Dragon Nikana

The Dragon Nikana is a powerful katana-type sword of Tenno design. It was released in Update 13.

Like the base Nikana, the Dragon Nikana uses Katana stances. Currently, the Tranquil Cleave and Decisive Judgement stances are available.

Characteristics
Advantages
 * Deals very high damage, effective against Infested and Flesh.
 * Highest base damage of all melee weapons.
 * Normal attack cuts in a wide sweep, hits multiple targets per swing.
 * One polarity slot and one  polarity slot.
 * High critical damage.
 * Great stagger chance.
 * Low stamina consumption per swing compared to longswords.

Disadvantages
 * Low and  damage makes it less effective against armor and shields.
 * Very small jump attack knockdown radius.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Trivia

 * This weapon is the first of its kind to have an enhancement prefix of Dragon.
 * Coincidentally or not, the weapon used by Connor MacLeod in "Highlander" is called "Dragonhead Katana".
 * Though a Tenno weapon, "Dragon" is the second prefix, with "Dex" being the first, that doesn't follow the normal upgrade path, becoming Primes. Possibly due in part to the fact both are not constructed with Orokin technology.
 * Also possible that due to Nikana being a second generation weapon, older generations take priority, leaving possibility of Nikana being primed in the future.
 * The Dragon Nikana's scabbard colors are customized from the Attachments tab, rather than the main Appearance tab colors.
 * The dangling strip by the scabbard is customized through the main Appearance tab however.