Banshee — First Ping
Starter build. Sonar paints weak spots. Silence shuts Eximus up. Sound Quake is not your nuke anymore.
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Star Chart, first Banshee, learning the ping
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Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Banshee, learning the ping
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Sonar is one of the best damage buffs in the game. It multiplies, and it stacks.
- Banshee is paper. Silence is the CC that keeps you alive.
- Sound Quake hasn't been a nuke for years. Don't build around it.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · ability-nuke as the damage
0 Forma, basic mods, no Helminth or shards required
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Primary — Any gun. Shoot the glowing weak spots Sonar puts on enemies. That is a 5x multiplier at base Strength, stacking if you recast.
My test
Did this still work for you?
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/1 · required — 1 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: 1 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
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Your next step
Open First Ping — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Ping — Star ChartPlan
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
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalFirst PingStarter · Starter · 0–1 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Ping — Star Chart
Sonar paints weak spots. Silence shuts Eximus up. Sound Quake is not your nuke anymore. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Ping — Star ChartFarm the gap
- Sound augments — Resonance · Sonic Fracture · Savage Silence
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Ping faster.Archon 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
You copied her from the Dojo and have never seen a Sonar spot.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify and Stretch are enough to see the glow.
- First mission to practice in
- Any Exterminate. Pause when you see the first painted enemy.
3 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
Ping loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Sonar (2) every pack. Shoot the glowing bit.
- 2Silence (3) when something loud or Eximus walks in.
- 3Sonic Boom (1) to knock and shove.
- 4Do not channel Sound Quake (4) on Steel Path. Helminth it later.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Press 2 at a doorway
2Enemies get a glowing patch. That patch is x5 damage at base Strength.
You will know it worked when: A loud ping. Colored weak spots on bodies.
- 2
Shoot only the glow
Center mass is a trap. The multiplier is the spot.
- 3
Silence an Eximus
33. Their ability aura dies.
Common mistakes
Channeling 4
You will die on the floor shaking the tile for no damage.
When this feels easy
- 1ResonanceKills on the spot recast Sonar. You stop babysitting 2.
Parts checklist
0 of 11 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
13 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○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Resonanceaugment
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 13○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
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Resonancemissing · Red Veil / New Loka · 25,000
Killing a weak spot recasts Sonar. Buy this as soon as you can.
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~145%
Duration
155%
Range
145%
Sonar multiplies damage on the painted part. Recast to stack more spots.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 145%
- Duration
- 130%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +150%
- Capacity
- 41 / 67
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 / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityDrops
- 3StretchDrops
- 4StreamlineDrops
- 5FlowDrops
- 6VitalityDrops
- 7ResonanceKilling a weak spot recasts Sonar. Buy this as soon as you can.Red Veil / New Loka · 25k
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Continuity | Drops | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Drops | |
| 7 | Resonance Killing a weak spot recasts Sonar. Buy this as soon as you can. | Red Veil / New Loka · 25k |
Primary
Any gun. Shoot the glowing weak spots Sonar puts on enemies. That is a 5x multiplier at base Strength, stacking if you recast.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Optional. Sonar is not that hungry.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedPing faster.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Ping faster. | 1 | Archon Hunt |