In Warframe, getting your own Tektolyst Artifact to unlock a Tauron Strike can take more than 10 to 12 missions of the Perita Rebellion, even on Steel Path mode. Getting just one artifact can be a grind, which is why this guide will help you choose the right Tektolyst Artifact based on how well they perform and the kinds of builds they synergize with.
The Best Tektolyst Artifacts
Zenurik Tektolyst Artifact
This Focus school is vital for maintaining your Warframe’s energy economy, as casting Wellspring grants you free energy regen. The Tauron Strike from this artifact comes with a powerful AoE laser effect if you spec into its focus tree with Prismatic Beam and Brilliant Insight for CC.
The other benefits from this Artifact also grant you more Ability Strength, Ability Duration, and cast speed, synergizing with caster Warframes like Dante, Ember, Temple, Protea, and other AoE nuke frames. The Amp mods will also increase your maximum Amp energy and recharge rate, allowing you to melt Eidolons and Void Angels even faster with more uptime.
Vazarin Tektolyst Artifact
The Vazarin Tektolyst artifact provides you with support-level buffs and utility not only to yourself, but also for your allies in harder content. The Tauron Strike ability places a cyclone of water in a target area, granting powerful utility features like overguard strip, damage linking between enemies, inflicting Status vulnerability, health regen for your allies, and an instant resurrection for downed allies.
With this artifact, you can grant yourself support-tier buffs for playing solo while playing as a tank or DPS Warframe and greatly aid your team in Archon Hunts, Deep Archimedea, and Temporal Archimedea. If you should play a support Warframe like Trinity, Wisp or Oberon, this can save you some energy for more important.
Artifacts You Should Ignore
- The Naramon Tektolyst Artifact may seem cool with the giant sword attack for your Tauron Strike, but many of the effects in its focus tree are redundant if you already have a good melee weapon with a Tennokai mod equipped. Not only is the cast time for the Tauron Strike extremely long, but the spectral weapons gained after the Tauron Strike are undertuned.
- The Madurai Tektolyst Artifact doesn’t have much in the way of actual build synergy, as the only noteworthy effect it has is the increase to Ability Strength whenever your Tauron Strike hits enemies. However, the Zenurik Tauron Strike has the same effect but also adds in Ability Duration and is easier to obtain since you will generate the maximum number of pages to get those bonuses.
