Caliban — Gyre Gate
Steel Path build. Razor Gyre as a shield gate machine. Summulysts for extra shields. You are a spinning battery.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Shield-gating fans, people who like 1 as a survivability button
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Shield-gating fans, people who like 1 as a survivability button
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Gyre is the survivability kit. People skip it and then call Caliban squishy.
- Summulysts are the support summon. Ortholysts are the DPS summon. Pick.
- Catalyzing Shields is usually a bait on Prime — his gate is already long.
Don’t use this for: content this card does not name
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Summulysts — Hold 3 to Summulysts — they spawn Choralysts and extra shield regen for the squad. Less DPS than Ortholysts, more gate.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Brood
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Brood — Star Chart
My test
Did this still work for you?
Your note, in this browser. Separate from Codex verification — the stamp on the card is editorial, this is yours.
Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- 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 — 0/2 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: Razor Mortar — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Razor Mortar — 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 Brief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAzure · ShieldHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalGyre GateSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Razor Mortar — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Razor Mortar — OptimisedHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Azure · Shield — Bigger gateArchon 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 Brief Respite
One named gap. The Index / Nightwave
60 minutes
Brief Respite, 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 Brief Respite
The Index / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You like spinning and not dying.
- Time to a playable copy
- After you notice Gyre refills shields.
- First mission to practice in
- A loud Survival. Watch the shield gate.
2 button drills · 12 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
Gate loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Summulysts (3) for squad shields.
- 2Gyre (1) every time shields crack — hits refund health, shields, energy.
- 3Strike if you still want strip.
- 4Rolling Guard if a status sneaks in.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Summulysts
3Hold 3 to the support summon. Tap.
- 2
Gyre on cooldown when cracked
1Hits restore the gate. Don't wait to be downed.
Common mistakes
Gyre with no enemies
Refunds need hits. Spin through people.
When this feels easy
- 1Don't Catalyzing-Shields this on PrimeHis gate is already long. Gyre is the refill.
Parts checklist
0 of 12 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
15 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●calibanframe
- 2○Brief Respitemod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Overextendedmod
- 7○Primed Flowmod
- 8○Redirectionmod
- 9○Rolling Guardmod
- 10○Primed Continuitymod
- 11○Arcane Aegisarcane
- 12○Arcane Barrierarcane
- 13○Azure · Shieldshard
- 14○Steel Pathunlock
- 15○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
- Brief Respite
missing · The Index / Nightwave
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Overextendedmissing · Orokin Vaults
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Redirection
missing · Drops
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~180% (Gyre heal/shields scale)
Duration
130%
Range
175% Gyre radius
Caliban Prime already has a long shield gate. Gyre refills before it matters.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 139%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 250%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 50 / 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
Caliban mods
- AuraBrief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua
- 1Blind RageVaults
- 2StretchDrops
- 3OverextendedVaults
- 4Primed FlowBaro
- 5RedirectionDrops
- 6Rolling GuardArbitrations
- 7Primed ContinuityBaro
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Brief Respite | The Index / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 2 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 3 | Overextended | Vaults | |
| 4 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 5 | Redirection | Drops | |
| 6 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations | |
| 7 | Primed Continuity | Baro |
Summulysts
Hold 3 to Summulysts — they spawn Choralysts and extra shield regen for the squad. Less DPS than Ortholysts, more gate.
Arcanes
Arcane Aegis
Shields
Cetus
Arcane Barrier
More shield gating
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Azure · ShieldBigger gate1 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure · Shield Bigger gate | 1 | Netracells |