Finisher

Finisher attacks are special melee attacks that have a custom animation and deal a very high amount of damage. For the available types of finishers see below.

• Weapon's level can affect finisher's damage
• All weapon types have individual finisher animations. Heavier weapons tend to perform this action slower than lighter weapons.
• Players performing finishers are invulnerable for the duration of the animation.
• Additionally, Finisher attack damage is dependent on the type of melee weapon used and can be increased by  Finishing Touch as well as several Ability Augments (e.g. Excalibur's  Radiant Finish).
•  Covert Lethality can be used to guarantee a kill with Daggers. (Does not work on Ground Finishers.)
• ( Primed)  Fury,  Gladiator Vice,  Quickening, Arcane Strike and the weapon type influence the animation speed of the finisher. This caps at a 33% faster animation with +50% attack speed.  Berserker and the weapon's base attack speed do not affect animation speed.
• Damage multipliers from finishers factor total weapon damage, equipped mods (including critical chance and critical multiplier mods) will also affect a finisher's final damage.
• On some enemies it isn't possible to use a finisher, these include Rollers, Ospreys, Cameras and Turrets.
• Examples of finisher moves can be found in the gallery page.

Ground FinisherEdit

Combo	Aiming at Downed Enemy + Melee

Execute knocked-down enemies. This attack is performed upon moving close to a downed opponent, aiming your crosshair at the target and pressing the melee attack button. This will not work on most bosses. This attack often will initiate even when not looking down at an enemy, but when contacting an enemy who has been knocked down.

• Ground Finishers deal a multiple of the weapon's damage. Different weapon types gain different damage multipliers: [Expand]
  • 3.0x for Staves.
  • 4.0x for all other weapon types.
  • 4.4x for Nikanas and Sword and Shields.
  • 4.5x for Warfans.
  • 6.0x for Daggers and Hammers.
  • 7.0x for Dual Daggers.
  • 8.0x for Dual Swords.
  • 8.5x for Sarpa.
  • 8.8x for Tonfas.
  • 12.5x for Redeemer.
  • 14.0x for Rapiers.
  • 28.5x for Sparring weapons.
  • 30.0x for Fist weapons.
  • Finishers may consist of several attacks, this represents the combined damage value.

• Ground Finishers do not inflict True Damage, but rather retain their damage spread as normal. As a result they are not considered Finisher attacks for most in-game challanges such as Riven mods and Nightwave daily challenges.

Stealth AttackEdit

As long as an enemy is unaware of the Tenno presence, a stealth attack may be executed on them. To perform a stealth attack, the player must approach an enemy from behind and activate the stealth attack prompt.

• Often called "Stealth Finisher" to differentiate from normal attacks with the stealth damage bonus.
• Stealth Attacks have their damage fully converted to True Damage.
• Damage value pop-ups always appear yellow, identical to critical hit damage values (even if the stealth attack did not crit).
• Special enemies, such as Targets and Wardens, receive extra damage from stealth attacks.
• Few Bosses, such as The Sergeant, can be stealth attacked.
• Stealth Attacks deal a multiple of the weapon's damage. Damage multipliers for each weapon type are as follows: [Expand]
  • 3.2x for Daggers.
  • 6.0x for Dual Daggers, Polearms, Sparring, and Staves.
  • 6.2x for Warfans.
  • 8.0x for all other weapon types.
  • 16.0x for Scythes.
  • 24.0x for Hammers and Rapiers.
  • Damage may be dealt over multiple hits, this is the combined damage of the finisher.

Front- / Back-FinisherEdit

Through certain abilities and attacks even alerted enemies can be made vulnerable to finisher attacks. Without a prompt the player can perform a finisher on the enemy, if close enough.

• Enemies in this stunned, vulnerable state also take increased damage through the stealth damage bonus.
  • However they do not grant the affinity bonus of normal stealth kills, if they were alerted beforehand.
  • If they were unalerted when being affected by these effects, they will stay that way for the duration of the stun or blind even when attacked.
• Damage conversion to True Damage applies just as for Stealth Finishers.
• Even if the enemy remains in a stunned or blinded state, a finisher can only be executed once per enemy until they are made vulnerable again.
• While most melee weapons require a specific stance to be able to open enemies to finishers, sparring weapons can achieve this with their charge attack.
  • The attacks done by Blade Storm fall into this category.
• Rear finishers use the same animations as Stealth finishers, but when performed from the front a different animation will be used.
• Some weapons have different damage multipliers for their Front-Finishers compared their Back-Finishers, with back finishers using weapon multipliers from the Stealth Attack section above. Multipliers for Front-Finishers are as follows:[Expand]
  • 2.0x for Heavy Blades.
  • 4.0x for Gunblades.
  • 6.0x for Dual Daggers, Polearms, Sparring, and Staves.
  • 6.2x for Daggers and Warfans.
  • 8.0x for all other weapon types.
  • 12.0x for Hammers.
  • 16.0x for Machete and Nikanas.

Methods to Open Enemies to Front- / Back-Finishers:Edit

AbilitiesEdit

ENERGY 25 KEY 2

Rest & Rage In Night Form targets are put to sleep. In Day Form targets become more vulnerable to damage.

Rest Strength:N/A Duration:10 / 14 / 18 / 22 s Range:1 / 3 / 3 / 5 m (area radius) 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 m (cast range) Misc80% / 70% / 60% / 50% (wakeup health threshold) Rage Strength:20% / 30% / 40% / 50% (damage vulnerability) 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% (enemy speed bonus) Duration:10 / 14 / 18 / 22 s Range:1 / 3 / 3 / 5 m (area radius) 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 m (cast range)

	ENERGY 50 KEY 2	Radial Blind Emits a bright flash of light, blinding all enemies in a small radius for several seconds.	Strength:N/A
			Duration:7 / 10 / 12 / 15 s
			Range:8 / 12 / 15 / 25 m

	ENERGY 50 KEY 2	Radial Howl Let out ferocious howl that stuns nearby enemies and causes Sentients to shed any built up resistances.	Strength:N/A
			Duration:7 / 10 / 12 / 15 s
			Range:8 / 12 / 15 / 25 m

	ENERGY 25 KEY 4	Exalted Blade Summon a sword of pure light and immense power. Energy Drain: 2.5 s-1	Strength:100 / 125 / 200 / 250 (damage)
			Duration:6 s (blind duration)
			Range:5 m (blind radius)
			Misc:15 m/s (wave speed) 40 m (wave range)

Passive: Glint

• Standing in bright light, Gara has a chance to blind enemies within 12 meters for 10 seconds and expose them to Melee Finisher attacks.

	ENERGY 25 KEY 1	Desiccation Blast enemies with a wave of cursed sand that blinds them and steals their health.	Strength:75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (damage) 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 (damage/sec)
			Duration:3 / 5 / 6 / 8 s
			Range:10 / 12 / 13 / 15 m
			Misc:25% (lifesteal)

	ENERGY 25 KEY 1	Quiver Cycle through and shoot one of four tactical arrows: Cloak, Dashwire, Noise and Sleep. In the Conclave, use the Null-Shield and Slow Arrows.	Strength:N/A
			Duration:12 s (bubble duration) 10 s (sleep duration)
			Range:2.5 m (bubble radius) 20 m (noise radius) 6 m (sleep radius)
			Misc:3 (max bubbles) 4 (max ziplines) 100 m (zipline range) 50% (sleep health threshold)

	ENERGY 5 KEY 3	Paralysis Valkyr unleashes her shields, stunning and damaging enemies around her.	Strength:2x / 2.5x / 3x / 3.5x (damage multiplier) 400 / 600 / 800 / 1000 (knockback strength)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:5 / 7 / 8 / 10 m

	ENERGY 25 KEY 2	Cloud Walker Evaporate into a cloud of mist and float through the battlefield, dazing any enemy encountered, while healing Wukong and his twin.	Strength:0.5% / 0.6% / 0.8% / 1% (health / meter)
			Duration:2 s (cloud duration)
			Range:5 / 6 / 7 / 8 m (stun radius)
			Misc:30 m/s (cloud movement speed) 100% (status cleanse on cast) 2 s (stun duration)

ModsEdit

Retribution's damage produces a stun, opening enemies to finishers.

WeaponsEdit

Enemies are vulnerable upon touching the wave trail produced by Caustacyst's Charge Attack.

Enemies are vulnerable upon being hit by a shield-throw from Sigma & Octantis's Air Attack.

A Finisher is automatically performed upon landing a Charge Attack hit with any Sparring weapon.

Enemies are vulnerable upon being hit by a Zakti dart's explosion.

Enemies are vulnerable upon being hit by a projectile emitted from Tatsu's Slide Attack after at least one kill.

When using Baruuk, enemies are vulnerable upon being hit by Cobra & Crane's first attack.

StancesEdit

Focus School Void DashEdit

MaduraiEdit

	Blazing Dash Void Dash leaves a trail of fire that deals 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 600 / 1000 damage/s over 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 12 / 14s. Void Dash will now stun enemies instead of displacing them.	50,000 to unlock 80,000 / 108,284 / 160,000 / 226,969 / 306,274 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 11
Stunned enemies are opened up to finisher attacks for the duration of the stun. However, if Void Radiance is also chosen, its blind effect will override Blazing Dash's stun upon leaving void mode after a dash, removing the finisher opportunity. It is therefore not advised to not take Void Radiance if attempting to utilize Blazing Dash for the finisher vulnerability.		Community notes

NaramonEdit

	Executing Dash Void Dash no longer displaces enemies, instead it will open them up to finishers and increase finisher damage taken by 15% / 20% / 25% / 35%.	50,000 to unlock 80,000 / 108,284 / 160,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7
Enemies are opened up to finisher attacks until death. Can perform finishers on enemies affected by Executing Dash over and over again. Also buffs the damage of Ash's Blade Storm.		Community notes

VazarinEdit

	Sonic Dash Void Dash no longer displaces enemies, instead it emits a shockwave 8m / 10m / 12m / 14m wide and travels 2m / 4m / 6m / 8m stunning any enemy it hits.	80,000 to unlock 120,000 / 162,426 / 240,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10
Stunned enemies are opened up to finisher attacks for the duration of the stun.		Community notes

Steel Meridian's Justice EffectEdit

Justice Blades

Neutralizing Justice

Scattered Justice

Shattering Justice

Vaykor Hek

Vaykor Marelok

CounterEdit

When parrying, activating Channeling just before an enemy strikes the player with a melee attack, there is a chance to stagger them with a Counterattack.

• The  Parry mod gives a chance to automatically perform a counterattack against enemies while blocking with Channeling, reducing the need to time Channeling while parrying to perform a finisher.

BugsEdit

• Sometimes, Finisher attacks will use the Nikana finisher animations no matter what weapon is being used. This happens most often in the Simulacrum and Plains of Eidolon, presumably due to the possibility of switching melee weapons while still in a mission.

Patch HistoryEdit