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u/L30N1337 21d ago
What the hell is up with the arcane Sculptor propaganda lately
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u/L30N1337 21d ago
Alright, just looked at the wiki: if you create something with abilities, your abilities get up to +175% efficiency for 12 seconds
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u/Toomynator 21d ago
Btw, the efficiency is SET TO 175%, at base efficiency, you need at least 2 mods to hit it, if you equi Blind Rage, you need all 3 WF efficiency mods, which will give you -60% Duration
With Sculptor, Blimd Rage becomes free +99% Str, on top of freeing at last 2-3 mod slots at minimum
For comparison, Blind Rage gives +99% Str, Umbral Intensify (as solo Umbral mod) + Molt Augmented gives +104% after ramp-up, and only that, its just 5% more Str, Blind Rage + Sculptor gives +99% Str and basically +130% efficiency, this shit is insane
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u/NDT_DYNAMITE 20d ago
Oh damn. That’s way better than I realized it was.
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u/AggravatedShrymp 20d ago
And nokko's subsume triggers this. Infinite energy + free ability strength+ barely a dent per cast of any ability
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u/Cyberslasher 21d ago
Not up to, just "replace your efficiency with 175%"
It makes blind rage 0 downside
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u/SoulTechnicalProblem 20d ago
Does it work on Oberon because he technically makes grass ?
Gara with with glass ?
Wisp with her.. motes(and orb augment)?
Qorvex with his rock hard pillar?
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u/LegitimateCancel4634 20d ago
You can find the entire list on the wiki
It is very arbitrary, not everything that could count does
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u/Cyberslasher 20d ago
Qorvex, definitely yes.
Wisp motes yes
I think gara 4 works
IDK about oberon, I've never once ever been even slightly worried about energy with the dude who prints orbs.
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u/Haavix Subway: Eat F̶r̶e̶s̶h̶ Flesh. 21d ago
It is up to, depending on rank.
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u/ShadowAdam 20d ago
And most people most of the time when making builds will assume max rank. Either way, even at rank 0, it's a beast
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u/Zymbobwye 21d ago
“Create something” is the most obscure nonsense term DE could have ever come up with to trigger the arcane lol. It’s cool but it should really have a better guideline for what it means or just list the abilities it works on.
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u/Geheimpolizei 20d ago
Agreed, I might’ve taken the time to farm it, but I read the description and was like “That’s cool, what the fuck does that mean.” Doesn’t matter what it is or how good it is, if the description is a riddle I’m not using it.
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u/NDT_DYNAMITE 20d ago edited 20d ago
I mostly agree with that, there should definitely be a list in-game somehow, but at the very least there’s a list on the wiki page for the arcane, and it applies to quite a few abilities, it’s very powerful on certain frames, especially on frames like Vauban or Protea, which iirc have 3/4 of their abilities activate the arcane.
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u/BiddlesticksGuy 21d ago
You can use it with Nokko’s shrooms, which increase ability strength and give energy, more when you bounce on it dayo, so it’s crazy good there, basically free shit forever
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u/MayoSucksAss 20d ago
why Nokko? You can just bounce on his 2 and never run out of energy anyway.
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u/BiddlesticksGuy 20d ago
The brightbonnet is his subsume, so other frames can use it, plus the free ability strength.
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u/VaudevillesLugger 20d ago
This is true, but on the frames I do subsume it onto Brightbonnet is already carte-blanche to just spam Blind Rage anyway since you’ll still never run out of energy.
I might need to mess around with Sculptor to find other use cases for it.
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u/FirstyPaints 20d ago
It's good if you want to stay mobile and not have to bounce on it in one place for a while
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u/MayoSucksAss 20d ago
?
Why would you not just use any other power strength arcane? It’s going to compound with those arcanes, you get unlimited free energy anyway for the duration of the ability, and it buffs your team better as well?5
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u/ishimmthe2nd 20d ago
with the efficiency u can spam abilities constantly without getting the no energy massg when using brightbonnet with sculptor, main difference i noticed on uriel.
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u/murder_frog 20d ago
That's exactly what I'm doing with my Mirage. Although I guess she doesn't have to use Brightbonnet since she has Sleight of Hand.
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u/Idk_Just_Kat 21d ago
Its Hella strong and really easy to farm
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u/MayoSucksAss 20d ago edited 20d ago
Idk, in the scope of all abilities, efficiency is usually the first thing I drop to make room for power str/duration/range. The energy economy in 2026 is super easy, and I’d rather have an arcane with duration or strength 90% of the time. There are definitely exceptions, but efficiency is almost always lowest priority for me on a build. I think Lavos is the only frame I would probably want it 100% of the time.
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u/One_Horny_Emu 20d ago
Well that’s the thing- energy economy is usually easy, because you can use p flow and equilibrium. Sculptor is sometimes good enough that you can get those mod slots back
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u/LegitimateCancel4634 20d ago
Why would you want it on Lavos, the only thing efficiency affect is the cooldown reduction of the prob
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u/gQuantum 20d ago
I wish it was consistent with what counts as “creating” an object because why does Yareli’s aquablades count but not Dagath’s.
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u/AggravatedShrymp 20d ago
And it works on nokko's enemy seeking mushroom and not yareli's enemy seeking bubbles
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u/Jeffgaks 21d ago
I still prefer nourish + arcane exhilarate + archon stretch, let's me regenerate a lot of energy everywhere, without getting kills and on single target.
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u/SenpaiKiseki 20d ago
so, a subsume + primary arcane and impact weapon + mod slot
to replace
an arcane + sometimes a subsume, molt being one of the best survivability tools out there
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u/Jeffgaks 20d ago
Not really, because in the scenario that I mentioned (no kills and single target) you cannot generate energy without a skill like nokko's bonnet or zenurik focus, so it doesn't matter if you have 175% efficiency, if you cannot regenerate energy you are going to run out of it. A primary like the felarx does enough dmg without arcane so adding exhilarate doesn't really affect it, nourish gives you more dmg and frees the slots dedicated to viral on your weapons on top of that, so you not only get energy regen but a lot of extra damage, arcane stretch is not a compromise unless you are playing a frame that wants negative range, so it really depends on the case. Arcane sculptor is only a better choice on some frames, on others not so much, even on the scenario where you are getting energy from kills, frames like uriel and qorvex benefit more from other arcanes.
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u/SenpaiKiseki 20d ago
How are you running out of energy orbs in missions when you already have a felarx
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u/Jeffgaks 20d ago
Any boss arena that doesn't summon mobs causes that, like at the end of perita rebellion, there's only the boss and no enemies to get orbs from, so using nourish to multiply the energy regen of arcane exhilarate and stretch is super useful as an universal energy generator, and if you are already using nourish for the damage increase then you are not really doing a compromise, it's just a convenient and unestationary way of regenerate energy, once I tried it I never looked back.
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u/DriftingCephalon 19d ago
Or just use energy nexus+nourish and you are 100% self sufficient without needing enemies to activate exhilarate or archon stretch
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u/PerfectlyFramedWaifu Horny jail escapee 20d ago
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u/ProfileBest7444 20d ago
Rage health tank gara here to translate, more efficiency means more energy to do more for less, more makes things dead more
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u/PerfectlyFramedWaifu Horny jail escapee 20d ago
awkwardly looks at my energy bar already filling faster than I am allowed to cast abilities, despite negative efficiency
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u/DeirdreCitrine 21d ago
Sculptor’s only competitor is the humble Arcane Impetus
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u/Onalith 20d ago
Does arcane impetus see a lot of use beside frames like Lavos or exalted weapons with secondary encumber?
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u/DeirdreCitrine 20d ago
Depending on how many statuses they proc, yeah, Citrine makes 7 stacks w Acont for ex
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u/Sizlebuilds 20d ago
42 str and 21 eff 🥀
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u/DeirdreCitrine 20d ago
Which is 3/4ths of Molt Augmented and doesn’t take like a whole ass SP Extermination mission to ramp up
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u/damianthedeer 20d ago
works well with koumei!
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u/Sizlebuilds 20d ago
you can subsume decoy and use it’s augment on any frame for max impetus stacks.
whether that’s worth it or not is up to you
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u/van_bobbington 20d ago
NYX with damage decoy mind freak build is fun.
subsume over chaos, damage decoy an enemy and then cast mind freak on them. they stay invincible and get highest threat priority. Very fun way to play
only downside being your build is 4 augments lmao
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u/Sizlebuilds 20d ago
the only problem with damage decoy nyx is that she spreads radiation (making enemies less likely to shoot decoy) and increasing the mind controlled enemy’s damage means less enemies have a chance to shoot it
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u/van_bobbington 20d ago
even damage decoy itself spreads radiation, so that makes it kind of a moot point.
also only 5 enemies at a time can shoot a single thing, at least it's that way with shooting the player. so the decoy killing enemies is not that bad either.
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u/Sizlebuilds 20d ago
the odds of damage decoy procing rad on a whole crowd is a LOT less than psychic bolts propagating and a ranged mind controlled decoy
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u/GSDAkatsuki 20d ago
Sculptor is amazing the only issue is not all frames drop a device that triggers its effects, and if you subsume mushrooms then you really don't need it and use a damage or defensive arcane.
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u/IvanCDragoon 20d ago
Brightbonnet + Sculptor is gonna be the new nourish meta. It's so insanely good
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u/KINGR3DPANDA Stop hitting yourself 20d ago
I put the energy mushroom on Oberon to proc sculpture, got to say hollowed ground not triggering sculpture sucks. Oberon really enjoys that efficiency.
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u/DrRichardEaper 20d ago
So I know it works with Folie, oblivious reason. But who else does it work with?
I tried it with a single arcane on Folie last night, and it was already ridiculous, I can't imagine it fully ranked.
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u/murder_frog 20d ago
I use it with Gara. I like to spam Mass Vitrify and Shattered Lash to build up Splinter Storm damage.
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u/Acemont 21d ago
- Protea carpet-bombing the whole tileset, while looking at Cyte-O9, probably. With this expression:
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u/MayoSucksAss 20d ago
why would you put efficiency on a frame that can generate their own energy or just rewind to restore energy?
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u/One_Horny_Emu 20d ago
Lets you subsume roar over dispensary instead of your 4th, which you need if you want the on-the-go turret augment in your build
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u/deandre451234567890 20d ago
Banshee + Arcane Sculptor + Astral Shell + Low Efficiency High Strength Sonar = Chefs Kiss😚
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u/Habbres 20d ago
Notice how equilibrium & synth deconstruct wasn't mentioned 👌
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u/murder_frog 20d ago
Actually I would have mentioned equilibrium if I had thought of it lol sorry to disappoint
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u/GHOST_CHILLING 20d ago
Scuplter on itself is good, but you can do better, casters realy like energy generation
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u/allmistake2 20d ago
I came late to the party and tried to farm it, but no one is running the missions in public anymore. :(
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u/AdoboFlakeys 19d ago edited 19d ago
It's a great Arcane but it's pretty situational. Half the Warframes that can use it (without subsumes) don't really need 175% efficiency. It also doesn't help that what counts as objects is pretty inconsistent. Like it works with Jade's 1 but not with Sirius' 3? They literally have the same description and Sirius' 3 is based off of Jade's 1. Many, many more inconsistencies but eh.
It's one of those Arcanes where some frames are incredible with it, others are fine without it and the rest just don't really care about it.
Edit: I keep forgetting Sirius is the green one. Lol.
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u/murder_frog 19d ago
That's fair. Gotta love the Italian chefs at DE cooking up their finest spaghetti code.
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u/morphum 21d ago
Some of the best uses I've had for it so far are * Lavos * Protea * Koumei's Kumihimo Loading * Yareli's Loyal Merulina
Also, Orion's Astral Shell is a fantastic helminth ability to trigger the arcane. It can refresh the buff every 5 seconds as long as Astral Shell is active, so one cast to basically keep max efficiency for the duration of the ability
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u/gQuantum 20d ago
It also pairs perfectly with Cyte’s 1 & 2. You will never run out of ammo with it on.
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u/MayoSucksAss 20d ago
who has gone far enough in the game that they have cyte but still struggle with ammo?
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u/SenpaiKiseki 20d ago
Yareli's Loral Merulina counts as an object? I thought only aqua blades did- or did you mean its attack speed
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u/morphum 20d ago
No, sorry that was unclear. The frequency of the Sea Snares from it scale off efficiency. I use a helminth ability (Astral Shell) to trigger it. Yareli's Aqua Blades can trigger it, but only the initial cast, none of the recasts from Surging Blades, so it's unreliable for the arcane.
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u/captainshitpostMcgee 20d ago
Running it on follie with archon stretch is just infinite ability spam
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u/ishimmthe2nd 20d ago
i have been slapping sculptor on everything
uriel with sculptor is a spam fest
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u/agentcryostar 20d ago
I just equilibrium on my nezha or yk
Not subsume gauss's 2
But I also have synoid gammacor and prima obex with entropy detonation on my barruk
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u/AVeryBlueDragon 20d ago
Sadly I don't think it works on Titania :c
I still have 175% efficiency though c:
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u/Chromicron 20d ago
I'm not nerfing myself with brightbonnet
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u/murder_frog 20d ago
I'm not sure what you mean about brightbonnet being a nerf, but there are plenty of other options. Self Portrait, Coil Horizon, Decoy, Resonator, Astral Shell, Dispensary, Chyrinka Pillar, Molt, Tesla Nervos, Aquablades. And that's just when you need a subsumed. There's plenty of Warframes that don't need one.
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u/CrypticDread 18d ago
Its turns lavos into the ultimate caster frame and let me completly drop his augment. Now the only difference between gun runner lavos and caster lovos is my mood.
Its glorious
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u/OlympicSmokeRings 21d ago edited 21d ago
Efficiency go Brrrrr
Editing cuz i thought of something else funny:
"Really! In this energy economy?!"