Warframe Tier List 2026: Every Frame Ranked

Reviewed October 17, 2026, roster as of Update 44. Narin is ranked for the first time and Banshee moves up from C after her rework; those two placements are the least settled on the list. Re-checked after every major patch.

SBring these every time

The frames that justify themselves in any squad and any mission right now.

Wisp

Permanent squad buffs plus near unkillable, still the safest pick

Saryn

Spores nuke rooms and only get stronger the longer you sit

Mesa

Peacemaker deletes crowds while Shatter Shield keeps her standing forever

Octavia

Mallet nukes, Resonator tanks aggro, buffs stack for the whole team

Dante

Overguard and damage in one kit, even after repeated nerfs

Protea

Shield Satellites keep everyone alive while Blaze Artillery clears the room

Wukong

Two lives, a clone tank, and a sword nobody can punish

Revenant

Mesmer Skin makes him nearly unkillable, Reave scales with enemy health

AReliable Steel Path picks

Strong picks you can build toward with zero regret.

Titania

Razorwing flight outruns every other frame in the game

Gauss

Redline sprint damage plus near endless energy from his own Battery

Khora

Whipclaw scales forever and Strangledome locks a room down

Mirage

Hall of Mirrors multiplies your damage output insanely

Nova

Slowed Molecular Prime turns every enemy into a bomb

Volt

Speed buffs the team and Discharge still clears rooms

Kullervo

Teleport spam plus a built in damage multiplier that snowballs

Uriel

Three permanent demons buff and shred, big early impression

Xaku

The Vast Untime freezes the room while Xaku shreds armor

Nekros

Desecrate loot with no enemy cap, still the farming standard

Harrow

Covenant crits and team energy make him a support staple

Rhino

Iron Skin tanks anything, Roar buffs the whole squad

Nidus

Stacks scale his tank and damage the longer a fight runs

Sirius & Orion

Two frames sharing one body, always fighting even when you're not looking

Nokko

Invisible mushroom nuking with built in team sustain

Cyte-09

Rewind lets him undo bad plays, kit punishes low health enemies

Citrine

Crystal walls tank hits and the whole kit scales with allies

Jade

Light based nuke and defense in one flexible kit

Nezha

Halo blocks damage for the team, fire trail melts enemies

Gara

Glass wall shreds armor and shields the whole squad

Trinity

Still the best energy and healing support in the game

Hildryn

Shield tank with no energy problems, Pillage strips enemy defenses

Baruuk

Restraint into Elude makes him nearly untouchable up close

Voruna

Strong hybrid kit but still short on proven high level builds

Garuda

Self damage fuels huge crit buffs for her and allies

Sevagoth

Shadow form nukes rooms while his real body sits safe

Styanax

Exalted spear plus a free source, hard to argue with

Ember

Fire Blast armor strip and burn damage that still scales

Lavos

No mods needed on abilities, just spam and go

Oraxia

Execute low health enemies instantly and go invisible on demand

Narin

Charges Ice with her first three, then strips armour and shields in a sword dance

Banshee

Reworked: full armour strip on a one-handed cast, and Sonar charges the squad’s Incarnons

BFine with some work

They work. They just need more from you than the tiers above.

Ash

Bladestorm still deletes squishy enemies but needs Helminth to matter more

Atlas

Tanky punches and good loot bonus but slow to get going

Chroma

Vex Armor buffs are strong but the kit needs Helminth work

Dagath

Horse charge is fun but damage falls off without investment

Equinox

Two forms means two builds, powerful but split focus hurts her

Excalibur

Exalted Blade still works, mostly outclassed by newer melee frames

Follie

Cute toolkit, spawns useful objects, but damage output stays middling

Frost

Globe still holds a point but offense is basically nonexistent

Grendel

Eating enemies for buffs is fun but clunky in practice

Gyre

Burst damage is real but ramp up takes too long

Inaros

Free tank stats, no shields to manage, damage is an afterthought

Ivara

Great for stealth and loot, weak for straight combat

Limbo

Rift mechanics still split squads, divisive even after tweaks

Loki

Disarm trivializes Interception but the rest of his kit is thin

Mag

Shield strip is useful, otherwise outclassed by other casters

Qorvex

Petrify tanks hits but the kit feels unfinished for its cost

Temple

Rhythm mechanic is neat but still climbing toward reliable

Valkyr

Hysteria invulnerability is strong, everything else is filler

Zephyr

Mobility and Tornado are fine, nothing about her stands out

CLow priority

Build these for love or a niche, not for power.

Caliban

Reworked and better, still overshadowed by every A tier caster

Hydroid

Great for loot farming, mediocre for actual Steel Path combat

Koumei

Interesting kit on paper, barely anyone has real build data

Nyx

Absorb is fine utility, the rest of the kit is dated

Oberon

Support kit is outclassed unless you Helminth half of it away

Vauban

Crowd control is fun but the numbers don't hold at high level

Yareli

Merulina rework helps, still divisive and inconsistent past low levels

How to read this list

• General-purpose ranking: how much a frame carries across the star chart, Steel Path and the weekly modes without a specific build or squad.
• Mission-specific picks are a different question; the mission cheat sheets below rank by game mode (Loki tops Interception, for example).
• Helminth changes a lot: a B frame with the right subsumed ability plays like an A frame. See the Helminth guide.
• Prime and base versions share a tier; the Prime is the same frame with better stats and polarities.

Where the community disagrees

• Revenant is the most contested S slot: two major sources put him in S, one ranks him only B. We sided with the universal-survivability argument.
• Titania, Gauss, Khora, and Wukong each got an S grade from at least one source. Wukong had enough breadth of support to join S; the other three top the A tier.
• Nekros gets a low grade from one prominent creator while nearly every other 2026 source treats him as the default farming pick. We went with the majority.
• Loki is a genuine top pick for Interception specifically, but general-purpose lists keep him mid tier outside that one mission type.
• Temple is new enough that sources flatly disagree, ranging from S to B. We landed on B pending more build data.
• No frame earned a D tier from genuine multi-source consensus; the roster floor is thin in 2026 after recent reworks.

Watch: a tier list from the community

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• Every Warframe: abilities, stats and builds
• Best Warframe for every mission type
• Best frames for Steel Path
• Helminth guide and subsume tier list
• Best weapons for 2026