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Best Kuva, Tenet and Coda Weapons in Warframe (2026)

Every Lich weapon ranked, and which to hunt first

Last Updated on September 11, 2026

The short answer

Hunt Kuva Nukor first, then Kuva Zarr or Kuva Bramma. From the Sisters take Tenet Arca Plasmor and Tenet Cycron. From the Coda take Coda Pathocyst, Coda Bassocyst and Coda Mire. Roll Toxin on anything you plan to build Viral, and feed duplicates in for Valence Fusion until the bonus reads 60%.

Reviewed September 10, 2026, current through Update 43.5. Iceblade of Narin lands September 23 and is not reflected yet; every page here gets re-checked after each major patch.

Slot	Top pick	Runner-up	Easiest to get

Kuva weapons (Kuva Lich)

Mercy-kill a Grineer larvling on any Grineer mission level 20 or higher after The War Within. The Warframe you stab it with sets the element.

Weapon	Slot	MR	Tier	Why	Element to roll
Kuva Nukor	Secondary	13	S	Chaining beam with 50% status and a 5x crit multiplier; primes and kills at once, the reason people hunt Liches.	Toxin (for Viral)
Kuva Zarr	Primary	15	S	Cannon shell splits into bomblets for the hardest room nuke in the family; bring an ammo mod.	Toxin or Heat
Kuva Bramma	Primary	15	S	Cluster-arrow bow that clears a corridor per shot; ammo and self-stagger are the price.	Toxin or Heat
Kuva Hek	Primary	15	S	Alt-fire dumps four shells at once for a huge first hit; the Archon opener.	Heat or Toxin
Kuva Sobek	Primary	15	A	Automatic shotgun with a deep magazine; with its augment it strips armor while it fires.	Toxin
Kuva Ogris	Primary	15	A	Straight rockets with a large blast; easier to aim than Zarr and cheaper on ammo.	Heat
Kuva Kohm	Primary	13	A	Spool-up shotgun that turns into a wall of status pellets; a classic Viral and Heat gun.	Toxin
Kuva Chakkhurr	Primary	15	A	50% crit flintlock whose headshots explode; single-target burst for Archons and Demolishers.	Heat or Radiation
Kuva Brakk	Secondary	13	A	Shotgun pistol with punch-through and status; the best Kuva secondary after Nukor.	Toxin
Kuva Tonkor	Primary	13	A	Grenade launcher with no arming distance, so point-blank shots work; slower than Zarr.	Heat
Kuva Grattler	Arch-guns	15	A	Arch-gun that hits like a cannon on the ground with no spool-up; a Netracell favorite.	Heat
Kuva Ayanga	Arch-guns	13	A	Automatic grenade Arch-gun; the easiest Profit-Taker leg breaker.	Heat
Kuva Hind	Primary	15	B	Burst rifle with a full-auto alt mode; dependable, never top tier.	Toxin
Kuva Quartakk	Primary	13	B	Four-round burst rifle with good crit; overshadowed by the launchers.	Toxin
Kuva Karak	Primary	13	B	The starter rifle made good; fine, no niche of its own.	Toxin
Kuva Seer	Secondary	15	B	Big single shots with an explosion; a Zealoid Prelate reward as well as a Lich roll.	Heat
Kuva Shildeg	Melee	13	B	Hammer that shifts to a sword mid-combo; fun, out-damaged by other heavy melee.	Heat
Kuva Kraken	Secondary	15	C	Two-round burst pistol; mastery fodder.	Toxin
Kuva Twin Stubbas	Secondary	13	C	Dual auto pistols with low damage per shot; mastery fodder.	Toxin
Kuva Drakgoon	Primary	13	C	Charged flak shotgun with a tiny magazine; Sobek and Hek do it better.	Toxin
Kuva Ghoulsaw	Melee	13	C	Chainsaw melee from Ghoul Purge bounties, not a Lich roll; a weak stance holds it back.	n/a (bounty weapon)

Tenet weapons (Sisters of Parvos)

Guns: spawn a Candidate in a Granum Void with a Zenith Granum Crown after Call of the Tempestarii, then Mercy-kill it. Melee: buy from Ergo Glast for Corrupted Holokeys, element shown before you pay.

Tenet Arca PlasmorS tier

Weapon	Slot	MR	Tier	Why	Element to roll
Tenet Arca Plasmor	Primary	16	S	Wide plasma wave that bounces and one-shots packs; no self-stagger, the strongest Tenet gun.	Toxin or Magnetic
Tenet Cycron	Secondary	14	S	Chain beam that recharges instead of reloading; a Nukor with no ammo economy.	Toxin or Magnetic
Tenet Grigori	Melee	14	S	Scythe whose heavy slide attacks throw punch-through discs; bought, so shop the element you want.	Toxin or Electricity
Tenet Glaxion	Primary	16	A	Freezing beam that locks down groups with Cold procs while it chains.	Toxin or Magnetic
Tenet Tetra	Primary	16	A	Assault rifle with a grenade alt-fire; two guns in one slot.	Magnetic or Toxin
Tenet Detron	Secondary	16	A	Status shotgun pistol with innate Radiation; the best Sister secondary after Cycron.	Toxin
Tenet Envoy	Primary	16	A	Guided rockets that reload while holstered; comfortable crowd clear.	Magnetic or Toxin
Tenet Diplos	Secondary	16	B	Homing dual pistols with high crit; the homing locks onto bodies, not heads.	Toxin
Tenet Spirex	Secondary	14	B	Crit revolver with guaranteed Impact; solid, not special.	Toxin
Tenet Flux Rifle	Primary	16	B	Fast hitscan status beam; fell behind the chaining beams.	Magnetic
Tenet Quanta	Primary	16	B	Beam rifle with a status alt-fire; steady and unremarkable.	Magnetic
Tenet Plinx	Secondary	6	B	Rapid pulling projectiles with good status; mastery fodder for most builds.	Toxin
Tenet Livia	Melee	14	B	Two-handed nikana with decent stats and a weak stance.	Heat
Tenet Agendus	Melee	14	B	Sword and shield that throws Plasmor-style discs on heavy attack; opinions split.	Electricity
Tenet Exec	Melee	16	C	Heavy blade with shockwave slams; the Impact weighting caps it.	Magnetic
Tenet Ferrox	Primary	16	C	Charging spear-gun with a tether alt-fire nobody uses.	Magnetic

Coda weapons (Technocyte Coda)

Hack a Mixtape dropped by Techrot in Hollvania missions after The Hex quest. Find the right Antivirus mod through the Duet fights, then finish the Coda; the weapon comes with the kill.

Coda CatabolystA tier

Coda SporothrixA tier

Coda CaustacystA tier

Coda BubonicoA tier

Weapon	Slot	MR	Tier	Why	Element to roll
Coda Pathocyst	Melee	17	S	Infested glaive with innate Viral and maggot-spawning throws; the best glaive in the game right now.	Toxin or Electricity
Coda Bassocyst	Primary	17	S	Infested projectile shotgun in the Arca Plasmor mold with huge base damage and crit scaling.	Toxin
Coda Mire	Melee	17	S	One-handed sword with guaranteed Toxin on slams; the best sword in the game by most counts.	Heat
Coda Synapse	Primary	17	A	Beam rifle with excellent crit once the bonus is maxed.	Heat
Coda Catabolyst	Secondary	17	A	Pistol that throws a status grenade on reload; strong AoE cleave.	Heat
Coda Sporothrix	Primary	17	A	Sniper firing barbed Viral rounds that explode; an AoE sniper.	Toxin
Coda Caustacyst	Melee	17	A	Scythe whose heavy attacks leave a Corrosive sludge pool; Condition Overload fuel.	Electricity
Coda Bubonico	Primary	17	A	The Bubonico with more crit, status and fire rate on both fire modes.	Magnetic or Toxin
Coda Tysis	Secondary	17	B	Semi-auto pistol with innate Corrosive; solid single target, not a priority.	Toxin
Dual Coda Torxica	Secondary	17	B	Dual pistols that tag enemies for Cold death explosions; a fun bullet hose.	Toxin
Coda Motovore	Melee	17	B	Hammer that buffs itself off your highest physical damage type; flexible, not a first pick.	Toxin
Coda Hirudo	Melee	17	B	Sparring weapon with lifesteal on crits; survivability over damage.	Toxin
Coda Pox	Secondary	17	C	Gas primer pistol; Cedo and the beams do the job better.	Toxin
Coda Hema	Primary	17	C	Burst rifle with a lifesteal gimmick and mediocre damage for MR 17.	Toxin

Hunt these first

Kuva NukorKuva: first

Kuva ZarrKuva: second

Tenet Arca PlasmorTenet: first

Tenet CycronTenet: second

Coda PathocystCoda: first

Coda BassocystCoda: second

Core mods for Lich builds

Galvanized Chamber

+80% Multishot

On Kill: +30% Multishot for 20s. Stacks up to 5x.

Rifle

Galvanized Aptitude

+80% Status Chance

On Kill: +40% Direct Damage per Status Type affecting the target for 20s. Stacks up to 2x.

Rifle

Primed Firestorm

+44% Blast Range

Rifle

Vigilante Supplies

Converts Secondary ammo pickups to 30% of Ammo Pick Up.

30% chance to enhance Critical Hits from Primary Weapons.

SET: PRIMARY

Galvanized Diffusion

+110% Multishot

On Kill: +30% Multishot for 20s. Stacks up to 4x.

Pistol

Galvanized Shot

+80% Status Chance

On Kill: +40% Direct Damage per Status Type affecting the target for 14s. Stacks up to 3x.

Pistol

Condition Overload

+80% Melee Damage per Status Type affecting the target

Melee

Primed Reach

+3 Range

Melee

Mod	Why it is here
Galvanized Chamber	Multishot that stacks on kills; the launchers and Sobek want it most.
Galvanized Aptitude	Damage per status type; Kohm, Glaxion and every beam scale with it.
Primed Firestorm	Blast radius for Zarr, Bramma, Ogris and Tonkor.
Vigilante Supplies	Ammo mutation for the launchers.
Galvanized Diffusion	Secondary multishot; Nukor, Cycron and Brakk.
Galvanized Shot	Secondary damage per status type; the Nukor standard.
Condition Overload	Melee damage per status type; Grigori, Pathocyst and Mire.
Primed Reach	Melee range for Grigori discs and Pathocyst throws.

How Lich weapons work

The Warframe you use for the Mercy kill sets the bonus element: Saryn gives Toxin, Ember Heat, Volt Electricity, Frost Cold, Mag Magnetic, Loki Radiation, Rhino Impact.
The bonus rolls between 25% and 60% when the adversary spawns and shows on the weapon before you commit.
Valence Fusion feeds a duplicate into your copy: the bonus rises by 10% of the higher roll toward the 60% cap, and you can swap to the duplicate's element.
Every Lich weapon takes five Forma to reach rank 40, which is where the extra Mastery comes from.
A converted Lich or Sister can be traded once in the Dojo's Crimson Branch, weapon roll and ephemera included.
Tenet melee skips the RNG entirely: Ergo Glast in the Relay sells it for Corrupted Holokeys from Void Storms, with the element and bonus shown.
Coda adversaries are cleared with Antivirus mods in your Parazon, not Requiem mods; the Duet fights tell you which one.

Table of Contents

Kuva weapons (Kuva Lich)

Tenet weapons (Sisters of Parvos)

Coda weapons (Technocyte Coda)

Hunt these first

Core mods for Lich builds

How Lich weapons work

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