Who Should I use my Umbra Forma on?

[Ammardian]

I have ash, banshee, equinox prime, excal umbra, frost, gara, hydroid prime, ivara, loki, Mesa prime, nekros, nova, oberon, octavia, revenant and saryn prime. Who?

[The God of Capy, Cappers]

If it were me, i would love to put it on my Oberon. dayumm, umbral oberon is pretty strong yo.

[Walrus-Sama]

Only use it on a Prime who can make use of 2-3 Umbral mods.

[Archwraith]

Absolutely not on Loki, imo, since he doesn't rely on armor and strength whatsoever.

[The Raving Dragon]

Excalibur

[Tigerlight]

You will get a million answers.
At the end of the day my advice would be that if you do not know the answer to that question yourself, keep it until you do.

[Ammardian]

Ill think about it then

[Sceles]

Better not use it on any non-prime.

[TaintedLuck]

maybe not best choice but if use it on Mesa prime even if i only have her use 2 umbral mods
but honestly best choices would be Oberon, Nidus, Rhino or Inaros maybe nezha

[Rahlence]

My first was Khora to comfortably use umbral fiber & vitality while still maintaining build flexibility; second will probably be Rhino Prime, for umbral intensify + fiber. Third might be Valkyr Prime, for all 3 umbrals.

I originally was going to do Oberon Prime, but settled on a low health quick thinking build on him instead. If I were to use him in arbi's, I'd probably use an umbral forma on him.

[Mooman]

Everyone forgets the weapon mods.

I'd suggest to wait as sentient based opponents (gas city and new war) and melee rework could make a big difference.

[Cylixx]

NOT VALKYR

DON'T PUT IT ON VALKYR

[TaintedLuck]

Originally posted by Mooman:

Everyone forgets the weapon mods.

I'd suggest to wait as sentient based opponents (gas city and new war) and melee rework could make a big difference.

they wernt forgotten they just arent that good sacrificial pressure point is only better than the standard one when maxed and paired with the crit mod, and while the extra damage to sentient enemies isnt bad however primed pressure point exists and obsoletes the umbral weapon mods

[Just Life]

Originally posted by Cylixx:

NOT VALKYR

DON'T PUT IT ON VALKYR

I agree, Valkyr does not need a Umbra Forma. Just 4 normal Forma is about enough to fit in all 3 Umbra Mods(not maxed, ranked 8-9) and all other mods for your build assuming you are using the Steel Charge Aura.

[jac.shArK]

personally i'd put it on frames that benefit from strength, health, and armor the most. frost, rhino etc.

[No_Quarter]

I'd wait, see how often do they plan to give Umbral Forma out.

Then make a decision because you may end up wasting it.

Currently I think Oberon Prime is objectively the best place to put it, Chroma Prime being a close tie. If there was Nidus Prime I would put it there, no brainer, but on Nidus.... it would suck when Prime comes out.
Rhino Prime is a pretty solid choice, he only needs 2 Umbral mods but you will have room for stronger mods on the side to get higher buff.

So wait, estimate how often we will get it, check which are next primes based on that and then decide.

there are 2 criterias:
1) warframes who benefit from at least 2 Umbral mods
2) what is the actual benefit from it for your build, like what will you get apart from extra HP and armor, can you maybe put in some stronger mods instead of ones you have, do those mods benefit your build and how much.
Like in case of Chroma Prime, it is marginal, you can already reach 900%+ damage buff, getting that extra +50% or so is nothing really. But if you love Chroma Prime you will love that extra number even if it's so tiny compared to actual buff.

Problem with exact choice is constant flow of new mods, you never know what is gonna make it into your builds.

So wait, new Gas City rework is "right around the corner" and it will bring new mods for sure.
Again, if each Nightwave gives us Umbral Forma then choice does not really matter.