Hirudo

Infested

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Hirudo

Statistics

Mastery

7

Slot

Melee

Type

Sparring

Utility

Attack Speed

1.0

Range

1.25 m

Combo Duration

5 s

Block Angle

50°

Follow Through

90%

Disposition

●●●○○

(0.95)

Normal Attacks

19.5

104.0

6.5

Total Damage

130.0 ( 80%)

Crit Chance

30%

Crit Multiplier

3.0x

Status Chance

11%

Slam Attacks

Slam Impact

390.0

Radial Damage

130.0

Radial Forced Proc

Impact

Slam Radius

7.0 m

Heavy Attacks

Heavy Impact

845.0

Wind-up

0.5 s

Heavy Slam

520.0

Radial Damage

520.0

Slam Radius

8.0 m

Other Attacks

Slide Attack

260.0

Miscellaneous

Polarities

Stance Polarity

Stances

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(

) (PvP Only)

Introduced

Update 19.5

CODEX

Rip into the enemy with fists of razor sharp cartilage. Steals health with each critical hit.

The Hirudo are Infested sparring weapons derived from the Kogake which can steal health from enemies on critical hits.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	1	3	1,100	4,600	Time: 12 hrs
30,000	1	3	1,100	4,600	Rush: 35
Market Price: 150			Blueprints Price:15,000

CharacteristicsEdit

Advantages:

High Puncture damage – effective against armor.
Second highest critical chance of all sparring weapons, behind Korrudo.
Highest critical multiplier of all sparring weapons.
Critical hits heal the user by 5% of the damage dealt. Critical hits also grant the Invigorated buff, which increases max health by 5% for 15 seconds and stacks up to 5 times.
Stance slot comes with a polarity, matching Brutal Tide.
Innate polarity.
Grants a 5% movement speed bonus when equipped.

Disadvantages:

Second lowest base damage of all sparring weapons, after Kogake/ Obex.
- Low Impact and Slash damage – less effective against shields and health.
Low status chance.

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

See Category:Hirudo Build to see how players mod this weapon.
See Category:Hirudo Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

NotesEdit

Every successful critical hit with the Hirudo will return 5% of damage dealt to the enemy as health to the player.
Each successful critical hit also increases the player's max health by 5%, referred to as Invigorated buff.
- The health bonus lasts for 15 seconds, which refreshes every time the player lands another critical hit while the buff is active.
- The Invigorated buff can stack up to 5 times, for a maximum of 25% additional health bonus.
The Hirudo's max health bonus is scaled on the Warframe's health at rank-0 and stacks additively with health mods like Vitality.
Critical strike life steal bypasses Sentient immunity.
If a companion Kavat, Kubrow, or MOA has Link Health equipped, they will also receive healing from Hirudo attacks, even if the player's Warframe is already at full health.
- Since Sentinel companions cannot equip Link Health, they cannot receive this benefit.

TipsEdit

Since it only requires Critical Hit to activate both abilities and it doesn't require to switch to melee and energy, mod with True Steel, Blood Rush or Maiming Strike to increase critical chance and any damage mods to increase lifesteal.
- Berserker is useful in heightening one's attack speed in order to initiate more critical hits.
- A fully ranked Blood Rush along with increased melee attack speed will easily allow one to heal faster than most enemies can deal damage.
On most Warframes, a 25% base health buff is very insignificant. Inaros, however, would gain 27.5 health per stack, up to 137.5 at max. This is, however, still insignificant when compared against Inaros's large health pool.
Using a warframe with higher armor values can help one stay alive while finding a target for the Hirudo's life steal.
Using this weapon with either stance equipped as Inaros can make charge attacks quite effective, as landing a charge attack on an enemy who remains alive after it connects will instantly transition into a finisher, which will activate Inaros' passive to gain health on finishers.

TriviaEdit

The Hirudo's name appears to be a bilingual pun in both Latin and Japanese;
- Hirudo is the Latin word for "leech".
  - Similarly, leeches make up the subclass Hirudinea in their phylogenic classification.
- Its name may also be a portmanteau of the Japanese words Hiru (蛭), which also means "leech", and Do (道, which may also be read separately as Michi), which can mean "way" or more loosely "doctrine", and can be found in the names of some Japanese martial arts (e.g. Kendo, Judo).