Yareli
Yareli builds
Riptide Breaker
Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Yareli — Riptide Breaker

Endgame build. Riptide vacuums, then bursts. Each trapped enemy raises the burst. Snare first so they cannot walk out. Strength and Range.

Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current

Grouped tiles, the press-4 Yareli, people who like water tornados

Wrong drop or mechanic?

Don’t build this yet

First Surf first

This loadout sits at Endgame. 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 Surf

Why this build?

Endgame for Grouped tiles, the press-4 Yareli, people who like water tornados

Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.

Play this in Steel Path
  • Riptide without Snares is a polite breeze. Snare first.
  • The burst scales with trapped count. One lonely enemy is a wet slap.
  • This is the nuke identity. Blades is the other. Pick based on whether you like 3 or 4.

Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content

Specialised investment for hard content

You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.

Bring: Vacuum then guns — Riptide is the nuke. A secondary still finishes stragglers. Merulina keeps you alive in the swirl.

Alternative if…

Instead: First SurfInstead: First Surf — Star ChartInstead: Surging Blades — Steel PathInstead: Surging Blades — Optimised

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Readiness

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  • Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
  • Forma 0/5 · required — 5 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: 5 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.

Plan

Today → next → later

Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.

  1. TodayPlay First SurfThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
  2. NextGet Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
  3. After that4–5 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
  4. LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
  5. FinalRiptide BreakerEndgame · Endgame · 4–5 Forma

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

  • 3 Tauforged Crimson · Strength — Burst numbers.Archon locked
  • 2 Amber · Casting Speed — Snare, then 4.Archon locked

Tonight

What is actually up

30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.

  1. 30 minutes

    Farm Growing Power

    One named gap. The Silver Grove quest

  2. 60 minutes

    Growing Power, then Forma

    Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.

  3. 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.

Who this is for

Play this build from zero

You want the water tornado to actually kill.

Time to a playable copy
After Overextended and a Snare-then-4 habit.
First mission to practice in
Defense. Snare the wave, 4 the pod.

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

Tide loop

Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.

  1. 1Merulina (2).
  2. 2Sea Snares (1) the pack — they take extra damage and cannot leave.
  3. 3Riptide (4) the middle. They swirl, then pop. More bodies, more pop.
  4. 4Aquablades (3) on whatever crawled out.

First mission — press these buttons

  1. 1

    Lock, then vacuum

    4

    1 then 4. They swirl. Burst scales with how many you trapped.

    You will know it worked when: A water tornado. A pop. Bodies.

  2. 2

    Do not 4 a lone Eximus

    One body = small burst. Snare a pack.

Common mistakes

  • Riptide with no Snares

    They walk out. Wet slap.

When this feels easy

  1. 1Casting speedSnare into 4 is the combo.

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. 1●yareliframe
  2. 2○Growing Powermod
  3. 3○Cunning Driftmod
  4. 4○Blind Ragemod
  5. 5○Transient Fortitudemod
  6. 6○Umbral Intensifymod
  7. 7○Stretchmod
  8. 8○Overextendedmod
  9. 9○Primed Continuitymod
  10. 10○Primed Flowmod
  11. 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
  12. 12○Arcane Energizearcane
  13. 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
  14. 14○Amber · Casting Speedshard
  15. 15○Steel Pathunlock
  16. 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

Recommended

  • Molt Augmented

    missing · Unlock the Zariman

    Strength for the burst.

  • Arcane Energize

    missing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth

    4 is 100 energy if you spam it.

Optional

Watch it played

YouTube for this loadout

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Merulina, Aquablades, Riptide. Four configs.

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Strength

~250–300%

Duration

130%

Range

175%+

Range is vacuum size. Strength is burst. More bodies in the swirl = more burst. Snare them first.

From the mods

Live power

Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.

Strength
238%
Duration
128%
Range
250%
Efficiency
45%
Energy
+275%
Capacity
54 / 67

1 Umbral piece

Open slots

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

Yareli mods

  • AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
  • ExilusCunning DriftLua
  • 1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
  • 2Transient FortitudeOrokin Vaults
  • 3Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
  • 4StretchDrops
  • 5OverextendedOrokin Vaults
  • 6Primed ContinuityBaro
  • 7Primed FlowBaro

Vacuum then guns

Riptide is the nuke. A secondary still finishes stragglers. Merulina keeps you alive in the swirl.

Arcanes

Molt Augmented

Strength for the burst.

Zariman

Arcane Energize

4 is 100 energy if you spam it.

Eidolon / trade

Archon shards

  • 1Crimson · StrengthBurst numbers.3 Tauforged · Netracells
  • 2Amber · Casting SpeedSnare, then 4.2 · EDA
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