Chroma elements

[Firefly FRV]

Which element is the best for chroma if you want high sustain in the current meta? Fire or ice?

[massgunner32]

I'd say fire since you have armor already and the heatlh gained can be used as healing.

[pavig]

Ice is the generally prefered meta build for eidolons etc. There are other frames that work a lot better as healer/support than chroma so fire tends to be less used. Meta is for wimps though, so run what you prefer. :)

[H3X]

Depends on the faction really to be honest. Chroma's Ice lets him passively deflect projectiles on top of the armor increase so it's useful for Grineer and Corpus more than infested, although Fire giving a health bump helps negate some of the toxin stacking high tier infested can put out as well as dealing a small amount of AoE damage when they close in.

In either case until you hit pretty high levels in endless it doesn't matter too much if you have a fairly decent build overall. Unless you're dumping range entirely to make him stronger then I'd usually use what will buff the team in the most efficient way and stay grouped relatively close.

[Firefly FRV]

ok thanks guys

[Softshine798]

The elements only affect the damage of Chroma's 1,2, and 4, zero effect of his 3 afaik.
1 and 4 just changes the type of elemental damage it deals, where for his 3, along with the damage, it changes the effect of the ward. Ice increases armor, heat increases health, electricity increases shields, and toxin increases reload/holster speed.

[BiggieJohn]

There are other elements besides ice for chroma???

Go ice.

[massgunner32]

Originally posted by BiggieJohn:

There are other elements besides ice for chroma???

Go ice.

Fire, because you know, you need that extra health to build his vex armor, is kinda unnecesary to beef a tank even more.

[Tweed]

Ice ice baby forever.

[MotherVicar]

Gotta love any chroma player that goes for Toxin, makes them unique.

[Watermelons]

Originally posted by massgunner32:

I'd say fire since you have armor already and the heatlh gained can be used as healing.

Yeah, this was my reasoning for taking Heat on my Eidolon Chroma. Sure, we'll always have a healer, but I've got the armor already and increasing my health pool will just be extra space for my Vex Armor stuff to grow from. Don't need to depend on the tankiness buff of Cold when that's the case.

[فاطمة]

fire element with Physicue would be good for a Vex chroma.

[ConsumerOfProducts]

Electricity is very good imo.You become really good against Corpus and while Ice just slows down the speed of damage taken,electricity completely stops it.You get extra sheilds from your elemental ward,which when combined with your vex armor, can increase your armor gain a lot.And inturn, you get less damage to health.But vex armor increases weapon damage whenever you take damage,not when you take a certain amount.So you will gain more weapon damage before getting low.You also look like Godzilla which is the biggest plus for me.Ice is for meta slaves.

[Firefly FRV]

Originally posted by Zenyeeta:

Electricity is very good imo.You become really good against Corpus and while Ice just slows down the speed of damage taken,electricity completely stops it.You get extra sheilds from your elemental ward,which when combined with your vex armor, can increase your armor gain a lot.And inturn, you get less damage to health.But vex armor increases weapon damage whenever you take damage,not when you take a certain amount.So you will gain more weapon damage before getting low.You also look like Godzilla which is the biggest plus for me.Ice is for meta slaves.

lol you're about one year and seven months too late, my friend. But thanks for the help nonetheless.