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The Azothane is a Duviri Two-Handed Nikana wielded by Dax Equitems. It has a unique Blocking combo that emits a 
Heat shockwave around the user.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage. - Stance slot has polarity, matching Wise Razor stance.
- Unique Blocking Combo releases a 10 meter shockwave centered around the impact point, dealing 85 Heat damage with a guaranteed Impact proc.
Drifter Combat[]
- Power Strike (blocking + heavy attack, default RMB + MMB ) plunges the blade into the ground to release five energy waves forward in a cone, dealing Cold damage with guaranteed procs.
- This indirectly increases the subsequent coming crit damage as Cold status enhances the critical multipliers received on the enemies.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Tied with War for the longest reach of all non-exalted melee weapons.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very high crit chance (34.00%)
- High attack speed (1.17x animation speed)
- Very high attack range (3.20 m)
- Very high crit multiplier (3.00x)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Low total damage (170)
- Below average status chance (22.00%)
- Low disposition (●●○○○ (0.85x))
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Acquisition[]
The Blueprint for Azothane can be purchased in Teshin's Cave for 50 
Pathos Clamp or 
250. Purchasing using the former will unlock the Drifter-compatible version and the blueprint for a Warframe-compatible version; purchasing using the latter will unlock both versions.
Additional Warframe blueprint copies can be purchased from Cephalon Simaris for 
100,000.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 30,000 |
 Maw Fang5 |
 Rune Marrow30 |
 Yao Shrub40 |
 Saggen Pearl100 |
Time: 1 Day(s) |
Rush:  35
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 Market Price: 250
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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Combos
| Combo/Attack | Name | Attack Multipliers and Forced Procs | Avg Dmg Multi/s | Length @ 1.0 Attack Speed |
Animation | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Block (While Blocking) |
Azothane Block (unofficial) |   50%  |
0.0%/s | 3.1s | 
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Notes[]
Shockwave[]
- For each enemy hit, the shockwave will add 4 hits to the Melee Combo
- Shockwave damage is 50% of the Slam Radial Damage listed under the Primary section of the Arsenal.
- Shockwave does not have any damage fall-off.
- Damage is only affected by Seismic Wave.
Tips[]
- The Azothane's shockwave passive will proc Tek Gravity.
Trivia[]
Bugs[]
• The Second Heavy Attack only hit one time instead of 2 despite having the stance Wise Razor equipped.
Media[]
Azothane Skins
Patch History[]
Hotfix 33.6.4 (2023-08-15)
- Fixed the Azothane missing several SFX with various Melee Stances.
Update 33.5 (2023-06-21)
- Fixed Warframe suddenly moving in slow motion when using Drifter Melee weapons.
- Fixed the Azothane not displaying the proper energy colors when performing a ground slam.
Hotfix 33.0.11 (2023-05-24)
- Fixed the following issues when melee blocking as Warframe using Drifter Melee weapons:
- Fixed damage from enemy projectiles not being 100% blocked while blocking.
- Fixed enemy projectile weapons bouncing back at whoever fired them (intended only for Drifter for Parrying Dax arrows).
Hotfix 33.0.4 (2023-05-02)
- Added the Azothane Blueprints (for Warframe use) to Cephalon Simaris’ Offerings for those who accidentally sell theirs.
Hotfix 33.0.1 (2023-04-27)
- Fixed Azothane’s special shockwave attack (blocking + Melee Strike) not contributing to combo counter (when equipped on Warframe).
Update 33.0 (2023-04-26)
- Introduced.
