Masseter

Masseter
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Heavy Blade
Mastery	8
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤⬤◯ (1.20x)
Attack Speed	1
Follow Through	60%
Range	2.9 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal Attack
134.96
106.04
Total Damage	241 (56%)
Crit Chance	24%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Attack Speed	1
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	28%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,446
Slam Damage	1,205
Radial Damage	1,205
Slam Radius	10 m
Wind-up	1.1 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	723
Slam Radius	10 m
Radial Damage	Impact 241
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	482
Miscellaneous
Default Upgrades	GrendelInnateUpgrade
Riven Family	Masseter
Exilus Polarity	None
Introduced	Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Polarities	None
Stance Polarity
Vendor Sources

CODEX

Tear and chew through enemies with this unusual crankshaft-style greatsword.

There remains a shallow trench through the ruins. As if some colossal boulder had crashed from the manse and rolled down the hill... but what if it had rolled... up?

Imagine if you will, Karishh's Dax on the day... peering out, dumbstruck by what they saw. They readied no blade, sounded no alarm as the expanding orb of gristle hurtled toward them. And then in a spasm of giblets, Grendel was before them. His 'cutlery' in hand.. the Masseter.

—Drusus

The Masseter is  Grendel's signature greatsword with a distinctive crankshaft-shaped blade. In addition to grinding its foes into chunks, Grendel becomes unshakable when he readies a heavy attack.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Impact damage.

Advantages:

• High  Impact and  Slash damage – effective against shields and health.
• High critical chance.
• Second highest status chance of all heavy blades, behind  Gram Prime.
• Tied with the  Galatine and  Galatine Prime for the fastest attack speed of all heavy blades.
• Stance slot has a polarity, matches  Rending Crane stance.
• Highest slam attack radius of all weapons.

Disadvantages:

• No  Puncture damage – less effective against armor.
  • Damage cannot be increased with  Puncture mods.

Acquisition

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

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	2	650	225	8,600	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 175			Blueprints Price:15,000
Tenno Lab Research3,000
10,000	2	1,200	1,450	3,250	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Nami Skyla
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Notes

• When wielded by  Grendel, he is immune to crowd control procs during Heavy Attacks.
• Has a uniquely large slam radius compared to other weapons of the same class.

Trivia

• The masseter muscle is one of four muscles responsible for chewing.
• Keeping with  Grendel's design being inspired by Oni, the Masseter's design is based on the Kanabō, a studded, two-handed club used by samurai. The cumbersome nature of the kanabō resulted in the weapon being associated with oni due to their great strength.
  • The close associations between oni and kanabō in Japanese culture have resulted in the phrase oni-ni-kanabō (鬼に金棒, "[giving a] kanabō to oni") to describe giving further advantages to a powerful opponent, which may be the basis for Grendel's immunity to crowd control effects while preparing a heavy attack with the Masseter.
• When the Masseter is used to perform an attack, the blade's rotation will ramp up for a short period of time and eventually slow back to idle speed.
  • Manually guarding will lock the Masseter's blade in place until guarding is released, regardless of current speed.

Masseter Skins Edit

Dominion

Mortier

Suprema
TennoGen

Mizar
TennoGen

Kilzorath
Steam™ Exclusive

Mithra
Steam™ Exclusive

Tengoken
Steam™ Exclusive

Ion
Steam™ Exclusive

Karvr
Steam™ Exclusive

Obanakk
TennoGen

Grimstone
TennoGen

Clavatus

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Introduced.