Banshee — Sonic Fracture
Steel Path build. Sonic Boom becomes an armor strip. Sonar still multiplies the now-naked target.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Grineer, Liches, anyone who wants strip without a Helminth
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Grineer, Liches, anyone who wants strip without a Helminth
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Two augments, both from the same syndicates.
- This is the 'I don't want to subsume' strip Banshee.
- Resonance still does more damage than Fracture. Use both.
Don’t use this for: players without Helminth · ability-nuke as the damage
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Primary — Shoot the Sonar spot after the strip. That's the whole trick.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Ping
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Ping — Star Chart
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/3 · required — 3 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Medium confidence. A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Herald of Death — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Herald of Death — OptimisedPlan
Today → next → later
Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.
- NextGet Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalSonic FractureSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Herald of Death — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Herald of Death — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Sound augments — Resonance · Sonic Fracture · Savage Silence
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Strip breakpoint + SonarArchon locked
Tonight
What is actually up
30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.
30 minutes
Farm Corrosive Projection
One named gap. Open Nightwave
60 minutes
Corrosive Projection, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
One Archon Hunt
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.
- Farm Corrosive Projection
Open Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
No Helminth. You still want strip.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Sonic Fracture.
- First mission to practice in
- Grineer Exterminate.
2 button drills · 11 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 3 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 4 done
Keep this up
Strip loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Sonic Boom (1) the pack — armor gone.
- 2Sonar (2). Shoot the glow.
- 3Silence (3) as always.
- 44 remains Helminth bait.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Boom the pack
1Armor bars should drop.
- 2
Ping and shoot
Naked plus Sonar is the multiplier.
Common mistakes
Booming from too far
It's a cone. Walk up.
When this feels easy
- 1Keep ResonanceFracture is the 1. Resonance is still the 2.
Parts checklist
0 of 11 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
14 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●bansheeframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Sonic Fractureaugment
- 5○Resonanceaugment
- 6○Blind Ragemod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Umbral Intensifymod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 13○Steel Pathunlock
- 14○Archon Hunts (shards optional)unlock
Depends on
What this loadout needs
Required is a gate. Recommended is a ceiling. Optional is a later farm — don’t stall the card for it.
Required
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Resonancemissing · Red Veil / New Loka · 25,000
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Umbral Intensifymissing · Finish The Sacrifice
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Optional
Strength
enough for full Sonic Fracture strip
Duration
155%
Range
145%+
Fracture strip scales with Strength. Hit the breakpoint, then stack Sonar.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 258%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- base
- Capacity
- 49 / 67
1 Umbral piece
Weapon HUD
Arsenal numbers
Base × damage mods × crit expectation × fire rate × multishot. No faction, no quantization. Galvanized kill stacks are a slider, not assumed.
- Damage
- 35
- Crit
- 12% × 2.00
- Status
- 26%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 39
- Arsenal DPS
- 376
Toggle common mods
Banshee mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusPower DriftVaults
- 1Sonic FractureSonic Boom strips armor.Red Veil / New Loka · 25k
- 2ResonanceRed Veil / New Loka · 25k
- 3Blind RageVaults
- 4StretchDrops
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro
- 6Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults | |
| 1 | Sonic Fracture Sonic Boom strips armor. | Red Veil / New Loka · 25k | |
| 2 | Resonance | Red Veil / New Loka · 25k | |
| 3 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 4 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 6 | Umbral Intensify | The Sacrifice | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Primary
Shoot the Sonar spot after the strip. That's the whole trick.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength for strip and Sonar
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthStrip breakpoint + Sonar2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Strip breakpoint + Sonar | 2 | Netracells |