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.

Stealth AttackEdit

Combo	Approach unalerted enemy from behind + Melee

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

Combo	Vulnerable enemy + Melee

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

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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