The Hikou are a set of shurikens released in Update 9.0. It has a lower base damage than the 
Kunai and 
Despair, but a higher fire rate and base magazine size. Like its counterparts, it can also be hard to aim with because of its arrow-like arc projection.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for the 
Panthera.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 15,000 |  5 |  500 |  600 |  4,000 | Time: 12 hrs |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: 225
|  Blueprints Price: 15,000
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Characteristics
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This weapon deals primarily 
Puncture damage.
Advantages
- High Puncture damage – effective against armor.
- Silent.
- Very high reload speed.
- Highest fire rate of all throwing-type secondaries.
- Two polarity slots.
- Works well with Concealed Explosives, considering its high fire rate and ammo capacity.
Disadvantages
- Lowest base damage of all throwing-type secondaries.
- Low critical chance and damage.
- Low status chance.
- Projectiles have travel time.
- Projectiles travel in an arc, making it hard to hit at longer ranges and achieve headshots.
- Very low ammo efficiency.
Comparisons:
- Hikou, compared to Hikou Prime:
- Lower base damage (26.0 vs. 36.0)
- Lower critical chance (4% vs. 6%)
- Lower critical multiplier (1.6x vs. 1.8x)
- Lower status chance (10% vs. 28%)
- Higher fire rate (6.67 rounds/sec vs. 5.83 rounds/sec)
- Smaller magazine (20 rounds vs. 26 rounds)
- Slower reload speed (0.75 s vs. 0.5 s)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (2 vs. 4)
- Higher disposition (1.3 vs. 1.25)
Weapon LoadoutsEdit
- See Category:Hikou Build to see how players mod this weapon.
- See Category:Hikou Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
- For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.
TipsEdit
- Make sure to adjust your aim for moving targets.
- When using at a distance aim above the enemy to adjust for Hikou's arc.
- Using the Pistol Ammo Mutation mod can help regain lost ammo when needed.
- Alternatively, bring along a Squad Ammo Restore.
NotesEdit
- The Hikou can ricochet (rarely) off surfaces, as floors and walls. Ricocheted shots can damage and kill whoever gets in the way.
- The Hikou are quite similar to the Kunai, the main difference being about half the damage for twice the fire rate. Regarding this, Hikou are slightly superior, dealing 5 more damage per two thrown, which would equal 1 Kunai in terms for rate of fire. In other words, the Hikou trades a slight DPS upgrade for ammo economy when compared to the Kunai. Note that they both share a 210 size spare ammo capacity, so the Hikou is slightly worse for wear.
- The Hikou can pass through Electric Shield.
BugsEdit
- As with all thrown sidearms, when performing a Jump Kick your frame will hold the Hikou as dual pistols. Upon hitting the ground and sliding, this will quickly switch back to as it should be.
TriviaEdit
- Hikou (Hikō or 飛行 ) in Japanese means "flight."
- The Hikou are based off the Japanese throwing stars from ninjutsu tradition. Throwing stars were primarily used as distractions, and were often called the "invisible blades" due to a thrown star being able to cut enemies unseen from any direction.
- The Hikou are the first throwing weapon secondary to receive a prime variant.
- The Hikou share at least two common traits with the Kunai and Despair, all three are secondary throwing type weapons, and all weapons have a damage focus mainly on Puncture damage.
MediaEdit
Warframe the new weapon Hikou (update 9.0)
Warframe Hikou
Warframe - All Tenno Secondaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)
Warframe - All Tenno Weapon Reloads in 3 minutes (2012 - 2019)
Hikou Skins
Patch HistoryEdit
Update 22.12
- Status chance increased from 2.5% to 12%.
- Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 4%.
- Critical damage increased from 1.5x to 1.6x.
- The Hikou has received PBR treatment.
- Fixed the Hikou holsters clipping through Nidus' legs.
- Increased the flight speed of the Hikou in Quick Steel Conclave Variant.
- Fixed Hikou not being available for use in Conclaves.
- Hikou series is now available for use in Conclave.
- Fixed thrown weapons not showing the proper energy trails.
- Fixed an issue with the Hikou Holster not properly utilizing custom Energy colors.
- Fixed Hikou in hand models disappearing forever after emptying one clip.
- Fixed Hikou not matching energy color choice.
- Fixed throwing animation (Hikou) becoming jittery with fire rate increase.
- Hikou fx trail now uses energy color.
- Fixed the Hikou throwings stars so that they only have 1 flashlight beam pointing in the correct direction.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 22.20.9
See AlsoEdit
- Hikou Prime, the Prime version of this weapon.
- Kunai, another thrown secondary.
- Despair, another thrown secondary, used by the Stalker.
- Panthera, a weapon crafted from the Hikou.
Start a Discussion Discussions about Hikou
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Best Throwing Secondary
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a lot of the discussion in this thread was made in 2013, before spira prime was a thing -
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Kunai or Hikou
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The best is Hikou Prime. Better than either of these, better than Despair, just better period. Which is strange for me to say because my nor...
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Muyum yum yum - delicious aged discussion in a filet mignon of out of date banality - necroposting my favorite
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