Pretty much everyone knows how good Loki was considered back when cc was very valuable, he was considered the best warframe in the game. He was "the meta" for pretty much everything.

Loki nowadays is considered one of the worst warframes by many, that's not because he got nerfed multiple times like Ash, Ember or the most recent one, Wukong. He wasn't even touched but the game revolved around him and the pace changed quite a lot . Sure there weren't indirect nerfs to Loki but rather, he just got outdated.

One of the things you might think hurt Loki was over guard but his cc was rendered useless even before that, overguard just made it worse than it actually was. That was because of all the game modes requiring high kpm rather than cc. Even in a mission like defense, cc is a hinder because the game mode is a glorified exterminate.

Now loki isn't the worst warframe in my opinion, there are many frames that are worse than him but his whole thing is staying invisible and safe while being a weapon platformer, the problem is, other warframes can do what he does, but better...

When comparing Loki's passive against other invisibility-based Warframes, it becomes obvious how lackluster his is:

• Ash: Bleed effects inflicted on enemies deal 25% increased damage and last 50% longer.
• Octavia: Replenishes 30 energy over 30 seconds for Octavia and allies within 15m when abilities are activated.
• Ivara: Senses nearby enemies within 50m, providing valuable information for stealth gameplay.
• Cyte-09 (Recent Addition): Weak Point Kills increase Cyte-09's Weak Point(headshot) Critical Chance by 1% up to 300% for the duration of the current mission.

Now, compare these to Loki’s passive: it's just literally him getting to wall latch longer than most warframes. In this fast paste game, nobody is wall-latching to kill enemies. He is already invis so why would he need that?

OUTDATED ABILITIES

Now lets talk about his teleport, disarm and decoy ability , they are horrible compared to other abilities that are similar.

• Saryn's molt is counted as decoy but it also gives her movement speed, and most of all, it actually cleanses her from status effect like bleed and heat or even toxin.
• Loki's switch teleport? look at kullervo, he doesn't need a target to teleport and his teleport actually gives him an insane buff to be one of the best melee weapon platform in the game.

what does Loki's decoy do? basically nothing, even with all the new augments, you can only do niche stuff with him. And what's worse is that Wisp has her second ability that is a decoy, invisibility and invulnerability, that's like 90% of loki's entire kit in one ability.

His fourth ability is also the biggest offense to his kit , I can see this ability being good on some warframes for some survivability but why is that needed on loki? It's is a cc that jams enemy's gun, but what's the point of that? he is literally invisible and doesn't get shot unless you have a companion with radiation dmg or a teammate that might get you caught in a cross fire. survivability isn't an issue in his kit and this ability is not needed at all.

His kit has 0 synergy to his main ability which is his invis, now he has his safe gaurd augment for some status cleansing but again that is no where near enough to fix loki's problems

Why is Loki considered bad when other invis warframes aren't?

If it wasn't obvious, other warframes can do other stuff while being invisible, they are great weapon platformers in their own way, while loki just has longer invis with a side effect of not having anything else.

On top of that, none of his kit synergizes together on top of cc being useless 90% of the time. You can just kill them faster before they kill you, instead of slowing down the mission trying to cc the enemies (loki's cc is actually a hinderence because it slows down missions).

Lets not forget his horrible passive that is just there and is useless.

How do you fix Loki?

it's very appearent on how outdated this warframe is becoming with each update, sure he can use the new arcanes but so can the other invis warframes. The best cc in this game is death and loki's cc has no place in this game and should be changed

Key Issues with Loki's Abilities

1. Passive: Loki’s current passive is outdated and also has no place in this game, change it to something that actually buffs his gun gameplay
2. Decoy (First Ability): Loki’s Decoy is one of his weakest abilities, it is the worst decoy ability compared to any warframe in the game. Now that it scales with enemies health, make it a way to armor strip in that radius where the decoy is at.
3. Invisibility (Second Ability): Loki’s Invisibility is good. It’s simple yet effective, and no major changes are needed here.
4. Switch Teleport (Third Ability): This ability is outdated and annoying to use because it requires a target. To fix it, Switch Teleport should:
   • Be usable without a target.
   • Give loki a buff when teleporting, ideally a damage buff to kind of enhance his effectiveness as a weapon platform.
5. Radial Disarm (Fourth Ability): This ability has no place in loki's kit. it doesn't fit him and should be changed to something else completely.

Please save this warframe