Warframe · Baruuk Prime

Beware the fury of the truly patient.

Baruuk boasts survivability and crowd control. Pushed beyond his restraint, he unleashes the storm within.

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Baruuk: Perfected | The BEST Melee Frame I Never Used...

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Update 24.2 (18 Dec 2018) · Vox Solaris standing on Fortuna. MR No mastery lock. Sprint 1.20.

Works on base Baruuk and Baruuk Prime. Polarities differ; the mods on these cards do not require Prime.

By stage

Pick where you are

Just bought from Eudico

Patience

Learn the meter.

Steel Path

Reactive Storm — Endgame

Reactive Storm.

Level cap fists

Red Wind

Wrathful over Lull.

Stand on the point

99 Percent

DR stacking.

Energy / Viral

Nourished Wind

Nourish over Lull.

The kit

Empty the meter. Then the storm.

Elude

Dodge all projectiles while you are not attacking.

Lull

Sleep wave. Waking enemies are confused. Dumps Restraint.

Desolate Hands

Orbiting daggers. Disarm, DR, Restraint.

Serene Storm

Exalted Desert Wind fists. Waves with infinite punch-through.

Loadouts

Five builds

All builds

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

Patience

Learn the frame.

Best for: Learning Restraint, Star Chart, first Baruuk

Elude, Lull, Desolate Hands. Empty the Restraint meter before you ever press 4.

Baruuk is a meter frame. Pressing 4 at full Restraint is a wet noodle.

Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Patience — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

Patience — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Elude, Lull, Desolate Hands. Empty the Restraint meter before you ever press 4. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Baruuk is a meter frame. Pressing 4 at full Restraint is a wet noodle.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Reactive Storm — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Reactive Storm — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

Desert Wind adapts damage type and gains a mountain of status chance. This is Baruuk. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Reactive Storm is the augment. Impact becomes the enemy's weakness and status chance explodes.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Reactive Storm — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Reactive Storm — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

Desert Wind adapts damage type and gains a mountain of status chance. This is Baruuk. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Reactive Storm is the augment. Impact becomes the enemy's weakness and status chance explodes.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Reactive Storm — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Reactive Storm — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, general use, the fists people came for

Desert Wind adapts damage type and gains a mountain of status chance. This is Baruuk.

Reactive Storm is the augment. Impact becomes the enemy's weakness and status chance explodes.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame5–6 FormaEndgameExperimentalLevel capHelminthShards optional

Red Wind

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Level cap fists, people who already know how to dump Restraint without Lull

Wrathful Advance over Lull. Flat crit chance equal to Strength. Desert Wind goes red.

This is the 2025–2026 red-crit Baruuk.

Investment: 6 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Wrathful Advance (Kullervo)) · 1 shard · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Experimental — Interesting interaction — less proven or more demanding. Not the same as untested.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Steel Path4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceDisruptionDefenseShards optional

99 Percent

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense, Disruption, people who want fists and immortality

Empty Restraint, 8 daggers, Storm, Adaptation. You take less damage than most health tanks.

The DR math is the meme and it is real.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Reactive Storm — Optimised.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceDefenseHelminthShards optional

Nourished Wind

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Energy-hungry Storm spam, Viral primer-less tiles

Nourish over Lull. Viral fists, energy from orbs, Hands still dump Restraint.

If Lull's sleep annoys your squad (Defense speed), Nourish is the polite subsume.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel)) · 1 shard · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

First week

Starter rotation

Don't

Key mistakes

Pressing 4 at full Restraint
You will think Baruuk is weak. Empty the bar.
Letting daggers expire
Your DR just left.
Building combo on waves
Waves do not add combo. Hit something with the actual fist or a gunblade tap.