What Arcanes are worth buying or grinding?

[CazadorDeLobo]

I dunno if I should grind Eidolons for X weeks to try and max a decent arcane without even knowing the meta for them! Which do I look for? Which do I buy? Are they even essential to completing "end-game" stuff?

[Oorslavich]

Guardian is basically necessary for any frame, especially for those with low innate armour.

Grace is good but not necessary (there are alternatives). Energise is very good, but a little overrated IMO.

What I did was sell a few R0 energises and buy a Guardian set. Leftover plat can be used for whatever.

Guardian is pretty cheap for a full set, so you really only need 1 or 2 Grace or energise to afford it.

[TheTool]

Originally posted by Урславич:

Guardian is basically necessary for any frame, especially for those with low innate armour.

Grace is good but not necessary (there are alternatives). Energise is very good, but a little overrated IMO.

What I did was sell a few R0 energises and buy a Guardian set. Leftover plat can be used for whatever.

Guardian is pretty cheap for a full set, so you really only need 1 or 2 Grace or energise to afford it.

+1

[vid23]

Guardian - ~300, Barrier - ~450, Energize - ~2000, thats probably the 3 most used arcane

[Kobrakai]

The fire rate arcanes are good, especially arcane velocity if you play mesa.

Arcane nullifier is also good for the eidolon fights themselves.

[GunsForBucks]

Amp arcane - Virtuous Strike

Operator Arcanes - Magus Vigor and Magus Husk

I would say these are the basics and then swap in others as desired / works with playstyle.
I changed my Vigor to Anomaly for melee builds for example.

Warframe Arcanes can change quite a bit depending on job.

[No_Quarter]

Arcane Strike too.

I do not think it is worth it to BUY Arcane Energize or Grace, those are overpriced for what they do.

Arcane Guardian is what will help you with many frames, and as suggested and fire rate/attack speed will help you do more damage, or even those like Arcane Rage or Precision that give you damage bonus after headshots.

[No_Quarter]

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Operator Arcanes - Magus Vigor.

Magus Repair

[GunsForBucks]

Originally posted by No_Quarter:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Operator Arcanes - Magus Vigor.

Magus Repair

As I said it comes down to playstyle after the basics... lifestrike or a pizza can do the same and leave you with another option for an arcane.

[GunsForBucks]

Originally posted by No_Quarter:

Arcane Strike too.

I do not think it is worth it to BUY Arcane Energize or Grace, those are overpriced for what they do.

Arcane Guardian is what will help you with many frames, and as suggested and fire rate/attack speed will help you do more damage, or even those like Arcane Rage or Precision that give you damage bonus after headshots.

I wouldn't pay for any arcane personally.. but I enjoy the Eidolon fights... I don't mind working for it... not like I don't have time to kill or I wouldn't be here to begin with.

[No_Quarter]

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Originally posted by No_Quarter:

Magus Repair

As I said it comes down to playstyle after the basics... lifestrike or a pizza can do the same and leave you with another option for an arcane.

hard to say Life Strike is as valuable as Magus Repair heals your team too.

But does come down to playstyle, just think that Repair is the best arcane overall as sacrificing your melee build for Life Strike is way worse.

And pizza's cost to make and Repair is infinite.

But again, playstyle

[Sceles]

Guardian, Energize

Grace is good on Inaros and Chroma but not very useful on other frames.

Aegis keeps you alive really well while doing Hydron, etc. (anything lower lvl)

[CazadorDeLobo]

I have done fine with no arcanes so far so just another thing to not grind for I guess.

[Walrus-Sama]

Some Arcane's are generally good for most frames, some are good for a few specific frames.

Guardian, Avenger, Energize: Any frame.

Grace: Inaros, Nidus, Nezha, Chroma.

Aegis: Mesa, Trinity, Nezha, Gara.

Trickery: Ash.

Velocity: Mesa, Titania.

Fury: Excalibur, Baruuk, Valkyr.

[Russian Doggo]

In a game where going fast is one of the things you do constantly, Arcane Consequence is surprisingly underrated.

[Hawk]

Originally posted by Урславич:

Guardian is pretty cheap for a full set, so you really only need 1 or 2 Grace or energise to afford it.

1000+ plat for just 1 is cheap? it must be nice to be rich.