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	12.5
Ammo Max	∞
Ammo Type	None
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.00x)
Fire Rate	1.000 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	1.000 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 damage and status effect against enemies. This weapon accepts rifle mods.

Acquisition

• This Sentinel weapon is automatically acquired by claiming the Taxon Sentinel.

Characteristics

This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:

• Innate damage – effective against Alloy Armor, Shielded, and Infested Sinew.
• Guaranteed proc regardless of elemental combos, allowing it to constantly slow down enemies.
• Fairly high reload speed.
• Tied with Deth Machine Rifle for the highest magazine size of all Sentinel weapons.

Disadvantages:

• Lowest base damage of all Sentinel weapons.
  • Innate damage – less effective against Infested Flesh and Fossilized.
    • Damage cannot be increased with , or mods.
• Extremely low critical chance and status chance.
• Below average critical multiplier.
• Low accuracy at long range.

Notes

• The Artax will inflict guaranteed status effect on enemies even if the weapon's element has been changed via elemental damage mods.
•  Eagle Eye will improve the detection range, making the Sentinel fire farther. However, Taxon's base range is 30 meter, potentially causing it to fire at enemies that are out of range.
  • This can be counteracted with  Sinister Reach which improves the effective range of Artax.
• 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 at close range while moving around them.
•  Continuous Misery increases the duration of the cold status effect.
• It is advised not to build for damage but rather fire rate, status chance and more range as the Artax has more crowd control capabilities than damage capabilities.

Trivia

• The Artax is possibly named as a portmanteau of "Arctic" and "Taxon."
• As of Hotfix 19.10.1 (2017-02-14) Artax Riven Mods are no longer obtainable from Sorties. Between the introduction and the removal were only 5 days and therefore the chance of getting an Artax Riven within this period was very tiny. Hence the amount of Artax Rivens in the game is now extremely limited.

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

See Also

• Sentinels
• MOA Companions