Warframe · Gyre Prime

Turn the buff on. Never let it die. The room sparks.

A dancing coil of gilded lightning. Gyre's Cathode Grace feeds on kills, her Rotorswell turns crits into chain lightning, and Coil Horizon drags the tile into the field. Drop the buff and you wait. Don't drop the buff.

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This Gyre NUKES Warframe ENDGAME!

MHBlacky. Cathode Grace plus Rotorswell. The lazy electric nuke.

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Update 31.5 (27 Apr 2022) · Angels of the Zariman · Prime 10 Dec 2025 (The Old Peace). MR No mastery lock. Sprint 1. Madurai · Vazarin.

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

By stage

Pick where you are

Just crafted

First Spark

Learn Cathode uptime.

Steel Path

Cathode Current — Endgame

Cathode Current + Rotorswell.

Want a well

Horizon Well

Coil Recharge + Conductive Sphere.

Need to live

Slow Coil

Gloom over Arcsphere.

Gun Gyre

Crit Battery

Roar over 1. Cathode is the buff.

The kit

Cathode on, Rotor on, never drop 3

Arcsphere

A bouncing electric globe. Conductive Sphere makes shooting through it illegal. Common Helminth dump.

Coil Horizon

A bouncing implosion ball. Recast to detonate. Coil Recharge yanks it back.

Cathode Grace

Crit chance plus energy regen. Kills extend it. Recast is on a cooldown. Do not drop it.

Rotorswell

An electric field on Gyre. Crits dump chain discharges. Current makes kills dump them too.

Loadouts

Five builds

All builds

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

First Spark

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Gyre, learning Cathode uptime

Cathode Grace on. Kill something. It extends. Rotorswell shocks people who stand near you. Coil Horizon is a grouping ball.

Cathode Grace is Gyre. If it drops, you are a squishy dancer with a cooldown. Keep killing.

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

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Spark — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Cathode Grace on. Kill something. It extends. Rotorswell shocks people who stand near you. Coil Horizon is a grouping ball. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Cathode Grace is Gyre. If it drops, you are a squishy dancer with a cooldown. Keep killing.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Cathode Current — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Cathode Current plus Rotorswell. Kills extend both and dump extra discharges. You never let 3 drop. This is 2026 Gyre. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Cathode Current is why Rotorswell stays up and why rooms explode.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Cathode Current — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Cathode Current plus Rotorswell. Kills extend both and dump extra discharges. You never let 3 drop. This is 2026 Gyre. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Cathode Current is why Rotorswell stays up and why rooms explode.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Endgame.

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceArchon HuntsShards optional

Cathode Current — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance general, endurance, the current Codex Gyre

Cathode Current plus Rotorswell. Kills extend both and dump extra discharges. You never let 3 drop. This is 2026 Gyre.

Cathode Current is why Rotorswell stays up and why rooms explode.

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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 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.

Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Horizon Well

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Dense tiles, people who want 2 to be the gun, grouping enjoyers

Coil Recharge grouping plus Conductive Sphere. Pull the tile into Arcsphere, Rotorswell the ball, everything sparks.

This is the greedy augment config. Three Gyre augments, Range stacked, 1 is no longer Helminth bait.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 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: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Endgame.

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Slow Coil

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path endurance, solo, people who kept dying when Cathode dropped in an empty room

Gloom over Arcsphere. The tile crawls, Cathode never drops because they cannot leave, Rotorswell farms the pile.

Gloom is the Helminth that makes Cathode honest in endurance. They cannot leave the field.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Gloom (Sevagoth)) · 2 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: 2/5 Sur
En: 3/5 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 Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Crit Battery

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Incarnons, crit melee, people who picked Gyre for 3 not for 4

Gyre as a crit gun platform. Cathode Grace is the buff. Roar over Arcsphere. Rotorswell is a side shock, not the nuke.

Cathode Grace is one of the best selfish crit buffs in the game. This config admits the gun is the build.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage)) · 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: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Cathode Current — Optimised.

First week

Starter rotation

Don't

Key mistakes

Dropping Cathode then wondering why she died
Cooldown. Empty room. You are a 105-armor frame with a long cast. Keep a body nearby.
Skipping Cathode Current
Then Rotorswell is a tickle aura. The augment is the kit.
Helminthing 3
Then you have Coil Horizon on a worse Nova.