Gleaming Talon

Zephyr performing Mercury Vortex.
Zephyr performing Ruin.
Zephyr performing Silver Reach.

Gleaming Talon is a stance mod for Glaives, which combines whirling attacks with explosive weapon throws.

Can be equipped on:

Cerata ✓
Falcor ✓
Glaive ✓
Glaive Prime ✓
Halikar ✓
Kestrel ✓
Orvius ✓
Pathocyst ✓
Xoris ✓

✓ denotes weapon with matching Stance polarity

Combos

Combo Name

Button Combination

Length

Mercury Vortex

2x 200%

300%

400%

4.3s

Ruin

200%

100%

3x 100%

2s

+

Silver Reach

100%

200%

100%

200%

400%

2.6s

( + ) +

Falling Star

500%

N/A

(Heavy Attack)

Pirouette

200%

N/A

(While Sliding)

Auger

2x 300%

N/A

(While In Air)

Through Strike

300%

N/A

(While Wall Latching)

Nemesis

1000%

N/A

(On Knocked

Down Enemy)

360° Attack

Slam Attack

Ranged Attack

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Key Inputs
Basic Melee (PC default LMB or E)
Heavy Attack (PC default MMB)
Block (PC default RMB)
Forward Movement (PC default W)

Multipliers and Hits
200% Attack does double damage
2x 100% Attack hits twice

Exclusive Procs
Impact or Stagger
Knockdown
Lifted
Ragdoll
Front, Back, or Ground Finisher
Impair (PvP only)

Shaded rows are combos shared across all stances of the weapon type.

Notes[edit | edit source]

Many of the attacks do bonus physical damage, i.e. Impact, Puncture, and Slash damage.
- The last attack of Mercury Vortex does 10% bonus physical damage.
- The second attack of Ruin does 25% bonus physical damage.
- The third attack of Silver Reach does 25% bonus physical damage and generates no combo.
Allows you to throw the glaive while sliding, even while Aim Gliding

Acquisition[edit | edit source]

Leech Ospreys are a relatively uncommon enemy, making this rare mod hard to find.
- Gleaming Talon was also a reward on a 24-hour alert on Friday, 12 September 2014 as part of the Back To School Special Alert Week.