Melee Afflictions

Melee Afflictions
Tradeable
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Max Rank Description
Enemies affected by Status Effects gain 6 additional stacks when they're knocked down or flung by melee attacks.
General Information
Type	Melee
Rarity	Rare
Refreshable	✔️
Max Rank	5
Arcanes Required to Max	21
Dissolution	24
Trading Tax	8,000
Introduced	Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)
Vendor Sources
Vendors Release Vestigal Motes  10 for x1
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Melee Afflictions is a Melee Arcane that adds additional statuses to existing Status Effects on enemies that are knocked down or flung by melee attacks.

Effect

Rank	Additional Stacks
0	1
1	2
2	3
3	4
4	5
5	6

Acquisition

Melee Afflictions can be obtained from Ascension's optional Sister of Parvos, summoned by acquiring 3 Sister Beacons during the elevator ride. Alternatively it can be purchased from Ordis in the Drifter's Camp for 10  Vestigial Motes, for a total of 210 for max rank.

Item	Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
	Sisters of Parvos (Ascension Hard Mode)	20%	~ 5 Kills	30 ± 10 Kills
	Sisters of Parvos (Ascension Mode)	6.60%	~ 15 Kills	101 ± 33 Kills

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables. See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
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Notes

• Adds 6 stacks to each existing status on an enemy when triggered, including statuses applied on the attack that triggered  Melee Afflictions.
•  Knockdown,  Lifted, or  Ragdoll procs will trigger the arcane even if the enemy is not knocked down or flung (for example, if enemy is protected by Overguard). Exceptions are as follows:
  •  Knockdown can not be landed on target that is locked in any animation of different control effect. If  Knockdown was prevented,  Melee Afflictions won't trigger.
    • Enemies panicking from  Heat status, frozen from  Cold status, or enemies stunned from  Electricity status effects will prevent  Knockdown from landing.
    •  Lifted and  Ragdoll effect override most enemy animations.
    • Some enemies are  Ragdoll resistant (instead of  Ragdoll they receive  Knockdown, unless prevented by other status effect).  Lifted will work better on those enemies.

Patch History

Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)

• Introduced.