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Caliban Prime

Prime Sentient summoner and crowd controller

Released Aug 26, 2025

Caliban Prime shares Caliban’s summons, status vulnerability, crowd control, and defense stripping, with higher listed Shield and more polarities. Consider it when those stat and customization differences suit your build.

TypeWarframeMastery requirement0Armor290Health270Shield640

Caliban Prime GUIDE

Understand Caliban Prime

Useful when…

Lifting enemies and setting up Razor Gyre
Choosing Sentient summons for melee, ranged, or shield support
Stripping armor and shields while supporting nearby allies

What do the abilities do?

Razor Gyre dashes through enemies, applies Tau status to increase their vulnerability to other status effects, and recovers some energy, Health, and Shields for every enemy hit. It deals increased damage to targets lifted by Sentient Wrath. Sentient Wrath sends a radial blast, lifting survivors and amplifying their damage taken briefly. Lethal Progeny summons a selected Sentient type: Conculysts focus on melee, Ortholysts on ranged attacks and Tau status, and Summulysts on squad shield protection and summoning Choralysts. Fusion Strike converges three streams, strips armor and shields, and detonates enemies hit at convergence; summoned Conculysts can use mini versions.

How can you use the kit?

Sentient Wrath can lift survivors so Razor Gyre can apply its listed increased damage condition. Razor Gyre recovers some resources for each enemy it hits, while Fusion Strike supplies armor and shield stripping. Select a Lethal Progeny unit for the described role you need: melee pressure, ranged Tau application, or squad shield protection.

What does Prime change?

Caliban Prime lists 270 Health, 640 Shield, and 290 Armor, compared with Caliban’s 270 Health, 550 Shield, and 290 Armor. Prime has three polarities—Vazarin and two Madurai—compared with Caliban’s single Vazarin polarity. The abilities are shared. Its passive grants damage-type resistance to allies within Affinity range, but the maximum value is unresolved.

What can go wrong?

Razor Gyre’s increased damage against lifted enemies requires Sentient Wrath’s lift, and its recovery depends on enemies hit. The different summons have distinct specialties; choosing one does not combine them all. Do not assume a numeric passive resistance cap from the unresolved value.

Limitations and tradeoffs

Prime’s listed distinctions are Shield and polarities; the described abilities are shared.
Some abilities reward specific setup conditions or enemy hits.
Passive resistance limit is not quantified.

Common mistakes to avoid

Assuming Prime changes the listed ability kit.
Expecting Razor Gyre’s lifted-target bonus without a lift.
Conflating the different Lethal Progeny unit specialties.

Effects and reference details

Detailed properties

Listed health	270
Listed shields	640
Listed armor	290
Energy	175
Sprint speed	1.1
Foundry Credits	25,000
Foundry time	72 hours

Razor Gyre

Dash forward in a spinning vortex of death. Struck enemies are inflicted with Tau Status Effect, making them more vulnerable to all other status effects. For each enemy hit, recover a portion of the energy cost, as well as health and shields. Enemies lifted by Sentient Wrath take increased damage.

Sentient Wrath

Smash the ground sending out a radial wave of destruction. Those not killed by the initial blast are helplessly raised into the air, where they take amplified damage for a short time.

Lethal Progeny

Cycle through Sentient unit types, then summon them to Caliban's side. Conculysts focus on raw melee damage. Ortholysts specialize in ranged attacks and inflict Tau Status Effect. Summulysts summon their own Choralysts and provide shield protection for the squad.

Fusion Strike

Converge three streams of raw energy upon a single point, causing a massive explosion. The streams strip armor and shields, and each enemy struck detonates on stream convergence. Summoned Conculysts can wield their own mini Fusion Strikes.