Caliban — Tau Strip
Optimised build. 200% Strength Fusion Strike. A lingering strip zone. Conculysts copy the beams.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Armored tiles, people who want Caliban as a walking Corrosive Projection
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Don’t build this yet
First Brood first
This loadout sits at Optimised. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.
Open First BroodWhy this build?
Optimised for Armored tiles, people who want Caliban as a walking Corrosive Projection
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Fusion Strike is still a full strip at 200%. That did not die in the rework.
- The field is the value, not the explosion damage.
- Ortholyst Mortar is more DPS. This config is the stripper.
Don’t use this for: content this card does not name
Helminth, shards, and a finished configuration
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Conculysts — If you summon Conculysts instead of Ortholysts, they copy Fusion Strike at half damage. Strip plus extra beams.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Brood
- This is too much Forma / cost → Razor Mortar — Steel Path
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 0/4 · required — 4 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: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods. Typical farm ~4–6 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 — Endgame
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Razor Mortar — EndgamePlan
Today → next → later
Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.
- TodayPlay First BroodThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
- NextGet Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- After that4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalTau StripOptimised · Endgame · 4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Razor Mortar — Endgame
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Razor Mortar — EndgameHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Crimson · Strength — 200% stripArchon 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 want a strip zone more than a summoner.
- Time to a playable copy
- After the Arsenal shows 200% Strength.
- First mission to practice in
- Grineer SP. Watch armor bars.
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
Strip loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Conculysts (3) if you want copy-Strikes.
- 2Gyre for shields.
- 3Fusion Strike (4) on the clump. Stand in the field. Armor dies as they walk in.
- 4Wrath if you want the lift too.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Check Strength
200%. If not, don't play this config yet.
- 2
Strike the chokepoint
4The field strips as they walk in.
Common mistakes
Precision Intensify on a Gyre-spam config
It buffs 4. That's why this is the Strike config.
When this feels easy
- 1Conculyst copyMelee summons repeat 4. Cute and real.
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○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Precision Intensifymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Overextendedmod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Energizearcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Overextendedmissing · Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
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Strength
200% exactly is the strip cap people build to
Duration
130%
Range
175%+ beam length and field
Overextended plus Strength mods / shards. Precision Intensify can snapshot 4.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 229%
- 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
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua
- 1Blind RageVaults
- 2Precision IntensifySnapshots Fusion Strike Strength.Circuit / DA
- 3StretchDrops
- 4OverextendedVaults
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro
- 6Primed FlowBaro
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 2 | Precision Intensify Snapshots Fusion Strike Strength. | Circuit / DA | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Overextended | Vaults | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Conculysts
If you summon Conculysts instead of Ortholysts, they copy Fusion Strike at half damage. Strip plus extra beams.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength
Zariman
Arcane Energize
Strike is expensive
Eidolon
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · Strength200% strip2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength 200% strip | 2 | Netracells |