- For the weapon class, see Category:Nikana.
The Nikana is a Tenno blade that is heavily based on the ancient traditional katana, made to slice targets elegantly with precision and speed. It can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.
It is a requisite ingredient for Dragon Nikana.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
Advantages:
- High
Slash damage – effective against health.
- Good critical chance and status chance.
- Innate
and
polarity.
Disadvantages:
- Lowest base damage of all nikanas.
- Lowest critical chance, status chance, and attack speed of all nikanas.
Comparisons:
- Nikana (Normal Attack), compared to Dragon Nikana (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (142 vs. 188)
- Lower total damage (142 vs. 188)
- Lower base critical chance (16.00% vs. 22.00%)
- Lower base status chance (16.00% vs. 22.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (164.72 vs. 229.36)
- Lower burst DPS (151.04 vs. 229.36)
- Lower sustained DPS (151.04 vs. 229.36)
- Lower attack speed (0.91 vs. 1)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 8)
- Lower disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.15x))
- Nikana (Normal Attack), compared to Nikana Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (142 vs. 198)
- Lower total damage (142 vs. 198)
- Lower base critical chance (16.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.0x vs. 2.4x)
- Lower base status chance (16.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (164.72 vs. 275.61)
- Lower burst DPS (151.04 vs. 297.66)
- Lower sustained DPS (151.04 vs. 297.66)
- Lower attack speed (0.91 vs. 1.08)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●○○○○ (0.60x))
Acquisition[]
The Nikana's blueprint can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.
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Time: 12 hrs |
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Time: 48 hrs |
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Trivia[]
- The Nikana is the first melee weapon released that is used as a component to craft its more powerful version, the
Dragon Nikana.
- The Nikana is wielded by Excalibur in many of the recent trailers for Warframe along with appearing in Loki's hands in the layout of warframe.com, making the Nikana currently one of the most iconic weapons of Warframe.
Media[]
Nikana Skins
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Actual patch notes made a mistake on old follow through.
- Damage increased from 45 to 142.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
- Status Chance increased from 10% to 16%.
- Critical Chance increased from 10% to 16%.
- Slam Attack increased from 90 to 426.
- Slide Attack increased from 96 to 284.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Added custom leap attack animations for the Nikana.
- Fixed the sheath orientation on the Nikana when attacking.
- Fixed the Nikana sheath becoming unattached from your hand and flipped around when performing an air attack.
Update 20.1 (2017-04-05)
- Fixed Nikana weapons not being able to stealth-finish Infested Chargers.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 3 (2016-08-23)
- Reduced damage of Nikana series in Conclave.
Update 17.2 (2015-08-19)
- Nikana series damage has been decreased in Conclave.
Update 17.1 (2015-08-12)
- The Nikana has been enabled for use in Conclave.
Hotfix 15.0.6 (2014-10-27)
- Fixed an issue with Nikana weapons using the wrong animation for jump slams.
Hotfix 14.10.3 (2014-10-15)
- Altered the Nikana jump roll transition time and animation to match the default roll.
Update 14.10 (2014-10-08)
- Fixed an animation hitch seen when performing a forward roll with the Nikana equipped.
Hotfix 13.0.6 (2014-04-17)
- Fixed an issue with elemental effects not properly being displayed when the Nikana is sheathed.
Hotfix 13.0.3 (2014-04-10)
- Fixed an issue with the Nikana sheath acquiring accessories meant for the Nikana itself.
Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
Dragon Nikana, the upgraded version of this weapon.
Nikana Prime, the Prime version of this weapon.
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