Fragor

The Fragor is a very large hammer that is unlocked after reaching Silver Initiate (Mastery Rank 2). One of the nine heavy melee weapons in the game thus far, the Fragor is an excellent anti-shield weapon due to its high damage.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * 5 meters Area of Effect (AoE) knockdown jump-attack.
 * Every downward swing with normal attacks causes AoE damage and elemental mod proc.
 * Possesses momentum during regular swings, which resists interruption such as stagger or knockdown.
 * Stance slot has polarity, matches Crushing Ruin stance.
 * Good critical chance, ideal for the use of critical mods such as True Steel, Organ Shatter, and Berserker.

Disadvantages:
 * Extremely slow attack speed.
 * Horizontal swings miss knocked down enemies.
 * Long Finisher attack animation.

Tips

 * Using Fury is highly recommended to offset the very slow attack speed.
 * Because of Fragor's good critical chance, Berserker can also be used to increase attack speed. Either with or without Fury. Though,
 * The Brokk skin can also be used to gain some attack speed at the cost of channeling efficiency.
 * The Fragor's large slam radius can be used to knock down several enemies at once allowing all of them to be hit with one finsher attack
 * Crouching will allow you to hit knocked down enemies with Fragor's horizontal swings.
 * Using a more defensive frame can allow you to absorb damage while it's slower attack animations are being completed.
 * Using North Wind in conjunction with using Fragor's slam attack gives you a chance of freezing enemies when you knock them down, and makes them take longer to stand up.

Trivia

 * The blueprint for this weapon was added on January 14, 2013 with Update 5.4.
 * The Brokk version is used by Lieutenant Lech Kril in close combat and in the battle's second phase.
 * Fragor is Latin for "a breaking" or "a crash". This word also has a similar meaning in other languages such as Spanish or Italian.