Sirius & Orion — Celestial Clash
Steel Path build. Generate mixed-color stars, take the sky, spend them. August 2026 forced Heat on Clash — Archon Vitality and Heat inherit now apply. Match star color to the brother's paint for crit. 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.
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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.
- Celestial Clash is the dual-frame. Everything else exists to print stars and survive the landing.
- Color matching is free crit. Ignoring it is a self-nerf.
- Helminth Roar is a different loadout because Clash silences subsumes mid-duel.
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: Stars are the ammo — Clash is not an exalted grid. It spends Constellation Stars you baked with 1/2/3. Strength is the collateral. Color-matching is the crit. Heat inherit primers (Sobek, Epitaph) feed the Aug 2026 forced Heat.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Swap
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Swap — Star Chart
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
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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 · 4 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: Celestial Clash — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Celestial Clash — 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.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalCelestial Clash — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Celestial Clash — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Celestial Clash — OptimisedHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Crimson · Strength — Clash damage.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. You can swap without thinking. You want the sky.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Blind Rage and a feel for mixed-color stars.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Exterminate with a clump. Clash is a room button.
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
Duel loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Bake stars: tap Sirius 1/2, hold-swap, Orion 1/2/3. Alternate colors. Watch the meter — two identical colors in a row is a wasted slot.
- 2Celestial Clash (4). You both take the sky. Left fire is Sirius, right fire is Orion. Spend a star per attack.
- 3Match the star's color to the brother you are attacking with for the crit bonus. The UI is a duet, not a death ball.
- 4You cannot Roar (or any subsume) during Clash. Buff before 4, or skip buffs on this config.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Bake mixed stars
2Sirius cast, Orion cast, Sirius cast. No three-in-a-row of one color.
- 2
Take the sky
44. Spend a star per attack. Match color to brother for crit.
You will know it worked when: Both brothers airborne. Collateral numbers.
Common mistakes
Clash on two stars of one color
You half-nuked. Mix, then fly.
When this feels easy
- 1Strength shardsClash scales. This is the investment.
- 2Casting speedThe duel is a combo.
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●sirius-and-orionframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Transient Fortitudemod
- 6○Intensifymod
- 7○Vitalitymod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Equilibriummod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Hot Shotarcane
- 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
Growing Powermissing · The Silver Grove quest
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Transient Fortitudemissing · Same vaults as Blind Rage
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
August 2026 Clash forces Heat. This doubles the proc. Heat inherit primers stack on top.
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
Recommended
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength stacks into Clash collateral. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
- Arcane Hot Shot
missing · 1999 / trade
June 2026: Jade Stars proc Hot Shot. Crit on the guns between duels. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Strength
~250–300%
Duration
130–155%
Range
145–175%
Stars: no more than two of the same color in a row. Mix Sirius (heat/jade) casts with Orion (gravity/shell) casts. Then 4. Forced Heat on Clash double-dips Archon Vitality.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 299%
- Duration
- 128%
- Range
- 100%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 54 / 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
Sirius & Orion mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
- ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
- 1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 2Transient FortitudeOrokin Vaults
- 3IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 4VitalityAugust 2026 Clash forces Heat. This doubles the proc. Heat inherit primers stack on top.Kahl / Archon Hunts
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 6Primed FlowBaro / relics
- 7EquilibriumThe New Strange
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 2 | Transient Fortitude | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 4 | Vitality August 2026 Clash forces Heat. This doubles the proc. Heat inherit primers stack on top. | Kahl / Archon Hunts | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics | |
| 7 | Equilibrium | The New Strange |
Stars are the ammo
Clash is not an exalted grid. It spends Constellation Stars you baked with 1/2/3. Strength is the collateral. Color-matching is the crit. Heat inherit primers (Sobek, Epitaph) feed the Aug 2026 forced Heat.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength stacks into Clash collateral. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Arcane Hot Shot
June 2026: Jade Stars proc Hot Shot. Crit on the guns between duels. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
1999 / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthClash damage.1 · Netracells / EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Clash damage. | 1 | Netracells / EDA |