Volt — Capacitance Storm
Steel Path build. Discharge stuns a tile and ticks Electricity. Capacitance turns that damage into shields for the squad. Range is the nuke. 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.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
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.
- Discharge is a stun-nuke, not a level-cap deleter. Overextended makes it a room. It will not replace a Torid.
- Capacitance is why 4 is still a support button in 2026 pubs.
- Do not drop Speed to 'make room for more Range.' You need to be in the middle of the tile.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need Helminth · solo level-cap
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Group, then 4 — A grouping tool (Airburst teammate, your own Shield funnel, or just a chokepoint). Discharge wants bodies in Range.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Spark
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Spark — Star Chart
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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 · 2 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 — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Capacitance Storm — 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 that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalCapacitance Storm — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Capacitance Storm — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Capacitance Storm — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Volt augments — Shock Trooper · Shocking Speed · Transistor Shield · Capacitance
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Crimson · Strength — Discharge damage and Capacitance shields.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 press 4 and stun a Defense tile.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Capacitance, Overextended, and a Shock subsume.
- First mission to practice in
- Defense. Stand in the middle, 4.
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
Storm loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Speed (2) so you can stand in the right place.
- 2Discharge (4). The tile stuns and ticks. Capacitance pads everyone's shields.
- 3Nourish or Breach Surge (1) on the stunned pile.
- 4Electric Shield (3) for the gunners who were outside the radius.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Stand in the pack, press 4
4They stun. Electricity ticks. Capacitance pads shields.
You will know it worked when: A big electric sphere. People stop moving. Shield numbers jump.
- 2
If the radius is a sad bubble, you skipped Overextended
Range is the nuke. Fix the mods.
Common mistakes
Discharge from the other hallway
You have to be in Range. Speed exists so you can be.
When this feels easy
- 1Casting speed4 is your fire rate.
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●voltframe
- 2○Brief Respitemod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Capacitanceaugment
- 5○Overextendedmod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Blind Ragemod
- 8○Intensifymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Energizearcane
- 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
- Capacitance
missing · Red Veil / Cephalon Suda · 25,000 standing
Discharge damage becomes shields for nearby allies. The 4 augment.
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength as you kill. Discharge ticks harder. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
4 is 100 energy. You will recast. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Crimson · Strengthmissing · Netracells / Archon Hunt / Bird 3
Discharge damage and Capacitance shields.
Strength
~220%
Duration
100–130%
Range
200–250%
Range is the Discharge radius. Capacitance converts damage dealt into shields. Overextended is the nuke mod.
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
- 45%
- 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
Volt mods
- AuraBrief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua
- 1CapacitanceDischarge damage becomes shields for nearby allies. The 4 augment.Red Veil / Cephalon Suda · 25k
- 2OverextendedDischarge is a radius. Make it a tile.Orokin Vaults
- 3StretchDrops
- 4Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 5IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 6Primed FlowBaro
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Brief Respite | The Index / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua | |
| 1 | Capacitance Discharge damage becomes shields for nearby allies. The 4 augment. | Red Veil / Cephalon Suda · 25k | |
| 2 | Overextended Discharge is a radius. Make it a tile. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 5 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Group, then 4
A grouping tool (Airburst teammate, your own Shield funnel, or just a chokepoint). Discharge wants bodies in Range.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength as you kill. Discharge ticks harder. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Arcane Energize
4 is 100 energy. You will recast. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Eidolon
Archon shards
- 1Crimson · StrengthDischarge damage and Capacitance shields.1 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Discharge damage and Capacitance shields. | 1 | Netracells |