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 hit headshots and other weakspots for damage multipliers on its throw (with more ease than a standard melee swing which does not always land where you aim)
 * Can be aimed around corners and used to score up to whole group of enemies in one bounce.
 * 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)).
 * Has it own exclusive mods are: Power Throw, Whirlwind, Rebound and Quick Return. All of them can be collected in Orokin Void, Orokin Derelict and Survival missions.

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.
 * Using the charge attack (throw) prevents the use of all melee attacks until the weapon has returned to the thrower, effectively preventing it from being used in as rapid succession as conventional charge attacks.
 * Requires large amounts of materials to craft.

Acquisition
The Glaive can be purchased for 150. The Glaive blueprint can also be acquired through alert missions. 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 26, 2013 with update 7.9.
 * The Glaive is used by Hayden Tenno in Dark Sector, another game made by Digital Extremes.
 * The Glaive has a unique sheath style in which it is retracted and attached under the right arm.
 * Hayden Tenno has been verified as the "OG" Tenno by the Developers in Livestream #10.
 * The word "glaive" historically has referred to many different weapons, one of which is what is portrayed in the game.