Guandao

Tenno Weapons

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Guandao
General Information
Type	Polearm
Mastery	4
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.05x)
Attack Speed	0.833
Follow Through	60%
Range	3 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal
50.5
10.1
141.4
Total Damage	202 (70%)
Crit Chance	28%
Crit Multiplier	2.2x
Attack Speed	0.833
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	4%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,212
Slam Damage	1,010
Radial Damage	1,010
Slam Radius	8 m
Wind-up	0.9 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	606
Slam Radius	7 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	404
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Tenno/Melee/Polearms/TnGuandaoPolearm/TnGuandaoPolearmWeapon
Introduced	Update 21.1 (2017-07-19)
Polarities
Stance Polarity
Variants	Guandao Prime

CODEX

Harvest the enemy with this towering polearm.

The Guandao is a  Tenno polearm with a massive blade, giving it unparalleled range compared to most polearms and equally impressive damage and critical chance, at the expense of slowing its attack speed.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High  Slash damage – effective against health.
• Second highest critical chance of all polearms, behind  Guandao Prime.
• Above average critical multiplier.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Shimmering Blight stance.
• Innate and polarities.

Disadvantages:

• Low  Puncture damage – less effective against armor.
• Lowest status chance of all polearms.
• Tied with  Kesheg and  Pupacyst for the slowest attack speed of all polearms.

Comparisons:

• Guandao (Normal), compared to Guandao Prime (Normal):
  • Lower base damage (202 vs. 240)
    • Lower  Impact damage (50.5 vs. 60)
    • Lower  Puncture damage (10.1 vs. 12)
    • Lower  Slash damage (141.4 vs. 168)
  • Lower critical chance (28% vs. 32%)
  • Lower critical multiplier (2.2x vs. 2.4x)
  • Lower status chance (4% vs. 20%)
  • Higher disposition (1.05 vs. 0.65)
  • Lower attack speed (0.83 vs. 1)
  • Different polarities ( vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 12)
  • Lower Combo Duration (5 s vs. 6 s)

Acquisition

The Guandao's blueprint can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements
15,000	3	65	750	2,500	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 180			Blueprints Price:15,000
Tenno Lab Research 3,000
10,000	5	1,250	2,500	4,500	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Nami Skyla
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Notes

• The Guandao is included in the Guandao Collection, along with the  Zakti and Mozi Syandana, for 345 Platinum 345.

Tips

• When going up against armored opponents, one should consider using  Shattering Impact instead of building for  Corrosive due to the weapon's low status chance.

Trivia

• A Guandao (more properly referred to a yanyuedao (偃月刀) – "reclining moon blade") is a type of Chinese pole weapon used in some forms of Chinese martial arts, most notably Shaolin Kung Fu. The name is derived from Guan Yu (關羽), a famed general from the Three Kingdoms period of China who is said to have invented and wielded the guandao.

Bugs

• Despite being nearly the same size as  Galatine (Prime), the Guandao stretches out of the Foundry animation while the Galatine doesn't.

Media

Guandao in Codex.

Warframe Guandao, Seeing Red - 2 Forma Build thesnapshot

WARFRAME - Shattering Guandao

Guandao Skins Edit

Rashasi

Heuris

Phocys
Steam™ Exclusive

Diva
Steam™ Exclusive

Lympharis
Steam™ Exclusive

Aphria
Steam™ Exclusive

Skopos
Steam™ Exclusive

Jotunheim
TennoGen

Ion
TennoGen

Osiris
TennoGen

Solstice
Tennobaum 2018
Seasonal Nightwave Offering

Synoid

Opal
Switch™ Exclusive

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Damage increased from 90 to 202.
• Critical Chance increased from 22% to 28%.
• Slam Attack increased from 180 to 606.
• Slide Attack increased from 200 to 404.
• Parry Angle set to 55.
• Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.

Update 22.6 (2017-12-07)

• Fixed polearms clipping on some Warframes when using the standard holster position.

Hotfix 22.4.1 (2017-11-24)

• Fixed being able to use Guandao Rivens on the Cassowar.

Update 22.4 (2017-11-23)

• Fixed Sugatras being placed in the middle of the Guandao instead of on one of the ends.

Update 21.1 (2017-07-19)

• Introduced.

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

See Also

•  Guandao Prime, the primed counterpart of this weapon.