The Ankyros are a pair of gauntlets that can deliver blows quickly.
This weapon can be sold for
5,000. It is also a requisite ingredient for the
Ripkas and the
Tekko.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily
Impact damage.
Advantages:
- High
Impact damage – effective against shields. - High critical chance.
- Second fastest attack speed of all fists, behind
Ankyros Prime. - Stance slot has a
polarity, matches
Seismic Palm and
Gaia's Tragedy stance.
Disadvantages:
- Low
Puncture and
Slash damage – less effective against armor and health. - Low status chance.
Comparisons:
- Ankyros (attack: Normal), compared to Ankyros Prime (attack: Normal):
- Lower base damage (90 vs. 128)
- Lower critical chance (20% vs. 28%)
- Lower critical multiplier (2x vs. 2.4x)
- Lower status chance (10% vs. 16%)
- Lower attack speed (1.17 vs. 1.25)
- Different polarities (None vs.
)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (2 vs. 8)
- Different Stance Polarity (
vs.
)
Acquisition[]
The Ankyros's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30,000 |
900 |
900 |
600 |
450 |
Time: 12 hrs |
| Rush: | |||||
Trivia[]
- The Ankyros was released on April 19, 2013 with Update 7.8 (2013-04-19).
- One of the phased skins released during the Steam Winter Sale of 2013 was for the Ankyros. This was the rarest one available, with only 10 known copies crafted.
- The Ankyros appears to take inspiration from a concept design of the Colossus from Dark Sector, as seen in the picture here.
Media[]
Ankyros Skins
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 2.
- Damage increased from 30 to 90.
- Range increased from 0.5 to 1.25.
- Slam Attack increased from 60 to 270.
- Slide Attack increased from 90 to 270.
- Parry Angle set to 50.
- Follow Through increased from 0.5 to 0.9.
Update 25.1 (2019-06-05)
- Fixed missing Ankyros Icon in the Inventory UI.
Update 7.11 (2013-05-17)
- Ankyros now ignores armor.
Update 7.8 (2013-04-19)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
Furax, a similar weapon
Ankyros Prime, the Prime version of this weapon.





