Cleaving Whirlwind is a stance mod for Heavy Blade melee weapons. It is a momentum-based stance whose slow, sweeping attacks deal high damage in coned or radial areas around the wielder.
Can be equipped on:
✓ denotes weapon with matching Stance polarity
Combos
Combo Name | Attack Multipliers and Forced Procs |
Avg Dmg Multi/s | Length | Animation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Crowd Fall (While Not Moving) |
533.3%/s | 2.2s | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Broken Bull (While Moving) |
263.2%/s | 5.7s | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sundered Tusk (While Blocking & Moving) |
555.6%/s | 2.7s | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drifting Stampede (While Blocking) |
473.7%/s | 1.9s | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crowd Fall (Heavy Attack) |
0.0%/s | N/A | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hell's Wave (While Sliding) |
204.1%/s | 1.0s | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mountain's Chisel (While In Air) |
0.0%/s | N/A | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flaying Home (While Wall Latching) |
0.0%/s | N/A | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tunneling Spike (On Knocked Down Enemy) |
0.0%/s | N/A | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slam Attack (Looking At Ground While In Air) |
0.0%/s | N/A | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes[]
- Both Sundered Tusk and Drifting Stampede do 25% bonus
Slash damage.
- The Broken Bull Combo involves spinning the blade in a 360 arc around the Warframe while moving forward with each press of the melee key. This can be used to hit multiple enemies in a large area.
- Can be used while sprinting.
- Hits twice in each spin.
- There is actually a third hit at the end portion of the spins animation, just before another spin is started.
- Attempting a 6th attack in this combo will stagger the player.
- Stagger recovery time is not affected by
Pain Threshold.
- Stagger recovery time is not affected by
Tips[]
- Broken Bull punishes mashing forward melee by causing the Tenno to lose their balance and stagger if they try to continue spinning after the 5th spin. Cancel the combo or chain into Crowd Fall to maintain combo momentum.
- The stagger after the 5th swing is shortened dramatically with strong attack speed buffs such as Valkyr's Warcry and Volt's Speed.
- With careful timing, one could achieve the third hit within the Broken Bull spin by turning 90 degrees clockwise after the second hit has landed.
Trivia[]
- Crowd Fall is the standard combo for most Heavy Blade melee weapons without a Stance mod on.
- Cleaving Whirlwind is the only Stance Mod that has a stagger penalty.
Gallery[]
Media[]
Patch History[]
Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)
- Removed the Lifted proc from Crowd Fall's second attack.
- Added a forced Impact proc to Sundered Tusk's first attack.
- Removed the forced Impact proc from Drifting Stampede's first attack.
Update 13.5 (2014-05-28)
- Added Sundered Tusk and Drifting Stampede combos to Cleaving Whirlwind.
Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)
- Introduced.
See Also[]
Rending Crane, another stance for Heavy Blades.
Tempo Royale, another stance for Heavy Blades.