Artax

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Artax

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Artax
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Rifle
Mastery Rank Requirement	0
Max Rank	30
Slot	Robotic
Trigger Type	Held
Utility
Accuracy	Low
Ammo Max	∞
Ammo Type	None
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.00x)
Fire Rate	1.00 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	100
Reload Time	1.50 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Spread	8.00° (8.00° min, 8.00° max)
Normal Attack
5 ( 100%)
Total Damage	5 (100.00%  Cold)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	2.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.50x
Fire Rate	1.00 attacks/sec
Forced Procs	Cold
Multishot	1 (5.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	8.00° (8.00° min, 8.00° max)
Status Chance	3.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	ASSAULT_AMMO, BEAM, SENTINEL_WEAPON
Riven Family	Artax
Introduced	Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	1,250
Variants	Artax
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Tenno Weapons Cold Damage Weapons Rifle Artax Robotic Weapons Held Weapons Continuous Weapons Base Infinite Ammo Weapons Alarming Weapons Hit-Scan Weapons Untradeable Weapons

CODEX

Freeze targets in their tracks with this sentinel mounted ice-beam.

The Artax is the default weapon of the  Taxon Sentinel, which fires a beam that deals  Cold damage and status effect against enemies. This weapon accepts rifle mods.

Characteristics

• This weapon deals  Cold damage.

Advantages:

• Guaranteed  Cold proc regardless of elemental combos, allowing it to constantly slow down enemies.
• Fairly high reload speed.
• Tied with  Deth Machine Rifle and  Deth Machine Rifle Prime for the highest magazine size of all Sentinel weapons.

Disadvantages:

• Lowest base damage of all Sentinel weapons.
• Extremely low critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance.

Acquisition

The Artax is automatically acquired upon claiming the  Taxon from the Foundry. Note that this weapon also takes up one Sentinel inventory slot.

Notes

• The Artax will inflict guaranteed  Cold status effect on enemies even if the weapon's element has been changed via elemental damage mods.
• It is highly advised to use a Punch Through mod, as the weapon performs poorly against enemies behind cover. Punch Through also increases the chance of freezing several enemies in the line of fire.
•  Continuous Misery increases the duration of the  Cold status effect.
• It is advised to build for fire rate and status chance (if using elemental mods that change the element of the weapon as this chance will contribute purely to that element) rather than damage as the Artax has more crowd control capabilities than damage capabilities. In terms of raw damage output, even with damage boosting mods the Artax damage output is downright terrible, taking several seconds to kill even a single low-level enemy.

Trivia

• The Artax is possibly named as a portmanteau of "Arctic" and "Taxon."
• Back when Riven Mods for Robotic Weapons could be obtained via Sorties, Artax Rivens were only available from Update 19.10 (2017-02-09) to Hotfix 19.10.1 (2017-02-14), a five-day period where players could potentially get them. Thus, Artax Rivens were the rarest Riven Mods in circulation, until Update 25.7 (2019-08-29) made Robotic Weapon Rivens exclusively available from Cephalon Simaris.

Media

Warframe ARTAX Rifle (Taxon Sentinel) Weapon Setup 3x Forma (U19.12.1.1)

Patch History

Hotfix 23.0.4 (2018-06-20)

• Fixed Artax not functioning with Growing Power.

Update 19.1 (2016-11-25)

• Introduced