Mods that counter a mechanical / utility weakness of your chosen weapon (i.e.

Always put them in first and you will see a noticeably difference in power.

Mods that flat out increase damage such as Serration (Rifles), Hornet Strike (Pistols), Point Blank (Shotguns), Pressure Point (Melee) are always a preferable choice over any other mod.

When modding any weapon, keep in mind the following rules (in the following priority-order): You can learn more about ranking up your mods in my warframe beginners guide.

Your weapons will also level up increase their mod capacity, which is why you should regularly revisit the arsenal screen to keep your weapons “up to date” with new or higher-ranked mods. 🙂 A basic modding example:Īs you progress through the first missions you will find a lot of new primary (rifle), secondary (pistol) and melee mods.

A lot of the weapons in this game are viable, so feel free to experiment with whatever you like. Long story short: it’s good to always have a specific weapon with optimized mods against a particular faction in your arsenal. This will mean that you might need to upgrade to a higher tier, usually separated by the mastery rank you gain. With few exceptions you can use every weapon against any faction if you have the right mods attached to it, but there is no weapon or mod combination that works best in all cases.Įventually the base damage of a weapon will hinder its usefulness against higher level enemies. when enemies attack from afar or in huge groups). While each weapon is usable against all enemy factions, some excel against a particular type of enemy or in a specific situation (i.e. This will become particularly noteworthy as you enter the “Void” levels and higher systems, which are considered the “endgame” of Warframe.Īs a rule of thumb: If you need more than half a magazine to kill an enemy, there is something seriously wrong with either your weapon or (more likely) the mods in it. Ignoring to mod your weapons altogether or modding them wrong will eventually make you hit an “artificial” difficulty-wall, as your weapons start to fall off in damage against higher level enemies. As you score kills with a weapon it levels up and grants you additional capacity for mods.Ĭonfused? Don’t worry, the damage model and preferrable mod choices will be described in further detail below. All your weapons (and warfames) have base damage stats, but start at level 0 of 30, meaning that they feature no mod capacity and thus do very little damage.

Before you go on reading about the weapons in this article, keep in mind that the damage model in Warframe is quite sophisticated.

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