Nyx — Bubble Bank
Steel Path build. Absorb stores damage, then slams it back. Confused enemies feed the bubble for free. You are a walking detonator.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Defense, Mobile Defense, people who like a big button
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Defense, Mobile Defense, people who like a big button
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Absorb without Chaos is a slow bank. Confused enemies are free charge.
- You are invulnerable in the bubble. That is the tank. You are not a health pool.
- Assimilate is the next config if you refuse to stand still.
Don’t use this for: Capture / short missions · Exterminate speedruns
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Don't shoot much — The bubble is the gun. A pistol for whatever is outside radius.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Bolts
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Bolts — 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 · 1 shard · 2 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: Naked Room — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Naked Room — 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 Brief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalBubble BankSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Naked Room — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Naked Room — OptimisedHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Bigger stored boom.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 Brief Respite
One named gap. The Index / Nightwave
60 minutes
Brief Respite, 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 Brief Respite
The Index / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You want to eat a room and spit it back.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Stretch and a Flow. Strength helps the boom.
- First mission to practice in
- A Defense. Chaos, then Absorb in the lane.
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
Bank loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Chaos (3) the tile so they punch each other.
- 2Psychic Bolts (2) so the leftovers are naked.
- 3Absorb (4). Stand in the pile. Their friendly fire fills the bank.
- 4Detonate. After the blast you get a short invuln and a weapon-damage buff equal to what you ate. Shoot whatever stood up.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Chaos the lane
3They shoot each other. That fire fills the bubble.
- 2
Absorb
44. Stand in it. Detonate when the stored number looks rude.
You will know it worked when: A growing psychic sphere. Enemies feeding it.
Common mistakes
Detonating instantly
The bank needs deposits. Wait a few seconds.
When this feels easy
- 1Assimilate if you hate standingNext config. Different augment.
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●nyxframe
- 2○Brief Respitemod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Overextendedmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Intensifymod
- 10○Vitalitymod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 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
- Brief Respite
missing · The Index / Nightwave
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
Nyx Revitalised! Full guide for tanking, damage, and control
Psychic Bolts strip, Absorb, Chaos. Post-rework Nyx.
Strength
~180% (Absorb damage and bolt steal)
Duration
100–130% — you detonate on purpose
Range
175%+ Absorb radius
Chaos first. Confused enemies shooting each other fill the bubble faster than enemy fire on you.
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
- 100%
- Range
- 250%
- Efficiency
- 75%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 48 / 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
Nyx mods
- AuraBrief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 2StretchDrops
- 3OverextendedAbsorb radius is the nuke.Orokin Vaults
- 4StreamlineDrops
- 5Primed FlowBaro
- 6IntensifyDrops
- 7VitalityDrops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Brief Respite | The Index / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 2 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 3 | Overextended Absorb radius is the nuke. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 4 | Streamline | Drops | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 6 | Intensify | Drops | |
| 7 | Vitality | Drops |
Don't shoot much
The bubble is the gun. A pistol for whatever is outside radius.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Absorb drain plus the detonation recast.
Eidolon
Molt Augmented
Strength for the blast.
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthBigger stored boom.2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Bigger stored boom. | 2 | Netracells |