Volt — Shock Trooper
Optimised build. Shock Trooper puts Ability-Strength Electricity on the whole squad's guns. You are a walking Electric primer with Speed still on.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Squad weapon platforms, Heat/Electric inherit, people who picked Volt to buff guns not fists
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Don’t build this yet
First Spark 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 SparkWhy this build?
Optimised for Squad weapon platforms, Heat/Electric inherit, people who picked Volt to buff guns not fists
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Shock Trooper is Volt's Roar-for-Electricity. It is the weapon-platform identity.
- You can Helminth Discharge for Roar or Eclipse if you want two buffs. Shock Trooper lives on 1.
- Duration dropping is the squad losing a free element. Recast.
Don’t use this for: solo Discharge nuke · players without a squad that shoots
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: Squad guns — Any weapon that likes Electricity or a combined element that includes it. You recast Shock Trooper like a Roar.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Spark
- This is too much Forma / cost → Capacitance Storm — Steel Path
- You wanted the ability loop, not guns → First Spark
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 · 5 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: Capacitance Storm — Endgame
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Capacitance Storm — 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 SparkThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
- NextGet Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
- 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.
- FinalShock TrooperOptimised · Endgame · 4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Capacitance Storm — Endgame
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Capacitance Storm — EndgameFarm the gap
- Volt augments — Shock Trooper · Shocking Speed · Transistor Shield · Capacitance
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 5 Tauforged Crimson · Strength — Shock Trooper is a Strength ability. Greed.Archon locked
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Recast the buff.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
The squad brought guns. You brought Shock Trooper.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Shock Trooper and a pile of Strength.
- First mission to practice in
- Any group mission. Recast 1 like Roar.
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 5 done
Keep this up
Trooper loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Shock (1) with Shock Trooper on. The squad's guns gain Electricity.
- 2Speed (2) so they actually enjoy the buff.
- 3Electric Shield (3) as bonus Electricity on shots that pass through — it stacks in spirit with Trooper.
- 4Discharge (4) if you still want a stun. Many people Helminth 4 on this config.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Buff the cell
11. Electricity on everyone's weapons. Recast on the timer.
- 2
Speed so they can use it
22. A slow squad with Electric guns is still slow.
Common mistakes
Forgetting to recast after a loading screen between bounties
The buff dies. 1 again.
When this feels easy
- 1Five Strength shards is legal greedShock Trooper is a Strength ability. Lean in.
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●voltframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Shock Trooperaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Transient Fortitudemod
- 7○Umbral Intensifymod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Narrow Mindedmod
- 10○Primed Flowmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Hot Shotarcane
- 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
Growing Powermissing · The Silver Grove quest
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
- Shock Trooper
missing · Red Veil / Cephalon Suda · 25,000 standing
Shock becomes a squad Electricity weapon buff. The whole config.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Transient Fortitudemissing · Same vaults as Blind Rage
Umbral Intensifymissing · Finish The Sacrifice
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
- Narrow Minded
missing · Orokin Vaults
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
Optional
Crimson · Strengthmissing · Netracells / Archon Hunt / Bird 3
Shock Trooper is a Strength ability. Greed.
Strength
~250–300%
Duration
180%+
Range
100%
Strength is the Electricity added to weapons. Duration is buff uptime. Range does not matter on the buff.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 313%
- Duration
- 227%
- Range
- 34%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 56 / 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
Volt mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
- ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
- 1Shock TrooperShock becomes a squad Electricity weapon buff. The whole config.Red Veil / Cephalon Suda · 25k
- 2Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 3Transient FortitudeOrokin Vaults
- 4Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro
- 6Narrow MindedOrokin Vaults
- 7Primed FlowBaro
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Shock Trooper Shock becomes a squad Electricity weapon buff. The whole config. | Red Veil / Cephalon Suda · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Transient Fortitude | Orokin Vaults | |
| 4 | Umbral Intensify | The Sacrifice | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 6 | Narrow Minded | Orokin Vaults | |
| 7 | Primed Flow | Baro |
Squad guns
Any weapon that likes Electricity or a combined element that includes it. You recast Shock Trooper like a Roar.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength stacks. Shock Trooper numbers go up.
Zariman
Arcane Hot Shot
If the squad is on Heat+Electric. Optional.
1999 / trade
Archon shards
- 1Crimson · StrengthShock Trooper is a Strength ability. Greed.5 Tauforged · EDA
- 2Amber · Casting SpeedRecast the buff.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Shock Trooper is a Strength ability. Greed. | 5 Tauforged | EDA | |
| 2 | Amber · Casting Speed Recast the buff. | 1 | EDA |