Warframe Vauban

Vauban is a very useful warframe for crowd control. If he is used correctly no one can stop him. Here you have all the information about this tactical warframe, Tenno.

Remember Tenno, Vauban has a Prime version, Vauban Prime.

This is a support warframe with abilities focused on indirect damage, like deploy mines or create stasis fields. The Tenno who choose to use a support warframe like Vauban are the ones with a more tactical and methodical play style.

Stats

Energy

RZero 150 - RMax 225

Armor

RZero 50 - RMax 62

Shield

RZero 75 - RMax 225

Health

RZero 100 - RMax 300

Sprint Speed

RZero 1.0 - RMax 1.0

Mastery Rank

Rank 0

Aura Polarity

Madurai x1

Naramon x1

Polarities

Naramon

Exilus Polarity

None

Price

300 Platinum

How to Get Vauban

There are two ways to obtain Vauban. The first and the most expensive one, will be buying this warframe directly from the Market Console in your ship or through your Arsenal, is also included an Orokin Reactor and a warframe slot for your inventory.

The second option will be to take advantage from the Alert mission which offer as a reward on of the parts of Vauban. These Alerts can appear at any time throughout the day, Tenno. You will have three possible Alerts, one for each part of Vauban. It is a matter of time, luck and take your chances. Stay tuned, these alerts only last one hour, Tenno.

Part	How to Get	Drop Chance
Vauban Blueprint	Market Console (35.000 cr.)	100%
Vauban Chassis Blueprint	Alert mission Reward	100%
Vauban Systems Blueprint	Alert mission Reward	100%
Vauban Neuroptics Blueprint	Alert mission Reward	100%

Vauban Abilities

Here we are going to talk about Vauban abilities. Like the other Warframes, Vauban has four powerful abilities. Besides, he also has one passive ability we will mention later.

1. Tesla

Launches a grenade that holds an electrical charge, zapping enemies that come within range.

This is the first ability of Vauban, he launches some energy grenades which can adhere to any surface (allies included), which electrocute all enemies within range, causing damage and stunning them.

Even though it doesn’t appear in the stats, these grenades have a duration of 40 seconds. In this case, the number of grenades you can throw and have active at the same time will depend on the Duration, something which can be a bit confusing.

If your are interested in enhancing this ability, I recommend you to improve both Duration and Reach, because with Duration you can throw a huge amount of grenades, and with Reach the lightning which they create will arrive further. If you can add some Strength and Efficiency even better, although it won’t be essential in this case.

2. Minelayer

Cycle through four deployable trap mines: Bounce, Trip Laser, Shred and Concuss.

To change the mine type you will have to press the ability button (2), then you can see the available mines cycle, being the one which has a bigger icon the one active. To use them you will have to keep pressed the ability button (2).

Bounce: This mine creates a trap which deploys a launch pad, it throws enemies into the air, causing Magnetic status effect and stunning them for a few seconds. This mine remains some time.

Trip Laser: It deploys a horizontal laser which stops and knocks down all enemies who touch the laser. This mine doesn’t cause status effect and remains some time.

Shred: This is a normal mine which explode causing a huge amount of damage and knocking down all enemies in its area of effect, applying also an armor reduction. This is a single use mine, once it explodes, disappears.

Concuss: It doesn’t causes damage but stuns the enemies for a few seconds in its area of effect and causes Radiation status effect, turning them against each other. Like Shred, it is a single use mine, once it explodes, disappears.

If you want to make the most of these mines, I advice you to maximize the Reach, Efficiency and Duration; because it will allow you more control and efficiency when you use them, taking advantage of the disadvantages you cause to your enemies.

3. Bastille

Creates an energy-based containment field in which captives are held suspended in stasis.

Bastille can be the most used ability of Vauban, for its effectiveness in Crowd Control. It creates an energy web which catches the enemies and leaves them suspended into the air like targets in a firing range. It is an ability specially useful against Infested beings.

The amount of affected enemies by Bastille depends on the Strength, so it will be interesting in having a balance with both Reach and Duration; being these last two the less important ones.

4. Vortex

Creates a whirling mass of energy that violently attracts nearby enemies, crushing their atoms into a tiny spec of matter.

Vortex is the fourth ability of Vauban, it creates a field of magnetic force which attracts all enemies in its area of effect. This ability will not eliminate the enemies by itself, because it causes only light damage and magnetic status effect.

The really useful thing about Vortex is that it concentrates all enemies in its reach in one point, exposing them to finisher melee attacks or at the mercy of the fury of your guns.

To be able to make the most of this ability, I advice you to maximize both Duration and Reach, being interesting to maintain the balance with Efficiency.

Passive Ability: Reinforce

“An engineer by trade, Vauban gains 25% bonus Armor for every warframe within 20 meters of him”.

To sum up, Vauban is a tactical Warframe, with a very interesting abilities focused essentially in Crowd Control. To make the most of these abilities I recommend you to focus on improving Duration and Reach, being very interesting but not essential to maintain a balance with Strength and Efficiency. Choose between one and another depending on the ability you want to focus on.

And that’s all we can tell about Vauban, Tenno. We hope this information was useful for you. Vauban is like a deadly Swiss knife who can become the worst nightmare of any enemy if he is used correctly.

As always, if you see any mistake or missing information let us know trough the comments below.

Good hunting, Tenno.

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