There are several reasons why people go to Draco. No matter
the reason people want to get it done and over with as few complications as
possible. Here’s the most common team comp for running 4 waves of Draco the
easy way to help you make team comp decisions when hosting or to help you build
your frame so you can join Draco teams that are recruiting.
The Team Composition
Minimum Requirements
Mag with Greedy Pull
Frost
Mesa
This is your holy trinity of area control. This combination
works for any mission that requires area control (like defense). Just make sure
that the frames are at max or near-max rank. Lower frame levels might create
problems especially because the rank of frame powers are tied to the rank of
the frame.
The last frame can be anything but will most likely be a
rank 0 frame (or close to it) that needs affinity for rank ups. Just need to
make sure the frame has enough Health and shields to survive a couple of hits
in case problems occur.
Recommended Team
Composition
Mag with Greedy Pull
Frost
Mesa
Nekros
Nekros will help with health and energy drops while also
increasing the drop rate of everything. This makes Draco a core farm on top of
the affinity that you gain from running the mission. Since The enemy levels in
rounds 1-4 can easily be handled by Mesa’s Peacemaker, there’s no need to get a
Total Eclipse Mirage or Roar Rhino.
Frame
Specifics
MAG
Ever since greedy pull was released Mag has been relegated
to be a glorified carrier. So this is her niche now.
The Mag you pick has to be at least rank 18, to get Pull
rank 3, with a range of at least 200%. This gives Mag a 50m pull. This will
allow Mag to get loot within Mesa’s Peacemaker’s 50m range.
If you want a better experience, get a mag with max range
and efficiency. At max range Mag’s pull range jumps to 65 m (with arcane coil).
This is amazing because aside from pulling just loot, Mag will now be able to
pull enemies into Mesa’s 50m range. Max efficiency will help with the spam. The
killing will be faster, hence the spawning will be faster. Your team will get
more loot because of the faster kill rate and with a Nekros in the team, your
team will get even more.
A really good Mag will also use Shield polarize to help in
sticky situations. The Shield Transference mod even makes the team get
overshields with each cast. This would probably be overkill in Draco though. I
have power at 95% which is decent (enough to provide shields to my team in a
wide area) given that you have max Overextend installed.
Here’s the Mag Build I use for Draco:
Frost
Frost has always been an area control frame despite the nerfs
to Snow Globe he still does a good job.
The mag you pick has to be rank 28, to get snow globe rank
3, with at least 100% range and 100% power strength. This will help you keep
the globe around your team to make sure that Mesa doesn’t stops shooting.
If you want a better experience, get a frost with higher
power strength and duration percentages. This minimizes the chance that your
team wipes out.
A really good Frost will buff Mesa with Freeze Force (Freeze
Augment) increasing the damage of Peacemaker significantly. Again, faster kills
mean more enemy spawns hence more affinity and loot for everyone.
Here’s the Frost build I use for Draco:
Mesa
Mesa is an area control frame that specializes in damage.
She makes everything faster because of her ultimate, Peacemaker, which
basically turns her into a turret. Mesa makes Draco easy. Fi Mesa stops
shooting, it could lead to your team being overwhelmed and eventually wiped.
The Mesa you pick has to be at rank 30 so she can kill at a
decent rate. Max efficiency is also needed so Mesa can keep Peacemaker up from
the start of the wave until the end.
If you want a better experience, higher power strength with
a power percentages will make the run smoother. The high energy pool will allow
her to continue even if Mag has to go away to either cap or revive.
A really good Mesa will also have high duration to cast and
keep Shatter Shield up in case something happens to the globe and/or frost.
Here’s the Mesa build I use for Draco:
Nekros
Nekros is your support frame. He’ll make the run smoother as
his Desecrate ability creates energy and health orbs for your team. He’ll also
help you get more loot.
The Nekros you need to pick must have max range (58.75m) so
he can Desecrate all the enemies killed by Mesa with room to move around. This
will also leave energy for Terrify in case there are enemies in the room below
the boxes and aren’t moving, or if your team is in a bind.
If you want a better experience, Despoil is Desecrate
Augment that will allow Nekros to use Health instead of energy. At Max
efficiency, with the amount of enemies and Mag pulling, you will never run out
of Health, hence, never stop Desecrating.
A really good Nekros will also have Soul Survivor, a Soul
Punch Augment that will allow you to revive an ally immediately with the use of
Soul Punch. Although this uses all your energy, the Despoil augment will allow
you to start Desecrating immediately. This will allow the team to get back into
action faster.
Here’s the Nekros build I use for Draco:
Roles
At the Beginning of
the Game/Setting Up/Wave 1
Frost stands on the two boxes/crates near the elevator when
the team emerges from and casts Snow Globe. Mesa Stands there and Starts
Peacemaker clearing the initial set of enemies, then stops. There won’t be more
enemies until one of the points are captured. Nekros desecrates the dead. Mag
pulls the loot to Mesa to help give her a starting energy pool.
After Frost casts globe, He starts capturing points D and C.
Nekros can help capture while desecrating.
As soon as a point is captured, Mesa initi8ates Peacemaker
and keeps it up until the round is done. Nekross and Mag have to start Pulling
and Desecrating at this time. During this time Frost makes sure to keep globe
up around the three and finish capturing points C and D and start neutralizing point
A, until the team has a 1-3% lead. The percentage doesn’t matter as the rate of
increase will be the same. The bigger the lead though, the better the guarantee
that you will win, despite complications.
The rest of the wave
will basically be spamming. Mesa stays in Peacemaker mode, Mag spams Pull,
Nekros spams Desecrate and Frost Spams globe. When you reach 100%, just let
Mesa take care of the enemies and have frost go after whatever is left hiding
beyond Peacemaker’s range.
The Next Three Waves
This is going to be similar to their first wave, but easier.
At this time, your Mesa will have a bigger pool of energy to work with and the
rest of the team can just focus on capping D and C and starting that 1-3% lead
by neutralizing A.
Extract after wave 4 to get the T4 key and repeat if you
want more keys or need more affinity.
No Nekros
Well, it’s going to be very similar but your team may have
to drop several energy/health restores. Discuss this with the 4th
(who was supposed to be Nekros) so that player can cover the energy/health
restores for the run.
Things to Keep
in Mind
Mesa Must NEVER STOP
Peacemaker
Mesa keeps enemies from increasing in number and overwhelming
the party. She doesn’t cap unless it’s the start of the round and even then,
must be ready to initiate Peacemaker right after. If things happen let the
other three take care of it. If she stops shooting, other frames will have to
start doing damage instead of doing their roles. If Mesa goes down, drop an
energy restore and have Mag spam Crush while someone revives. If Nekros has
Soul Survivor, just let him revive Mesa.
Mesa will not get Affinity
for Her Weapons
Mag, Frost and Nekross will all get affinity for their
weapons since they’re benefitting from the radial affinity from Mesa’s Kills.
Mesa however will not get affinity, since all her affinity goes into her (the
frame) and not her weapons. The last time I tried this, the only weapon I equipped
went from rank 0 to rank 5 after 4 slow rounds. In comparison, A weapon is
usually maxed out after 2 slow rounds and a fast round.
You Can Fast Forward
Draco Runs
Depending on what your team needs, affinity/loot vs just the
key. Your team may decide to cap 2 points (slow) to 4 points (very fast).
Communicate with your
Team and be Honest
Tell your team what you need or have while creating a squad.
Tell them what needs to be done if they are doing it wrong. Point them to a
guide if you think it’ll help. Tell them if you need a fast run or a slow run.
It’s better to spend a few minutes communicating than waste 20-30 minutes on a
failed run or have someone quit in the middle of the run because someone wants
it done fast when they need slow runs.
Maxing Weapons
If you want to max out a weapon in 1 run (2 slow 2 fast),
offer to join as either a Mag, Frost or Nekross and just equip the weapon you
need to rank up. You can press “p” to view the mission progress window and
check what rank your weapon is.
If you want to rank up more than one weapon, expect it go
slower. Affinity is distributed equally to each weapon you have equipped,
regardless if it’s maxed or not.
Final
Remark
Thanks for reading. Hope you learned something to make those
Draco runs better!
