The Arbucep is Nokko’s signature Archgun and was introduced to Warframe with The Vallis Undermind update. This weapon is a lot of fun to use, firing clusters of homing missiles that seek out enemies and detonate, causing high damage and clouds of area-of-effect damage. Each missile delivers a different type of elemental damage, making it somewhat unpredictable and adding an exciting touch of randomness to combat.
## The Best Arbucep Build in Warframe
The Arbucep is a strong contender for the best overall Archgun in Warframe. It excels at clearing rooms and corridors with ease. I’ve personally enjoyed testing it against enemies up to around Level 500. While I rarely push testing beyond this point, my goal is to find solid builds that average players can utilize effectively, rather than focusing solely on endgame level-cap content.
As an Archgun, the Arbucep benefits from the ability to equip both a Primary and a Secondary Arcane. This opens up interesting build options and significantly boosts the weapon’s power. However, the Arcane suggestions I provide are just that—suggestions. Newer players should not feel pressured if they don’t have them, as the Arbucep is already very capable without these enhancements.
### Recommended Arcanes
**Primary: Crux**
This Arcane activates on hitting weak spots and provides numerous benefits. If you find the additional status effects less enjoyable, you can swap it for **Merciless** for a straightforward damage boost. Personally, I appreciate the extra status procs as they help deal consistent damage even when follow-up hits aren’t guaranteed, gradually burning down targets.
**Secondary: Enervate**
Enervate is the default choice for weapons with low critical chance, enabling you to enjoy the thrill of red crits without heavily investing in critical chance mods.
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### Important Note on Elements
Every elemental mod added affects all six rockets fired by the Arbucep. This means each missile carries its innate element plus all the additional elements from your mods, greatly increasing damage versatility and status application.
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### Mod Setup Overview
– **Primed Rubedo-Lined Barrel / Rubedo Lined Barrel**
Provides a solid base damage increase to build upon.
– **Parallax Scope**
Increases critical chance, which synergizes well with Enervate. However, if you prefer, this can be replaced with a fire rate mod depending on your playstyle.
– **Hollowed Bullets**
Adds critical damage to capitalize on crits.
– **Magnetized Cycle**
Adds Magnetic damage and boosts fire rate, both of which enhance overall output.
– **Dual Rounds**
Grants multishot that boosts damage on the Arbucep by multiplying damage per shot rather than creating extra projectiles.
– **Venomous Clip (Toxin damage)**
Combines with Polar Magazine to create Viral damage, effective against many enemies.
– **Polar Magazine (Cold damage)**
Pairs with Venomous Clip to form Viral damage.
– **Magma Chamber**
Adds Heat damage along with increased status chance for more elemental procs.
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### Final Thoughts
Lately, my builds have focused on versatility—crafting weapons that reliably perform against a variety of enemies. This approach favors a broad spectrum of elemental damage types with strong effects, instead of chasing overkill purely for high-level content.
I hope this Arbucep build proves useful to you and helps you take down enemies efficiently, no matter which faction or level you are facing. Happy hunting!
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