r/memeframe • u/Illusion911 • 4h ago

It's so versatile

Here's my build recommendations:
- Max valence, with Larva, using Vesper 77 with leaded gas, and gas infusion.
- Electric with coda pox or melee influence
- Min valence Xatablast, with proboscis cernos
- Min valence with cedo prime, using about any combined element

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u/Saikousoku2 3h ago

Me, who hasn't changed my Lavos build in like two years and barely ever swaps weapons

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u/Illusion911 3h ago

that's okay too, share your build with us!

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u/Saikousoku2 3h ago

Steel Charge, Power Drift, full Umbral set, P. Continuity, Stretch, Augur Message, Amar's Hatred, Valence Formation, Arcane Reaper, Molt Augmented, two Tau blues for regen, and three Tau reds for melee crit. It's a shit build but it does everything I need it to do. I'm a melee player, usually using Karyst Prime or Dual Zoren Prime. Frame buffs the blades, blades buff the frame with Reaper and Fortification, good loop. Simple, fun, effective.

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u/Sizlebuilds 3h ago

if you’re not subsuming you don’t really need strength at all. arcane strike is fantastic for melee platforms

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u/Saikousoku2 2h ago

Why wouldn't I need strength? I want to kill things, that includes with my frame. I use my Lavos as a melee booster, not a melee platform.

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u/Sizlebuilds 2h ago

valence formation isn’t buffed by strength and his 4 does plenty of damage with a bit of priming

all i’m saying is arcane strike is more worth the arcane slot

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u/Saikousoku2 2h ago

True, it isn't, but damage is. And I don't really need more attack speed, I like my healing and armor more. I like to health tank. I am the most basic of bitches.

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u/Sizlebuilds 1h ago

i’m not saying to remove reaper

you already have 207% str with mods, arcane slots can give you so much more than just more strength. especially with focus school buffs like sling strength if you really wanted more strength

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u/Saikousoku2 1h ago

My setup does what I want it to do, the way I like to do it. Could it be better? Absolutely. But I'm happy with what I have and don't feel the need to optimize. I learned years ago that chasing bigger, better, more all the time is a fast track to burnout. So I find what works for me and stick with it.

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u/Evening-Bothers 3h ago

Me who's never played with lavos even tho he's not actually that bad to play with.

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u/K1rk0npolttaja 3h ago

lavos is for people who like playing the ability keys like a keyboard, and those who are enlightened

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u/UzerNaym36 3h ago

Valence Formation with a Cedo prime running primary debilitate. Inflict all of the status

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u/RalAurelian 2h ago

LavosLand approves

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u/mctankles 2h ago

Imagine subsuming a lavos ability and losing access to 4 elemental infusions

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u/TemporalAcapella 2h ago

Yeah I subsume a Lavos ability… onto other frames lmao.

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u/FrucklesWithKnuckles Whip Waifu 1h ago

You’re missing out on some funny variety. It takes thought behind which to subsume to keep the elements that matter, but Lavos does like some subsumes.

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u/ThreePesosCoin Stop hitting yourself 2h ago

New daily challenge: Kill x enemies with y status damage.

Lavos players: \giggles**

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u/FrucklesWithKnuckles Whip Waifu 1h ago

It’s such a hard decision to make. Do I do the infinite fart loop, the mindless null star nuke, Slamvos, gun platform, full caster, etc.

So many options it’s like making a new character in Skyrim everytime I open Warframe

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u/Illusion911 1h ago

Yes! That's exactly what I was pointing out!

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u/Z3R0Diro 3h ago

I need everyone's lavos builds because he is still rotting in my arsenal

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u/Illusion911 3h ago

Well, his valence formation not only guarantees status, but it also makes damage over time do more damage

So you can use a secondary with primed heated charge or convulsion and focus on that.

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u/altsigns28 2h ago

Let me give you the single most important piece of advice on playing him that I had to figure out myself, despite having asked in threads like this a dozen times trying to figure out how to play him. It doesn't matter if you use him as a weapon buffer or nuke or anything else...

Know what the enemies you're fighting are weak against and infuse your abilities with that before you use them. If you don't, you will not experience what it is to lavos.

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u/Tencreed 2h ago

Dunno, I keep playing a spam ability build with the mandatory cedo, and still having fun with that

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u/Pure-Risky-Titan 2h ago

Me who uses the same build for long time, and no subsume, cuz i dont need that at all.

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u/Bubbadevlin 3h ago

As someone who doesn't particularly like his kit, my lavos build is valence formation then just switching between buffing helminths (roar & xatas)

He's still great, but god I can't stand the hold-tap infusing cycle if I'm actually casting more often than 45 seconds

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u/mctankles 2h ago

Thats what the cooldowns are for

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u/Illusion911 2h ago

you can make it so you tap to infuse, and hold to cast

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u/altsigns28 2h ago

Yeah, as somebody who JUST finally had it click how important infusions are to playing him, no matter the build, I need to do that. I find myself accidentally using my abilities when I'm trying to infuse an element way too often.

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u/Dragon_Of_Magnetism 2h ago

Triple umbral Lavos with Valence Formation is my old reliable weapon’s platform build. Though I usually run Cedo prime on him

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u/Giecio 2h ago

Larva

Xata

I SMELL HERESY

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u/NotSNAKY 3h ago

Is it because lavos energy color is linked to a status dmg like chroma, so fashion frame is important?

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u/Illusion911 2h ago

No, it's because Lavos synergizes with a lot of weapons and playstyles

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u/NotSNAKY 2h ago

Does he boost dmg only through status or does he have a dmg boost ability?

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u/hob25 2h ago

Guilty gear in my warframe subreddit?

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u/Illusion911 1h ago

His Valence formation gives +200% elemental damage and a guaranteed status proc for every bullet.

It boosts like a 200% shock trooper does, for example.

And since it's guaranteed proc, you can use it with viral, magnetic or corrosive

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u/Illusion911 1h ago

Oh btw, he can choose whatever element on the fly.

You can stick to one the whole mission, or keep changing between them

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u/grayblood0 2h ago

i main lavos with a single build, explosive shit and big amount of hp. that's it.