Masseter Prime is the Primed counterpart of the 
Masseter crankshaft heavy blade, acting as a direct upgrade. Masseter Prime was released alongside 
Grendel Prime and 
Zylok Prime.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Impact damage. - Stance slot has polarity, matching Rending Crane and Noble Cadence (Conclave only) stance.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average crit chance (26.00%)
- High total damage (260)
- High attack speed (1.08x animation speed)
- High attack range (2.90 m)
- Very high status chance (36.00%)
- Above average crit multiplier (2.20x)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Low disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x))
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Masseter Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Masseter (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (260.00 vs. 241.00)
- Higher total damage (260 vs. 241)
- Higher base critical chance (26.00% vs. 24.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.20x vs. 2.00x)
- Higher base status chance (36.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Higher attack speed (1.08x animation speed vs. 1.00x animation speed)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 8)
- Lower disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.25x))
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Handle |  Blueprint
|
Blade |
|---|---|---|
 Lith A6 Common Lith G13 Common Meso N17 Common Axi F2 Common (V) Lith C10 Common (V)
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Lith W4 Uncommon Meso E6 Uncommon Axi G12 Uncommon (V) Axi P6 Uncommon (V) Neo P6 Uncommon (V)
|
Lith M9 Rare Meso M4 Rare (V) Neo M5 Rare (V)
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| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 15,000 |
 1 |
 1 |
 Orokin Cell15 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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Notes[]
- When wielded by Grendel/ Grendel Prime, he is immune to crowd control procs during Heavy Attacks.
- Has a uniquely large slam radius compared to other weapons of the same class.
- Slam attacks cause Ragdoll against enemies.
Trivia[]
- The masseter muscle is one of four muscles responsible for chewing.
- Keeping with Grendel's design being inspired by Oni, the Masseter Prime'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 Prime 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 Prime's blade in place until guarding is released, regardless of current speed.
Media[]
Concept art
Masseter Prime Skins
Arashi
TennoGen
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Dogma
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Grimstone
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Ion
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Karv'r
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Kilzorath
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Kuvael Ximitotix
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Mithra
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Mizar
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Obanakk
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Suprema
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Tengoken
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Patch History[]
Hotfix 37.0.2 (2024-10-03)
- Removed the custom sounds on the Masseter Prime’s regular swings to reduce audio fatigue. It’ll now only play on the final swing of combos.
Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)
- Introduced.
