Iron Staff

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Iron Staff
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Exalted Weapon
Mastery Rank Requirement	0
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Block Angle	65°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	××××× (0.00x)
Follow Through	1.0x
Range	3.50 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.10 m
Normal Attack
170 ( 68%)
80 ( 32%)
Total Damage	250 (68.00%  Impact)
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Crit Chance	25.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	1.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	30.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,250
Slam Damage	1,250
Radial Damage	1,250
Slam Radius	10.0 m
Wind-up	0.5 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	750
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Radial Damage	250
Slam Radial Element	Impact
Radial Forced Proc	Ragdoll
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	250
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	POWER_WEAPON
Default Upgrades	Primal Fury
Introduced	Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)
Polarities
Users	Wukong Wukong Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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Iron Staff is  Wukong's and  Wukong Prime's signature Exalted Weapon that can only be used upon activating the ability  Primal Fury. The weapon exclusively uses the Primal Fury stance.

Refer to the weapon's ability page for a list of mods that affect the weapon.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• Tied with  Desert Wind,  Exalted Blade, and  Valkyr Talons for the highest base damage of all melee weapons.
  • High damage – effective against shields.
• Very high critical chance.
• Highest status chance of all Exalted Melee Weapons.
  • Can reach 100% status chance with  Volcanic Edge,  Vicious Frost,  Voltaic Strike, and  Virulent Scourge.
• Long reach.
• Innate and two polarities.

Disadvantages:

• No damage – less effective against armor.
• Requires energy to activate and keep active.
• As an Exalted Weapon, it cannot benefit from, nor contribute to the set bonus of any Set Mods (excluding the Sacrificial Mod Set; the Gladiator Mod Set can still apply if equipped on Warframe, Melee, or Robotic Weapons, and not on the Exalted Weapon itself).
• Cannot equip Melee Combo Counter Mods (except  Drifting Contact), Acolyte Mods (e.g.,  Blood Rush), or Amalgam Mods (e.g.,  Amalgam Organ Shatter).

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Trivia

• Tying in with Wukong being based off the character of the same name from the novel Journey to the West, the Iron Staff is named after the Monkey King's signature weapon, Ruyi Jingu Bang, which was a magical staff that could change its size on a whim. This is reflected in the way the weapon extends after each kill, as well as the way the Iron Staff transforms into a large cudgel during certain attacks.
• Before the introduction of moddable Exalted Weapons, the stats of Iron Staff depended on the mods equipped on the player's melee weapon.
• Iron Staff is the only melee to have visual presentation of its actual range, which is also affected by mods.
• On  Wukong Prime, the staff is named Iron Staff Prime. Its stats, however, are identical to Iron Staff.

Patch History

Update 25.2 (2019-06-19)

• Primal Fury will feature a new specialized and streamlined combo for Wukong’s legendary Iron Staff. As a preview of the upcoming Melee 3.0 system, Wukong’s Primal Fury uses new combo routes with simplified inputs providing a safe, limited space to try out coming releases.
• Damage for Wukong and his clone is redistributed for a more powerful feel, with a much higher status chance, larger base range, and some slash.
• Casting no longer holds Wukong in place. With new energy requirements, the cast cost of Primal Fury was lowered but cast drain was increased to be turned off and on as desired.
• Animation has been trimmed.
• The range of Wukong’s Iron Staff is always long, comparable to top range Zaws, and no longer needs to build combo to scale range.

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

MELEE REVISIT - PHASE 1 - "Flow"

Let The Gun & Blade Flow

Swap between your gun and melee at the press of a button, no holstering required!

Keybinds!

Notable Keybind changes:

• Your left mouse button is gun fire, always, instantly.
• Your right mouse button is now aim, always, instantly.

Additional Information and Changes

• Exalted weapons will also benefit from the uninterrupted swaps! Be aware that Energy will still drain, even when swapping between weapons!

Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)

• Introduced as a moddable weapon.

Last updated:Hotfix 23.1.3 (2018-07-26)

See Also

•  Primal Fury, the ability that summons the weapon.
• Primal Fury (Stance), the weapon's exclusive stance.
•  Wukong, the weapon's user.