Centaur

The Centaur is an Archwing based melee that also acts as a shield, which shares its own basic six-hit combo with Rathbone, but also possesses its own six-hit combo when used in quick melee (primary weapon equipped).

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * Highest critical chance among all Arch-melee weapons.
 * No delay between combo looping, allowing a faster attack rate.
 * Possesses a multi-hit combo.
 * Good status chance.
 * Above average attack speed compared to other Arch-melee weapons.
 * Comes with a polarity.

Disadvantages:
 * Low and  damage makes it less effective against shields and armor.

Acquisition
The Blade can be acquired as a Rotation C reward from the Archwing Interception mission Caelus on Uranus, and the Aegis can be found as a random end-of-mission reward in Corpus Archwing Sabotage missions.

Tips

 * Centaur can utilize the Tempered Blade mod to greatly increase its critical chance up to 62.5%, granting additional 30% overall DPS.
 * Blocking with melee will grant knockdown protection against obstacles, allowing for smoother flight. Alternatively, performing a slide attack will allow passage through obstacles without slowing down.

Trivia

 * A Centaur is a mythological creature that is half-human, half-horse.
 * Incidentally, there is a species of Rhinoceros beetle called the Centaurus beetle. The Centaur's blade resembles a Rhinoceros beetle's characteristic horn while the body of the weapon resembles the beetle's head.
 * The Centaur (along with the Fluctus and the Itzal) was accidentally leaked in Update 15.6.1, where a bundle called the "Itzal Raider Pack" visually replaced the Stealth Pack in the Market. The Stealth Bundle still functioned as normal however.

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