Hec Hound build

🐾 Companion · Beast

The 3 builds

🌱 Beginner

0–1 forma · common drop mods

10/10Link Vitality+125% of your Warframe's Max Health

10/10Link Fiber+125% of your Warframe's Armor

5/5Animal Instinct+30m Loot Radar · +18m Enemy Radar

5/5Fetchvacuums loot (~11.5m)

5/5Pack Leaderyour melee hits heal the companion

10/10Bitebig companion crit bonus

10/10Maul+120% companion damage

5/5Savageryincreased unleashed-attack damage

Link Health/Armor (inherit YOUR stats), Fetch (loot vacuum) and Pack Leader (heal via your melee): the survival kit of every beast.

⚙️ Intermediate

1–2 formas

10/10Link Vitality+125% of your Warframe's Max Health

10/10Link Fiber+125% of your Warframe's Armor

5/5Animal Instinct+30m Loot Radar · +18m Enemy Radar

5/5Fetchvacuums loot (~11.5m)

5/5Pack Leaderyour melee hits heal the companion

5/5Hunter Recoveryyour damage heals the companion (30%)

10/10Bitebig companion crit bonus

10/10Maul+120% companion damage

Hunter Recovery (Ostron bounties) heals your companion when YOU deal damage. Bite pushes companion crits.

🔥 Expert

2–3 formas · Bond mods (Cavia) + Primed (Baro)

10/10Link Vitality+125% of your Warframe's Max Health

10/10Link Fiber+125% of your Warframe's Armor

10/10Primed Animal Instinctgreatly enlarged loot/enemy radar (Primed)

5/5Fetchvacuums loot (~11.5m)

5/5Momentous Bondbond: kills extend companion effects

5/5Tenacious Bondbond: shared crit companion/frame

5/5Duplex Bondbond: companion periodically duplicates

5/5Hunter Recoveryyour damage heals the companion (30%)

Bond mods (Duviri/Cavia) turn the companion into a real squadmate; Primed Animal Instinct from Baro. Since the companion rework, companions no longer die permanently.

⚠️ « Evergreen » builds generated per archetype — the meta evolves. Adjust to the mods, arcanes and shards you own. All 3 tiers only use real in-game mods.

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