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PROTEA

Protea knows all about protection. Her vast arsenal inflicts damage and provides ally support. She can even manipulate time itself.

Protea is a full caster who barely touches her weapons: she spams Grenade Fan for shields and knockdown, drops Dispensary for a constant stream of ammo, energy, and health orbs, and lets her passive stack a free strength bonus onto every fourth cast. She's built for easy, high-uptime Steel Path and endurance survival rather than raw single-target damage, working as much as a mobile support station for the squad as a solo nuker.

PROTEA
Energy275
Health370
Shield555
Sprint Speed1.2
Duration100%
Efficiency100%
Range100%
Strength100%
Armor135
Damage Reduction31%
Effective Hit Points1,276
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PassiveInnateEvery CASTSth Power Cast is granted +STRENGTH% Ability Strength.
Grenade Fan
Ability 1Grenade FanThrow out grenades in an arc. (TAP) SHRAPNEL VORTEX Creates a slashing, staggering swirl of shrapnel. (HOLD) SHIELD SATELLITES Protea reconfigures Grenades to work as overcharging shield generators, protecting her, her allies and companions. When Shields break, a Satellite is destroyed to double minimum Shield Gate invincibility time.Energy25Damage500/s SlashShield Restore500Range5mDuration13s
Blaze Artillery
Ability 2Blaze ArtilleryDeploys an artillery unit to blast plasma charges at enemies it faces. Each enemy hit increases the power of subsequent plasma attacks.Energy50Damage500 HeatRange30mDuration3sStatus100%
Dispensary
Ability 3DispensaryDeploys a device that generates 3 pickups after a short delay: empowered health orb, universal ammo pack and energy orb.Energy75Duration25sHealth Orb100 HPSpawn Rate2sExtra Drop Chance25%
Temporal Anchor
Ability 4Temporal AnchorDrops a Temporal Anchor which, after a short duration, Protea rewinds to trigger a temporal implosion. Implosion damage increases based on damage dealt between anchor drop and rewind. Everything lost or expended in that time is returned. Dying while Anchor is active rewinds Protea to the anchor, saving her. Protea is knocked down and the anchor vanishes.Energy100Damage Recorded25%Range15mDuration8sInvulnerability3s
Most popular mods
14Primed Continuity
14Primed Flow
9Stretch
16Umbral Intensify
16Blind Rage
16Narrow Minded
14Equilibrium
11Overextended

Based on several sources, these are the mods most commonly run on Protea. They do not reflect a complete build.

PROTEA excels in
PROTEA builds
Top community builds for PROTEARanked, voted builds on Overframe.ggOpen

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PROTEA PRIME

Behold the child of two fathers. Protea Prime once fulfilled Parvos Granum's vision of a time-wielding guardian. Now she upholds the Tenno ideal of defending the defenseless.

Protea is a full caster who barely touches her weapons: she spams Grenade Fan for shields and knockdown, drops Dispensary for a constant stream of ammo, energy, and health orbs, and lets her passive stack a free strength bonus onto every fourth cast. She's built for easy, high-uptime Steel Path and endurance survival rather than raw single-target damage, working as much as a mobile support station for the squad as a solo nuker.

PROTEA PRIME
Energy300
Health370
Shield555
Sprint Speed1.2
Duration100%
Efficiency100%
Range100%
Strength100%
Armor185
Damage Reduction38.1%
Effective Hit Points1,338
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PassiveInnateEvery CASTSth Power Cast is granted +STRENGTH% Ability Strength.
Grenade Fan
Ability 1Grenade FanThrow out grenades in an arc. (TAP) SHRAPNEL VORTEX Creates a slashing, staggering swirl of shrapnel. (HOLD) SHIELD SATELLITES Protea reconfigures Grenades to work as overcharging shield generators, protecting her, her allies and companions. When Shields break, a Satellite is destroyed to double minimum Shield Gate invincibility time.Energy25Damage500/s SlashShield Restore500Range5mDuration13s
Blaze Artillery
Ability 2Blaze ArtilleryDeploys an artillery unit to blast plasma charges at enemies it faces. Each enemy hit increases the power of subsequent plasma attacks.Energy50Damage500 HeatRange30mDuration3sStatus100%
Dispensary
Ability 3DispensaryDeploys a device that generates 3 pickups after a short delay: empowered health orb, universal ammo pack and energy orb.Energy75Duration25sHealth Orb100 HPSpawn Rate2sExtra Drop Chance25%
Temporal Anchor
Ability 4Temporal AnchorDrops a Temporal Anchor which, after a short duration, Protea rewinds to trigger a temporal implosion. Implosion damage increases based on damage dealt between anchor drop and rewind. Everything lost or expended in that time is returned. Dying while Anchor is active rewinds Protea to the anchor, saving her. Protea is knocked down and the anchor vanishes.Energy100Damage Recorded25%Range15mDuration8sInvulnerability3s
Most popular mods
14Primed Continuity
14Primed Flow
9Stretch
16Umbral Intensify
16Blind Rage
16Narrow Minded
14Equilibrium
11Overextended

Based on several sources, these are the mods most commonly run on Protea. They do not reflect a complete build.

PROTEA PRIME excels in
PROTEA PRIME builds
Top community builds for PROTEA PRIMERanked, voted builds on Overframe.ggOpen

Community builds live on Overframe.gg. Link opens on their site.

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PROTEA PRIME blueprint
ItemCountSource
Protea Prime Blueprint1
Axi N13 Relic25.33%
Axi V13 Relic25.33%
Vanguard C1 Relic25.33%
Neo C6 Relic25.33%
Meso K7 Relic25.33%
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Protea Prime Neuroptics1
Vanguard E1 Relic25.33%
Axi T12 Relic11.00%
Axi S16 Relic11.00%
Neo P6 Relic11.00%
Neo D9 Relic11.00%
3 more…
Protea Prime Chassis1
Vanguard M1 Relic11.00%
Axi P7 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Axi P8 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Neo P7 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Meso P17 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Protea Prime Systems1
Axi P9 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Vanguard P1 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Neo P9 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Meso P16 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
Meso P15 Relic (Radiant)10.00%
1 more…
Orokin Cell1
Common resource drop

Relic drop chances shown at the tier players usually farm each part. Data from the game files, refreshed each patch.