Koumei, the dice-maiden, is aWarframethat may be a bit confusing to build. Her strengths lie in chance, but with the right setup with mods, subsume abilities, and Archon Shards, she can be the maiden of death.
Best Koumei build inWarframe
We’ll have two separate builds for Koumei since she can have multiple ways to play.
Elliott’s build
In my build, we’re keeping Koumei very basic. Since all of her abilities have the built-in dice roll mechanic, I feel it’s best to not mess with that and let fate decide my mission outcome.
Auras: Corrosive Projection or Energy Siphon
Exilus: Primed Sure Footed or Cunning Drift
Mods
With this mod setup, you’re focusing heavily on duration and range, with some emphasis on efficiency. You’re sacrificing a lot of strength here, but that’s okay. There’s more utility in Koumei’s abilities that scale much better than dealing a bit more damage. It’s a fair tradeoff.
Best Archon Shards for Koumei
Since we are not using a Subsume ability with Koumei, we can go directly to her Archon Shard setup. Use the following setup to further increase her abilities:
Koumei playstyle
Since Koumei won’t have a lot of damage output here, you will want to focus more on general weapon play. HerKumihimoandBunrakuabilities will stack status effects for you, which will be the perfect primers for weapons equipped withGalvanized Aptitude, Galvanized Shot, or Condition Overload.
Additionally, herOmikujiis here more for the Decree and dice-rolling aspect. You’ll be using that constantly for endurance runs since they stack infinitely. You may get a few bad rolls along the way, but that’s negligible.
And for survivability, theOmamoriwill keep you alive. Even with bad rolls, that’s whereRolling Guard(no pun intended) will pick up the slack.
With ArcaneEnergize, this will encourage you to spam her abilities more, getting more dice rolls and priming more enemies with status effects. Use the other two abilities as soon as you may once they are off cooldown.
Koumei is all about chance, crowd control, and status afflictions in this build. She can soften up her foes and deal tons more with properly-built weapons.
Ruben’s build
In my build, we’re turning Koumei into a weapons platform. The most unique element of her kit is her decree-stacking Omikuji ability, and the plan here is to mow down enemies with your weapons while working on building up decrees.
Arcanes: Energize and Acceleration
Exilus: Primed Sure Footed, Sure Footed, or Cunning Drift
Mods:
In this setup, you’re focusing primarily on duration, with some range thrown in for good measure. Koumei doesn’t scale well with strength, and considering we’ll be running both Equilibrium as well as Arcane Energize, efficiency isn’t a must-have either, although it certainly can work here.
Best Koumei Helminth ability
Energized Munitions is a great fit for a weapons platform build, especially when coupled with Arcane Acceleration, which will tear through your ammo like there’s no tomorrow. Plus, considering the fairly short duration of Energized Munitions, it’s a great way to keep your shields up.
However, if your weapon of choice doesn’t need Energized Munitions, you’re able to always consider adding in Eclipse for extra survivability when the situation calls for it. Eclipse’s damage reduction works well in duration-focused builds like this one. And it can free up your Adaptation mod slot.
Best Koumei Archon Shards
These aren’t strictly necessary, but there’s some nice quality-of-life to be had with Archon Shards here. Of course, Tauforged is best, but once again, it is not strictly necessary.
If you don’t have Primed Flow but do have some spare Azure Archon Shards, extra energy is great to have. Parkour speed from Amber Shards is also a nice bonus.
How to play Koumei
The most important part of a weapons platform build is, well, your weapons. You can use just about anything you’d like, aside from shotguns that don’t work with Arcane Acceleration, but you’ll needGalvanized Aptitude, Galvanized Shot, or Condition Overloadto take advantage of the status effects Koumei inflicts with her passive and herBunrakuability.
Cast yourOmamoriability to start, refreshing it as needed for survivability. Then, you’ll castBunrakuto inflict statuses for your weapons to scale off. PopEnergized Munitionsregularly to make sure you don’t run out of ammo and reset your shields. In between inflicting statuses and mowing down enemies, castOmikujito stack up decrees through challenges.
This is an ability-heavy build, but thanks to Arcane Energize and Equilibrium, as well as an Amber Archon Shard to give you some starting energy, you shouldn’t run out of energy too often. However, running theZenurik Focus Schoolis another way to make sure you have enough.
Koumei is great for longer survival missions, or endurance runs thanks to her decree-stacking capabilities, but she can handle just about anything. Considering how often she uses abilities, her shields will regenerate constantly, whileAdaptationandOmikujialso work to keep her alive.
