Follie · Loadouts

Follie by progress

Progression path first. Specialist cards after. Each progression card is the peak you can run at that rung — not a second identity.

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Progression path

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

First Ink

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Follie, learning Inkblot

Self Portrait is DR. Forced Perspective is a panic teleport with a cleanse. Shadowgraph starts as barrels and traps. Plein Air can wait.

Follie is an ink controller. Portrait is the survive button. Shadowgraph is the unique gun. Perspective is the panic / detonator.

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: 3/5 En
Mob: 4/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Ink — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Self Portrait is DR. Forced Perspective is a panic teleport with a cleanse. Shadowgraph starts as barrels and traps. Plein Air can wait. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Follie is an ink controller. Portrait is the survive button. Shadowgraph is the unique gun. Perspective is the panic / detonator.

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: 4/5 En
Mob: 4/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Balloon Drop — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Balloon Drop — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Plein Air lifts, strips, Inkblot. Pop the balloons for fall damage that splashes the tile. Strength hits the strip breakpoint. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Plein Air is Follie's grouping plus strip. Most guides Helminth it. This config keeps it on purpose.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Balloon Drop — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Balloon Drop — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Plein Air lifts, strips, Inkblot. Pop the balloons for fall damage that splashes the tile. Strength hits the strip breakpoint. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Plein Air is Follie's grouping plus strip. Most guides Helminth it. This config keeps it on purpose.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 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: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Balloon Drop — Endgame.

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Balloon Drop — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Packed tiles, the 'I actually press 4' Follie, grouping into Portrait puddles

Plein Air lifts, strips, Inkblot. Pop the balloons for fall damage that splashes the tile. Strength hits the strip breakpoint.

Plein Air is Follie's grouping plus strip. Most guides Helminth it. This config keeps it on purpose.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 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: 3/5 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.

Specialist builds

Not part of the path

Same frame, different job. These are not missing rungs — they are optional identities once the path feels easy.

Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceDefenseShards optional

Sitting Model

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Defense, endurance, people who picked Follie to not die

Self Portrait as a growing DR effigy. Kills in the puddle fatten it toward the cap. Adaptation, Blessing, 485 HP. You are the painting.

Self Portrait is Follie's Helminth gift to other frames at a 75% DR cap. On Follie it grows toward 90% if you feed it.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 3 shards · 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: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 5/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Balloon Drop — Endgame.

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

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathFarmingShards optional

Full Wheel

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path general, Disruption / Alchemy cheese, the 'this is why she exists' config

Rank 30 wheel. Arc Traps, Explosive Barrels, Thermian RPG, Death Orb, Corralizer. You play Follie like a gadgeteer.

Shadowgraph is the reason Follie is not 'another DR frame.' The wheel is the identity.

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: 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.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Ink Storm

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: People who hated diving, crowded tiles, a caster-flavored Follie

Tempest Barrage over Forced Perspective. You keep Portrait, the wheel, and Plein Air. Barrage groups and chips while you plant traps.

Contract identity: Tempest over 1. You keep the wheel. That is the correct Helminth slot if you refuse to dump 2 or 3.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Tempest Barrage (Hydroid)) · 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: 3/5 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.