Vauban — Nervos Net
Steel Path build. Tesla Nervos rollers latch and arc Electricity. Tesla Bank dumps extra damage when they die. Doorways become electric.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Mobile Defense, hallways, people who like pets that zap
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Mobile Defense, hallways, people who like pets that zap
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Tesla is the CC config, not the nuke config. Hallways love it. Open tiles less so.
- Tesla Bank is why 1 is worth a slot in 2026.
- Archon Stretch plus Electricity is infinite energy if you keep arcing.
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: Electric primer — A secondary that procs Electricity (Cycron, Atomos) feeds the rollers. Archon Stretch if you want energy on electric procs.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Bastille
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Bastille — Star Chart
- You are not sitting on a point → Vector and Nails
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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 · 4 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: Artillery Officer — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Artillery Officer — 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 Energy SiphonNightwave / 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.
- FinalNervos NetSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Artillery Officer — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Artillery Officer — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Vauban augments — Photon Repeater · Tesla Bank · Repelling Bastille
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Throw more rollers.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 Energy Siphon
One named gap. Nightwave / alerts
60 minutes
Energy Siphon, 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 Energy Siphon
Nightwave / alerts
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You want doorways to be electric.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Tesla Bank and Archon Stretch.
- First mission to practice in
- Mobile Defense. Throw rollers at the console hallway.
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
Roller loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Tesla Nervos (1) every doorway and every objective. They latch and arc.
- 2Bastille (4) the main pile so they cannot walk away from the rollers.
- 3Photon Strike (3) if a clump is still fat.
- 4Recast 1 before the rollers time out. Dead Tesla Bank dumps are bonus, not the plan.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Throw rollers at the door
11. They latch and arc. Recast before they expire.
- 2
Cage the ones that walk past
44. Passive plus Electricity.
Common mistakes
One roller on an open tile
Tesla wants chokepoints. Open fields are Bastille's job.
When this feels easy
- 1Archon StretchElectric procs are energy.
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●vaubanframe
- 2○Energy Siphonmod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Tesla Bankmod
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Archon Stretchmod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Arcane Impetusarcane
- 12○Molt Efficiencyarcane
- 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
- Energy Siphon
missing · Nightwave / alerts
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
- Tesla Bank
missing · Perrin Sequence / Steel Meridian · 25k
When a Nervos dies it dumps stored damage. Makes 1 a mine, not a tickle.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Arcane Impetusmissing · Buy it
Ability damage on unique status. Electricity plus Bastille strip counts.
Optional
Strength
~200%
Duration
175%+
Range
160%
Duration is roller lifetime. Range is arc distance. You can throw several.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 199%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 205%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +283%
- Capacity
- 51 / 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
Vauban mods
- AuraEnergy SiphonNightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua
- 1Tesla BankWhen a Nervos dies it dumps stored damage. Makes 1 a mine, not a tickle.Perrin Sequence / Steel Meridian · 25k
- 2Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro
- 4StretchDrops
- 5Archon StretchElectric procs refund energy.Kahl / Archon Hunts
- 6Primed FlowBaro
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Energy Siphon | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua | |
| 1 | Tesla Bank When a Nervos dies it dumps stored damage. Makes 1 a mine, not a tickle. | Perrin Sequence / Steel Meridian · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 4 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 5 | Archon Stretch Electric procs refund energy. | Kahl / Archon Hunts | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Electric primer
A secondary that procs Electricity (Cycron, Atomos) feeds the rollers. Archon Stretch if you want energy on electric procs.
Arcanes
Arcane Impetus
Ability damage on unique status. Electricity plus Bastille strip counts.
1999 / trade
Molt Efficiency
Duration on rollers.
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedThrow more rollers.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Throw more rollers. | 1 | EDA |