Atterax

The Atterax is a Grineer whip used as a tool of execution by its creators. It deals high damage, has a good critical hit rate and excellent critical damage, but is less effective against armored targets.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * Tied for highest critical damage multiplier for melee weapons with Dual Cleavers (Prisma), Dual Ichor, Dual Raza, and Dual Zoren.
 * High damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
 * High status chance.
 * Long attack range.
 * Stance polarity matches Burning Wasp.
 * Possesses momentum during regular swings, which resists interruption such as stagger or knockdown.

Disadvantages:
 * Low and  damage – reduced effectiveness against shielded or armored enemies.
 * Low attack speed.

Tips

 * Berserker pairs well with the Atterax due to this weapon's high critical chance, making Berserker more likely to activate.

Trivia

 * Bears a close resemblance to medieval Flails.
 * The Grineer writing on both the handguard and hilt, while very hard to make out, seems to say "" which translates to "MEAT BLENDER".