Understand Augur Accord
Useful when…
- Increase Shield Capacity on a Warframe.
- Compare a direct shield bonus with options that combine shield capacity with efficiency or alter shield gating.
Effect and application
Augur Accord is a standard Warframe mod with Vazarin polarity and base drain 2. At maximum rank it adds +70% Shield Capacity. This is a shield-capacity bonus; it does not itself specify shield-gate duration or another defensive effect.
Rank investment
It has ranks 0–5: +12% Shield Capacity at rank 0, +47% at rank 3, and +70% at rank 5. The final listed rank step costs 320 Endo and 15,456 Credits. Rank it according to available capacity and how much of the shield bonus the build needs; the listed rank 0→1 step costs 20 Endo and 966 Credits.
Comparing shield options
Boreal’s Hatred lists +65% Shield Capacity and +15% Ability Efficiency, with base drain 4. Catalyzing Shields instead lists a 0.20× Max Shield Capacity modifier and 1.33 seconds of full Shield Gate immunity duration, with base drain 10. Flawed Redirection is a Flawed option listing +25% Shield Capacity. These effects and costs differ; the gating effect on Catalyzing Shields should not be mistaken for a straightforward capacity increase.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- It adds shield capacity without a listed secondary effect.
- Increasing rank raises the bonus but also increases fusion costs.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Confusing increased Shield Capacity with increased Shield Gate duration.
- Comparing Catalyzing Shields’ 0.20× capacity modifier to a positive capacity bonus without accounting for its different effect.