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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 TennoIcon 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 Credits64 5,000.

Characteristics[]

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • High attack range (2.80 m)
    • High disposition (●●●●● (1.44x))

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Lowest base damage of all heavy blades.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Low crit chance (15.00%)
    • Low total damage (160)
    • Below average attack speed (0.95x animation speed)
    • Low status chance (15.00%)

Comparisons:

  • Gram Gram (Normal Attack), compared to GramPrime Gram Prime (Normal Attack):
    • Lower base damage (160.00 vs. 300.00)
      • Lower DmgImpactSmall64 Impact damage (DmgImpactSmall64 24 vs. DmgImpactSmall64 60)
      • Higher DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture damage (DmgPunctureSmall64 24 vs. DmgPunctureSmall64 15)
      • Lower DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage (DmgSlashSmall64 112 vs. DmgSlashSmall64 225)
    • Lower total damage (160 vs. 300)
    • Lower base critical chance (15.00% vs. 32.00%)
    • Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.60x)
    • Lower base status chance (15.00% vs. 32.00%)
    • Shorter Range (2.80 m vs. 2.90 m)
    • Higher attack speed (0.95x animation speed vs. 0.80x animation speed)
    • Different Stance Polarity (Madurai Pol vs. Vazarin Pol)
    • 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
📝 Edit blueprint requirements
Credits
30,000
Gallium
3
Salvage
750
Rubedo
300
AlloyPlate
80
Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 30
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge 150 Blueprint2 Blueprints Price:Credits15,000

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 PlasmaSword 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[]


Gram Skins

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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[]

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