#Umbra design mod#
#Umbra design update#
#Umbra design mods#

He was then psychologically tortured into rote obedience by forcing him to kill his son, Isaah.Īs a result of Umbra's torment, he retains most of his sentience and is capable of acting on his own without the Tenno's control, even initially rejecting the Operator's Transference and going rogue. The soldier was deliberately exposed to the Infestation to become an anti- Sentient weapon, a 'miracle' that requires 'sacrifice', and was fitted with a unique Transference Bolt that forced him to obey Ballas's whims.

If the Operator goes through a Conduit in Sanctuary Onslaught, but Umbra does not, switching back to Umbra after the Conduit has closed will make Umbra invisible and unable to use his abilities or Transference, weapons are unaffected.Įxcalibur Umbra was originally an Orokin Dax soldier who was punished by Ballas for attempting to interfere with his betrayal.

#Umbra design mods#

In order for those mods to begin working properly again, the player must either use a Heavy Attack on the equipped melee weapon to lose all combo or wait for Power Spike to drop the combo to its previous multiplier. This seems to be the case for all exalted weapons. If Combo Counter is built with Weeping Wounds, Blood Rush or the Gladiator set bonus and Power Spike is used to maintain it, once the player switches to Exalted Blade and hits at least one enemy then let its combo duration reset, either on its own over time or by using a Heavy Attack, he will lose the Gladiator set bonus applying to Exalted Blade in addition to Weeping Wounds, Blood Rush and the Gladiator set bonus applying to the equipped melee weapon, even if combo remains on it.

Only the first few frames of the animation will play out, before the attack is canceled.

If Mania applies the Lifted status effect on Umbra while Exalted Blade is active and the player switches to Operator and back into Umbra, he will be unable to use both Exalted Blade and the equipped melee weapon.

The same happens with any subsumed channeled ability like Silence, Gloom, etc.

If Exalted Blade is used and the player goes into Operator, on Transference into Umbra the ability will be toggled off.

Excalibur Umbra is incapable of using Arch-guns when in autonomous mode, as transferring out with the Operator will make him switch back to using his primary weapon.ĭue to Umbra's sentient passive, the following bugs can be observed:.

However, Umbra can be damaged, and will stop moving once all of his health is depleted.

Unlike other Warframes, Excalibur Umbra's sentience allows him to remain active after using Transference, supporting the Operator with abilities and equipped weapons.

In place of Radial Blind, Umbra has Radial Howl, which not only blinds enemies, but also removes any active damage resistances from Sentient units and Shadow Stalker within range.

His Skiajati Nikana and Exalted Umbra Blade each have two polarity slots and come with Sacrificial Pressure and Sacrificial Steel equipped. He also comes with 3 Umbral Mods: Umbral Intensify, Umbral Fiber, and Umbral Vitality fusioned to rank 5 out of 10.

#Umbra design mod#

Excalibur Umbra comes with three mod slots polarized with the unique Umbra polarity.Due to their unique nature both are also unable to be sold from the inventory.All the Mastery Rank points that would normally be granted from ranking up Warframe and weapon will be automatically received upon acquiring them. Umbra, along with the Skiajati, will be obtained by the player already fully ranked.Excalibur Umbra, compared to Excalibur Prime:.

Excalibur Umbra, compared to Excalibur:.

Thus the player can only own one copy of Excalibur Umbra. Also unlike other quest-tied warframe, Cephalon Simaris does not sell Excalibur Umbra blueprints. However, even after being crafted, he cannot be used until the penultimate mission, where he is automatically Rank 30 with a free, pre-installed Orokin Reactor and Warframe slot.Ī second blueprint will not be given on replays. Unlike other Warframes, Umbra requires no further components and is crafted entirely from the single blueprint. The blueprint for Excalibur Umbra is given to players upon completing the first mission of The Sacrifice quest, and the ability to build the Warframe is granted on completing the second mission. He can be acquired through the The Sacrifice quest.

#Umbra design update#

He was first released in the Chinese build of WARFRAME as Excalibur Umbra Prime and was later added to the Global build in Update 23.0 () as a non-prime. Unique to Umbra is his display of sentience, allowing him to fight on his own when not piloted by the Operator. Excalibur Umbra is the Umbra variant of Excalibur, sporting higher armor and energy, as well as three polarities while losing a.