Conclave:Venka

Tenno Weapons

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Venka
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Claws
Mastery Rank Requirement	4
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Disposition	××××× (0.00x)
Noise Level	Alarming
Normal Attack
3.3000 ( 5.07%)
16.3000 ( 25.04%)
45.5000 ( 69.89%)
Total Damage	65.1 (69.89%  Slash)
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Crit Chance	0.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.00x
Fire Rate	1.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	0
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Venka
Introduced	Update 13.9 (2014-06-25)
Polarities	None
Stance Polarity
Variants	Venka  Venka Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Tenno Weapons Slash Damage Weapons Claws Venka Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Base Alarming Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

Utilizing a new fighting stance, this Tenno weapon turns fists into claws and enemies into messy piles of meat and scrap metal.

The Venka claws are gauntlets with retractable blades. With most of its damage type dealing  Slash damage, it allows for making quick work of nearby opponents.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
20,000	4	1,000	500	1	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 175			Blueprints Price:15,000
Tenno Lab Research3,000
5,000	2	400	75	600	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Prereq: Sybaris
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High  Slash damage – effective against health and shields (although  Puncture and  Impact is much better against the respective damage classes).

Disadvantages:

• Low  Impact damage – less effective against shields.  
• Without a stance, the weapon is rather slow.
• Small jump attack AoE.
• Short range.

Comparisons:

•  Venka (Normal Attack), compared to  Venka Prime (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage (65.10 vs. 63.10)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 3.3 vs. 3.2)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 16.3 vs. 12.6)
    • Lower  Slash damage ( 45.5 vs. 47.3)
  • Higher total damage (65.1 vs. 63.1)
  • Lower attack speed (1.00x animation speed vs. 1.05x animation speed)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 14)

Tips

• Because of the low damage and attack speed of the Venka, it's recommended to use a Warframe more suited for melee combat.
  • Fits  Valkyr well due to her resistance to damage, as well as her  Warcry ability which will speed up the attack speed of the weapon.  Volt can also use his  Speed ability to speed up the weapon and allow his high shields to soak up extra damage that will occur when focusing on melee combat against ranged enemies.

Trivia

• Venka translates roughly to "victorious" or "to win" in Esperanto.
• The claws retract up to the hands until used or equipped. 
• The Venka was first seen as an accidentally leaked Codex entry in Update 13.0 (2014-04-09), along with the  Serro and the  Bo Prime, before any of the weapons were released.
• It is the first claw-type weapon introduced in the game.
• The blades resemble the "P" in Tenno Script.

Media

Venka in Codex.

Love At First Slice

Tenno Reinforcements - Venka

Warframe Venka Pro Builds Update 13.9.0-0

Warframe Updated Venka Setup 1x Forma

Patch History

Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)

• Fixed the Venka Claws not being visible to Clients when they are the only weapon equipped.

Hotfix 13.9.0.2 (2014-06-26)

• Revised default position on Venka Tenno Claws.

Update 13.9 (2014-06-25)

• Introduced

Last updated:Hotfix 22.20.9.2 (2018-06-07)

See Also

•  Venka Prime, the Prime counterpart.