Gram

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Gram
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Heavy Blade
Mastery	2
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤ (1.44x)
Attack Speed	0.95
Follow Through	60%
Range	2.8 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal Attack
24
24
112
Total Damage	160 (70%)
Crit Chance	15%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Attack Speed	0.95
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	15%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	960
Slam Damage	800
Radial Damage	800
Slam Radius	9 m
Wind-up	1.1 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	480
Slam Radius	8 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	320
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Introduced	Update 6.2 (2013-02-08)
Polarities	None
Stance Polarity
Variants	Gram Prime

CODEX

The heavy two-handed sword known as Gram requires great strength to wield, but is notorious for its splitting power. Can hit multiple targets with each strike.

The Gram is a  Tenno heavy blade, which boasts good damage and balanced critical and status performances, considered the baseline of heavy blade weapons.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High  Slash damage – effective against health.
• Good critical chance and status chance.
• Stance slot has a polarity, matches  Rending Crane stance.

Disadvantages:

• Lowest base damage of all heavy blades.
  • Low  Impact and  Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.
• Below average attack speed.

Comparisons:

• Gram (Normal Attack), compared to Gram Prime (Normal Attack):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (160 vs. 300)
    • Lower  Impact damage (24 vs. 60)
    • Higher  Puncture damage (24 vs. 15)
    • Lower  Slash damage (112 vs. 225)
  • Lower total damage (160 vs. 300)
  • Lower base critical chance (15.00% vs. 32.00%)
  • Lower base critical multiplier (2.0x vs. 2.6x)
  • Lower base status chance (15.00% vs. 32.00%)
  • Lower average damage per tap (184 vs. 453.6)
  • Lower burst DPS (174.8 vs. 362.88)
  • Lower sustained DPS (174.8 vs. 362.88)
  • Shorter Range (2.8 vs. 2.9)
  • Higher attack speed (0.95 vs. 0.8)
  • Different Stance Polarity ( vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (2 vs. 14)
  • Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.44x) vs. ●●○○○ (0.75x))

Acquisition

The Gram's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	3	750	300	80	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 30
Market Price: 150			Blueprints Price:15,000

Trivia

• This sword was named after the sword of Sigurd (sometimes known as Siegfried) from Norse Mythology.
• Gram is a word in the old Germanic language, which roughly translates to depression.
• The wheel by the Gram's guard spins during attacks, making the Gram one of the few non-static melee weapon models in-game.
• Prior to Update 11.0 (2013-11-20), the Gram was visually an enlarged  Plasma Sword.
  • The old appearance of the Gram is still used for the "Heavy Weapon Proficiency" challenge icons.
  • The newer model retains some characteristics from its previous model, particularly the cords and glowing blades.

Gallery

The Gram's appearance prior to Update 11.

The Pre-Update 11 Gram brandished by Excalibur Prime.

Gram's current model.

Gram.PNG

Gram Skins Edit

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Mortier

Suprema
TennoGen

Mizar
TennoGen

Kilzorath
Steam™ Exclusive

Mithra
Steam™ Exclusive

Tengoken
Steam™ Exclusive

Ion
Steam™ Exclusive

Karvr
Steam™ Exclusive

Obanakk
TennoGen

Grimstone
TennoGen

Day of the Dead
Naberus

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Actual patch notes made a mistake on old follow through.

• Damage increased from 100 to 160.
• Range increased from 1 to 2.8.
• Slam Attack increased from 200 to 480.
• Slide Attack increased from 200 to 320.
• Parry Angle set to 55.
• Follow Through decreased from 0.9 to 0.6.

Update 22.20 (2018-05-17)

• PBR treatment.

Update 18.3 (2016-01-13)

• The Gram has had its damage and Stance damage increased in Conclave.

Update 17.2.4 (2015-08-26)

• Fixed a number of issues with melee items/weapons that result in radial damage. Radial damage values have been significantly lowered on melee ground attacks – Gram from 5 meters to 4 meters.

Update 16.4 (2015-04-23)

• Increase Stamina drain when blocking with the Gram in Conclave.

Update 16.3 (2015-04-09)

• Increased the damage of the Gram in Conclave.

Update 15.1 (2014-11-05)

• Base damage increased to 100 (up from 45).
• Status chance increased to 15% (up from 10%).
• Critical chance increased to 15% (up from 7.5%).

Update 11.3 (2013-12-12)

• Edge lights on Gram now respect the chosen color for Energy.

Update 11.1 (2013-11-27)

• Updated Gram skin to match faction style better.

Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)

• Refined the tint options on the Gram.

Update 7.11 (2013-05-17)

• Changes to Gram sounds.

Hotfix 6.3.1 (2013-02-15)

• Remove hum sound from Gram.

Update 6.3 (2013-02-14)

• Gram hit box improved.

Update 6.2 (2013-02-08)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

See Also

•  Gram Prime, the Prime version of this weapon.
•  Galatine, another greatsword.