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With Dominux Thrax dethroned, it’s time to meet the new ruler of Duviri inWarframe’s Isleweaver, a chapter that continues the storyline depicted in 1999, telling us what happened with Neci Rusalka and what designs The Indifference has for her. But enemies aren’t everything in this update, and you’ll be able to obtain new weapons as well.
The Lady of Webs, Oraxia, is the first spider-themed warframe; with such a deadly concept in mind, her skills accompany that approach, with stealth tools, minions that can assist you, and many other techniques that will help you defeat any enemy, even the Murmur. Here’s all that you need to know about it.
How To Get Oraxia
To obtain Oraxia,youmust complete at least one run of the Isleweaver game mode in Duviri. The rewards in this mission type should include an item called Scuttler Husk; once you have obtained a few, you can use them to buy the necessary blueprints from Dominus Thrax, who will be waiting in your Dormizone on the Zariman ship.
The blueprints can also be dropped as rewards after completing a run of Isleweaver.
Passive - Predator’s Lurk
An apex predator patiently prowls, hidden in plain sight. Perform Wall Latch to activate Predator’s Lurk, rendering Oraxia Invisible for 8 seconds.
As the description indicates, whenever you use a Wall Latch (hold the right mouse button while you’re against a wall), Oraxia will have an invisibility buff for 8 seconds, regardless of whether you break the Wall Latch or not. Jumping to another surface or doing another Wall Latch will refresh Predator’s Lurk.
Mercy’s Kiss
Leap onto an enemy and pierce them with Oraxia’s spider legs, dealing Toxin Damage. Enemies defeated by this attack have a chance to drop Health or Energy Orbs.
Affects the range of action between you and the target.
Affects cast Energy cost
Affects base damage
Mercy’s Kiss is the first ability in Oraxia’s kit, and as such, is a very straightforward technique that allows you to inflict Toxin damage while also generating health and energy orbs, which synergize greatly with mods like Equilibrium. A good thing to remember is that if you use this on an enemy below 50% HP, you’ll instantly kill them.
Webbed Embrace
Oraxia throws a creeping web to ensnare her prey. Enemies caught within the widening radius are trapped inside a cocoon that increases their Damage Vulnerability.
Affects duration of the skill
Affects damage
This is a great crowd control tool for Oraxia, as it allows her to immobilize enemies inside the AoE while also weakening them enough to be killed by Mercy’s Kiss or Widow’s Brood.
This ability may be subsumed into other Warframes through the Helminth system.
Widow’s Brood
Oraxia launches a barrage of stinging darts in front of her that applies Toxin Status Effect. Poisoned enemies spawn Scuttlers when killed.
Strength
300 / 450 / 600 / 750 Toxin Damage per Dart
Efficiency
Affects the permanency of minions and the duration of the status effects
Widow’s Brood is a great offensive ability, as it can quickly apply two status effects to your enemies, with the great bonus of spawning minions that will temporarily assist you. Mods and Arcanes like Summoner’s Wrath and Arcane Camisado will benefit this ability.
Silken Stride
Unfurl Oraxia’s spider legs and go on the prowl. Oraxia is immune to Status Effects and has increased Maximum Health. Ranged Weapons are imbued with Toxin Damage. Killing enemies causes them to burst with Toxin.
Affects the explosion radius
Affects cast Energy cost and drain per second.
By far the most important ability in Oraxia’s kit, Silken Stride allows her to use her spider legs and quickly latch onto surfaces, thus activating her passive ability. Instead of melee attacks, you will attack using Mercy’s Kiss, and your ranged weapons will inflict extra Toxin Damage.
2 Green Shards + 3 Red Shards
Arcane #1 - Arcane Energize
On Energy Pickup: 60% chance to replenish 150 Energy to self and allies within 15 meters. 15 Seconds of cooldown.
Arcane #2 - Arcane Crepuscular
While invisible, gain +30% Ability Strength and +3x Final Critical Multiplier.
Aura Mod - Growing Power
On Status Effect with Weapon: Squad increases personal Ability Strength by 25% for 6 Seconds.
+30% Ability Range.
Mod #8 - Equilibrium
Health pickups give +110% Energy, and Energy pickups give +110% Health.
This build centers uponusing Silken Stride at all times while also taking advantage of all the other abilities in Oraxia’s kit, in tandem with Archon Continuity andtwo green archon shards that can add Corrosive Stacks. The strategy goes like this:we immobilize the enemies with Webbed Embrace, then strip their armor off with Widow’s Brood(we should reach full armor strip with those two green shards), andthen either use our weapons or the close-range Mercy’s Kiss.
To do this,we’re gonna need as much Strength and Range as possible, without depleting too much Efficiency or Duration; we’ll start withBlind Range, Transient Fortitude, Umbral intensify, and three Red Shardsfor sheer power, then increase our range withStretch, Overextended, and Cunning Drift. Equilibrium, Primed Flow, and Arcane Energize will work perfectly with Mercy’s Kissso you don’t run out of energy, andArcane Crepuscular will add some extra juice while we’re invisible,thanks to Oraxia’s passive ability.
