Saryn Guidance?

[Toxic Dreamz]

Im new to the game and I've just gotten my second frame Saryn. Now what the hell am I supposed to do with her? I've tried looking online but apparently she got nerfed/buffed/reworked recently into something completely different and I dont know what the hell is going on.

Her 1 doesnt seem to do anything
Her 2 I get is a decoy
Her 3 adds poison to her melee attacks?
Her 4 doesnt't seem to do ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ for me

Can someone please guide me on how I should play? Are there certain weapons or mods I should be using? Again I'm still very new so please don't crucify me.

[Asphe]

There are mods that decrease duration, range, strength and efficiency.

http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Orokin_Derelict

Look at the Orokin Vault part.

[Cypher]

Warning: Long post.

I use Saryn with a lacera built for radiation+toxin with the elemental status mods and primed reach. This lets her make a lot of sweeping strikes that cause confusion and DoT to afflicted enemies in a wide area in front of her. Saryn's Miasma does increased damage(200% if either toxin or viral are applied to the targets, 300% if both, Molt will also explode if miasma is used near it and do additional damage based on how much health the decoy had left when it was deotonated) based on certain situations.

Those mods aren't exactly easy to come by for new players, but it's something to work towards. Regenerative Molt is also handy since it lets you drop a decoy and run like hell while your health regenerates.

Power rundown:

Spore(formerly known as Venom) inflicts viral status and damage so affected enemies will have their maximum health cut in half. The spores placed on enemies can be spread by shooting them or by melee attacking them while Toxic Lash is active.

Toxic lash adds toxic damage to your melee weapon(lacera is a good choice due to it being a pure elemental weapon with long range and an extremely high status chance,) and increases the amount of damage you can reduce by blocking with your melee weapon. You'll also regenerate 2 energy per enemy you melee attack under the influence of spore. Spore + Toxic Lash can spread both viral and toxin to a crowd, especially with a wide-reaching melee that can hit multiple targets.

Molt is just that, an instant-cast decoy that can be used for quick escapes or to heal if you have regenerative molt. Take note that you can also cast spore on your decoy from afar and enemies will get spore'd if they attack it. If you're ready to drop the nuke, you can try placing a decoy near the crowd you're about to melt to boost damage further.

Miasma is a finishing move for all the shenanigans you've been doing thus far. It's a lot of setting up to maximize the amount of damage you'll inflict and that's why some people hate it.
You can also do the low duration method but you're basically gimping Saryn's ability to spam status effects all over the place in favor of a nuke that falls off pretty hard in the lategame, though it may help in low to mid level ranges.

tl;dr - Saryn is really dependent on setting up combos and power synergy, oftentimes while doing this some guy with a rocket launcher will come in and clean everything out before you can get your combo fully set, sometimes in teams it's better to just focus on spreading spores around(viral status is insanely useful.)

[Ridаn]

Most simple How to Saryn, no advanced stuff:
1) Build for range and duration, so a single cast of spores covers up a whole map in a dozen seconds and never goes away.
2) Get Ignis and mod it for gas and status. Gas causes toxin procs, which supercharge your spores.
3) Enemy armour is you bane. Pay no attention for tick damage, everyones HP is already cut in half.
4) Have fun.

[Ruvik]

Search Tatical Potato Saryn build on youtube

[Toxic Dreamz]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von YZR-13:

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Very well done post, thank you a lot. So far I am really enjoying the character now thanks to the posts made here, I think I will try and get a long range melee weapon like yours :)

[Toxic Dreamz]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ridаn:

Most simple How to Saryn, no advanced stuff:
1) Build for range and duration, so a single cast of spores covers up a whole map in a dozen seconds and never goes away.
2) Get Ignis and mod it for gas and status. Gas causes toxin procs, which supercharge your spores.
3) Enemy armour is you bane. Pay no attention for tick damage, everyones HP is already cut in half.
4) Have fun.

Thanks for the short to the point reply, helps a lot friend!

[Toxic Dreamz]

Both the Lacera and Ignis aren't available for me, I'm only Rank 3 by the way :(

Any other long range weapons you guys can recommend?

[Kromblite]

Here's a tip from a Saryn main- that Toxic Flight exilus mod is fantastic for her. See, if you bullet-jump next to a spore'd enemy, it will immediately spread those spores AND grant them a toxic proc. Very useful, requires no ammo or energy, and is super quick and easy to do.

Range and duration are important, as Ridan says, and it's also good to have power strength. Tick damage is actually not bad when you have power strength, but more importantly, that power strength will really help your regenerating molt.

Regenerating molt is an augment mod for your molt that basically lets you heal yourself while redirecting enemy fire. It is great for keeping you alive, and when doing mid to high level missions, you'll wonder how you ever survived without it.

Saryn is really fun and can pull off some wonderful damage numbers as long as you're ok with being patient for them.

[crowbarzero]

Concealed explosives on hikou.
But to be honest, at rank 3 you probably don't have the mods to really power build her. Your best bet is to focus on +range and + duration (keep the viral/half life debuff and self buffs on longer) and efficiency.
Is she good? Even with a fairly forma'ed set up, I find nova does better with MP than the viral proc. Maybe best vs infested or corpus, but even then I'd rather bring ember or mag respectively to each.

[Alpha]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D4Gamerz:

Both the Lacera and Ignis aren't available for me, I'm only Rank 3 by the way :(

Any other long range weapons you guys can recommend?

Primary: Any shotgun will do for the time until you get Ignis or Tonkor
Seconday: Hikou (Prime). Base version is fine until you get to farm the prime. Get (i.e. farm or trade) the concealed explosives mod. This alone will carry you through 40 minutes of T4 survival.
Melee: Atterax (MR 2 whip, bp from the market) has insane range.

[Ridаn]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von D4Gamerz:

Both the Lacera and Ignis aren't available for me, I'm only Rank 3 by the way :(

Any other long range weapons you guys can recommend?

You`re just one rank away from Hek - very nice shotgun, which performs great at close and medium range.
For melee weapon I`d grab a Tonbo (if you have access to clan research), its great range, giant slam radius, high status chance and very good base damage makes for a great weapon for Saryn, in my opinion.