Warframe Tier List

What Warframe is currently the best one to use? If you want to find out, you need to check out the best Warframe tier list - read it right here.

When Warframe released in 2013, most people thought its popularity would rise and then quickly burn out.

More than seven years after, it’s clear that Warframe has surpassed every expectation as a free-to-play, PvE, multiplayer shooter.

With over 40 character suits (called Warframes), hundreds of different loot variations and a ton of lore to unpack, the game will overwhelm you. If you’re a beginner, the best option would be to learn the basics and then work towards a goal you’ll want for later on in the game.

This tier list will help you decide which Warframe you’ll want to build to breeze through even the game’s most difficult missions.

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S-Tier

Warframe Tier List S Tier

Being the best in the game, these warframes offer plenty of upsides and their disadvantages are easily ignorable.

WarframeAbilities
MesaBallistic Battery Shooting Gallery Shatter Shield Peacemaker
NovaNull Star Antimatter Drop Wormhole Molecular Prime
NezhaFire Walker Blazing Chakram Warding Halo Divine Spears
GaraShattered Lash Splinter Storm Spectorage Mass Vitrify
OctaviaMallet Resonator Metronome Amp
ProteaGrenade Fan Blaze Artillery Dispensary Temporal Anchor
SarynSpores Molt Toxic Lash Miasma
RhinoRhino Charge Iron Skin Roar Rhino Stomp
WispReservoirs Wil-O-Wisp Breach Surge Sol Gate

A-Tier

Warframe Tier List A Tier

These warframes are very good in almost any situation the game puts you in. While they are not standouts like those in S-tier, they’re pretty solid overall and can easily dominate the game’s content with proper gear and tuning.

WarframeAbilities
NekrosSoul Punch Terrify Desecrate Shadows of the Dead
InarosDesiccation Devour Sandstorm Scarab Swarm
IvaraQuiver Navigator Prowl Artemis Bow

B-Tier

Warframe Tier List B Tier

These are decent for any mission the game throws at you. With the right strategy and build, these warframes have the potential to be powerhouses down the road.

WarframeAbilities
ChromaSpectral Scream Elemental Ward Vex Armor Effigy
EmberFireball Immolation Fire Blast Inferno
XakuXata’s Whisper Graps of Lohk The Lost The Vast Untime
BaruukElude Lull Desolate Hands Serene Storm
GaussMach Rush Kinetic Plating Thermal Sunder Redline
EquinoxMetamorphosis Rest & Rage Pacify & Provoke Mend & Maim
YareliSea Snares Merulina Aquablades Riptide

C-Tier

Warframe Tier List C Tier

Average warframes that anyone can enjoy playing. It takes more nuanced strategies to strengthen these units compared to their high-tier counterparts, however, so be ready to invest time and resources in building these units.

WarframeAbilities
KhoraWhipclaw Ensnare Venari Strangledome
TitaniaSpellbind Tribute Lantern Razorwing
AshShuriken Smoke Screen Teleport Blade Storm
HildrynBalefire Pillage Haven Aegis Storm
NidusVirulence Larva Parasitic Link Ravenous
GrendelFeast Nourish Regurgitate Pulverize
ExcaliburSlash Dash Radial Bind Radial Javelin Exalted Blade

 

D-Tier

Warframe Tier List D Tier

These are subpar warframes that do not have much value in high-difficulty missions. They have niche use cases and most players only use them for the love of that specific playstyle.

WarframeAbilities
MagPull Magnetize Polarize Crush
MirageHall of Mirrors Sleight of Hand Eclipse Prism
OberonSmite Hallowed Ground Renewal Reckoning
GarudaDread Mirror Blood Altar Bloodletting Seeking Talons
WukongCelestial Twin Cloud Walker Defy Primal Fury
RevenantEnthrall Mesmer Skin Reave Danse Macabre
TrinityWell of Life Energy Vampire Link Blessing

E-Tier

Warframe Tier List E Tier

These warframes are somewhere between average and the worst depending on the situation.

WarframeAbilities
LimboBanish Stasis Rift Surge Cataclysm
LokiDecoy Invisibility Switch Teleport Radial Disarm
LavosOphidian Bite Vial Rush Transmutation Probe Catalyze
VoltShock Speed Electric Shield Discharge
VaubanTesla Nervos Minelayer Photon Strike Bastille
ValkyrRip Line Warcry Paralysis Hysteria
BansheeSonic Boom Sonar Silence Sound Quake
HydroidTempest Barrage Tidal Surge Undertow Tentacle Swarm
HarrowCondemn Penance Thurible Covenant
ZephyrTail Wind Airburst Turbulence Tornado
AtlasLandslide Tectonics Petrify Rumblers

 

F-Tier

Warframe Tier List F Tier

It’s advisable to avoid these warframes in your playthrough because you’ll get minimal rewards for investing in them. They have glaring flaws that prove a problem with the game’s current state.

WarframeAbilities
NyxMind Control Psychic Bolts Chaos Absorb
FrostFreeze Ice Wave Snow Globe Avalanche

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