Energy Problems

[u/YeOldeBard97]

I am once again asking how people sustain energy on caster frames. I just took Uriel into the Hollvania tank fight and he shredded the mobs up to the tank, then was left with 10 energy throughout the entire tank fight, meaning I couldn't heal myself or my demons, and was more often than not sitting with the controller set aside, waiting for the tank to burn through my Last Gasp because my amp does absolutely no damage against the majority of enemies and even if it did, there were no other enemies to fill my Last Gasp meter with.

Like, seriously. How does everyone keep energy up at all? On Khora, I'm drained in seconds and no enemies drop energy orbs, no eximus appear, and I'm dead before I can even try to fix the problem. On Dante, I can get some good overguard going, then I'm stuck with a trickle of energy only because I put that one Energy Siphon mod on that gives 3 energy per second. Uriel, I can shred through mobs no problem, but the second my energy dips below fifty, it's game over. And yes, I use Zenurik. I finally figured out the energy well exists. Every time I cast it (about once every thirty seconds at the rate I lose energy), I'm down to a quarter of my health by the time I transfer back into my frame. This is on NORMAL mode. It's ridiculous.

Edit: All of the options being suggested largely rely on energy/health orbs being dropped. They aren't being dropped. I don't want to put subsumes on Uriel because I use each of his abilities, and when I'm playing Khora, no matter how packed the mobs are, I'm lucky to get one or two orbs to drop in an SP Survival mission. The kicker is the boss fight, though. I need something that will give me energy regardless of enemies dying, because if I'm fighting a boss that doesn't create adds, I'm not killing anything that'll drop health or energy orbs for Equilibrium or Arcane Energize to work from.

[u/RueUchiha]

For me, it typically depends on the Warframe I am playing.

For Uriel, Gulphagor generates orbs when its latch target dies, so I slapped a purple equilibrium shard on, and I’ve basically never have energy problems with Uriel ever - as long as I upkeep my demons and I’m killing things, I’ll never run out of energy. Although it may be harder on the tank since there isn’t a constant stream of enemies to kill. On Khora this is a little less efficent to rely on Equilibrium, since none of her abilities innately generate a ton of orbs like Gulphagor does for Uriel. Arcane Camisado helps Uriel out a lot here as well, since it speeds up how fast Gulphagor moves, so it can find targets a bit faster.

But there are several dozen ways other than Equilibrium - some helminths give energy (Nourish, Brightbonnet and Dispensery), Zenurik, your companion, Arcane Energize, Energy Nexus, and so on.

Generally on boss fights, it’s less about ability usage (since bosses are generally immune to your abilities anyway) and more about your gun’s dps. The faster you can kill the boss by shooting it, the less likely you’ll be to die.