Excalibur — Influence King
Endgame build. Electric energy color, Chromatic Blade, Melee Influence. Tiles explode. This is the Steel Path room-clear.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Steel Path, level cap melee, anyone who owns Melee Influence
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Don’t build this yet
First Sword first
This loadout sits at Endgame. 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 SwordWhy this build?
Endgame for Steel Path, level cap melee, anyone who owns Melee Influence
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Melee Influence plus Chromatic Electric is why Excalibur still deletes tiles in 2026.
- The waves apply status at range. You do not have to stand in every ribcage.
- If you do not own Influence yet, play Chromatic Blade as Heat / Viral and come back.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · players without Melee Influence
Specialised investment for hard content
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Exalted Blade (Electric) — Energy color Electric. Influence on the sword. Same melee grid as Chromatic, but every Electric status can pop the tile.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Sword
- New account or low investment → First Sword
- This is too much Forma / cost → Chromatic Blade — Optimised
My test
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
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- Required mods 0/18 · required — 0/18 named
- Forma 0/6 · required — 6 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: 6 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 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
Experimental. Interesting interaction — less proven or more demanding. Not the same as untested. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Plan
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 SwordThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
- NextGet Steel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- After that6 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterViolet · Melee crit damageHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalInfluence KingEndgame · Endgame · 6 Forma
Farm the gap
- Sword augments — Chromatic Blade · Radiant Finish · Furious Javelin · Surging Dash
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 3 Tauforged Violet · Melee crit damage — Influence pops, crits pay.Archon locked
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Status chance.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 Steel Charge
One named gap. Invasion / Nightwave
60 minutes
Steel Charge, 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 Steel Charge
Invasion / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You own Melee Influence and you went Electric.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Influence is on the exalted grid.
- First mission to practice in
- A packed Survival. Tiles should pop.
1 button drills · 22 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 3 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 5 done
Keep this up
Pop loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Appearance → energy color Electric. If it is red you will not proc Influence.
- 2Blind, 4, swing. Electric status lands. Influence pops the pack.
- 3Keep the combo counter up (Blood Rush). Rolling Guard if a Nox looks at you.
- 4This is Chromatic Blade with a specific color and a specific melee arcane. Do not mix Heat color in.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Flash, draw, pop
2 42, 4, swing. Electric status → tile explosion.
You will know it worked when: A blue pop across the pack.
Common mistakes
Heat color with Influence equipped
Wrong element. Appearance, Electric, save appearance.
When this feels easy
- 1Violet melee shardsCrit damage on the pops.
Parts checklist
0 of 22 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
25 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●excaliburframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Chromatic Bladeaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Umbral Intensifymod
- 7○Transient Fortitudemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Equilibriummod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Exalted Blade stancemod
- 12○Blood Rushmod
- 13○Weeping Woundsmod
- 14○Condition Overloadmod
- 15○Gladiator Mightmod
- 16○Organ Shattermod
- 17○Primed Fever Strikemod
- 18○Sacrificial Pressuremod
- 19○Primed Reachmod
- 20○Melee Influencearcane
- 21○Arcane Strikearcane
- 22○Violet · Melee crit damageshard
- 23○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 24○Steel Pathunlock
- 25○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
- Steel Charge
missing · Invasion / Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
- Chromatic Blade
missing · Arbiters / Steel Meridian · 25,000
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Umbral Intensifymissing · Finish The Sacrifice
Transient Fortitudemissing · Same vaults as Blind Rage
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
- Exalted Blade stance
missing · Exalted
- Blood Rush
missing · Red Veil / Steel Meridian
- Weeping Wounds
missing · The Index
- Condition Overload
missing · Orokin Derelict / trade
- Gladiator Might
missing · Arena / Arbitration
- Organ Shatter
missing · Enemy drops
- Primed Fever Strike
missing · Baro Ki'Teer
Viral pairing. Chromatic is Electric from color — Fever adds Toxin for Viral.
- Sacrificial Pressure
missing · The Sacrifice
- Primed Reach
missing · Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
- Melee Influence
missing · Deep Archimedea / trade
Listed on the sword grid too — it is the build. Electric Chromatic is the on-switch.
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
Warframe FINALLY made Excalibur META!
Exalted Blade after the 2025 buff. Chromatic Blade and Influence — skip pre-buff 'Excalibur is bad' videos.
Strength
~250% Chromatic status
Duration
155%
Range
145%
Influence needs Electric status. Chromatic at high Strength dumps it. Waves help apply.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 313%
- Duration
- 73%
- Range
- 100%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 54 / 69
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
- 17% × 5.00
- Status
- 36%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 59
- Arsenal DPS
- 561
Toggle common mods
Excalibur mods
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion
- ExilusPower DriftVaults
- 1Chromatic BladeArbiters / Steel Meridian · 25k
- 2Blind RageVaults
- 3Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
- 4Transient FortitudeVaults
- 5Primed FlowBaro
- 6EquilibriumThe New Strange
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults | |
| 1 | Chromatic Blade | Arbiters / Steel Meridian · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 3 | Umbral Intensify | The Sacrifice | |
| 4 | Transient Fortitude | Vaults | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 6 | Equilibrium | The New Strange | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Exalted Blade (Electric)
- StanceExalted Blade stance (innate)Exalted
- 1Blood RushSyndicates
- 2Weeping WoundsThe Index
- 3Condition OverloadDerelict / trade
- 4Gladiator MightArena
- 5Organ ShatterDrops
- 6Primed Fever StrikeViral pairing. Chromatic is Electric from color — Fever adds Toxin for Viral.Baro
- 7Sacrificial PressureThe Sacrifice
- 8Primed ReachBaro
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stance | Exalted Blade stance (innate) | Exalted | |
| 1 | Blood Rush | Syndicates | |
| 2 | Weeping Wounds | The Index | |
| 3 | Condition Overload | Derelict / trade | |
| 4 | Gladiator Might | Arena | |
| 5 | Organ Shatter | Drops | |
| 6 | Primed Fever Strike Viral pairing. Chromatic is Electric from color — Fever adds Toxin for Viral. | Baro | |
| 7 | Sacrificial Pressure | The Sacrifice | |
| 8 | Primed Reach | Baro |
Arcanes
Melee Influence
Listed on the sword grid too — it is the build. Electric Chromatic is the on-switch.
Deep Archimedea / trade
Arcane Strike
Attack speed. Waves fire faster.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Violet · Melee crit damageInfluence pops, crits pay.3 Tauforged · EDA - 2
Crimson · StrengthStatus chance.2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violet · Melee crit damage Influence pops, crits pay. | 3 Tauforged | EDA | |
| 2 | Crimson · Strength Status chance. | 2 | Netracells |