Akaten is a Hound weapon that eviscerates enemies with 
Puncture and 
Slash damage.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000.
Characteristics[]
This weapon inflicts Puncture and Slash.
Advantages:
- High
Puncture and Slash damage – effective against armor and health. - Very high critical multiplier.
- Good status chance.
Disadvantages:
- No Impact damage – less effective against shields.
- Damage cannot be increased with Impact mods.
- Damage cannot be increased with
- Low critical chance.
Acquisition[]
The Akaten is automatically acquired upon claiming a Hound configured with the Hec Model. Note that this weapon also takes up one Sentinel inventory slot.
Notes[]
- The Akaten, Batoten and Lacerten are all statistically identical (speed, critical, status, etc.) other then their physical damage types. All three are 50%/50% split between two physical damages, with the three weapons covering the three possible combinations.
- Akaten only uses standard melee attacks. It does not allow the Hound to block or perform special attacks, nor does it have its own combo counter.
- As such, Akaten cannot equip mods that affect heavy attacks (e.g. Killing Blow), slide attacks (e.g. Maiming Strike), combo counter (e.g. Blood Rush), finishers (e.g. Finishing Touch), or blocking (e.g. Focused Defense). It also cannot equip any Set Mods (e.g. Gladiator Might).
- As such, Akaten cannot equip mods that affect heavy attacks (e.g.
Patch History[]
Update 30.7 (2021-09-08)
- Fixed being able to equip Umbra Forma to Sisters of Parvos Hound weapons. (They can’t equip Umbra mods so this was just a trap for the unwary)
Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)
- Introduced.
See Also[]
- Batoten, a Hound weapon that deals Impact and Puncture damage.
- Lacerten, a Hound weapon that deals Impact and Slash damage.
