This is my first in depth guide of any frame so please be gentle. (This guide is 100% focused on steel path/late game)
Welcome to a complete guide on [Oberon], a frame that is longing for a rework but that is still plenty fun and very playable. I decided to make this guide because i recently fell in love with him and this is the setup i love the most so far.First im gonna do a quick overview of his abilities and after that i will explain all the modding.
His 1 Smite is my subsume slot in most builds. Although his 1 is very capable of dealing decent damage, its the ability i use the least in a mission in general. It needs very specific modding for it to do anything meaningful and the augment gives radiation damage, which is fine with enough STR but still nothing out of this world. I personally chose to subsume it for Eclipse for a decent amount of damage and in rough situations a 75% damage reduction, but any other subsume of your liking would work, i just think eclipse is the most balanced and useful option available.His 2 Hallowed Ground is part of what makes him such an easy to pick up and useful frame for a squad. It makes you invulnerable to any form of status (this includes being knocked down). It also deals a small amount of radiation damage and applies radiation status to enemies, who will attack each other if they [Reach] 10 stacks of radiation. The damage and radiation status is a nice addition but its hard to notice in steel path missions, the star of the show is the status inmunity it provides and the synergy with his 4 which will explain later.His 3 Renewal is what made him in the past one of the best supports in the game. Nowadays its not as impressive since the release of frames like [Wisp] or [Citrine], but still a very powerful heal for you and your squadmates. It is important to mention that his 3 applies to companions too which is a blessing and a curse. Its quite buggy and i dont think its intended to work like this but Duplex Bond and frames who summon companions also count for his 3, which can leave you completely depleted of energy quite fast, so be careful of calibans in your lobbies they can get you killed unintentionally.His 4 Reckoning is fantastic. A great source of CC (crowd control), armor stripping and healing (kind of). The damage is not great this is why i said that when it comes to healing, the health orbs only drop if his 4 gets the [Finishing Touch], which is not often and at a 50% chance you will likely never notice it. The other annoying part about the ability is that it only strips armor if the enemies are standing inside the aoe of his 2, which should be most of the time anyway. I dont run his augment for reasons i will mention on the modding area.Now for the modding. There is 2 key things to make his kit feel good and actually usable, range and strength. As for range you need 235% in order for your 2 to be 360º which is key for the synergy with 4, we achieve this with Overextended and Stretch. For strength we use Blind Rage and Power Drift but as you can see you only get a 99% strip if growing power isnt active, that is why i personally run 1 read tau-forged shard in my build, so that im not under any condition to get that 100% armor strip (even though its a condition that will 99% of the time be met).As for the rest of the mods, Continuity and Primed Flow are there for ease of use and comfortability in terms of having to recast spells and having a decent energy pool, if you need to run something else or prefer other mods go ahead and swap them out (dont really know why you would but it is an option).Lastly and probably most importantly, SURVIVAL. For this we have Adaptation and Hunter Adrenaline combined with 4 tau-forged blue shards for armor (and sometimes Eclipse). The armor combined with [Adaptation] makes you really beefy combined with the healing from Renewal, and [Hunter Adrenaline] makes it so that while you are being hit by enemies, you are regenerating energy to sustain the constant drain of Renewal and use of your other abilities. Overall this combination is very simple yet effective in most content.For the arcanes i would say Arcane Blessing is almost mandatory with this setup ( larger health pool means you cant get one-tapped by enemies ) and Arcane Acceleration is comfort, it can be replaced with plenty of good options like:Arcane Guardian if you dont have the blue shardsArcane Avenger CRITS BABYArcane Energize Even better energy sustainMolt Augmented More strengthMolt Efficiency More durationArcane Universal Fallout For health and energy sustainAnd so many more..
I do have to mention why im not running any of his augments like Phoenix Renewal. Simply put, there is just no room in the build, althoug i would love to run some of them i think the build needs everything shown in order to be usable and fun at the same time, so no augments for me.
Overall, [Oberon] might not be the best frame at anything, but he is incredibly fun and versatile. I really suggest giving him a shot.
If you are interested in how to deal stupid levels of damage with his one watch this -> https://youtu.be/9QM1w7M_XAA?si=wbywPDip512PfHQL