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Nova Prime

The Aggro Switch

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Max-speed Molecular Prime and a Resonator that switches off the room's aggression

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Nova Prime
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CONFIGURATION

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MOD CAPACITY

72 / 742 remaining

Rank 30 · Orokin Reactor · 60 base + 14 aura capacity

AURA 1zenurik polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR5
EXILUSUNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR5
Arcane EnergizeArcane Energize
Molt EfficiencyMolt Efficiency
1UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR5
2UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR5
3UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR5
4madurai polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
5naramon polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
6UNPOLARIZED
Unpolarized slotR5
7vazarin polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR10
8naramon polarityPOLARIZED
Polarized slotR5

ABILITIES

Nova Prime

PASSIVE Enemies killed while slowed down have 15% to drop health orbs. Enemies killed while sped up have 15% to drop energy orbs.

1

Null Star

Null Star

Creates antimatter particles that orbit Nova and attack nearby targets. Each active particle reduces damage to Nova's Health and Shields.

2

Antimatter Drop

Antimatter Drop

Launch a large particle of charged antimatter that will detonate on contact. Direct the particle by aiming, shoot it to charge it further. Deals Blast Damage with a guaranteed Status Effect.

3

Wormhole

Wormhole

Creates a wormhole allowing instantaneous travel. Hold the ability to visualize placement.

4

Molecular Prime

Molecular Prime

Primes all enemies in an expanding radius with volatile antimatter. Press the ability to slow down enemy movement, hold the ability to speed them up.

CEPHALON FIELD GUIDE

How to play this build.

Tenno. Speedva makes every enemy move 75% faster, which sounds bad until you pair it with Resonator, which switches off enemy AI aggression in a wide radius. Now enemies sprint to the objective and to you but never actually attack, so a survival or defense finishes in a fraction of the time. Quiver Cloak is the alternative for camping.

How it works

Molecular Prime hits max 75% speed at exactly 150% Strength on the ability; Precision Intensify's 90% to 4 plus Overextended plus Augur Secrets lands 154%.

Resonator (subsumed over 1) switches off aggressive AI in a Range- scaled radius without slowing enemies, so they reach the objective fast but do not shoot.

It does not work on overguarded enemies.

Playstyle

1.

Cast 4 to prime the map and speed enemies up.

2.

Cast Resonator to switch off AI; command it with the Conductor augment or keep Quiver up.

3.

Use 3 (Wormhole) to traverse.

4.

Recast 1 (Null Stars) for a little damage reduction.

Duration, Efficiency, Range, Strength

High Duration for Molecular Prime map coverage and Resonator uptime.

Neutral-to-positive Efficiency for the 100-energy Molecular Prime.

Range for the Resonator radius.

Strength tuned to exactly hit 154% on 4 and no more.

The mods

Narrow Minded, Primed Continuity are the Duration.

Overextended, Stretch, Augur Reach, Augur Secrets set the Range and the exact Strength.

Precision Intensify is the +90% to 4.

Primed Flow is the pool.

Brief Respite aura is shield gating.

Flexible slots

Conductor augment over Cunning Drift to stop Resonator wandering.

Quiver Cloak instead of Resonator for a camping invisibility version.

Helminth

Pick one.

Subsume over 1 or 2.

- Resonator is the default: crowd control that does not slow enemies down.

- Quiver (Cloak Arrow) for a camping invisibility bubble.

Arcanes

Arcane Energize for energy (the passive drops energy orbs off sped-enemy kills), Molt Efficiency for Duration.

Arcane Consequence for parkour.

Focus

Any.

Zenurik for energy.

Weapon synergy

Molecular Prime's death explosions inherit weapon quirks: Devouring Attrition on Phenmor and Laetum, Devastating Attrition on Felarx, Acid Shells on Sobek.

Staying alive

Resonator switching off aggression plus shield gating plus Null Stars' damage reduction.

Overguarded enemies still shoot; watch those.

Energy

Arcane Energize plus the sped-kill energy orbs.

Where it struggles

Overguarded enemies (Eximus, Thrax, Acolytes) ignore Resonator.

It is a utility frame, not a damage frame.

Bosses.

Variants

The Molecular Tide build is the general-use Slowva/Speedva.

A non-helminth tank Speedva.

A Silence Slowva.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strong: turns long survivals and defenses into quick runs, strong squad speed buff, safe.

Weak: Eximus-vulnerable, does no damage, boss-blind.

Who runs this

Squad leaders who want to blast through a survival or defense rotation as fast as the timer allows.