become my main frame until the lr3(and beyond)
Thank you so much for the guide. Definitely gonna be using this when I have the resources
Awesome, don't hesitate to ask if something isn't clear, i'll try my best to help out :)
Whenever someone asks me what the best warframe in the game, I always turn to Xaku. He's just equipped to do it all, whatever content you face, he can do it and do it well. plus the fact his 4 has almost 30m more range than Limbo for crate shattering.
Xaku is not a he.
sorry, THEY. feel better now?
@@NiinyyEUW
@@NiinyyEUW bro didn't type that much that you tell him that xaku is not he
@@amirrezaafzalinia1556 careful now they are gonna tell you that you assumed my gender now. They've corrected a few people now so must be a sore spot or something lol.
@@NiinyyEUW its a video game character why the fuck do you care
many thanks for the explanation of xaku's 3rd powers. and the build of xaku. the weapon is also a nice bonus. now I understand better xaku, thanks to you. 💙
I was always using 2 and 4 but not for their full extended capabilities. I sued them for auto turret(2) and evasion(4). now I get these ones wayyy more.
this will certainly makes me more wanting to step up my fights. But I have a long path to walk.
btw, Gaze (xaku's 3rd abillity) also strips shields as well as armor. at 200% str all enemies are completely naked
A little clarification, Gaze only strips shields or armor. It will never strip both by itself, and prioritizes shields over armor.
@@rocketfish6021 thats why I prefer pillage over gaze, yes I need to recast it often, and even twice in most cases (unless I do a 400str build), but I can strip all defense by one skill, get an instant shield and even cleance myself from statuses
Amazing video, very clear, thank you!
Note for self: First build is at 7:00
Gonna need that xaku fashion great video!
Rev leg parts, the thing you get from mag heirloom skin bundle that is 90 dollars
Thanks so much! :) glad you enjoyed
helmet - Kintsu
left arm - frakta shoulder guard
both legs - Riv Elite
Ephemera - Seraphayre
And then the new mag signa
Syandana - Bolide
the colors are mostly from potentia or kiteer and the dark pink is from classic middle row
@@morning8590 so i cant use the signa ;^;
@@morning8590my bro made a masterpiece, sadly i cant get the frakta and mag heirloon ;^;
nice video my man! keep up the good work
Thanks so much glad you enjoyed it! :)
Xaku AFK Build, Notes below: (62s vast duration, full armor strip, almost max range)
Swap intensify for blind rage. Swap equilibrium for constitution
Additionally on my build I use 2 tau 15% duration shards, a 15% and 10% strength shard. (As well as a tau amber for energy on spawn (my preference))
Use molt Efficientcy arcane
With this build you get a 62s duration for your 4th. And 164% STR + corrosive projection gets 100% armor strip
Additionally I use zenurik with the "inner might" ability. It grants a free ability cast every 60s....your 4 lasts 62s so free 4 casting because it Laps the duration :slight_smile: this also removes the penalty of blind rage after you get setup. I cast my 4 as soon as I spawn.
And I use quiver subsume, gives me a 30s duration. Very chill for afk gameplay. I just press 4th every min or I roll to wipe a status.
Overall this is my favourite build, perfect for chilling. And only gets nastier with range invigorarions / fissure warframe buffs (run 1 weapon in fizzure to get a 50% chance at X2 range and str) Sorry this was long, it's very intricate thanks,
Very nice build! Also great way to counter the negatives of blind rage :) man quiver is also so underrated.
What are the fail safes you have if a nullifier bubbles ruins your casting cycle? It seems like everything has to go in a specific sequence, like falling dominoes. Or are they (nullies) a non issue?
with quiver are you using mostly invis?
Your videos are super underrated, Im going to work towards get XAKU ^_^
very nice video, didn't ever consider Xaku as a meta-dmg dealer(I play since Beta but I didn't focus on real builds up to now - yeah lol); keep up the videos!!
I'm assuming this has been mentioned in the comments before, but with the amount of forma you have right now, you can fit in a maxed out build, with Umbral Intensify, Primed Continuity and Primed Flow, if you just put Primed Continuity in the V polarity over Intensify. Xaku Prime depending on the polarities could probably fit the build without an Umbral Forma or 3 Forma.
100% I can my friend but wanted a more "new" friendly approach :)
I'm not a level cap player, I would like your opinion on these things. I know this will probably be obvious and said many times Nourish-is a better choice. Dispensary doesn't fit on xaku(unless you're playing very stationary) and you could have way more than enough strength by adding Blind Rage. If stationary Xaku is what you want, Condemn would be a good choice as well for shield gating and crowd control. However I have not tested and do not know how would affective this would be compared to dispensary in level cap.
All facts nourish definitely winning helminth meta rn
Yea nothing wrong with nourish, I like dispensary because of eruption force proccing and the consistency AND the fact that it litters the battle field with orbs so I just throw it out every now and then for the energy litter xD but yea nourish is probably the king right now tbh :)
@@morning8590 didn't account for the eruption force, should be fun to use with khora or spectrosiphon augment.
@@mattacer it is! also really great on sevagoth if want a more niche one to try, either dispensary or siphon works wonders, and with gloom + eruption it basically freezes enemies dead in the air, really good :)
@@morning8590 the other thing with nourish on xaku is his mind controlled enemies get buffed by it and turn into viral proc dispensers
great Video and your Xaku looks awesome.
Thank you so much for guide it's very explanatory, i love it. This build will be my main build
The only thing that makes Xaku broken is being able to strip 100% armor without much investment. If you don't strip armor, their guns hit like nerf-guns.
So does anything not based on dealing true damage.
you do know why I needed to watch that video. I thought the -armor aura was unuseful or not very effective. guns were waterguns before that video.
Xaku got me through origin system and steel path with ease. Note that his 2 is better equipped when fighting higher level enemies as it scales with lvl.
Love dit om `n Suid Afrikaanse youtuber te sien warframe videos maak!
is there something about warframe and south africa in particular? ek is ook from suid afrika, but I find it super strange so many warframe youtubers i've been finding end up being south african too lol - for most of my internet journey it was few and far between that I would find another south african, but it seems like theyve all been playing warframe this whole time apparently. theres also weapons like the veldt in game too
A fellow Xaku enjoyer
Honestly so much fun! :)
Tried this build yesterday in a SP survival and loved it. Had a buddy running Revenant (giving Mesmer skin) and we literally just stood there while Xaku armor stripped and destroyed everything.
Now thats was a great video, i was listening and forgot to make the build.
Great video thank you, I’ve been experimenting with xaku lately and thought fire Walker might be a good ability for tanki ness therefore I won’t need rolling guard also I run energize and molt augmented for the strength 😁 can’t wait for the prime version
Same! Love xaku so much I'm gonna do another video like this when the Prime releases :)
I just got him from the foundry, he’s the only warframe I have that got maxed out in rank in two sanctuary runs, and two cause I got bored halfway through one. He also makes my bramma look like a joke when clearing maps
can you do a Baruuk build !? i would love to see how you would build him
so does ability strength really not matter past the armor strip etc?
range over power?
I got scammed HARD by kyai's trash clickbait build. Had me going around getting sisters hounds and fucking grendel while spending insane amount of endo and forma. You are my new sensei now
not sure if someone wrote it already, but when intensify and primed continuity swap places you can change intensify with umbral intensify
How do you survive with xaku I have rolling guard max but in the cooldown I get melted
He kills everything, shield gate hits, gets into operator and CCs enemies with mines
thank you soo much,i really love it,will try this one instead,never thought of subsuming xata because im stuck with what people said about how OP xata is,that i forgot his second ability is way more powerful,thanks a lot mate
Any time :)
Xaku is not a he
@@NiinyyEUW Literally doesn't matter lol
@@NiinyyEUW stop bringing that BS into warframe.
that bs is made BY warframe. stop being a horrible person and improve on yourself, the world is changing, you should change too or its not gonna end well@@kerjataksiap5618
There are many instances in this video where I see you go into the operator. And then go back into the Warframe and you're invincible for a decent amount of time. Is that an operator arcane? Or is that some mechanic with rolling guard that I don't know about
It's protective sling from the vazarin operator focus school :)
@@morning8590 thank you
Primed Flow and Equilibrium swapped for Fleeting Expertise and Streamline (both 1 rank lower than max). Cuts about a third of your duration, but you can cast 4 times more abilities per energy invested. Also, easier to fit.
That sounds horrible.
The problem i have with these xaku builds is, when doing deep archimedea, you will eventually get hit, which means instant death, and with these missions being so long, that also means you will get downed a lot, which is pretty risky. I'd like a build that can fix it at this point and xaku would be perfect.
Hey great video ! Just 2 little question, is it ok if i keep the 1st power of xaku ? and second question : I'm scared to run with that low hp / shield can i put a health mod in there or should i just try to force myself to get use to it ? Thanks :D
on the build, couldnt you swap primed continuity and intensify around so primed continuity is int he polarity then you would have enough capacity to swap intensify with umbral intensify for more strength? you have the mod capacity so theres no need for an umbral forma unless ive done the maths wrong
Randomly popped in my head: What if Xaku’s void weapons got turned into an Exalted version, giving you the ability to mod them as you would Redeemer’s?
Ty bro very pleasant video
Man people are finally realizing how strong Xaku is. Sad day for all my fellow Shakazulu mains
is it possible to make a shield tanking build? or a bit less squishy build?
Could you do a fashion for your xaku, or tell me what the crown type thing is on his head pls?
helmet - Kintsu
left arm - frakta shoulder guard
both legs - Riv Elite
Ephemera - Seraphayre
And then the new mag signa
Syandana - Bolide
the colors are mostly from potentia or kiteer and the dark pink is from classic middle row
Why not use arcane arcane energize instead of eruption and switch dispensary with roar? Roar would buff the stolen guns as well
Is that the mag heirloom? I didn't know they could be put on any frame.
Yea they can be put on any frame, frost and mag's one :)
You seem to have a damage immunity on transference out (7:15). Where does that come from?
It's protective sling, the other immunity when just casually running is rolling guard :)
Thx! Did not even max or just look into protective sling -.-@@morning8590
Finally I know how to not die with this build!
Now that WITW is out, could you technically subsume Nourish over the 1st ability and swap Equilibrium for Energy Nexus?
I think its marginally easier to use a defensive subsume such as harrow on your 1 slot clearing up 3 mod slots, Equilibrium, Rolling Guard and Primed Flow for duration, efficiency and strength (164%, with corrosive this is an instant armor strip, good for missions which dont go long enough for molt augmented)
for something not level cap related, sure that's great! for a level cap run you would suffer quite a bit without rolling guard and the safety net of an energy pool and equilibrium, fully depends on what you want to be doing, the build can change a lot depending on what the goal is ofcoarse :)
Makes wonderful sense, from my experience my survivability tends to depend on the door that i am shooting through and that the enemies arent but i can see your argument. Thx for the answer :) @@morning8590
Hey man love ur builds....I got a question how do u feel about the energy nexus + nourish combo on xaku.....do u think it's worth it as an option.
I've never understood why people are so obsessed with nourish if im being honest, it does not affect xakus abilities. it's good when used with xata's whisper but in most cases that will be the ability helminthed off so then nourish affects nothing except if you try to buff enemies you convert with accuse then buff them with nourish, and on most maps accuse isnt really used, if you are doing it only for the energy, yea its actually quite decent but will get stopped when an energy conduit hits, because energy drain stops all energy regen, same as channeled abilities, so there is a lot to consider, if you are building xaku as a weapons platform (meaning you are going to helminth off their 2) then yea nourish is a good buff to your weapon damage, but if you are going ability dps then nourish is a worse option than dispensary imo, so considering all that, its really up to what you want out of xaku :)
@@morning8590 what I'm taking away from this if ur on a frame that uses ability damage like xaku ur wasting ur time on nourish .....but if ur on a weapon platform like say Revanent then the combo of nourish + energy nexus/grimoire or anything like that is better......also would u say stealth kubrow will be better on ability frames like xaku then other companions
@@murrekdupreez1866 Absolutely, also yea can not go wrong with the huras kubrow because the invis does not break when using abilities, only weapons
@@morning8590 thanks for answering my questions hope u get more subs keep up the great vids
is this build still good today? Thinking of building my Xaku
Can you imagine Xaku Prime?
Hey Morning love the guide and been playing this build and it slaps. Just a quick question i haven't been able to reliably test. When in Vast Untime do the other abilities scale passively with molt stack as you get kills or do you need to drop your guns as you scale up and re acquire them.
I recommend nourishment, imo it's the best ability for energy I basically never run out.
Not for me thanks :)
I think i use an archon shard that gives u more energy cap and i use like 2 archon shards for more energy effectiveness. So my energy cap is like 329 i think but every time i pick up and orb it gives me 50-70 energy so i never run out of energy on xaku as long as im killing.
Whats that fashion piece on xakus head? And where to get it pleas?
I heard you answer all questions on vid. Soo where or when you dropping Xaku fashion frame even if it a short thanx man nice vid
I was thinking of doing a QnA monday type video every monday where I can answer questions like this for example :) so i'll add yours to the 1st episode aswell!
Recent changes should make this build even more Duviri viable, since Equilibrium no longer needs companion to work properly
Xaku my love
I put Tharos Strike over Xaku's 3 because controllers suck at scrolling through abilities and with armor stripping alone I can run and gun a lot more effectively.
Damn that's a shame, tharos strike is great though and super easy to work with :)
What are the arcanes u use on ur operator?
Hey,
wouldnt it be good if you would only 99% armor strip if you used rank 10 umbral intensify instead of normal intensify and 2 normal crimson shards on 10% ability strength?
then you would have 1% ability str less and 1% armor on enemy left and you could make use from corrosive dmg boost, right?
That was my thought as I saw this build.
Anyways nice build and explaination. love it!
You should have used nourish instead of dispensary because of the extra viral proc plus the energy bonus.
Nourish is in almost every single way worse than dispensary for xaku, also it does not proc off his guns, its almost worthless on him if you are going for ability damage, roar would be a far better candidate, and as you can see in the video clearly it doesnt need any more extra damage buffs since level scaling buffs it automatically, nourish is a great ability, just not on xaku sadly, unless you are going whisper instead of scaling guns
For a brief second at 6:31, I see you're running Vazarin. Wouldn't Zenurik work better, if this is a energy consuming build? Also, how about bringing a Sahasa Kubrow along? They can DIG energy orbs from time to time, to help aid the "Dispensary".
Nah dispensary is more than enough energy generation :) zenurik is not a great option for level cap, you need the invulnerability, also panzer is the choice pet because it helps with energy via synth set, and doesnt die, hopefully when the companion rework happens we can start using other pets again for these kinds of things!
What about archon stretch and durigi vulklok with cold stat
Great video! Consider having less bass in your mic mix though as it lowers speech intelligibility tremendously - no need for anything below 150-200hz
Is it gode either for affinity focus?
I use a very similar build, but I don't like molt augmented and instead get my 100% strip from 1 red shard, corrosive projection and str mods. My build doesn't struggle with energy due to 1 yellow energize shard and primed flow. My build of course has max range and rolling guard. My arcanes slots are up to choice. I like having 100% strip right out the gate, it just makes xaku very comfy.
If I may ask, what's your build and evolutions on the felarx? I just finish my evolution challenges but I'm not sure how to set it up for archon hunts
No Problem, I've got a video on my channel that explains how to one shot archons :) just search archon in my channel and you'll find it no problems
epik. but should i wait for the prime ver if i dudnt build him at all? as i can see, you dont play with shieldgate spam. so will shieldgate build even fit in this grasp build or is it worth it?
Yea I play a combination of shieldgate/rolling guard and protective sling, you can replace intensify with blind rage, corrosive projection with BR and then with the dragon key you can shield gate quite effectively, but spamming shield gate is a bit more of a chore at level cap because you are going to drain yourself quite quickly,
a Nice way if you wanna try it, is when your shield gate goes down, then you rolling guard, cast an ability to replenish shields, then when the gate goes down again, you can sling, and then repeat the cycle like that?
The way I do it is a bit more effort but I've gotten very use to it and quick at it, is when gate goes down, I sling, then after it wears off i rolling guard, then my shield is full. and then I repeat, for full immortality :)
About the waiting, thats up to you tbh, I say get xaku in anycase for the mastery level and especially if you want to play xaku :) either way worth to get
What’s the evolutions you’ve got for Latron?
Riddled target
Extended volley
Flensing Spikes
6:59 Build
Hi How does he armor strip the demolyst with this build ?
what are the right and left arm/leg attachments on your xaku?
Its the riv elite guard :)
@@morning8590how’d you get them?
What about using combat discipline with archon intensify and the grasp of lohk augment as a piece to the build
Not gonna lie, thats quite bad, what are you using it for? nourish? if thats the case stay tuned to wednesdays video coming out :) but yea that build, i've seen it, and it REALLY over rated
@@morning8590 yeah with like nourish and arcane avenger and an ocucor build plus some sort of cracked companion set up is what I was gonna go for
@@voltrixgames4375 lol just went and watched some videos on xakum, and im genuinely curious, so you obviously watched another youtubers build for xaku, then you came to my video and copy pasted the other guys build in my comment section, my question is, why? i truly find it odd xD
you can go that build tbh it's decent for basic steel path, but why you do this? i ask because its not only you that does this, everyone seems to find weird pleasure out of regurgitating other creators builds in all the warframe youtubers comment sections, what is the ultimate outcome you are looking for?
What xaku skin is that? Is that his deluxe skin?
how do you survive health dmg like toxins ? shield gating doesnt work on that tho, and even after rolling guard you sometimes left with like 100hp
My guess is a quick switch to operator, your warframe doesnt take dmg from over time effects. Been using that trick for some time now
Honestly for a lil more survivability i put on arcanae blessing vitality and vampiric grasp. U shouldn’t die with that. My max health be well over 1k and any time u take damage just pop your 4 and for every enemy u with your 4 your 2 will heal u every time it hits the enemy cuz of vampiric grasp so basically u can out heal the damage you’re receiving yk…
would it be fine to replace dispensary with nourish??
wouldnt reccomend it for long endurance, but for normal gameplay absolutely!
what is that fashion frame.....
How is the archon monster taking so much damage
Where is Xaku prime?
They skipped Xaku for Sevagoth for whatever reason
@@Hylian_Glitchmobber this is a shame
Why not use Nourish rather than despensary if this is an energy hungry build so you can build around more damage with viral and void not counting weapons?
Because nourish is not as reliable as dispensary, remember im doing solo level cap always so I don't need the inconsistency, the viral is cool and all but I got tons of it from my primer and panzer whenever I want it, so I don't need it at all, nourish is good in either groups or builds that aren't this energy hungry, as far as the damage you get from nourish, I don't need it tbh, as you saw I handle level cap no issues, with or without viral. :)
Also side note, I like using eruption on xaku because it disables enemies even more, so damage is not an issue, the only possible issue is cc and defense, and dispensary helps cover that as well
Could growing power instead of corrosive projection work?
is Molt augmented ment to be for 4th ability or in general?
It's for the armor strip to fully strip :)
Would this work for level cap Void Cascade?
Ok I’m trying to figure out if u can actually make xaku’s whisper stronger buy boosting strength up or something cuz im playing around with it I don’t really know
ayo man how did you get that horn looking thing on your head
I paid DE money for the heirloom pack and got it :)
@@morning8590 welp there goes my hope
do you think nourish could work on this build🤔
Go to my latest video on the channel there is a version with nourish on there :)
Is Felarx still strong after the Puncture buff? IDK to me it doesn't feel the same
Really? i'll test it out a bit, thats a concern 0_0
still strong just less consistant
I consistently oneshot archons with it if you get your primary deadhead stacked beforehand
on endu runs i usally eemove energy since i get a lot of that, i like using adap and vampiric grasp tho i am experimenting rn
i wanna try to subsume other abilities that could clear a whole horde with one click, since he kinda gets old at like 45 min on sp
Curious, you're using Vazarin? So having invulnability after changing in and out of operator form? Since I'm using Zenurik, how do I survive best? I've been trying it out in the first Steel Path missions on earth, barely over level 100, but once my Rolling Guard runs out, I more or less get one shot. I've always used Warframes with high defences, so I have no experience with something as squishy as this >.>
Yea it takes some time to get used to it, there are a few things, jumping lowers enemy accuracy so moving and jumping around is quite helpful, then as you said rolling guard is great, then if your talking about xaku specifically accuse is a great way to pull aggro off you because enemies will be shooting each other, there are also great ways to refresh shields with augur mods and brief respite, the shield changes are coming very soon aswell so im going to make a video on surviving because its going to be easier to survive after that, even though i know people feel the opposite is true.
Also vazarin is really great for just never dying, if you get use to it and able to activate it quick its probably the best way to survive in any circumstance :)
But generally surviving is invulnerability frames and cc mainly
Is this build still relevant to do steel path missions?
It is yea, if you want a more "optimized for steel path" version and not as min max as this I have a more recent xaku video that might suit you better :)
@@morning8590 thank you! I might have added the other one already to watch later 🙏
Nice build mate
Why are you always invulnerable? It's that operator ability isn't it?
By the looks of it yeah. It’s protective sling on varazin, if you sling into your frame, you’ll get like, six seconds of immortality
Yes it's protective sling or rolling guard when I hit my shield gate basically :) you can see at 0:13 for example I use protective sling
So, two questions. Post companion rework do you think dispensary or nourish might be better on xaku? Since you can outsource energy generation and make use of the multiplier. The other question I had was how you're able to survive so easily on this build. I know we have 75% evasion, arcane eruption CC and the controlled enemies soaking hits, but I still feel like I just get popped all too often. I noticed you seem to have long invulnerability periods swapping on and off operator form, is that something to do with it?
IIRC the invuln on operator dash is something from the Vazarin focus school.
As for companions, the Sly Vulpaphyla has a mod that increases dodge chance. But with the companion rework, you might get away with using a companion to generate energy/health orbs (Dethcube maybe?), albeit less reliably than Dispensary. Which would free up a Helminth ability.
Whichever one makes it more comfortable tbh, dispensary is very comfy and guaranteed because sometimes enemies are very stingy and dont drop energy which can really make it hard on you, if you manage with energy however nourish is better in every single way because of the damage buff, energy generation you can use dethcube or dig dog now, which works quite nicely, the operator thing is protective sling from vazarin and rolling guard combined with the shield gate invulnerability, those 3 together make a sick combo, most of xakus tankyness at "not level cap" levels come from enemies are killed as soon as they appear, so it deinately is a bit to get use to, I'm starting a series of videos where I do mroe traditional builds for steel path next saturday and xaku will be the 2nd warframe i cover, then i'll give you a few builds that crush steel path ez pz :)
Oiiii South African guy 😁
Has something changed within the 3 months of this being out. With all the mods I am only getting 84% base strength with umbral intensify and not 105%. What am I doing wrong??
Archon shards
My xaku
128% duration / 45% efficiency / 280% range / 313% str in default, 438% with bufs
I use thermal sunder, roar, tharos strike, gloom, Wrathful advance. Already 300k kills with this boi and Still loving it
You can just put primed cont in the v polarity and umbra intensify below it just fine no need for umbral forma
I know but keeping the build simple for the newer players as well. but thanks man for the info, I'm still gonna umbral forma xaku prime though and drop a v-pol will see, it's not so much that I need to, it's more a case of I have to many umbral formas lying around doing nothing so I give it to some of my favorites. Very weird i know xD
@@morning8590 i think it will be more fun to try triple umbra builds with 2 umbra forma on frames like chroma and wisp and use regular forma on frames where the build will fit
But thats just me
I definately will if they ever make hp or armor mean anything, right now out of the umbral set only strength matters to me
I'm confused how you have 105 power strength with just intensify
The archon shards, so your probably getting to 80%? the arhon shardd i have on gives 35% extra, so if you want to do it without arhon shards, use blind rage in the place of intensify, it's gonna be a bit heavier on your energy but still managable, or you could use one normal red archon shard for 10% strength and replace intensify with transient fortitude :) to avoid the efficiency drain
@@morning8590 thank you I see that now. I'm not ready for steel path yet and I haven't farmed archons so that might work better for normal play. So far I'm loving Xaku
This is amazing, some people are sleepin on xaku and they don’t get how strong this mf is
Xaku main here😁
Would the build work with 95 strenght instead of 105 and without any arcanes
no
i rly wanna see the colors for ur xaku😭😭
What are you operator arcanes here?
Magus lockdown and emergence dissipate
@@morning8590 ty tenno
you really boughts the zenith bundle?and put the thingy on the xaku?bro if i could bouy that bundle my mag would become my main frame until the lr3(and beyond)
I really did buy the bundle and put the frost and mag stuff on a lot of my warframes lol mag is actually my starter frame so lots of love there
@@morning8590 lol damn anyways nice content you got over there
@@amirrezaafzalinia1556 Thanks so much
How did you still have 105 power strength
Archon shards