The Glaive Prime is a Primed version of the 
Glaive, sporting higher damage, critical chance, status chance, and attack speed. It was released alongside 
Ember Prime and 
Sicarus Prime.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000.
Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage.
Advantages:
- High Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – effective against health.
- High critical chance.
- Tied with
Cerata and Pathocyst for the second highest status chance of all glaives, behind Falcor. - Fastest attack speed of all glaives.
- Fastest flight speed of all glaives.
- Can be wielded in-tandem with a single-handed secondary weapon.
- Holding the melee button throws the glaive, which can bounce up to three times or travels up to 50 meters before returning to the user, damaging anyone in its path. Meleeing while the glaive is in mid-flight commands it to return.
- Primary and secondary weapons can be fired and reloaded normally with a thrown glaive, and retrieving the glaive does not interrupt these actions. Additional throws can also be "buffered" while the glaive is in mid-flight.
- Thrown glaive has a guaranteed Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. proc.
- Thrown glaive has above average critical multiplier.
- Innate 1 meter punch through.
- Thrown glaive is silent.
- Heavy Attacks, or melee attacks while wielded in-tandem with a secondary weapon, while the glaive is in mid-flight produces a 4.8 meter explosion and forces the glaive to return.
- Can use the Glaive-exclusive mods Combo Fury, Power Throw, Quick Return ( Volatile), Rebound ( Volatile), and Whirlwind.
- Innate Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. polarities.
Disadvantages:
- Low Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – less effective against shields and armor.
- Thrown glaive has innate Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – less effective against Ferrite Armor and Infested Sinew.
- Cannot use melee attacks or block while the glaive is in mid-flight.
- Explosion inflicts self-stagger.
Comparisons:
- Glaive Prime (Charged Throw Recall Explosion), compared to Glaive (Charged Throw Recall Explosion):
- Higher base damage per projectile (1184.00 vs. 756.00)
- Higher Blast damage ( 1,184 vs. 756)
- Higher
- Higher total damage (1,184 vs. 756)
- Higher base critical chance (26.00% vs. 16.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.40x vs. 2.20x)
- Higher base status chance (34.00% vs. 16.00%)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (10 vs. 1)
- Lower disposition (●●○○○ (0.70x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))
- Higher base damage per projectile (1184.00 vs. 756.00)
Acquisition
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Vaultings
- On September 29, 2015, it was announced that Glaive Prime, alongside Ember Prime and Sicarus Prime, would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on October 6, 2015. Any preexisting components or fully-built frames will remain as is.
- Glaive Prime was available from December 6, 2016 to January 3, 2017 as part of the Fire and Ice Prime Vault.
- Glaive Prime, along with Ember Prime, Sicarus Prime, Frost Prime, Latron Prime, Reaper Prime, Loki Prime, Bo Prime, and Wyrm Prime were unvaulted from February 6, 2018 to April 10, 2018.
- Glaive Prime, along with Ember Prime, Sicarus Prime, Frost Prime, Latron Prime, and Reaper Prime, were unvaulted from January 29, 2019 to March 26, 2019.
- The same lineup was unvaulted from September 29, 2020 to December 15, 2020.
Notes
- Thrown attack bounces off of enemy targets and can hit a theoretical infinite amount of targets on the way back to the user.
- Flies faster and thus farther than its original counterpart.
- Summoned weapons are not affected by whether thrown weapons are held or not. For example, Warframe abilities such as Slash Dash or Exalted Blade can still be used even if the Glaive has not returned to the user.
- The Glaive can be thrown under a mining machine so that it ricochets back and forth between ground and the machine for a maximum amount of bounces, sometimes destroying it in a single throw.
- Against tougher enemies, the Glaive can hit more than once on the outward throw by aiming at the inside of their legs so that the first bounce will bounce into their other leg. Particularly useful on Ancients.
- Range is around 50 in-game meters. Reach will not improve the flight range or the width of the projectile.
- In addition, range mods will not increase the blast radius of the Glaive's detonate.
- Airborne Glaives will ricochet off Frost's Snow Globe.
- Cannot travel through Volt's Electric Shield and become electrically buffed.
- Throw cannot punch through Shield Lancer's shield without Power Throw. However, if aimed at their exposed body parts, the Glaive is still able to damage them.
- Saryn's Toxic Lash is applied on throw attacks as well, as of Hotfix 10.3.4 (2013-10-12).[1]
- If you are under the effect of an enemy's Magnetize or similar abilities, the Glaive cannot be thrown; it instantly returns to your hand without harming you.
- When U13 was first released, the throwing attack was changed to match the throwing attack in the stance. This was a bug, and has since been reverted to Hold+E.
- Throws have an innate punch through against enemies. It will only bounce off terrain (and Frost's globe etc).
Tips
- Catching the Glaive is considered a one-handed action. As such, it will not interrupt reloads.
- This is useful if you throw the Glaive before reloading allowing you to perform a long range attack even as you reload.
- Glaive will always return in a straight path toward the player. It will ignore all obstacles and punch through anything in its path on return.
- A player without Power Throw can use this to emulate Power Throw by bouncing the Glaive off the floor between the legs of enemies and have the Glaive hit them all on return.
- A player without
- As for the regular Glaive, when using the slide attack, it is possible to chain a second slide attack, for even more slide range and speed.
- Can be thrown whether stance mods are equipped or not.
- When equipping the Glaive Prime, the player can throw it and then press the melee button to detonate the Glaive Prime on punch through or impact with a solid surface, dealing high AoE damage. The Glaive Prime then returns to the player immediately. This is true for all thrown melee weapons.
- This is very useful for regenerating health with Life Strike.
- It can explode in this manner when not equipped and thrown, but the explosion timing cannot be controlled and will often stagger the user in close quarters.
- It should be however noted that finisher attacks can still be executed while the weapon is in the air.
- This is very useful for regenerating health with
Trivia
- It could be seen in Ember Prime's left hand during the artwork show of Livestream 18. It was also seen in the splash screen in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20).
- The Glaive Prime shares the same sheath style with the other thrown melee weapons, where they retract and attach under the right arm.
- The word "Glaive" historically has referred to many different weapons, none of which refer to a returning throwing disk but more to a polearm or a sword. An exception to this can be found in the movie, Krull, in which a five-bladed throwing weapon which returns to the thrower is called a "Glaive" which is quested for and used by the protagonist.
- The Glaive Prime actually more closely resembles a Chakram, an Indian throwing disc.
- Update 11 teasers showed an Ember Prime wielding Glaive Prime, along with a Sicarus Prime.
- Oddly enough, though the Glaive Prime has 3 blades, only two are requested in the crafting process. It's possible that the disc has an in-built blade to begin with.
- Up until Update 12.0 (2014-02-05), the Glaive Prime only required 1 blade to construct, in spite of the blueprint needing 2.
- Like the Glaive, the Glaive Prime has a much smaller model when retracted under the arm.
Media
Glaive Prime Skins
Waverider Supporter Pack Exclusive
Patch History
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.
- Removed falloff from Throw Explosion and Charged Throw Explosion damage.
- (Undocumented) Throw Explosion damage increased from 492 to 984 Blast damage.
- (Undocumented) Charged Throw Explosion damage increased from 592 to 1,184 Blast damage.
- (Undocumented) Charged Throw and Charged Throw Explosion status chance increased from 33% to 34%.
Hotfix 27.2.2 (2020-03-06)
Reduced the following AoE weapons Radial Damage Falloff from central impact that were all previously 90%:
- Glaive Prime: 50%
Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)
- Self Damage Changes
We are getting rid of Self Damage and replacing it with something else: instead of Self Damage, it’s now ‘Stagger’. This change completely removes the chance of killing yourself, and instead now creates scenarios where you will interrupt yourself - or ‘Stagger’ - to varying degrees if you aren’t careful.
The degrees of Self-Interrupt start with a small stumble all the way to full knockdown depending on how close you are to the center of explosion. Any Mods referring to Self Damage will be converted to acknowledge Stagger.
With this Self-Interrupt system, we have added dozens of new recovery animations that harness a ninja-like recovery experience. By pressing ‘Jump’ at the correct time, you can execute a ninja-skill-based knockdown recovery to ALL in-game knockdowns. This ninja recovery window is indicated by a glowing FX on your Warframe.
In the original Dev Workshop, we said:
As a result of this overall systemic change, Weapons with Stagger will be getting approximately a 20% buff in Damage, with any weapons with AOE receiving a 50% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact.
This is no longer accurate after continued testing. What we are doing now is:
No damage buffs have been added, but any weapons with AOE are receiving ~20% increase in Radius. Additionally, AOE weapons are receiving a 90% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact. This means on the very outer section of the explosion Radius 10% of the Damage will be dealt. Tactics will be deadly - aim true, Tenno.
Why: Several players brought up the history of the Tonkor and we want to make sure we ship this change in a place that’s conservative in its starting point from a balance perspective. The complete removal of Self Damage does change the pace of destruction with some of the game’s most powerful weapons, so we want to make sure we can iterate upwardly instead of releasing a bonanza of explosions with no other choices.
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
As a general note, self damage has been removed from Glaive power throws. As this decision made it through the testing pipeline, some mentioned this impacts a specific Chroma interaction, but positively impacts 41 other Warframes.
- Damage increased from 50 to 164.
- Range increased from 0.5 to 1.25.
- Critical Chance increased from 15% to 22%.
- Slam Attack increased from 100 to 492.
- Slide Attack increased from 250 to 328.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
- Follow Through increased from 0.5 to 0.7.
Hotfix 24.5.3 (2019-03-19)
- Changed the Glaive recall to be done with Melee instead of Melee Channel so its consistent again (Channel being a toggle-only messed up this function).
- Fixed an error where, after Dual-Wielding gun and Glaive, throwing the Glaive in the "normal" Melee only mode could result in a turbo throw that is only supposed to apply for Dual-Wield.
Update 22.4 (2017-11-23)
- Fixed a loss of functionality if you equip Whirlwind, Power Throw and Quick Return on your Glaive Prime and cause self damage.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Increased status chance from 20% to 30% for Melee hits and projectiles.
- Increased critical chance from 5% to 15% for Melee hits and projectiles.
- Increased Crit Multiplier from 1.5 to 2.
- Increased damage from 45 to 50.
- Knockdown added to recall discharge.
- Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 0 to 10.
Hotfix 11.0.3 (2013-11-22)
- Fixed Glaive mods not working on Glaive Prime.
Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also
- Glaive, the original counterpart of this weapon.
