Orthos

"The Tenno-forged ORTHOS is a rare double bladed staff. Those who take the time to master it speak of its impressive striking distance and ability to hit multiple targets."

- In-Game Description

Characteristics
This is a heavy long ranged melee weapon.

Advantages
 * High charge damage
 * Uses easily obtainable crafting materials
 * Triple damage to Infested except ancients
 * Very large cleave arc on base attack
 * Does not get interrupted during charge
 * Basic attack stuns a lot
 * Final normal combo attack (stab attack at the end of the animation ) deals more damage than other normal attacks and ignores armor.
 * Has a long reach/range
 * Medium-low AoE on jump attack

Disadvantages
 * Has no Polarities
 * Jump Attacks have no knockdown power, only staggering

Acquisition
Orthos can be purchased for 180 and its blueprint for  20,000.

Trivia

 * In greek mythology, Orthos is the name of a two headed dog, brother of Cerberus.