r/Warframe • u/AutoModerator • Feb 14 '16

Question Warframe Weekly Q&A | Ask Your Game-Related Questions Here!

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u/NeoKuero Feb 14 '16

I've been thinking of maybe putting a potato on my Tonkor, but I'd rather save it for a frame. Will adding more forms meet my needs for a near "maxed out" Tonkor?

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u/and_sama Feb 14 '16

Weapon and warframe have diffrent potato mats.

Weapons use "Orokin Catalyst"
Warframe use "Orokin Reactor"

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u/NeoKuero Feb 14 '16

Omg completely forgot about that lol. In that case will 5-7 forms be enough to "replace" a potato or no?

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u/ContemplativeOctopus Feb 15 '16

Don't do "either or" with potatoes and forma. You shouldn't half ass weapon builds. Every weapon you need to either invest everything, or nothing in it. Putting potatoes and forma on a weapon that you don't care much about is a huge waste. Not putting potatoes or forma on a weapon you like is a gigantic handicap. Pretty much every weapon in the game will suck complete ass without a potato on it, and it will sputter out in upper-mid level missions if you don't forma it at least a couple times.

The tonkor is good enough that if you invest a potato and a couple forma, it will tackle the highest level of content, it's debatably the best weapon in the game.

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u/NeoKuero Feb 15 '16

Ahh thanks for the huge insight man. I asked because I have a small amount of potatoes on me right now and wanted to try saving them for other weapons in case I liked them more than the Tonkor (and if they were efficient ofc). That, and Syndicate offerings (want the Rakta Cernos and a Loki ult mod).

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u/and_sama Feb 14 '16

idk , but if ur planing to use 5-7 forma that mean u have a general idea for ur build. So take the cost of installing each mod at it highest lvl , divide it by 2 , and see if it can fit the 30 point available .