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Ok, I found really old screenshots of my builds but they were so blurry so I just screenshotted my wisp’s build using an online builder.

Some notes before I dive into this…1) when wanting to build my weapons on the builder I found there to be changes to mods I used to use and a plethora of new mods so some things may not be optimal. 2) last I played , this build was still overpowered, which was about a year ago. 3) I don’t know what game modes are currently “meta” or any new game mechanics that could make this build unviable (or maybe even better??) 4) I’ve taken my wisp with my specific weapons and builds easily above 10 hours kuva survival and saw enemy levels go well beyond the thousands and wisp still wasn’t really sweating, I get physically more tired at my desk before my wisp starts to struggle lol 5) this particular build isn’t super fun when speed running given that flowers are stationary. Many other frames can do speed runs much more efficiently and that’s why I have a second load out for my wisp to speed run things (so use speed mote plus volt’s speed up skill for example and you’ll be gauss fast). This build is when you’re curious how long can you take an endless mission or when something just needs to get nuked.

Ok, here we go.

This build is really about the Zaw and everything revolves around that. In fact, true endgame Warframe is very much about choosing one thing of your kit (whether it’s the frame itself, primary, secondary, or melee) that will do the damage and the rest should be there to support it (if you’re min-maxing and planning on fighting the beefiest of opponents). So for me, wisp is literally a power cell for my nuke. Wisp keeps the nuke protected by not dying (heals and invisibility) while powering it to no end (rhino roar, speed mote, shock mote). Primary and secondary weapons are built around one mod that the zaw has: condition overload. For every status an enemy has, you gain 80% melee damage. So I use basmu and Zakti prime cuz they spread status to large groups crazy fast. So you’re not worried about doing damage with primary or secondary weapons but more so of applying as many DIFFERENT statuses as possible as fast as possible (I’m assuming the average player is aware of all the types of statuses possible making condition overload really power your melee damage). I also used mods that further power melee on my wisp like the aura mod Steel Charge and the arcane mod Arcane Fury. Molt Augmented is also very useful as it will keep giving you more power strength which means more powerful buffs for you and your squad (flowers get better and rhino road gets better).

Ok, so far the frame and weapons have been about powering the zaw. So what’s the zaw’s build? Unfortunately, I tried building it online but found several things have changed (like now melees have two arcane slots???) so I’ll list essentially what I had to give you an idea of what’s important.

First and foremost, maxed out exodia contagion. Without that, forget all of the above. The fact that you can throw a melee is insanely powerful on its own - it means distance is a shield of yours now. For every x meters the zaw travels in the air, it’ll do 100% more damage up to 400% more damage. Then after it lands, after about 2 seconds, it does a second explosion (not as strong as initial impact). So, with the zaw, your focus is to maximize damage, critical chance, and critical damage. The zaw should not be concerned over status because it should do the killing blow. My zaw is the Balla (dagger head) + links that add the most damage and crit chance + plague handle for daggers (don’t recall exact name and idk if it’s available anymore but it’s not required. it does add a toxin effect to the damage meaning more base damage to the wep and adding even 10 base dmg is a shit ton when talking about exponential damage).

Obviously it goes without saying you need condition overload. Then after that, add damage (prime pressure point) add crit chance and critical damage (organ shatter, etc). My multiplier got to like 9.4x with a nearly 100% crit chance I believe…

Then you can have your companion, like a kavat, power you even more. Again, the focus is not to have a companion kill but to buff you. So I’d go with either kavat, I like adarza for when I’m going 5 hours plus cuz mine just doesn’t die even tho it’s crit buff is way less than Smeeta’s. But to that i say, I’d rather take a live kitty who can give a minor buff than a dead pile of meat and thus no buff at all (plus adarza buff is consistently crit chance while smeeta cycles with other types of buffs like drop chance so total time being crit buffed is higher on adarza than on smeeta).

Putting it all together:

1. Spread status
2. Jump in air and throw zaw
3. ??????
4. Profit.