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:
 * The Glaive can be thrown.
 * Charge attack will ignore armor.
 * Deals triple damage to light infested.
 * The Glaive is silent, even when thrown.
 * Can score head shots if thrown accurately.
 * A and a  polarity slot.
 * Will stagger some enemies when you land a charged attack that isn't a killing blow.
 * Can hit enemies on way back to thrower.
 * Can be aimed around corners and used to score multiple kills on the bounces.

Disadvantages:
 * When the glaive returns and hits any non-enemy object (wall, stairs, etc..) it will then be a ghost Glaive and will go through anything with no dmg output, so it is impossible to have a multi kill when it is returning through obstacles.
 * Mags Bullet Attractor does not attract the Glaive, it will bounce back at you.
 * Low base damage.
 * Short melee attack range.
 * Bounces unpredictably when hitting an enemy. (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)
 * Small ground slam area of effect.
 * Cannot travel through Volt's Electric Barrier and become electrically buffed.

Acquisition
The Glaive can be purchased for 150. The Glaive blueprint can be acquired from Alert Missions with a [?] on the reward list.

Trivia

 * The Glaive was released on April 26th, 2013 with update 7.9.
 * The Glaive first appeared 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.
 * The Glaive is the only melee weapon in the game with a ranged attack.