Garuda's Talons are 
Garuda's signature Claws inflicting high 
Slash damage, with very high status chance. Garuda defaults to them when no other melee weapon is equipped. In most respects they are a normal weapon and not an Exalted Weapon, but they do share some characteristics with the latter.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
Advantages:
- Highest base damage of all claws
- High critical chance.
- Highest status chance of all claws.
- Largest melee attack range of all claws.
- Innate
and polarity.
Disadvantages:
Notes[]
- As the user technically does not have a melee weapon equipped, Garuda's Talons cannot be used in missions requiring a melee weapon, such as Melee Only Sorties.
- As the talons still count as merely a weapon, not a Warframe’s ability like the Exalted Weapons, they can't be used in any other weapon-restricted Sorties either.
- Similarly to Exalted Weapons, this weapon:
- can gain rank but don't contribute to Mastery Rank.
- can damage enemies inside Rift Plane.
- does not affect equipped weapon affinity.
- does not receive Riven Mods.
Trivia[]
- Unlike other claw weapons, Garuda's Talons are prehensile, as shown during her idle animations.
Patch History[]
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Fixed Gladiator Mods (Vice, Might, Rush) not stacking or applying the increased set bonus to Critical Chance per combo multiplier when they are applied to Garuda's Talons (only applies when Talons are the single equipped Melee).
- Fixed Blood Rush and Weeping Wounds not applying to Garuda's Talons (only applies when Talons are the single equipped Melee).
- Fixed the Carnis, Jugulus, and Saxum Mod Sets not being equippable on Exalted Melee.
Hotfix 29.1.1 (2020-09-18)
- Fixes towards Exalted weapons not being equipped when viewed via Look Link or Mod Link.
Hotfix 29.0.8.1 (2020-09-10)
- Fixed Garuda’s Talons not being visible on the End of Mission screen.
Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)
- Damage increased from 180 to 248.
- Status Chance increased from 30 to 36%.
- Critical Chance increased from 10 to 20%.
- Slight reduction to Elemental FX on Garuda’s Talons.
- (Undocumented) Slam Attack increased from 540 to 744.
Hotfix 27.4.3 (2020-05-05)
- Stance Forma is now eligible to be installed on Garuda’s Talons due to the Talons using standard Stance Mods instead of an Exalted Stance.
Hotfix 27.3.13 (2020-04-14)
- Fixed a script error related to Garuda’s Talons.
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Damage increased from 72 to 180.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.2.
- Slide Attack increased from 216 to 540.
- Slam Attack increased from 72 to 540.
- Parry Angle set to 60.
Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)
- Dispatch Overdrive now applies to Garuda’s Talons when equipped.
Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
See Also[]
- Garuda, the weapon's user.
