History Warframe / TropesAToD

** Toxin damage fits in a non-traditional sense, as it completely bypasses shields and is extra-effective against armor. To a much lesser extent, bleed damage from Slash ignores ALL forms of protection, but the bleed damage is usually minor and Slash itself is ineffective against armored or shielded foes.

** While slash damage is in theory weak against armor and strong against health, in practice slash is the best damage type in the game against all defenses, including armor, because of its ability to totally bypass defenses with it's status effect - it can cause an enemy to bleed, dealing true damage over a short period of time that ignores armor, shields, and other forms of damage reduction. At high level play bleed procs become the most powerful status effect when combined with viral, which cuts enemy health in half making that true damage count for more.
** Corrosive damage does +75% damage (so 175% total) to armor, and can ''permanently'' reduce the target's maximum armour. Brutally effective against the Grineer as a result. Magnetic damage works similarly against Shields, making it ideal for tackling the Corpus.

** ''Jack of All Trades''[[note]]With a versatile role to handle any number of needs[[/note]]: [[HolyHandGrenade Oberon]][[note]]Who is decently tanky, can heal, deal damage, buff allies, and inflict or remove status effects, but without as much ease or cost-efficiency as other classes dedicated to each role[[/note]], [[FirePurifies Nezha]][[note]]Whose abilities amplify his mobility and survivability, dispel negative ailments from allies and restore health, deal direct damage either through area of effect or direct projectile, and can impale his enemies to prevent them from attacking[[/note]], [[YinYangBomb Equinox]][[note]]Whose status as a DualModeUnit means she has every means of survival-enhancement in Night form, can supplement allied damage output in Day form, and basically functions as two separate classes rolled into one chassis -- but she has slow transitions between these two stages, next to no interplay between them, and must stay in one form to charge up its ultimate[[/note]], [[GlassWeapon Gara]][[note]]Who can produce both deadly blades and impassible barriers from glass, as well as encase enemies within glass in order to freeze them and increase their damage taken; however, she must micromanage timers and combo her abilities to maximize their effectiveness, all without any innate means to recover her health or energy[[/note]], [[WillOTheWisp Wisp]][[note]]Whose abilities heal and boosts allies’s speed, stun crowds of enemies and deal a beam of damage.[[/note]].

** ''Jack of All Trades''[[note]]With a versatile role to handle any number of needs[[/note]]: [[HolyHandGrenade Oberon]][[note]]Who is decently tanky, can heal, deal damage, buff allies, and inflict or remove status effects, but without as much ease or cost-efficiency as other classes dedicated to each role[[/note]], [[FirePurifies Nezha]][[note]]Whose abilities amplify his mobility and survivability, dispel negative ailments from allies and restore health, deal direct damage either through area of effect or direct projectile, and can impale his enemies to prevent them from attacking[[/note]], [[YinYangBomb Equinox]][[note]]Whose status as a DualModeUnit means she has every means of survival-enhancement in Night form, can supplement allied damage output in Day form, and basically functions as two separate classes rolled into one chassis -- but she has slow transitions between these two stages, next to no interplay between them, and must stay in one form to charge up its ultimate[[/note]], [[GlassWeapon Gara]][[note]]Who can produce both deadly blades and impassible barriers from glass, as well as encase enemies within glass in order to freeze them and increase their damage taken; however, she must micromanage timers and combo her abilities to maximize their effectiveness, all without any innate means to recover her health or energy[[/note]], [[Will-O’-The-Wisp Wisp]][[Note]]Whose abilities heal and boosts allies’s speed, stun crowds of enemies and deal a beam of damage.[[/note]].

** ''Jack of All Trades''[[note]]With a versatile role to handle any number of needs[[/note]]: [[HolyHandGrenade Oberon]][[note]]Who is decently tanky, can heal, deal damage, buff allies, and inflict or remove status effects, but without as much ease or cost-efficiency as other classes dedicated to each role[[/note]], [[FirePurifies Nezha]][[note]]Whose abilities amplify his mobility and survivability, dispel negative ailments from allies and restore health, deal direct damage either through area of effect or direct projectile, and can impale his enemies to prevent them from attacking[[/note]], [[YinYangBomb Equinox]][[note]]Whose status as a DualModeUnit means she has every means of survival-enhancement in Night form, can supplement allied damage output in Day form, and basically functions as two separate classes rolled into one chassis -- but she has slow transitions between these two stages, next to no interplay between them, and must stay in one form to charge up its ultimate[[/note]], [[GlassWeapon Gara]][[note]]Who can produce both deadly blades and impassible barriers from glass, as well as encase enemies within glass in order to freeze them and increase their damage taken; however, she must micromanage timers and combo her abilities to maximize their effectiveness, all without any innate means to recover her health or energy[[/note]].

** On the Corpus side, Frohd Behk serves as the current chairman who directs the Corpus' machinations.
** [[spoiler:Hunhow leads the Sentients to finish what he began centuries ago and wipe out the last vestiges of the Orokin Empire, the Tenno.]]

** It used to be that Warframe blueprints and parts that dropped from quests (such as Chroma or Inaros) were one of a kind, and once lost were gone forever, meaning the only way to obtain the frame afterwards was buying it with plat. Eventually the game was patched so that such items can be purchased from Cephalon Simaris with faction points, so they are never lost forever.

** Grendel is as quick and agile as any frame despite being built like a[[SumoWrestling sumo wrestler]].

** While slash damage is in theory weak against armor and string against health, in practice slash is the best damage type in the game against armor because of its ability to totally bypass defenses - it can cause an enemy to bleed, dealing true damage that ignores armor, shields, and damage reduction over time. At high level play bleed procs become the most powerful status effect when combined with viral, which cuts enemy health in half.

** ''The Status Effect Guy''[[note]]With the role of strengthening allies, weakening enemies and controlling the flow of battle[[/note]]: [[MagnetismManipulation Mag]][[note]]With the power to drain and restore shields, or cause enemies to attract projectiles. Also considered an ''Area of Effect'' type, because of the large effective range of her attack skills[[/note]], [[TheTrickster Loki]][[note]]Who has no directly damaging skills, but has notable abilities like creating aggro attracting decoy targets and permanently disabling enemy guns in an area around him. Has a hint of DPS due to his Invisibility giving him a huge melee damage buff[[/note]], [[MakingASplash Hydroid]][[note]]Hydroid has insane crowd control potential due to the nature of his abilities. He can even completely cheap out certain game modes with his ability, Undertow, which turns him into a puddle which slowly drowns enemies[[/note]], [[MakeMeWannaShout Banshee]][[note]]Who has the ability to negate detectable noise, stun enemies, and create new weak points on enemies[[/note]], [[PsychicPowers Nyx]][[note]]Whose chief function is to turn enemies into temporary allies, or cause groups to turn and attack each other[[/note]], [[TrapMaster Vauban]][[note]]Who can tag the environment with traps, suspend enemies in the air, or pull them into vortexes[[/note]], [[LayeredWorld Limbo]][[note]]Who can temporarily remove himself, allies or enemies from battle, as well as stop time for select enemies or restore allies' energy[[/note]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Titania]][[note]]Whose abilities include a multitude of party buffs, including from her passive, and inflicting crowd control by making enemies float[[/note]], [[QuirkyBard Octavia]][[note]]Whose abilities provide the party with buffs for fighting to the beat of her songs, and compel the enemy to follow the sound of music[[/note]].

** ''The DPS''[[note]]With the role of damaging enemies[[/note]]: [[MasterSwordsman Excalibur]][[note]]With a number of straightforward attack skills, along with the ability to briefly stun enemies while causing them to take more damage from melee attacks, and his ultimate, Exalted Blade, which channels a high damage blade that fires beams out everytime you attack[[/note]], [[ShockAndAwe Volt]][[note]]Who can buff his allies' attack speed and create barriers that will enhance the damage of attacks fired through it, on top of generally being ''The Nuker''[[/note]], [[MasterOfIllusion Mirage]][[note]]Who is armed with lots of survivability and damage self buffs to herself can easily deal the most damage in the game through sheer using weapons. She also has a little bit of CC on her side with Prism[[/note]], [[SmokeOut Ash]][[note]]Ash is mainly a ''Backstabber'' with his focus on exploiting melee attacks by either teleporting close or inducing bonus melee damage around him, as well as ''The Scrapper'' with a skill that lets him attack enemies with an unblockable series of melee animations [[/note]], [[TheBerserker Valkyr]][[note]]Another ''Scrapper'' that brawls with enemies by making them helpless while vastly improving her melee speed. Her above average health and innate armor encourages her wade in to the fight and ignore damage, making her a classic ''Mitigation Tank'', the twist being that her ultimate grants her complete invincibility[[/note]], [[TheGunslinger Mesa]][[note]]Mesa's most common use is as a stationary turret, enhanced by her damage buffs. Overlaps with ''Status Effect Guy'' and ''Mitigation Tank'' due to her applications against other ballistic enemies[[/note]], [[MonkeyKingLite Wukong]][[note]]A ''Scrapper'', whose passive ability allows him to hold onto his melee combos and use them to enhance his ultimate. His other abilities keep him alive through the principles of ''The Regenerator'' and ''Evasion Tank''ing.[[/note]], [[ArcherArchetype Ivara]][[note]]An ''Archer'' whose abilities give her a bonus to headshot damage, with a bow that doesn't need to charge to deal its full damage. Her specialized arrows also make her a ''Status Effect Guy''.[[/note]], [[WalkingWasteland Nidus]][[note]]Who passively receives increased ability damage each time his abilities inflict damage. Also a ''Regenerator'' with support-buffing capabilities.[[/note]], [[BeastMaster Khora]][[note]]A unique mid-range class who can not only damage foes with her whip, but also ensnare them to increase their damage taken or spread damage to nearby enemies. Overlaps with ''The Beastmaster'', as her custom companion Venari can be directed to attack or disarm foes, or even heal allies.[[/note]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Revenant]][[note]]While overlapping with the ''Mezzer'' and both the ''Avoidance'' and ''Regenerator Tank'', all of his skills also amplify the damage of his final two abilities. His ultimate changes its damage type in response to the enemy health type it hits, allowing him to bypass their defenses, making him a classical ''Nuker''.[[/note]], [[BloodyMurder Garuda]] [[note]]A ''Blademaster'' with ''Healer'' capabilities whom becomes more powerful when her health is in critical condition, and an Area of Effect that makes it easier to land kills.[[/note]], [[MartialPacifist Baruuk]] [[note]]A ''Scrapper'' type Melee DPS with means of becoming an ''Avoidance Tank'' or ''Mezzer'' depending on how you wear down his restraint.[[/note]].

* AlienAnimal: Zig-Zagged. While the Orb Vallis on Venus is home to several strange mammals, The Business explicitly notes that they are artificial creations, made by Orokin "Gene Forges". The same is probably true of the animals found on the Plains of Eidolon.

** ''The Tank''[[note]]With the role of absorbing damage and protecting other party members[[/note]]: [[RhinoRampage Rhino]][[note]]''The Meat Shield'': Rhino can outright negate damage by giving himself a second set of "hit points" that absorbs damage for him[[/note]], [[AnIcePerson Frost]][[note]]''The Magic Tank'': Frost is known best for the ability to produce a shielded area that blocks projectiles and slows down enemies that try to enter it to engage in melee[[/note]], [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Chroma]][[note]]''The Damage and Mitigation Tank'': Chroma's base armor is behind only Valkyr's and Atlas', but his abilities can drastically upgrade his armor, effective health, and damage[[/note]], [[DishingOutDirt Atlas]][[note]]A combination of the group, who summons stone walls and elementals to absorb damage for him, but also has high armor and crowd control to mitigate damage; overlaps with ''The Scrapper'' due to his ability to rack up combos and deal large damage[[/note]], [[{{Mummy}} Inaros]][[note]]''The Regenerator'': Inaros sustains himself primarily with a myriad of attacks that drain his targets' life force. The only reason he doesn't instantly qualify as ''Meat Shield'' with the highest health in the game is because one of his abilities uses his health as an additional resource pool, to add to his armor.[[/note]], [[BlowYouAway Zephyr]][[note]]Although she has little armor and mostly mobility and CC skills, Zephyr also has the ability to cause projectiles to change course away from her, making her an ''Avoidance Tank''[[/note]].

** ''The DPS''[[note]]With the role of damaging enemies[[/note]]: [[MasterSwordsman Excalibur]][[note]]With a number of straightforward attack skills, along with the ability to briefly stun enemies while causing them to take more damage from melee attacks, and his ultimate, Exalted Blade, which channels a high damage blade that fires beams out everytime you attack[[/note]], [[ShockAndAwe Volt]][[note]]Who can buff his allies' attack speed and create barriers that will enhance the damage of attacks fired through it, on top of generally being ''The Nuker''[[/note]], [[MasterOfIllusion Mirage]][[note]]Who is armed with lots of survivability and damage self buffs to herself can easily deal the most damage in the game through sheer using weapons. She also has a little bit of CC on her side with Prism[[/note]], [[SmokeOut Ash]][[note]]Ash is mainly a ''Backstabber'' with his focus on exploiting melee attacks by either teleporting close or inducing bonus melee damage around him, as well as ''The Scrapper'' with a skill that lets him attack enemies with an unblockable series of melee animations [[/note]], [[TheBerserker Valkyr]][[note]]Another ''Scrapper'' that brawls with enemies by making them helpless while vastly improving her melee speed. Her above average health and innate armor encourages her wade in to the fight and ignore damage, making her a classic ''Mitigation Tank'', the twist being that her ultimate grants her complete invincibility[[/note]], [[TheGunslinger Mesa]][[note]]Mesa's most common use is as a stationary turret, enhanced by her damage buffs. Overlaps with ''Status Effect Guy'' and ''Mitigation Tank'' due to her applications against other ballistic enemies[[/note]], [[MonkeyKingLite Wukong]][[note]]A ''Scrapper'', whose passive ability allows him to hold onto his melee combos and use them to enhance his ultimate. His other abilities keep him alive through the principles of ''The Regenerator'' and ''Evasion Tank''ing.[[/note]], [[ArcherArchetype Ivara]][[note]]An ''Archer'' whose abilities give her a bonus to headshot damage, with a bow that doesn't need to charge to deal its full damage. Her specialized arrows also make her a ''Status Effect Guy''.[[/note]], [[WalkingWasteland Nidus]][[note]]Who passively receives increased ability damage each time his abilities inflict damage. Also a ''Regenerator'' with support-buffing capabilities.[[/note]], [[BeastMaster Khora]][[note]]A unique mid-range class who can not only damage foes with her whip, but also ensnare them to increase their damage taken or spread damage to nearby enemies. Overlaps with ''The Beastmaster'', as her custom companion Venari can be directed to attack or disarm foes, or even heal allies.[[/note]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Revenant]][[note]]While overlapping with the ''Mezzer'' and both the ''Avoidance'' and ''Regenerator Tank'', all of his skills also amplify the damage of his final two abilities. His ultimate changes its damage type in response to the enemy health type it hits, allowing him to bypass their defenses, making him a classical ''Nuker''.[[/note]].
** ''The Status Effect Guy''[[note]]With the role of strengthening allies, weakening enemies and controlling the flow of battle[[/note]]: [[MagnetismManipulation Mag]][[note]]With the power to drain and restore shields, or cause enemies to attract projectiles. Also considered an ''Area of Effect'' type, because of the large effective range of her attack skills[[/note]], [[TheTrickster Loki]][[note]]Who has no directly damaging skills, but has notable abilities like creating aggro attracting decoy targets and permanently disabling enemy guns in an area around him. Has a hint of DPS due to his Invisibility giving him a huge melee damage buff[[/note]], [[MakingASplash Hydroid]][[note]]Hydroid has insane crowd control potential due to the nature of his abilites. He can even completely cheap out certain game modes with his ability, Undertow, which turns him into a puddle which slowly drowns enemies[[/note]], [[MakeMeWannaShout Banshee]][[note]]Who has the ability to negate detectable noise, stun enemies, and create new weak points on enemies[[/note]], [[PsychicPowers Nyx]][[note]]Whose chief function is to turn enemies into temporary allies, or cause groups to turn and attack each other[[/note]], [[TrapMaster Vauban]][[note]]Who can tag the environment with traps, suspend enemies in the air, or pull them into vortexes[[/note]], [[LayeredWorld Limbo]][[note]]Who can temporarily remove himself, allies or enemies from battle, as well as stop time for select enemies or restore allies' energy[[/note]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Titania]][[note]]Whose abilities include a multitude of party buffs, including from her passive, and inflicting crowd control by making enemies float[[/note]], [[QuirkyBard Octavia]][[note]]Whose abilities provide the party with buffs for fighting to the beat of her songs, and compel the enemy to follow the sound of music[[/note]].

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