Despite the overall Iceblade of Narin update being very contentious with the Warframe community, the titular frame, Narin, actually ended up being very enjoyable for the most part. Despite her ultimate being way too inconsistent, Narin herself can be a very strong solo-play weapons platform with the right build. Below will be our recommended build, followed by our review of her!
Recommended Build for Narin in Warframe
Below is our recommended build for her, Steel Path tested and only needing 2 formas to achieve:
To just go over the stats, stacking all your chips into range is best for Narin’s 3rd ability. Everything else boasts constant usage of abilities combined with Energy Nexus. Arcane Ice Storm is a must for her, as her abilities focus on freezing enemies as well.
Below will be our recommended Archon Shards for her; these are purely for flavor, and you can swap these out with whichever ones you prefer for her.
Narin Review
To address a pretty massive elephant in the room, it is hard to recommend the farm for her right now. Her blueprints are all tied to an already pretty bloated loot pool in the Zariman. If you have time to kill and don’t mind the Entropic Kuva farm, feel free to go after her. If you do not, wait to see if future hotfixes help alleviate the grind.
Now, as for the frame herself, her first 3 abilities take some getting used to. However, when you get into the rhythm with her, she can be a very excellent warframe to take into high-level content, if only because of how her third ability boosts damage against enemies with your weapons. However, I recommend removing her 4th ability, as it is wildly inconsistent to use. When it is working, its keeping adds cleared very well. But sometimes you can get stuck aiming at an enemy that can’t take damage from it, like the fragmented triangle enemy that needs to be hit in the arms to kill. Or enemies in nullifier bubbles that waste the charge. I recommend using Nourish or any armor-stripping ability.
Disclaimer – Digital Extremes provided Narin for usage in this article.
