Talk:Dakra Prime/@comment-110.70.31.241-20131209201113/@comment-62.168.2.226-20131211025938

It's probably the best melee weapon after Orthos Prime when it comes to normal attacks. It's extremely fast, so even after putting Spoiled Strike on it (and you should definitely put one on it), it still swings very fast. It has 2 polarities, so you just need to supercharge it and can fill all slots with maxed/almost maxed mods right off the bat without using forma.

Orthos Prime is still better, though you'll need to froma it at least twice to reach the Dakra's damage potential and then overtake it.

I have this build on it: Max Melee damage, max Spoiled Strike, +50% Speed, +90% Slashing Damage, Corrosive and Blast elementals. It hits for 900 on infested... which means pretty much one shot for Infested around level 30+ ... not that you'd need to one shot them when you swing at lightning speed. It also murders Grineer... not so great against Corpus.. but I rarely melee Corpus.

It is also very versatile, it has decent range on its AoE knockdown and a lightning fast finisher. Making it viable when modded for stealth attacks and finishing knocked down enemies. You can really build it in many interesting ways.

And lastly this weapons is something like a status symbol. It's not the absolute best weapon in game, but it's beautiful, expensive and requires rank 6 to wield. Nothing for min maxers for sure, but it will kill stuff very well nevertheless and make you look damn cool while doing it :D

BTW it seems that its Slide Attack does slashing melee only, so it does pretty rad damage too. If you enjoy fast frames and slicing occasional straggler while running around guns blazing... well, then this is the weapon for you. It having longsword animations makes it viable for fast travel too of course. (Dakracopter)