The Best Nokko Build in Warframe

Nokko is the newest Warframe added to the game, offering a unique combination of damage, area control, and survivability through his kit. While more testing is needed at the highest difficulty levels Warframe offers, this build will comfortably get you through the standard Star Chart and Steel Path content.

Nokko’s Abilities Overview

Nokko’s passive allows him to avoid fatal damage. When reduced to zero HP, Nokko turns into a small mushroom and gains a brief window to reach one of the previously placed mushrooms. If successful, he will reform and continue fighting.

• First Ability: Places mushrooms that spew viral-damaging spores.
• Second Ability: Acts as an energy source and boosts ability strength.
• Third Ability: Transforms Nokko into a tiny mushroom, granting a quick heal, invulnerability, a speed boost, and puts nearby enemies to sleep.
• Fourth Ability: Unleashes an enemy-seeking mushroom that explodes on contact, bounces between enemies, and can also bounce off previously placed mushrooms for damage buffs.

From this kit, it’s clear that the Nokko meta is to establish a stronghold—camping in one spot and leveraging overlapping areas of effect for maximum efficiency.

Recommended Arcanes and Companion

• Arcanes: Molt Augmented and Arcane Crepuscular both provide substantial ability strength.
• Companion: Shade or Huras Kubrow are ideal, as their Invisibility complements Arcane Crepuscular, keeping you safe while active.
• Subsume Ability: Use Roar on Nokko’s third ability to amplify effects.
• Arcane Shards: Carry a single yellow/Tauforged Yellow shard for starting energy.

Core Mods

• Dreamer’s Bond / Corrosive Projection: Choose based on preference. Dreamer’s Bond offers better team play, while Corrosive Projection helps if you’re struggling with enemy armor.
• Umbral Intensify: Provides a significant damage boost, forming a strong base for damage output.
• Stretch: +45% Ability Range—essential for maximizing this build’s effectiveness.
• Augur Message: Extends ability duration; a valuable bonus that complements your playstyle.
• Primed Continuity: Greatly increases ability duration, a vital stat for Nokko’s kit.
• Augur Secrets: Further boosts ability strength.
• Primed Flow: Vastly enlarges the energy pool, allowing you to spam abilities freely, especially useful in Void Cascade missions.
• Overextended: Adds even more range at the cost of some strength, which is offset by your Arcanes and Subsume mods.
• Streamline: Flexible slot—use it according to your preferred augment or subsume. For example, if experimenting with different subsumes like Tempest or Sonar, this slot can adapt accordingly.

Exilus Slot

Cunning Drift adds more ability range, which synergizes perfectly with Nokko’s playstyle.

Playstyle Tips

Your goal with this build is to arrive at your holding point, activate Roar on your third ability (which lasts around 50 seconds), then place two of your second ability mushrooms to overlap and double the buff. Next, deploy four of your first ability mushrooms around entrances and exits to control the area. From here, sit back and spam your fourth ability.

Always aim to keep three enemy-seeking mushrooms active, refreshing your abilities as necessary. The fourth ability can deal surprisingly high damage thanks to its critical hit potential.

I have successfully tested this build in Steel Path missions, long Arbitrations, and Void Cascade runs, making it a very reliable and safe choice for challenging content. With your passive and mushrooms providing safety nets, you can focus on damage and crowd control without worry. In fact, it’s rare for enemies to survive long enough to threaten you significantly.

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