Gyre — Cathode Current
Steel Path build. 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.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Cathode Current is why Rotorswell stays up and why rooms explode.
- A dropped Cathode is a 15-second timeout in a gunfight. Duration and kill-discipline are the build.
- Archon Stretch plus Cathode regen is the energy story. Blind Rage is legal.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need Helminth
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Crit weapons — Cathode adds crit. Rotorswell discharges on crits. Bring a crit primary or melee. Archon Stretch turns her electric into more energy.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Spark
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Spark — Star Chart
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- 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: Cathode Current — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Cathode Current — 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 Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
- After that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalCathode Current — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Cathode Current — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Cathode Current — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Gyre augments — Cathode Current · Coil Recharge · Conductive Sphere
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Cathode's animation is the vulnerable window.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 Growing Power
One named gap. The Silver Grove quest
60 minutes
Growing Power, 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 Growing Power
The Silver Grove quest
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
Steel Path. Current is bought. You will not drop 3.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Cathode Current and Archon Stretch if you have it.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Survival. The field should stay up for minutes.
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
Current loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Cathode (3). Rotorswell (4). Kill one thing immediately.
- 2Coil Horizon (2) groups. Walk into them. Discharges chain.
- 3If Cathode is low, find a kill. Do not stand in an empty tile waiting for the cooldown.
- 4Arcsphere (1) if you kept it. Or ignore 1. The field is the nuke.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
3 then 4 then a kill in the first breath
3Current dumps a discharge. Both timers grow.
- 2
Coil packs into yourself
2You are the well. Don't throw 2 into the next zip code.
Common mistakes
Overextended without Strength payback
Discharges tickle. Shards or drop Overextended.
When this feels easy
- 1Casting speed shardsThe 3 animation is still the scary part.
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●gyreframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Cathode Currentaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Overextendedmod
- 9○Intensifymod
- 10○Primed Flowmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Energizearcane
- 13○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 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
Growing Powermissing · The Silver Grove quest
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
- Cathode Current
missing · Arbiters of Hexis / The Perrin Sequence · 25,000
The 2026 augment. Kills discharge Rotorswell and extend it. Mandatory.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Overextendedmissing · Orokin Vaults
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength as you kill. Discharges hit harder. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Optional once Archon Stretch plus Cathode regen is online. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Strength
~200–250% discharge damage
Duration
155%+ so the first Cathode window is long enough to snowball
Range
175%+ Rotorswell radius
Cathode Current: kills also dump a Rotorswell discharge and extend Rotorswell. Ability damage now feeds the timer too. Casting cooldown still exists — do not drop the buff.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 169%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 250%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 49 / 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
Gyre mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove specters
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1Cathode CurrentThe 2026 augment. Kills discharge Rotorswell and extend it. Mandatory.Arbiters of Hexis / The Perrin Sequence · 25k
- 2Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 4StretchElectric abilities restore energy. She is made of electric.Kahl / Archon Hunts
- 5OverextendedOrokin Vaults
- 6IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 7Primed FlowBaro / relics
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove specters | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Cathode Current The 2026 augment. Kills discharge Rotorswell and extend it. Mandatory. | Arbiters of Hexis / The Perrin Sequence · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 4 | Stretch Electric abilities restore energy. She is made of electric. | Kahl / Archon Hunts | |
| 5 | Overextended | Orokin Vaults | |
| 6 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 7 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics |
Crit weapons
Cathode adds crit. Rotorswell discharges on crits. Bring a crit primary or melee. Archon Stretch turns her electric into more energy.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength as you kill. Discharges hit harder. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Arcane Energize
Optional once Archon Stretch plus Cathode regen is online. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Eidolon hunts
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedCathode's animation is the vulnerable window.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Cathode's animation is the vulnerable window. | 1 | EDA |