Silva & Aegis

The Silva & Aegis is a sword and shield combo weapon introduced in Update 14, and is the first fan-designed weapon from DE's Community Melee Weapons contest to be added in-game. It is the first melee weapon in the game to deal pure damage as its primary damage type.

This weapon can be sold for.

Characteristics
This weapon does primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * damage makes it highly effective against Infested.
 * Can also be combined with damage to make  damage for further-increased effectiveness against the Infested.
 * Can also be combined with damage to make  damage, making it effective against most Grineer units.
 * Ground finishers are guaranteed to inflict a proc.
 * AoE knockback on ground slam.
 * High status chance.
 * Wide swings can hit targets slightly behind the player
 * Shield Bashes deal proc.
 * Blocking uses low amounts of stamina.

Disadvantages:
 * damage is ineffective against Corpus Proto Shields.
 * Short range.
 * Low critical chance.

Trivia

 * The Silva & Aegis resembles the Pyra Syandana due to the flames projecting out of the sword and shield.
 * The shield sticks onto the Tenno's arm regardless of equipped status, and when un-equipped, the sword is inserted into a sheath behind the Aegis.
 * This is the first Sword and Shield class melee weapon introduced into the game.
 * This is the first weapon to be created from the 3 Community Melee Weapon Contest Winners.
 * On jump attacks, the Silva will emit a ring of flames identical to that created by the Heat Sword, Heat Dagger and Dual Heat Swords. Unlike said weapons however, this effect on the Silva is cosmetic only.
 * Aegis is probably named after the Aegis, an artifact (commonly depicted as a shield) created by the Greek goddess Athena, with a carving of a gorgon's head on the front.
 * Silva is likely a reference to Silverbones, the designer of this weapon.
 * Because the blade of the Silva itself is made from an additive material, elemental visual effects such as and  (which are additive particles) are not as visible.
 * When equipped by a Specter, the shield will always be active regardless of their equipped weapon.