Category:Atterax Guides

GAMEW1ENER here. I am working but wanted to supply a short guide on my absolute favorite melee weapon in Warframe.

Atterax is the Grineer execution tool that is essentially moving blades + a whip. Sounds awesome right? Well it is.

Here's how to make a very satisfying Atterax..
 * First things first. This weapon has an insane amount of crit % and crit DMG multiplier. I prefer using crit bonus and NOT crit % mods because it detracts from the amount of potential damage you can do with this weapon, especially since crit bonus mult with the basic Organ Shatter mod results in a 5.7x crit multiplier. 25% critical chance (the base percentage) is more than enough.
 * Second, pair this weapon with buzzkill and PRIME reach. Normal reach will not do it.. this weapon with r7-10 prime reach has the most ridiculous amount of range. With a spin attack not only can you literally clear a small/mid room, but with Berserker mod (crit=atk spd+) you can literally whip an entire room to death.
 * Third, status chance is not remotely important, however there is a mind manipulation build where you can add status chance to about 40% and use radiation damage to turn enemies against each other, again, prime reach is imperative to maximize effectiveness.
 * High slash damage means that infested do not particularly like this weapon, however Grineer are destroyed by this weapon when Corrosive (electricity + toxin) is added. The hardest faction to defeat with Atterax are corpus.
 * Use Spoiled Strike + Pressure Point + Buzzkill and two maxed 90% status chance mods + Prime Reach + Organ Shatter + Berserker (or another 90% stat chance OR Rending Strike) to achieve my personal loadout set for Atterax. Alternatively you can ditch Berzerker completely and add yet another 90% stat mods for even more damage. This is traditionally how I use Atterax and results are Very much satisfying, with me hitting 16-27k crit damage when elements are used effectively on a spin attack, which once again, clears an entire room.
 * On a side note, Atterax is one of the very few weapons that, upon a spin attack, will actually hit a drone flying in the air, which makes for an extremely efficient way to swat down enemy drones flying around ruining your life.