Just making sure you’re aware that this frame exists, because this is the second round of new augment mods in a row where newer frames have gotten augments before him.
I know no one plays Caliban, and their entire kit was essentially superceded by Styanax’s, and their casts are slow and clunky, but we’ve gotten bandaid mods for newer frames before them.
For a frame that came out with the New War, it’s funny how much they’re forgotten about
Caliban really drew the shortest stick possible. Mediocre abilities, drops from the awful Cetus/Fortuna bounties and requires a resource that can only be acquired in Railjack, and only 1 per mission. If not for him appearing in Circuit sometimes, I would have completely forgot he even exists. Sadly I don’t think he’s gonna get much love until either DE gives him a Deluxe skin or his Prime comes out (which won’t be for a very very long time).
I think the worst part about his kit is that his passive is a worse Adaptation (especially for how far into the game you start farming him). They also do not stack with each other.
You are right, I completely forgot about that part! He’s even more sad than I remembered.
There’s a really long interval between New War and being able to get Adaptation, and it also means you can forego it completely for most content. I run Condemn Cali and I gotta say, 50% DR is really nice with a source of shield battery, especially on a frame I’m running Rolling Guard on.
You’re right, for some reason I was thinking The New War required star chart completion.
Yeah, he’s close to the end of the Star Chart due to needing Sedna unlocked, but realistically you’ll have a few days to a week before you’re on to Arbitrations and the Adaptation farm. Also a great frame for dipping your toes into SP due to his damage buffing ability.