Styanax — Tharros Wall
Optimised build. 200%+ Strength. Tharros Strike is a cone that peels armor and shields and heals you. You are the strip bot who also rains.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Grineer Steel Path, Demolysts, squads that need a cone strip, health-gate comfort
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Don’t build this yet
First Spear first
This loadout sits at Optimised. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.
Open First SpearWhy this build?
Optimised for Grineer Steel Path, Demolysts, squads that need a cone strip, health-gate comfort
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Tharros is one of the best cone strips in the game and it heals. Other frames Helminth this off Styanax.
- Full strip is a number. If the Arsenal says 167%, Grineer will laugh.
- This config keeps Axios. The rain config sold it.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · new accounts · solo level-cap
Helminth, shards, and a finished configuration
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Cone primer — Tharros is the strip. A Viral gun still helps Eximus. You do not need a primer for armor once the breakpoint is true.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Spear
- This is too much Forma / cost → Final Stand — Steel Path
My test
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Readiness
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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 · 2 shards · 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: Final Stand — Endgame
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Final Stand — EndgamePlan
Today → next → later
Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.
- TodayPlay First SpearThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
- NextGet Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- After that4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalTharros WallOptimised · Endgame · 4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Final Stand — Endgame
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Final Stand — EndgameHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 3 Crimson · Strength — Keep the strip breakpoint after Overextended.Archon locked
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Tharros is fire rate.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 Corrosive Projection
One named gap. Open Nightwave
60 minutes
Corrosive Projection, 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 Corrosive Projection
Open Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
Armored Steel Path. You are the cone.
- Time to a playable copy
- After the Arsenal shows ~200% Strength.
- First mission to practice in
- Grineer SP. Watch armor bars vanish in one swing.
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
Cone loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Rally (3) so energy exists.
- 2Tharros (2) every pack. Armor gone, health back, they stagger.
- 3Final Stand (4) on whatever is still standing.
- 4Axios (1) if a hallway needs a pull before the cone.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Check Strength first
If it is 160%, this is not the config yet.
- 2
Cone the hallway
2Tharros is a cone. Aim at the clump, not the floor.
Common mistakes
Overextended with no Strength shards
You made a bigger cone that does not strip. Pay it back.
When this feels easy
- 1Casting speedTharros is fire rate.
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●styanaxframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Umbral Intensifymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Overextendedmod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Blessingarcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 14○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Helps if you sit under 200% Strength. Drop it once the breakpoint is honest.
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Umbral Intensifymissing · Finish The Sacrifice
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Optional
Crimson · Strengthmissing · Netracells / Archon Hunt / Bird 3
Keep the strip breakpoint after Overextended.
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
How to ACTUALLY Play Styanax
Final Stand, Tharros Strike, Rally Point. Full mastery.
Styanax guide
Final Stand, Tharros Strike, Rally Point. The kit under the 2026 configs.
Strength
~200–250% (full strip breakpoint — check, do not vibe)
Duration
145%
Range
175% so the cone is a hallway
Range is cone length/width. Strength is the peel. Heal per target is why this is also a sustain button.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 183%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 250%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- 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
Styanax mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionHelps if you sit under 200% Strength. Drop it once the breakpoint is honest.Nightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 2Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
- 3StretchDrops
- 4OverextendedCone size. Pay Strength back with shards so you still strip.Orokin Vaults
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro
- 6Primed FlowBaro
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection Helps if you sit under 200% Strength. Drop it once the breakpoint is honest. | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 2 | Umbral Intensify | The Sacrifice | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Overextended Cone size. Pay Strength back with shards so you still strip. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Cone primer
Tharros is the strip. A Viral gun still helps Eximus. You do not need a primer for armor once the breakpoint is true.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Pays Overextended back.
Zariman
Arcane Blessing
Health floor. Tharros already heals — this is greed.
Cavia
Archon shards
- 1Crimson · StrengthKeep the strip breakpoint after Overextended.3 · Netracells
- 2Amber · Casting SpeedTharros is fire rate.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Keep the strip breakpoint after Overextended. | 3 | Netracells | |
| 2 | Amber · Casting Speed Tharros is fire rate. | 1 | EDA |