The Magistar is a heavy, flanged mace.
It is a requisite ingredient for the 
Sibear.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals primarily 
Impact damage.
Advantages
- High
Impact damage – effective against shields. - High critical chance.
- Possesses momentum during regular swings, which resists interruption such as stagger or knockdown.
- Stance slot has polarity, matches Shattering Storm stance.
Disadvantages
- Third lowest base damage of all hammers, after Kuva Shildeg and Fragor/ Jat Kittag.
- Low status chance.
- Slow attack speed.
Comparisons:
- Magistar, compared to Sancti Magistar:
- Lower base damage (210.0 vs. 240.0)
- Lower critical chance (20% vs. 30%)
- Lower status chance (10% vs. 20%)
- Lower attack speed (0.83 vs. 1)
- Lower Range (2.5 m vs. 2.6 m)
- Different polarities (None vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (1 vs. 8)
- Higher disposition (1.35 vs. 1.25)
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
The Magistar's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 25,000 |
 3 |
 750 |
 300 |
 80 |
Time: 12 hrs |
Rush:  25
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 Market Price: 150
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 Blueprints Price: 25,000
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- As with other heavy weapons, the Magistar's wall attack is a horizontal circular swing that slowly swings the weapon around the Warframe, allowing it to hit enemies more easily compared to other wall attacks that require pinpoint precision. Unfortunately, this prevents the Magistar from using its wall attack to launch itself upwards, as it will perform the maneuver horizontally regardless of where the Warframe is looking, making it fall instead.
- The Magistar also shares another unusual property with other heavy weapons, namely its tendency to shake the screen violently while blocking attacks.
Tips[edit | edit source]
Weapon Loadouts[edit source]
- See Category:Magistar Build to see how players mod this weapon.
- See Category:Magistar Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
- For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The name "Magistar" is based off a combination of the Latin magister, which means master or teacher, and morning star, a type of mace.
- In Update 15.1, the heavy melee weapon family received linear buffs across the board. The Magistar was notably the only one among the affected weapons (Magistar, Jat Kittag, Fragor, Gram, Galatine and Scindo (Prime) to also receive a nerf, having its attack rate lowered from 1.1 to 0.8.
Media[edit | edit source]
Warframe - Gameplay & Information Magistar
Magistar Skins
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Damage increased from 80 to 210.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
- Slam Attack increased from 160 to 630.
- Slide Attack increased from 160 to 420.
- Parry Angle set to 50.
- Follow Through increased from 0.2 to 0.4.
- Magistar damage increased in Conclave.
- The Magistar has had its damage and Stance damage increased in Conclave.
- The Magistar has been enabled for use in Conclave.
- Base damage increased to 80 (up from 50).
- Increased ragdoll effect on enemies.
- Critical chance increased to 20% (up from 12%).
- Attack speed slightly decreased.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0
See Also[edit | edit source]
- Sancti Magistar, the syndicate variant.
- Sibear, a melee weapon that is crafted from the Magistar.
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