Lavos — Icy Hallway
Steel Path build. Vial Rush as a Cold dash and a primer trail. You are a sliding alchemist. Catalyze the frozen lane.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Mobile missions, Exterminate, people who like the 2 button
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Mobile missions, Exterminate, people who like the 2 button
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Most Lavos guides Helminth 2. This one keeps it on purpose — it is a good dash.
- Duration is the trail. Strength is the 4 at the end of it.
- If you get bored of dashing, take Catalyzing Alchemist and give 2 to Nourish.
Don’t use this for: content this card does not name
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Cold / Blast toys — The trail is Cold. Valence Cold on the gun if you brought the augment on Config B. Otherwise just dash, prime, 4.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Mix
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Mix — Star Chart
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Readiness
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/3 · required — 3 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: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 3 specialised mods. Typical farm ~1–2 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: Catalyzing Alchemist — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Catalyzing Alchemist — 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 Sprint BoostNightwave / alerts
- After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalIcy HallwaySteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Catalyzing Alchemist — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Catalyzing Alchemist — OptimisedHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Amber · Casting Speed — Dash tempo.Archon locked
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Catalyze at the end of the hallway.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 Sprint Boost
One named gap. Nightwave / alerts
60 minutes
Sprint Boost, 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 Sprint Boost
Nightwave / alerts
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You like the dash and you kept 2.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Duration mods so the trail stays.
- First mission to practice in
- An Exterminate hallway. Dash, turn around, 4 the frozen lane.
2 button drills · 13 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
Dash loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Vial Rush (2) through the hallway. Ice trail, knockdown, you are somewhere else.
- 2Probe (3) the pile you just made.
- 3Imbue Heat (hold 4), Catalyze (tap 4). Cold plus Heat is a lot of unique statuses.
- 4Bite (1) if a heavy survived the mix.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Dash the hall
22. Ice on the floor. You are at the other end.
You will know it worked when: A Cold trail. Knockdowns.
- 2
Turn and Catalyze
4They are already Cold. Heat 4 doubles on that.
Common mistakes
Dashing into a bad angle with no Rolling Guard
The trail is not Iron Skin. You still die. Dash through, not into.
When this feels easy
- 1If you get bored, Nourish over 2That is Catalyzing Alchemist. Both are legal.
Parts checklist
0 of 13 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
16 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●lavosframe
- 2○Sprint Boostmod
- 3○Rushmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Umbral Intensifymod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Vitalitymod
- 9○Adaptationmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Arcane Ice Stormarcane
- 12○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 13○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 14○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 15○Steel Pathunlock
- 16○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
- Rush
missing · Enemy drops
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Umbral Intensifymissing · Finish The Sacrifice
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
- Adaptation
missing · Arbitration / Arbitrations
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~200%
Duration
175% trail lifetime
Range
145% dash and Catalyze
Hold 2 imbues Cold for the next cast. Tap 2 is the dash. Duration is how long the ice stays on the floor.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 243%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- base
- Capacity
- 52 / 67
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
- 12% × 2.00
- Status
- 26%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 39
- Arsenal DPS
- 376
Toggle common mods
Lavos mods
- AuraSprint BoostYou are a dash frame this config. Growing Power also fine.Nightwave / Invasion
- ExilusRushEnemy drops
- 1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 2Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 4StretchEnemy drops
- 5VitalityEarth / drops
- 6AdaptationArbitrations
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Sprint Boost You are a dash frame this config. Growing Power also fine. | Nightwave / Invasion | |
| Exilus | Rush | Enemy drops | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 2 | Umbral Intensify | The Sacrifice | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 4 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 6 | Adaptation | Arbitrations | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Cold / Blast toys
The trail is Cold. Valence Cold on the gun if you brought the augment on Config B. Otherwise just dash, prime, 4.
Arcanes
Arcane Ice Storm
Cold kills give Duration and Strength. The trail helps.
1999 / trade
Molt Augmented
Strength.
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedDash tempo.2 · EDA - 2
Crimson · StrengthCatalyze at the end of the hallway.2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Dash tempo. | 2 | EDA | |
| 2 | Crimson · Strength Catalyze at the end of the hallway. | 2 | Netracells |