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* CatchPhrase: "Glory to the Queens," "For the Queens," etc.
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* CatchPhrase: "Glory to the Queens," "For the Queens," etc.and "[[SayMyName Tenno]] [[FantasticRacism SKO]][[SkywardScream OM]]!".
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* TouchedByVorlons: Tyl Regor's dialogue during the "Natah" mission indicates that [[spoiler:the Sentients freed them from Orokin control, instigating the rebellion and eventual creation of the Grineer Empire.]]
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[[caption-width-right:153:'What do you get when you take the "Warfra" out of "Warframe"? That's right, me!']]
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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Players will likely fight him on Phobos, where he has Captain Vor as backup, before they fight him on Ceres, where he stands alone. On Ceres, he's approximately twice as powerful.
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The boss of Uranus. A brilliant geneticist who is trying to revert the genetic decay of the Grineer, preferably by making them (and himself) immortal in the process. He fights using [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Ack]] and [[AnAxeToGrint Brunt]][[note]]Formerly a Cronus sword[[/note]]. [[MadScientist Did we mention]] [[AxCrazy he's completely crazy?]] Drops blueprints for Equinox following Update 17, and Ash prior.
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The boss of Uranus. A brilliant geneticist who is trying to revert the genetic decay of the Grineer, preferably by making them (and himself) immortal in the process. He fights using [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Ack]] and [[AnAxeToGrint [[AnAxeToGrind Brunt]][[note]]Formerly a Cronus sword[[/note]]. [[MadScientist Did we mention]] [[AxCrazy he's completely crazy?]] Drops blueprints for Equinox following Update 17, and Ash prior.
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The boss of Uranus. A brilliant geneticist who is trying to revert the genetic decay of the Grineer, preferably by making them (and himself) immortal in the process. He fights using a Cronus. [[MadScientist Did we mention]] [[AxCrazy he's completely crazy?]] Drops blueprints for Equinox following Update 17, and Ash prior.
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The boss of Uranus. A brilliant geneticist who is trying to revert the genetic decay of the Grineer, preferably by making them (and himself) immortal in the process. He fights using [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Ack]] and [[AnAxeToGrint Brunt]][[note]]Formerly a Cronus.Cronus sword[[/note]]. [[MadScientist Did we mention]] [[AxCrazy he's completely crazy?]] Drops blueprints for Equinox following Update 17, and Ash prior.
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* BodyHorror: He wears his faceplate upside down. While seemingly innocuous at first, closer inspection reveals that the helmet doesn't completely connect to the faceplate in this manner; in the loading screen for his mission, that gap reveals his skin ''caves in'' around his face. Less famously, he also has part of his flesh ''bulging outward through his chestplate''. [[FridgeBrilliance Is it any wonder why he's so interested in curing genetic decay?]]
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* BodyHorror: He wears his faceplate upside down. While seemingly [[note]]On his original model, this was less innocuous at first, than it first seemed: closer inspection reveals that the helmet doesn't completely connect to the faceplate in this manner; in the old loading screen for his mission, that gap reveals revealed his skin ''caves in'' around his face. Less famously, he also has part of his flesh ''bulging outward through his chestplate''. [[FridgeBrilliance Is it any wonder why he's so interested in curing genetic decay?]]
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* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: In "Tubemen of Regor" his sentences are very clipped, almost like [[MassEffect Mordin Solus]], and he alternates randomly between a sinister drawl and MotorMouth.
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* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: In From "Tubemen of Regor" onward his sentences are very clipped, almost like [[MassEffect Mordin Solus]], and he alternates randomly between a sinister drawl and MotorMouth.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: See his quote above. Concept art for the underwater lab was even going to feature big statues of himself; several depict him carrying the world (sadly, they were scrapped).
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** The cloning process he's known for? It doesn't involve stem cells or synthetic tissues. It involves ''melting living organisms'' (primarily Grineer) and duplicating them.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Natah quest has him searching for the Sentient technology that nearly destroyed the Orokin. He was not expecting to [[DontWakeTheSleeper wake them up after thousands of years]].]]
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** The Tubemen he's been breeding? Variant ''Manic'' Grineer, known to other Grineer as being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mentally unstable]] and to players as GoddamnedBats.
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->''"You have violated the dress code on this ship. Failure to comply is punishable by death."''
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* ActionFashionista: Just look at his quote.
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The boss of Uranus. A brilliant geneticist who is trying to revert the genetic decay of the Grineer, preferably by making them (and himself) immortal in the process. He fights using a Cronus. [[MadScientist Did we mention]] [[AxCrazy he's completely crazy?]] Drops blueprints for
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* CloseRangeCombatant: He can mess your whole day up at close range using his Skana sword[[note]]or an axe, once his redesign is launched[[/note]]. Unique among Grineer bosses in that he has absolutely no form of ranged combat.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: He can mess your whole day up at close range using his Skana sword[[note]]or an axe, once his redesign is launched[[/note]]. Unique among Grineer bosses in that he and has absolutely no form of resistance to most ranged combat.
* DashAttack: He has a move similar to Excalibur's Slash Dash.attacks.
* DashAttack: He has a move similar to Excalibur's Slash Dash.
** The Tubemen he's been breeding? Variant ''Manic'' Grineer, known to other Grineer as being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mentally unstable]] and to players as GoddamnedBats.
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--> ''"Die lizard! Leech! Bloody worm!"''
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--> ''"Die lizard! Leech! Bloody worm!"''
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* TeleportSpam: Employs Manic tactics in his fights, turning invisible and teleporting away after receiving a certain amount of damage.
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* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Captain Vor has an Orokin doodad that lets him shoot FrickinLaserBeams and a specialized pistol that shoots exploding bullets. Sargas Ruk is a Cyborg with a penchant for PlayingWithFire. Kela De Thaym has a rocket launcher and spams Rollers. Tyl Regor has nothing but his sword (or axe/fist combo in his upcoming redesign), and still manages to be quite a threat.
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* BadassNormal: Stalker wields special ghostly void powers like the Tenno, and is immune to void powers himself. The Zanuka Harvester has special void power components installed and can launch void nullifying grenades. The Grustrag Three just deal a crapton of damage with their guns, and are arguably the most dangerous of the assassins.
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* BadassNormal: Stalker wields special ghostly void powers like the Tenno, and is immune to void powers himself. The Zanuka Harvester has special void Tenno power components installed and can launch void nullifying grenades. The Grustrag Three just deal a crapton of damage with their guns, and are arguably the most dangerous of the assassins.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: He can mess your whole day up at close range using his Skana sword. Unique among Grineer bosses in that he has absolutely no form of ranged combat.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: See his quote above. Concept art for the upcoming underwater lab shows that he will likely have a statue of himself; several depict him carrying the world.
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* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: His In "Tubemen of Regor" his sentences are very clipped, almost like [[MassEffect Mordin Solus]]. Giving him a new voice actor in Update 16 didn't really belp, Solus]], and now he alternates randomly between a sinister drawl and MotorMouth.
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]] He can swap them for [[ AnAxeToGrind an axe]] in less than a second.
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* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Captain Vor has an Orokin doodad that lets him shoot FrickinLaserBeams and a specialized pistol that shoots exploding bullets. Sargas Ruk is a Cyborg with a penchant for PlayingWithFire. Kela De Thaym has a rocket launcher and spams Rollers. Tyl Regor has nothing but his sword, and still manages to be quite a threat.
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* TheMusketeer: Before Update 9 revamped Captain Vor, he was the only one of the Grineer bosses to have a dedicated melee weapon to complement his gun. The rest either use PistolWhipping or ShockwaveStomp against Tenno going up close.
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* BadassNormal: Stalker wields special ghostly void powers like the Tenno, and is immune to void powers himself. The Zanuka Harvester has special void power components installed and can launch void nullifying grenades. The Grustrag Three just deal a crapton of damage with their guns, and are arguably the most dangerous of the assassins.
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* WeHaveReserves: Well, he is Grineer, but notably his 'tests' with the Infested involved tossing groups of Marines into Infested containment pens and taking notes on quickly they died.
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!Grineer
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-> "Atusun Grineer! Tenno daryo no'ef! Gar argreogre'ef! Tu huscra'ef unsu natake no tosonias!"
-> -- '''Grineer Queens Regulator Message''' (glory to the Queens)
A brutal race of warriors, the system-conquering Grineer depend on [[CloningBlues cloning]] for reproduction, and so are slowly dying out due to clone degeneration. This makes all the more determined to wipe out the Tenno before their time is up, while it makes the Tenno desperate to stop them before they can take the rest of humanity with them.
They rely on their heavy armor, numbers, [[MoreDakka dakka-spewing rifles]], and careful deployment of specialized units such as Heavy Gunners or Shield Bearers to match the Tenno in battle.
* AttackPatternAlpha: Grineer are fond of "Combat Formation Bravo", which apparently means "stand in front of the space ninjas and shoot at them".
* ArtificialHuman: The vast majority - if not entirety - of Grineer personnel are vat-grown clones, born from a hidden toxic womb. Helps explain how their leaders keep coming back no matter how often you kill them, and how they have so [[ExpendableClone many mooks to throw at you]].
* ArtificialLimbs: Most have them.
* CatchPhrase: "Glory to the Queens," "For the Queens," etc.
* CloneDegeneration: They're (allegedly) clones of "perfection." However, they're actually copies of copies of copies, mass-produced on an industrial scale and all born so deformed that it'd be impossible for them to survive without cybernetics. As a result, the most recent Grineer are... [[BodyHorror barely recognizable as human]]. Vay Hek, to use an example, has visibly flaking, dead-looking skin, and looks [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131220040434/warframe/images/8/82/VayHekPortrait.png downright grotesque.]] This is not helped by them making clones out of already-made Grineer, which exacerbates the problems further and further.
* ConLang: As of Update 10 they use these.
* {{Cyborg}}: The Grineer make heavy use of cybernetic augmentation to counter their degeneration. On most male Grineer this is covered by their heavy armor, but female Grineer and unique bosses like Vor and Kril display it as well. Vay Hek currently possesses the most extensive augmentation, being fairly close to BrainInAJar status.
* DyingRace: The Grineer are suffering slow but steady 'genetic decay' with each generation of clones. They face a race against time to find a cure for the degeneration; the intervention of the Tenno certainly can't be helping them much.
** The comms on Tenno ships feature Grineer marines making [[VaderBreath breathy]] radio transmissions, which could be a result of the degeneration. The Grustrag Three have a particularly-difficult time speaking or breathing.
* EliteMook: Any Grineer wielding a Gorgon, Hind, Napalm, or Ogris.
* ExpendableClone: Anyone that ''isn't'' in a position of power.
* GlassCannon: The Sawman crumples with ease under almost any attack... but if he connects with his cleaver, a CriticalHit usually ensues, eating a large part of your shields or health. He was later given a shield to mitigate some of the glass. His Update 11 incarnation, the Butcher, had the shield taken away again.
* HumanResources: Grineer are dissolved in cloning tanks in order to produce more Grineer.
* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: Even the basic Lancers and Troopers can eat a few bursts before going down if you don't go for the head, and the Heavies only make things worse.
* InSeriesNickname: Corpus seems to respect them as "[[BewareOfViciousDog dogs]]", due to their UndyingLoyalty towards the Twin Queens.
* LargeAndInCharge: Grineer bosses usually stand a head taller than the common grunts.
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Their encyclopedia entry shows them killing naked and innocent people. They also have offscreen moments, such as murdering asteroid colonies, killing people just because they sympathize with the Tenno, etc.
** The comms on Tenno ships feature reports from Grineer vessels, which include [[FelonyMisdemeanor arresting civilians for expired documents]] and the [[TriggerHappy elimination]] of ''suspected'' smugglers.
* PunchClockVillain: Some of them are mere customs agents, trying to uphold the laws of the Grineer Empire as best as they can.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All Grineer have black eyeballs with red iris.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Even their women have them.
* WeCanRebuildHim: The backstory notes that most Grineer are born so deformed that they would not survive without heavy augmentations. It's also noted that Grineer are better at fixing things than creating them.
* WeHaveReserves: Being a clone race, the Grineer can raise armies very quickly indeed, as is reflected by the wave after wave of troops the average Tenno will slice through in a single mission (their reaction to Extermination missions is essentially "Oh, they're all dead. Mark that site for repopulation.") Unfortunately for the Grineer, their weapon and armor tech is so primitive compared to Tenno technology that a single Tenno can wipe out an entire legion of Grineer troops singlehandedly. This is not helped by their severe CloneDegeneration, which the Tenno have probably directly contributed to by wiping out ''billions'' of them.
!!!Captain Vor
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[[caption-width-right:350:'Aankler reaar Tenno! [[note]]Another dead Tenno![[/note]]']]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnvkVvY5OXY&index=3&list=PLTTHakyFGvV3-ESc_JmUa1k_eBsL92aJ_ "Grineer dominance is inevitable."]]''
The first boss of the game, faced on Mercury and as a dual boss on Phobos. Targeted due to suspicion of possessing Orokin artefacts that grant him power. [[spoiler:He does. Most of his 'powers' derive from his Orokin Void Key.]]
* AFatherToHisMen[=/=]PapaWolf: Update 14 shows that he cares deeply for his men, calling them his "sons" and gets increasingly pissed as the Tenno cuts through his forces.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Before Update 9's revamp.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Update 14 reveals that the reason he's so obsessed with the Tenno is because he wants to use them to reverse the Grineer's clone degradation so he can finally die for good.]]
* DegradedBoss: Before the revamp in Update 9, he was the template for the Flameblades.
* DynamicDifficulty: After Update 9, his health and damage scales with the levels on the players' Warframe and weapons. For a while, this could push his level past 100, making him ''extremely'' hard to kill and equally deadly.
* EvilOldFolks: His post-Update 9 appearance is visibly aged.
** In the PS4 trailer he is adressed as "Old Man" by a Grineer officer. His facial features also look more human than said officers, implying less degeneration.
* FlunkyBoss: One of his attacks is to hide behind an energy shield and warp-in reinforcements.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He tells you to fight with honour, then summons flunkies, teleports around the arena, uses mines and generally doesn't walk the talk.
* LoveFreak: He lives for the love of the Queens, and to be loved by his Grineer children and grandchildren.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Loving the ''Grineer'' Queens, of all people, has changed him for the worse.
* TheMusketeer: After Update 9, he has a Seer pistol for range and a Cronus for melee.
* TurnsRed: If you damage him enough, he'll throw out Nervos mines to act like Vauban's Tesla. Bring him even closer to death and he starts using his Void Key as a WaveMotionGun.
* VillainTeleportation: In his earlier incarnation, Vor liked to teleport behind you if you got too far away. Now he'll teleport closer (though rarely into melee) or away from you as the situation demands.
* [[RingOfPower Void Key Of Power]]: Vor's special abilities largely stem from his (possibly damaged or modified) Orokin Void Key.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He used to be Admiral Vor. But, because he studies some Tenno instead of killing them on sight, he was demoted to Captain.
!!!Councillor Vay Hek
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[[caption-width-right:300:'I knew this day would come. I prepared, changed myself. I made sacrifices! Tenno... are you ready for a SACRIFICE!?']]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZF3WrZscK0 "Grineer foreign policy starts and ends at the tips of my plasma grenade!"]]''
The former boss of Earth. Targeted for assassination by Lotus as he is a corrupt diplomat who has assassinated multiple political opponents and is a hindrance to the stability of the system. Used to drop blueprints for Trinity before Update 11.5; used to drop blueprints for Oberon before Update 13; now drops blueprints for Hydroid.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Lotus suspects that Councilor Vay Hek obtained his position through violent elimination of his political rivals. Whether one of those rivals [[KlingonPromotion included his predecessor]] is never mentioned.
* BigBad: Or at least the closest thing to one at this point. He has more bosses and minibosses under his command than any other, and leads the Fomorian Ship Initiative to gain a decisive advantage in space warfare.
* BodyHorror: After Update 13, his body has been... ''changed''. He is now basically a head stuck on a big monstrous robot.
* BossInMookClothing: Prior to Update 13, apart from his nonstandard gun, looked like a Lancer at first glance.
* EvilLaugh: "Ho hah hah HAH HAH HAH ''HAH HAH HAH HAH''!"
* LargeHam: There is no volume control on his voicebox. ''Everything'' Vay Hek says is loud and bombastic.
** "TENNO ARE WORSE THAN ''WEEEEEEEEDS''!"
** "TENNO BONES WILL MAKE GRINEER HOMES!"
** "TENNO! TENNO! TENNO! YOU THINK YOU'RE WINNING? YOU... HAVE ONLY... BEEN ATTACKING... THE ''AUXILIARY'' CORES! '''''DID YOU REALLY BELIEVE... IT WOULD BE THIS EASY?''''' YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! THERE WILL BE NOWHERE... TO HIDE... FROM MY FOMORIANS! AND WHEN... THE LAST... OF YOU IS GONE! I WILL PERSONALLY... ''THROW''... YOUR BELOVED LOTUS... '''''[[HurlItIntoTheSun INTO THE SUN!]]'''''"
** The Hamminess continues throughout the Eyes of Blight event, where he screams at the Tenno at the top of his lungs as they raid his Balor Fomorians.
** "TENNO! TENNO! '''TENNO ARE HERE!''' STOP THEM MY BROTHERS! THEY CANNOT HALT OUR '''DESTINY!'''"
** "HELLO... '''INSECTS!''' FOR TOO LONG YOU HAVE BEEN A PARASITE UPON THE GREAT GRINEER MACHINE! '''NO LONGER!''' THE TENNO MUST LEARN HOW TRULY INSIGNIFICANT THEY ARE. FOMORIAN COMMANDER... '''FIRE! AT! WILL!'''
* MightyGlacier: Prior to Update 13, he was slow but with tough, fast-recharging shields and thick armour with a shotgun (The Hek) that could quickly ruin your day.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Make the following substitutions: "Orokin weeds" for "Jews", "Tenno" for "Communists", "herbicide" for "genocide", "homes" for "lebensraum", "Cicero toxin" for "final solution".
* NoIndoorVoice: While he was already loud, it's taken UpToEleven post-update 13.
* SuddenlyVoiced: As of the Cicero event, though his boss fight taunts are still SpeakingSimlish.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Post-Update 13, his body is heavily armoured to the point that attacks will do no damage... until he raises his faceplate to scream propaganda at you.
!!!General Sargas Ruk
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[[caption-width-right:350:'You Tenno, you fight for treasure. You are just another Corpus machine to me!']]
->''"You are in the presence of Grineer perfection!"''
The boss of Saturn. The top artifact hunter in the Empire with an addiction to cybernetic augmentation - which he feeds by selling his loot. Drops blueprints for Ember.
* ArmCannon: His Update 11 incarnation has one on his right arm.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He was promoted to General for his role in the conquest of Saturn.
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma[=/=]CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Famous for using body parts in sentences that don't quite make sense. And he really likes the word "crush".
** "Now we crush the greedy milk from their skulls!"
** "Alad will bleed from his selfish eyes as I crush him with your metal corpse."
** "What flesh is within that Warframe? I will crush it. I will fill my lungs with your death!"
** [[spoiler:"Trust me, you will bleed regret."]]
* BossInMookClothing: Before Update 11, he looked like a Bombard, [[DownplayedTrope though he was still presented as a full-on boss]].
* CyberCyclops: Update 10.5 has him wearing a face mask with a single glowing "eye".
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He was not happy when Hek decided to "rehabilitate" the Grustrag Three. A message to Hek implies the Three killed soldiers under his command.
* FriendlyEnemy: At the end of the Gradivus Dilemma, siding with the Grineer makes Sargas welcome you with a friendly message and a [[InfinityPlusOneSword powerful]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome pistol]] that you would gladly use to kill him and his army.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His pre-Update 11 incarnation could invoke this on players with the Reversal Field, which acts like Mag's Bullet Attractor.
* InSeriesNickname: Alad V calls him a "test tube dog".
* MoreDakka: Before Update 11, used a Gorgon machine gun.
* PlayingWithFire: His Update 11 incarnation uses fire moves, including a flamethrower, homing incendiary missile and a ripoff of Ember's "Fire Blast".
* PuzzleBoss: After Update 11, you need to [[TacticalSuicideBoss wait for him to expose his weak points after attacking]] before you can harm him.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** If you support the Corpus against him during the Gradivus Dilemma, he will call you out as willing to sacrifice your own and die for a worthless cause.
** After Update 11, one of the lines he can deliver in his boss mission has him calling you a mercenary and asking what happened to the Tenno sense of honour. Another one calls you as fighting for treasure and another Corpus machine.
* ShouldersOfDoom: His post-Update 11 left pauldron is gigantic.
* SpeakingSimlish: Noticeably averted by his Update 11 incarnation, which speaks to you in English.
** SuddenlyVoiced: This started with the Gradivus Dilemma.
* TurnsRed: His Update 11 incarnation has three phases, each with added moves and a different weakspot.
* WorthyOpponent: If you support him and the Grineer during the Gradivus Dilemma, on the other hand, he will praise your fighting prowess.
** While fighting him, if you get him down to less than a third of his health he'll begrudgingly admit "you fight [wheeze] well..."
!!!Kela De Thaym
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[[caption-width-right:235:'The sisters... They will reward me well... When I present your head to them...']]
->''"The Tenno lives...this interests me...I must learn more."''
The boss of Sedna, Kela De Thaym was enlisted for mandatory military service like all other Grineer females, and loved it so much she extended her term for a decade. Drops blueprints for Saryn.
* BadBoss: According to the Lotus, her underlings are as much for her amusement as her protection.
* BloodKnight
** LadyOfWar
* DroneDeployer: Constantly hurls [[GoddamnBats Rollers]] at you, which can stagger you and leave you open to a rocket blast.
* GlassCannon: She has lower than average health (compared to bosses), and her shields don't recharge on their own. She does, however, have a very powerful rocket launcher.
* HavingABlast: Uses her own modified version of the Bombard's rocket launcher.
!!!Lieutenant Lech Kril
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[[caption-width-right:250:'Does that second-skin peel away just as easy as the first?']]
-> ''[[Film/PulpFiction "And I will strike down upon (player name) with great vengeance and furious anger!"]]''
The boss of Ceres, and half of the dual boss on Phobos. A revered war hero of the Grineer whose augmentations and powers rival those of Warframes. Drops blueprints for Frost on Ceres, and parts of the Miter, Twin Gremlins and (since Update 11.5) the Trinity Warframe on Phobos.
* AlmightyJanitor: He is only a lieutenant, but is much more powerful than either the captain or the general.
* AnIcePerson: Before his cryo pack is destroyed; it comes as no surprise that he drops the Frost Warframe as a result.
** PlayingWithFire: After his cryo pack is destroyed.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: He is invulnerable at first. You need to damage his cryo pack.
* DropTheHammer
* MightyGlacier: He wears extremely thick armour, has powerful attacks both at range and in melee...
** LightningBruiser: ... and in his [[TurnsRed second phase]] he can easily catch fleeing Tenno.
* MoreDakka: Wields a Gorgon rifle.
* TheMusketeer: Before Update 9 revamped Captain Vor, he was the only one of the Grineer bosses to have a dedicated melee weapon to complement his gun. The rest either use PistolWhipping or ShockwaveStomp against Tenno going up close.
* TurnsRed: After you destroy his cryo pack, he will switch to fire and go full melee, complete with speed boost.
!!!Tyl Regor
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[[caption-width-right:153:'What do you get when you take the "Warfra" out of "Warframe"? That's right, me!']]
->''"You have violated the dress code on this ship. Failure to comply is punishable by death."''
The boss of Uranus. A brilliant geneticist who is trying to revert the genetic decay of the Grineer, preferably by making them (and himself) immortal in the process. He fights using a Cronus. [[MadScientist Did we mention]] [[AxCrazy he's completely crazy?]] Drops blueprints for Ash.
* ActionFashionista: Just look at his quote.
* AxCrazy: He's stated to be completely unhinged by the Lotus. His dialogue doesn't do much to disabuse the notion.
* BadAssBookworm: He's only a scientist, but he can go toe-to-toe with a cadre of highly-armed space ninjas and win.
* BodyHorror: He wears his faceplate upside down. While seemingly innocuous at first, closer inspection reveals that the helmet doesn't completely connect to the faceplate in this manner; in the loading screen for his mission, that gap reveals his skin ''caves in'' around his face.
** As a result, fan art sometimes depicts him as having an upside-down face.
** FridgeBrilliance for why he's so interested in curing genetic decay.
* CloseRangeCombatant: He can mess your whole day up at close range using his Cronus sword. Unique among Grineer bosses in that he has absolutely no form of ranged combat.
* DashAttack: He has a move similar to Excalibur's Slash Dash.
* ItsAllAboutMe: See his quote above. Concept art for the upcoming underwater lab shows that he will likely have a statue of himself; several depict him carrying the world.
* MadScientist: Natch. He's trying to revert the Grineer's genetic decay by making them - and himself - immortal.
** His upcoming rework will also give him an underwater lab tileset. That's right, he's ascended to classical Film/JamesBond villain.
** The cloning process he's known for? It doesn't involve stem cells or synthetic tissues. It involves ''melting living organisms'' (primarily Grineer) and duplicating them.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Captain Vor has an Orokin doodad that lets him shoot FrickinLaserBeams and a specialized pistol that shoots exploding bullets. Sargas Ruk is a Cyborg with a penchant for PlayingWithFire. Kela De Thaym has a rocket launcher and spams Rollers. Tyl Regor has nothing but his sword, and still manages to be quite a threat.
!!!The Grustrag Three
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[[caption-width-right:350:'Are we sure these are the targets? They seem so inconsequential.']]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyFaKwwH9kI&index=14 The Grustrag Three. Arrogant. Sadistic. Unstable. They are perfect for this.]]''
-->--'''Councilor Vay Hek'''
Vem Tabook, Shik Tal, and Leekter make up the Grustrag Three, a Grineer Death Squad created by Councilor Vay Hek to punish Tenno who support the Corpus in Invasion missions as of Update 12.3
* AttackDrone: Each member of the Three now has a Sentinel of their own, which is armed with a laser rifle and also used to [[spoiler:attach the restraining bolts]] mentioned below. Presumably they also help keep the Three themselves in check.
* BloodKnight: They sound fairly bored when attacking Tenno, even asking if the ones they're fighting are the correct targets. According to Codex, Vem Tabook is this to such an extent that he got so impatient to kill that he turned on fellow Grineer, leading to his reconditioning.
* BodyHorror: Implied. They're never seen outside of their armor, but the patch notes for their release update mentions they are 'riddled with mutation'. Their faces are also far from human.
* HeroKiller: They are meant to be this, given that they inspire such fear that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the normally calm and collected Lotus pleads for you]] to [[DontAskJustRun forget the mission and run]] when they're about to drop in. If you didn't bring your best gear they ''will'' uphold that reputation.
* MiniBoss: Just like the Stalker and the Harvester before them.
* MookChivalry: Despite there being three of them, only one of the Three will attack you at any given moment.
* NonstandardGameOver: [[spoiler: If they kill your whole squad, you automatically fail the mission, and wake up on the main menu with a RestrainingBolt that will reduce your effectiveness in battle against them (and possibly Grineer in general). Luckily, the Lotus gives you a blueprint to craft the remover.]]
* NoSell: In a first for assassin minibosses, ''averted''. The Grustrag Three are quick enough to avoid your attacks, but have none of their predecessors' ''Dispel'' gimmickry, and are vulnerable to all status effects, debuffs or forms of attack expected to work on a standard boss.
* PsychopathicManChild: Some of their lines make them seem like this:
--> '''Leekter''': I want to play with these ones.
--> '''Shik Tal''': *gasp* Boooriiinnnggg! *gasp*
!!!Sprag & Ven'kra Tel
A pair of cloned elite Grineer sisters. Much like the Grustrag Three, they serve Vay Hek.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: They are only vulnerable on their faces and backpacks.
* ColdSniper: Ven'kra Tel uses a Vulkar, and has a very cold personality.
* DropTheHammer: Sprag uses a big hammer. "Make them all flat. FLAT FLAT FLAT."
* HulkSpeak: Sprag speaks like this:
--> "Hammer flatten shiny bugs."
--> "Too many shiny bugs. I kill them."
--> "I make shiny bugs flat. NOW."
* PsychopathicManChild: Sprag is one, especially with lines like "More bugs! More shiny bugs!"
!!!Dr. Tengus
A Grineer scientist who has a tendency for getting involved in [[PlayingWithSyringes experiments of questionable ethics]].
* JustThinkOfThePotential: First, he thought of the potential military applications of the [[TheVirus Technocyte Plague]]. [[EvilIsNotAToy That went well.]] Then he thought of the potential military applications of three violently unstable elite soldiers. That worked out much better than the Infested.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Apparently the Grineer have colleges. Gotta wonder what they're like if they produced this guy.
* NeverMyFault: The aftermath of the first Infested outbreak since the Sentient war (which was his fault, by the way) sees him attempting to lay the blame on the Tenno's shoulders.
* PlayingWithSyringes: We've only seen him involved in two experiments: the creation of the Grustrag Three and the attempted weaponization of the Infested. The former was something of a success; the latter? [[GoneHorriblyWrong Oh my, no.]]
* RestrainingBolt: This is the guy you have to thank for the invention of the [[PowerLimiter Grustrag Bolt]].
* TortureTechnician: Part of the conditioning of the Grustrag Three involved 'agony treatments.' Sound pleasant.
* WeHaveReserves: Well, he is Grineer, but notably his 'tests' with the Infested involved tossing groups of Marines into Infested containment pens and taking notes on quickly they died.
!Grineer
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-> "Atusun Grineer! Tenno daryo no'ef! Gar argreogre'ef! Tu huscra'ef unsu natake no tosonias!"
-> -- '''Grineer Queens Regulator Message''' (glory to the Queens)
A brutal race of warriors, the system-conquering Grineer depend on [[CloningBlues cloning]] for reproduction, and so are slowly dying out due to clone degeneration. This makes all the more determined to wipe out the Tenno before their time is up, while it makes the Tenno desperate to stop them before they can take the rest of humanity with them.
They rely on their heavy armor, numbers, [[MoreDakka dakka-spewing rifles]], and careful deployment of specialized units such as Heavy Gunners or Shield Bearers to match the Tenno in battle.
* AttackPatternAlpha: Grineer are fond of "Combat Formation Bravo", which apparently means "stand in front of the space ninjas and shoot at them".
* ArtificialHuman: The vast majority - if not entirety - of Grineer personnel are vat-grown clones, born from a hidden toxic womb. Helps explain how their leaders keep coming back no matter how often you kill them, and how they have so [[ExpendableClone many mooks to throw at you]].
* ArtificialLimbs: Most have them.
* CatchPhrase: "Glory to the Queens," "For the Queens," etc.
* CloneDegeneration: They're (allegedly) clones of "perfection." However, they're actually copies of copies of copies, mass-produced on an industrial scale and all born so deformed that it'd be impossible for them to survive without cybernetics. As a result, the most recent Grineer are... [[BodyHorror barely recognizable as human]]. Vay Hek, to use an example, has visibly flaking, dead-looking skin, and looks [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131220040434/warframe/images/8/82/VayHekPortrait.png downright grotesque.]] This is not helped by them making clones out of already-made Grineer, which exacerbates the problems further and further.
* ConLang: As of Update 10 they use these.
* {{Cyborg}}: The Grineer make heavy use of cybernetic augmentation to counter their degeneration. On most male Grineer this is covered by their heavy armor, but female Grineer and unique bosses like Vor and Kril display it as well. Vay Hek currently possesses the most extensive augmentation, being fairly close to BrainInAJar status.
* DyingRace: The Grineer are suffering slow but steady 'genetic decay' with each generation of clones. They face a race against time to find a cure for the degeneration; the intervention of the Tenno certainly can't be helping them much.
** The comms on Tenno ships feature Grineer marines making [[VaderBreath breathy]] radio transmissions, which could be a result of the degeneration. The Grustrag Three have a particularly-difficult time speaking or breathing.
* EliteMook: Any Grineer wielding a Gorgon, Hind, Napalm, or Ogris.
* ExpendableClone: Anyone that ''isn't'' in a position of power.
* GlassCannon: The Sawman crumples with ease under almost any attack... but if he connects with his cleaver, a CriticalHit usually ensues, eating a large part of your shields or health. He was later given a shield to mitigate some of the glass. His Update 11 incarnation, the Butcher, had the shield taken away again.
* HumanResources: Grineer are dissolved in cloning tanks in order to produce more Grineer.
* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: Even the basic Lancers and Troopers can eat a few bursts before going down if you don't go for the head, and the Heavies only make things worse.
* InSeriesNickname: Corpus seems to respect them as "[[BewareOfViciousDog dogs]]", due to their UndyingLoyalty towards the Twin Queens.
* LargeAndInCharge: Grineer bosses usually stand a head taller than the common grunts.
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Their encyclopedia entry shows them killing naked and innocent people. They also have offscreen moments, such as murdering asteroid colonies, killing people just because they sympathize with the Tenno, etc.
** The comms on Tenno ships feature reports from Grineer vessels, which include [[FelonyMisdemeanor arresting civilians for expired documents]] and the [[TriggerHappy elimination]] of ''suspected'' smugglers.
* PunchClockVillain: Some of them are mere customs agents, trying to uphold the laws of the Grineer Empire as best as they can.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All Grineer have black eyeballs with red iris.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Even their women have them.
* WeCanRebuildHim: The backstory notes that most Grineer are born so deformed that they would not survive without heavy augmentations. It's also noted that Grineer are better at fixing things than creating them.
* WeHaveReserves: Being a clone race, the Grineer can raise armies very quickly indeed, as is reflected by the wave after wave of troops the average Tenno will slice through in a single mission (their reaction to Extermination missions is essentially "Oh, they're all dead. Mark that site for repopulation.") Unfortunately for the Grineer, their weapon and armor tech is so primitive compared to Tenno technology that a single Tenno can wipe out an entire legion of Grineer troops singlehandedly. This is not helped by their severe CloneDegeneration, which the Tenno have probably directly contributed to by wiping out ''billions'' of them.
!!!Captain Vor
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[[caption-width-right:350:'Aankler reaar Tenno! [[note]]Another dead Tenno![[/note]]']]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnvkVvY5OXY&index=3&list=PLTTHakyFGvV3-ESc_JmUa1k_eBsL92aJ_ "Grineer dominance is inevitable."]]''
The first boss of the game, faced on Mercury and as a dual boss on Phobos. Targeted due to suspicion of possessing Orokin artefacts that grant him power. [[spoiler:He does. Most of his 'powers' derive from his Orokin Void Key.]]
* AFatherToHisMen[=/=]PapaWolf: Update 14 shows that he cares deeply for his men, calling them his "sons" and gets increasingly pissed as the Tenno cuts through his forces.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Before Update 9's revamp.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Update 14 reveals that the reason he's so obsessed with the Tenno is because he wants to use them to reverse the Grineer's clone degradation so he can finally die for good.]]
* DegradedBoss: Before the revamp in Update 9, he was the template for the Flameblades.
* DynamicDifficulty: After Update 9, his health and damage scales with the levels on the players' Warframe and weapons. For a while, this could push his level past 100, making him ''extremely'' hard to kill and equally deadly.
* EvilOldFolks: His post-Update 9 appearance is visibly aged.
** In the PS4 trailer he is adressed as "Old Man" by a Grineer officer. His facial features also look more human than said officers, implying less degeneration.
* FlunkyBoss: One of his attacks is to hide behind an energy shield and warp-in reinforcements.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He tells you to fight with honour, then summons flunkies, teleports around the arena, uses mines and generally doesn't walk the talk.
* LoveFreak: He lives for the love of the Queens, and to be loved by his Grineer children and grandchildren.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Loving the ''Grineer'' Queens, of all people, has changed him for the worse.
* TheMusketeer: After Update 9, he has a Seer pistol for range and a Cronus for melee.
* TurnsRed: If you damage him enough, he'll throw out Nervos mines to act like Vauban's Tesla. Bring him even closer to death and he starts using his Void Key as a WaveMotionGun.
* VillainTeleportation: In his earlier incarnation, Vor liked to teleport behind you if you got too far away. Now he'll teleport closer (though rarely into melee) or away from you as the situation demands.
* [[RingOfPower Void Key Of Power]]: Vor's special abilities largely stem from his (possibly damaged or modified) Orokin Void Key.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He used to be Admiral Vor. But, because he studies some Tenno instead of killing them on sight, he was demoted to Captain.
!!!Councillor Vay Hek
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[[caption-width-right:300:'I knew this day would come. I prepared, changed myself. I made sacrifices! Tenno... are you ready for a SACRIFICE!?']]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZF3WrZscK0 "Grineer foreign policy starts and ends at the tips of my plasma grenade!"]]''
The former boss of Earth. Targeted for assassination by Lotus as he is a corrupt diplomat who has assassinated multiple political opponents and is a hindrance to the stability of the system. Used to drop blueprints for Trinity before Update 11.5; used to drop blueprints for Oberon before Update 13; now drops blueprints for Hydroid.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Lotus suspects that Councilor Vay Hek obtained his position through violent elimination of his political rivals. Whether one of those rivals [[KlingonPromotion included his predecessor]] is never mentioned.
* BigBad: Or at least the closest thing to one at this point. He has more bosses and minibosses under his command than any other, and leads the Fomorian Ship Initiative to gain a decisive advantage in space warfare.
* BodyHorror: After Update 13, his body has been... ''changed''. He is now basically a head stuck on a big monstrous robot.
* BossInMookClothing: Prior to Update 13, apart from his nonstandard gun, looked like a Lancer at first glance.
* EvilLaugh: "Ho hah hah HAH HAH HAH ''HAH HAH HAH HAH''!"
* LargeHam: There is no volume control on his voicebox. ''Everything'' Vay Hek says is loud and bombastic.
** "TENNO ARE WORSE THAN ''WEEEEEEEEDS''!"
** "TENNO BONES WILL MAKE GRINEER HOMES!"
** "TENNO! TENNO! TENNO! YOU THINK YOU'RE WINNING? YOU... HAVE ONLY... BEEN ATTACKING... THE ''AUXILIARY'' CORES! '''''DID YOU REALLY BELIEVE... IT WOULD BE THIS EASY?''''' YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! THERE WILL BE NOWHERE... TO HIDE... FROM MY FOMORIANS! AND WHEN... THE LAST... OF YOU IS GONE! I WILL PERSONALLY... ''THROW''... YOUR BELOVED LOTUS... '''''[[HurlItIntoTheSun INTO THE SUN!]]'''''"
** The Hamminess continues throughout the Eyes of Blight event, where he screams at the Tenno at the top of his lungs as they raid his Balor Fomorians.
** "TENNO! TENNO! '''TENNO ARE HERE!''' STOP THEM MY BROTHERS! THEY CANNOT HALT OUR '''DESTINY!'''"
** "HELLO... '''INSECTS!''' FOR TOO LONG YOU HAVE BEEN A PARASITE UPON THE GREAT GRINEER MACHINE! '''NO LONGER!''' THE TENNO MUST LEARN HOW TRULY INSIGNIFICANT THEY ARE. FOMORIAN COMMANDER... '''FIRE! AT! WILL!'''
* MightyGlacier: Prior to Update 13, he was slow but with tough, fast-recharging shields and thick armour with a shotgun (The Hek) that could quickly ruin your day.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Make the following substitutions: "Orokin weeds" for "Jews", "Tenno" for "Communists", "herbicide" for "genocide", "homes" for "lebensraum", "Cicero toxin" for "final solution".
* NoIndoorVoice: While he was already loud, it's taken UpToEleven post-update 13.
* SuddenlyVoiced: As of the Cicero event, though his boss fight taunts are still SpeakingSimlish.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Post-Update 13, his body is heavily armoured to the point that attacks will do no damage... until he raises his faceplate to scream propaganda at you.
!!!General Sargas Ruk
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[[caption-width-right:350:'You Tenno, you fight for treasure. You are just another Corpus machine to me!']]
->''"You are in the presence of Grineer perfection!"''
The boss of Saturn. The top artifact hunter in the Empire with an addiction to cybernetic augmentation - which he feeds by selling his loot. Drops blueprints for Ember.
* ArmCannon: His Update 11 incarnation has one on his right arm.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He was promoted to General for his role in the conquest of Saturn.
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma[=/=]CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Famous for using body parts in sentences that don't quite make sense. And he really likes the word "crush".
** "Now we crush the greedy milk from their skulls!"
** "Alad will bleed from his selfish eyes as I crush him with your metal corpse."
** "What flesh is within that Warframe? I will crush it. I will fill my lungs with your death!"
** [[spoiler:"Trust me, you will bleed regret."]]
* BossInMookClothing: Before Update 11, he looked like a Bombard, [[DownplayedTrope though he was still presented as a full-on boss]].
* CyberCyclops: Update 10.5 has him wearing a face mask with a single glowing "eye".
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He was not happy when Hek decided to "rehabilitate" the Grustrag Three. A message to Hek implies the Three killed soldiers under his command.
* FriendlyEnemy: At the end of the Gradivus Dilemma, siding with the Grineer makes Sargas welcome you with a friendly message and a [[InfinityPlusOneSword powerful]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome pistol]] that you would gladly use to kill him and his army.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His pre-Update 11 incarnation could invoke this on players with the Reversal Field, which acts like Mag's Bullet Attractor.
* InSeriesNickname: Alad V calls him a "test tube dog".
* MoreDakka: Before Update 11, used a Gorgon machine gun.
* PlayingWithFire: His Update 11 incarnation uses fire moves, including a flamethrower, homing incendiary missile and a ripoff of Ember's "Fire Blast".
* PuzzleBoss: After Update 11, you need to [[TacticalSuicideBoss wait for him to expose his weak points after attacking]] before you can harm him.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** If you support the Corpus against him during the Gradivus Dilemma, he will call you out as willing to sacrifice your own and die for a worthless cause.
** After Update 11, one of the lines he can deliver in his boss mission has him calling you a mercenary and asking what happened to the Tenno sense of honour. Another one calls you as fighting for treasure and another Corpus machine.
* ShouldersOfDoom: His post-Update 11 left pauldron is gigantic.
* SpeakingSimlish: Noticeably averted by his Update 11 incarnation, which speaks to you in English.
** SuddenlyVoiced: This started with the Gradivus Dilemma.
* TurnsRed: His Update 11 incarnation has three phases, each with added moves and a different weakspot.
* WorthyOpponent: If you support him and the Grineer during the Gradivus Dilemma, on the other hand, he will praise your fighting prowess.
** While fighting him, if you get him down to less than a third of his health he'll begrudgingly admit "you fight [wheeze] well..."
!!!Kela De Thaym
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[[caption-width-right:235:'The sisters... They will reward me well... When I present your head to them...']]
->''"The Tenno lives...this interests me...I must learn more."''
The boss of Sedna, Kela De Thaym was enlisted for mandatory military service like all other Grineer females, and loved it so much she extended her term for a decade. Drops blueprints for Saryn.
* BadBoss: According to the Lotus, her underlings are as much for her amusement as her protection.
* BloodKnight
** LadyOfWar
* DroneDeployer: Constantly hurls [[GoddamnBats Rollers]] at you, which can stagger you and leave you open to a rocket blast.
* GlassCannon: She has lower than average health (compared to bosses), and her shields don't recharge on their own. She does, however, have a very powerful rocket launcher.
* HavingABlast: Uses her own modified version of the Bombard's rocket launcher.
!!!Lieutenant Lech Kril
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[[caption-width-right:250:'Does that second-skin peel away just as easy as the first?']]
-> ''[[Film/PulpFiction "And I will strike down upon (player name) with great vengeance and furious anger!"]]''
The boss of Ceres, and half of the dual boss on Phobos. A revered war hero of the Grineer whose augmentations and powers rival those of Warframes. Drops blueprints for Frost on Ceres, and parts of the Miter, Twin Gremlins and (since Update 11.5) the Trinity Warframe on Phobos.
* AlmightyJanitor: He is only a lieutenant, but is much more powerful than either the captain or the general.
* AnIcePerson: Before his cryo pack is destroyed; it comes as no surprise that he drops the Frost Warframe as a result.
** PlayingWithFire: After his cryo pack is destroyed.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: He is invulnerable at first. You need to damage his cryo pack.
* DropTheHammer
* MightyGlacier: He wears extremely thick armour, has powerful attacks both at range and in melee...
** LightningBruiser: ... and in his [[TurnsRed second phase]] he can easily catch fleeing Tenno.
* MoreDakka: Wields a Gorgon rifle.
* TheMusketeer: Before Update 9 revamped Captain Vor, he was the only one of the Grineer bosses to have a dedicated melee weapon to complement his gun. The rest either use PistolWhipping or ShockwaveStomp against Tenno going up close.
* TurnsRed: After you destroy his cryo pack, he will switch to fire and go full melee, complete with speed boost.
!!!Tyl Regor
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[[caption-width-right:153:'What do you get when you take the "Warfra" out of "Warframe"? That's right, me!']]
->''"You have violated the dress code on this ship. Failure to comply is punishable by death."''
The boss of Uranus. A brilliant geneticist who is trying to revert the genetic decay of the Grineer, preferably by making them (and himself) immortal in the process. He fights using a Cronus. [[MadScientist Did we mention]] [[AxCrazy he's completely crazy?]] Drops blueprints for Ash.
* ActionFashionista: Just look at his quote.
* AxCrazy: He's stated to be completely unhinged by the Lotus. His dialogue doesn't do much to disabuse the notion.
* BadAssBookworm: He's only a scientist, but he can go toe-to-toe with a cadre of highly-armed space ninjas and win.
* BodyHorror: He wears his faceplate upside down. While seemingly innocuous at first, closer inspection reveals that the helmet doesn't completely connect to the faceplate in this manner; in the loading screen for his mission, that gap reveals his skin ''caves in'' around his face.
** As a result, fan art sometimes depicts him as having an upside-down face.
** FridgeBrilliance for why he's so interested in curing genetic decay.
* CloseRangeCombatant: He can mess your whole day up at close range using his Cronus sword. Unique among Grineer bosses in that he has absolutely no form of ranged combat.
* DashAttack: He has a move similar to Excalibur's Slash Dash.
* ItsAllAboutMe: See his quote above. Concept art for the upcoming underwater lab shows that he will likely have a statue of himself; several depict him carrying the world.
* MadScientist: Natch. He's trying to revert the Grineer's genetic decay by making them - and himself - immortal.
** His upcoming rework will also give him an underwater lab tileset. That's right, he's ascended to classical Film/JamesBond villain.
** The cloning process he's known for? It doesn't involve stem cells or synthetic tissues. It involves ''melting living organisms'' (primarily Grineer) and duplicating them.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Captain Vor has an Orokin doodad that lets him shoot FrickinLaserBeams and a specialized pistol that shoots exploding bullets. Sargas Ruk is a Cyborg with a penchant for PlayingWithFire. Kela De Thaym has a rocket launcher and spams Rollers. Tyl Regor has nothing but his sword, and still manages to be quite a threat.
!!!The Grustrag Three
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[[caption-width-right:350:'Are we sure these are the targets? They seem so inconsequential.']]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyFaKwwH9kI&index=14 The Grustrag Three. Arrogant. Sadistic. Unstable. They are perfect for this.]]''
-->--'''Councilor Vay Hek'''
Vem Tabook, Shik Tal, and Leekter make up the Grustrag Three, a Grineer Death Squad created by Councilor Vay Hek to punish Tenno who support the Corpus in Invasion missions as of Update 12.3
* AttackDrone: Each member of the Three now has a Sentinel of their own, which is armed with a laser rifle and also used to [[spoiler:attach the restraining bolts]] mentioned below. Presumably they also help keep the Three themselves in check.
* BloodKnight: They sound fairly bored when attacking Tenno, even asking if the ones they're fighting are the correct targets. According to Codex, Vem Tabook is this to such an extent that he got so impatient to kill that he turned on fellow Grineer, leading to his reconditioning.
* BodyHorror: Implied. They're never seen outside of their armor, but the patch notes for their release update mentions they are 'riddled with mutation'. Their faces are also far from human.
* HeroKiller: They are meant to be this, given that they inspire such fear that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the normally calm and collected Lotus pleads for you]] to [[DontAskJustRun forget the mission and run]] when they're about to drop in. If you didn't bring your best gear they ''will'' uphold that reputation.
* MiniBoss: Just like the Stalker and the Harvester before them.
* MookChivalry: Despite there being three of them, only one of the Three will attack you at any given moment.
* NonstandardGameOver: [[spoiler: If they kill your whole squad, you automatically fail the mission, and wake up on the main menu with a RestrainingBolt that will reduce your effectiveness in battle against them (and possibly Grineer in general). Luckily, the Lotus gives you a blueprint to craft the remover.]]
* NoSell: In a first for assassin minibosses, ''averted''. The Grustrag Three are quick enough to avoid your attacks, but have none of their predecessors' ''Dispel'' gimmickry, and are vulnerable to all status effects, debuffs or forms of attack expected to work on a standard boss.
* PsychopathicManChild: Some of their lines make them seem like this:
--> '''Leekter''': I want to play with these ones.
--> '''Shik Tal''': *gasp* Boooriiinnnggg! *gasp*
!!!Sprag & Ven'kra Tel
A pair of cloned elite Grineer sisters. Much like the Grustrag Three, they serve Vay Hek.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: They are only vulnerable on their faces and backpacks.
* ColdSniper: Ven'kra Tel uses a Vulkar, and has a very cold personality.
* DropTheHammer: Sprag uses a big hammer. "Make them all flat. FLAT FLAT FLAT."
* HulkSpeak: Sprag speaks like this:
--> "Hammer flatten shiny bugs."
--> "Too many shiny bugs. I kill them."
--> "I make shiny bugs flat. NOW."
* PsychopathicManChild: Sprag is one, especially with lines like "More bugs! More shiny bugs!"
!!!Dr. Tengus
A Grineer scientist who has a tendency for getting involved in [[PlayingWithSyringes experiments of questionable ethics]].
* JustThinkOfThePotential: First, he thought of the potential military applications of the [[TheVirus Technocyte Plague]]. [[EvilIsNotAToy That went well.]] Then he thought of the potential military applications of three violently unstable elite soldiers. That worked out much better than the Infested.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Apparently the Grineer have colleges. Gotta wonder what they're like if they produced this guy.
* NeverMyFault: The aftermath of the first Infested outbreak since the Sentient war (which was his fault, by the way) sees him attempting to lay the blame on the Tenno's shoulders.
* PlayingWithSyringes: We've only seen him involved in two experiments: the creation of the Grustrag Three and the attempted weaponization of the Infested. The former was something of a success; the latter? [[GoneHorriblyWrong Oh my, no.]]
* RestrainingBolt: This is the guy you have to thank for the invention of the [[PowerLimiter Grustrag Bolt]].
* TortureTechnician: Part of the conditioning of the Grustrag Three involved 'agony treatments.' Sound pleasant.
* WeHaveReserves: Well, he is Grineer, but notably his 'tests' with the Infested involved tossing groups of Marines into Infested containment pens and taking notes on quickly they died.
