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Garuda Talons are GarudaIcon272 Garuda's signature Claws inflicting high DmgSlashSmall64 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 DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage.
  • Innate Madurai Pol and Naramon Pol polarities.

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Highest Status Chance of all Claws.
  • Highest range of all Claws.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • High total damage (248)
    • Very high status chance (36.00%)

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Low attack range (2.20 m)
    • Very low disposition (××××× (0.00x))

Comparisons:

  • GarudaTalons Garuda Talons (Normal Attack), compared to GarudaPrimeTalons Garuda Prime Talons (Normal Attack):
    • Lower base damage (248.00 vs. 280.00)
      • Higher DmgImpactSmall64 Impact damage (DmgImpactSmall64 19.84 vs. DmgImpactSmall64 14)
      • Higher DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture damage (DmgPunctureSmall64 54.56 vs. DmgPunctureSmall64 28)
      • Lower DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage (DmgSlashSmall64 173.6 vs. DmgSlashSmall64 238)
    • Lower total damage (248 vs. 280)
    • Lower base critical chance (20.00% vs. 35.00%)

Notes[]

  • As the user technically does not have a Melee Weapon equipped, Garuda 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 Ability like the Exalted Weapons, they cannot be used in any other Weapon-restricted Sorties either.
    • This manifests via her talons not appearing in-game during such Sorties.
  • If a Nightwave act requires only a ranged Weapon equipped, be it Primary or Secondary, Garuda can use her talons to finish off enemies in melee and still complete the challenge.
    • If another act does require a Melee-only setup, she still has to equip another Melee Weapon.
  • Similarly to Exalted Weapons, this Weapon:
    • can gain Ranks but does not contribute to Mastery Rank.
    • can damage enemies even inside LimboIcon272 Limbo's Rift Plane.
    • does not affect equipped Weapon Affinity.
    • does not receive Riven Mods.
    • adds kill and assist stats to its Warframe owner (Garuda in this case), as it does not have its own Codex entry.
    • does not benefit from the DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture or DmgColdSmall64 Cold status critical bonuses.
    • can not be duplicated; additional copies of Garuda inherit the original weapon, along with all polarities and build/appearance configurations.
    • can not equip Melee Arcane Enhancements.
  • Unlike other Exalted Weapons, this weapon:
  • Equipping Mod TT 20px Blending Talons on Garuda herself also grants a direct effect on Garuda Talons, with 100% additional combo count chance when striking enemies with DmgSlashSmall64 Bleed procs at max mod rank.

Tips[]

  • Because Garuda Talons can damage enemies even while she is in the Rift Plane, Garuda synergizes well with LimboIcon272 Limbo's Banish130xWhite Banish to provide her virtually indefinite invulnerability while unleashing havoc.

Trivia[]

  • Unlike other Claw Weapons, Garuda Talons are prehensile, as shown during her idle animations.
  • Garuda Talons is currently the only Exalted Weapon whose GarudaPrimeTalons Prime variant has different stats to its standard counterpart, the latter being a direct upgrade.
  • Garuda Talons were called "Garuda's Talons" prior to Update 31.3 (2022-03-28).

Patch History[]

Update 33.6 (2023-07-27)

  • Fixed Rauta’s melee combo counter increase not applying with Garuda’s Talons equipped as your melee weapon.
  • Fixed Mods sometimes not applying to Garuda’s Talons in Duviri.

Update 33.0 (2023-04-26)

  • Fixed Garuda being unable to perform Melee Finishers with her Talons in missions that disable Melee weapons.

Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)

  • Fixed being unable to use Garuda’s Claws on Railjack after dying in Archwing.

Hotfix 31.3.1 (2022-03-29)

  • Fixed inability to use Garuda’s Talons if a Host migration occurred.
  • Fixed Garuda Talons moving when hovering on/off color swatches in the Arsenal.

Update 31.3 (2022-03-28)

  • Fixed Garuda Talons not retaining skin details/textures in Arsenal preview.
  • (Undocumented) Renamed from Garuda’s Talons to Garuda Talons.

Update 31.2 (2022-03-16)

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.

See Also[]

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