Glaive

"Dating back to the time of the first Tenno, the GLAIVE is a uniquely deadly weapon. This multi-bladed disk is not only effective for melee combat it can also be thrown like a boomerang to cut down enemies at a distance."

- In-Game Description

Characteristics
Advantages:


 * Can be thrown using the charge attack function.
 * Thrown Glaive ignores target's armor.
 * Silent when thrown. (Ideal for stealth gameplay)
 * Staggers most enemies when thrown.
 * Can hit enemies on way back to thrower.
 * Can score head and other extremity shots when thrown.
 * Can be aimed around corners and used to score up to 3 kills on the bounces.
 * Knockdown on jump attack.
 * Regular and charged attacks deal triple damage to light infested.
 * Regular attacks have momentum, like heavy weapons. (Stagger resist)
 * Has both  and  polarity slots. (Ideal for Killing Blow (charge damage) and Reflex Coil (charge speed))

Disadvantages:


 * Low base melee damage.
 * Short melee attack range.
 * Regular attacks can only hit one target.
 * Ground slam attack has a very small AoE radius.
 * Bounces unpredictably when hitting an enemy or allied warframes. (Bounce comes off at an angle from the plane it hits - easy to aim with on flat surfaces, but enemies are much harder to predict)
 * Requires large amounts of materials to craft.

Acquisition
The Glaive can be purchased for 150. The Glaive blueprint can be acquired from Alert Missions with a [?] on the reward list. It also can be obtained via Login Rewards.



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

Trivia

 * The Glaive was released on April 26th, 2013 with update 7.9.
 * The Glaive is used by Hayden Tenno in Dark Sector, another game made by Digital Extremes and Warframe's prequel in our time.
 * The Glaive has a unique sheath style in which it is retracted and attached under the right arm.
 * The Glaive is the only melee weapon in the game with a ranged attack.
 * Although some information on the Glaive points towards Hayden Tenno from Dark Sector being the first Tenno, it has been stated by Digital Extremes that the two games have no real connection; they take place in different universes.