With the latest rework, Nyx has transformed into an absolute powerhouse—capable of room nuking, armor stripping, and becoming entirely invincible, while boosting her crit stats to ridiculous levels. This guide will break down everything you need to know about her new skills, passive, augment choices, and builds for both immortal gunrunning and devastating AoE nuking.

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Nyx’s Passive – Radiant Precision

Nyx gains +40% critical chance for her primary and secondary weapons per confused enemy in Affinity range (up to 200%). Only five confused enemies are needed for the full 200%, which is easy to maintain via her radiation procs. This passive stacks additively with mods like Critical Delay and functions over a 50m base range, expandable via Vazarin or Phosphor Flare.

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Ability Breakdown

1. Mind Control

• Targets one enemy who becomes your ally.
• Invincible to your damage, but you can boost its damage by shooting it.
• Now has aggressive AI and high radiation status chance.
• Augment: Mind Freak — Massive damage boost to the controlled target. Essential for a dedicated mind control playstyle.

2. Psychic Bolts

• Seeks out enemies and strips their defenses: shields, armor, and Overguard.
• You gain what you strip (armor, shields, etc.), though you can’t choose what to absorb.
• Augment: Pacifying Bolts — Adds guaranteed radiation procs and more bolts. Nice, but not always needed due to Nyx’s radiation overload elsewhere.

3. Chaos

• Applies 10 radiation procs in a large AoE.
• Enemies attack each other for the full duration.
• Augment: Chaos Sphere — Leaves a lingering field that radiates newcomers. Good for stationary defense or survival missions.

4. Absorb

• Nyx absorbs all damage from enemies and confused units.
• At the end, explodes for stored damage in a line-of-sight-free AoE.
• Applies a weapon damage buff up to +400% based on absorbed damage.
• Invincibility lasts up to 6 seconds after exploding.
• Augment: Assimilate — Lets you move and shoot while the bubble is up. This turns Nyx into a literal invincible war machine.

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General Playstyle Tips

• Use Chaos to confuse enemies and maintain your passive.
• Use Psychic Bolts to strip armor/shields/Overguard before nuking.
• Cast Absorb during chaos for max AoE damage and follow-up crit buff.
• Keep Assimilate on at all times for full invincibility during gunplay.
• Replace Mind Control with a Helminth ability if you’re not building a minion-focused Nyx.

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Build 1: Invincible Gunrunner

Concept: Constantly invincible while buffing weapon damage and benefiting from max crit chance.

Key Mods:

• Assimilate (augment)
• Prime Continuity, Narrow Minded (duration)
• Growing Power, Umbral Intensify, Blind Rage, Transient Fortitude (strength)
• Overextended (range for Chaos)
• Equilibrium (energy economy)
• Arcane Battery (boosts energy cap from stolen armor)

Helminth Slot: Molt from Saryn for movement speed boost.

Movement Tips:

• Use Dispatch Overdrive (heavy attack for +60% movement speed)
• Use operator Void Sling to traverse faster

Shard Setup:

• 2x Yellow (cast speed), 1x Orange (ability damage vs. irradiated targets), 2x flexible

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Build 2: AoE Nuke Build

Concept: Armor strip and viral prime targets, then use Absorb to detonate and destroy everything.

Key Mods:

• Assimilate (augment)
• Precision Intensify, Transient Fortitude, Blind Rage (strength)
• Stretch, Overextended (range)
• Streamline, Prime Continuity (efficiency/duration)
• Corrosive Projection (aura)
• Equilibrium or Primed Flow depending on enemy type

Helminth Slot: Armor strip ability (e.g. Tharros Strike or Oullm Eyes)

Companion: Panzer Vulpaphyla (passive viral procs for higher damage scaling)

Shard Setup:

• Orange shard for radiation-boosted ability damage
• Others as needed (casting speed, duration, etc.)

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Closing Thoughts

The Nyx rework took her from niche utility frame to god-tier in both survivability and AoE power. Whether you’re nuking Steel Path rooms or face-tanking enemies while shooting them in the face, Nyx is now one of the most versatile and durable Warframes in the game.