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
Radial Damage	160
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	320
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Gram
Exilus Polarity	None
Introduced	Update 6.2 (2013-02-08)
Polarities	None
Stance Polarity
Variants	Gram Prime
Vendor Sources

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.
• Stance slot has a polarity, matches  Rending Crane stance.

Advantages:

• Normal Attack
  • High attack range
  • High disposition

Disadvantages:

• Lowest base damage of all heavy blades.
• Normal Attack
  • Low crit chance
  • Low damage
  • Low status chance

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 (2.80m vs. 2.90m)
  • 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 Skins Edit

Dominion

Mortier

Suprema
TennoGen

Mizar
TennoGen

Kilzorath
Steam™ Exclusive

Mithra
Steam™ Exclusive

Tengoken
Steam™ Exclusive

Ion
Steam™ Exclusive

Karvr
Steam™ Exclusive

Obanakk
TennoGen

Grimstone
TennoGen

Clavatus

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.