Nikana

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

For the weapon class, see Category:Nikana.

Nikana
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Nikana
Mastery	4
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤◯◯ (0.95x)
Attack Speed	0.917
Follow Through	70%
Range	2.5 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal Attack
7.1
14.2
120.7
Total Damage	142 (85%)
Crit Chance	16%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Attack Speed	0.917
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	16%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	710
Slam Damage	568
Radial Damage	568
Slam Radius	7 m
Wind-up	0.5 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	426
Slam Radius	6 m
Radial Damage	142
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	284
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Nikana
Exilus Polarity	None
Introduced	Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)
Polarities
Stance Polarity
Variants	Nikana Prime
Vendor Sources

CODEX

The Nikana reintroduces a lost Tenno blade and with it another fragment of the old ways.

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.
  • Low  Puncture and  Impact damage – less effective against armor and shields.
• 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  Impact damage (7.1 vs. 9.4)
    • Lower  Puncture damage (14.2 vs. 18.8)
    • Lower  Slash damage (120.7 vs. 159.8)
  • 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  Impact damage (7.1 vs. 9.9)
    • Higher  Puncture damage (14.2 vs. 9.9)
    • Lower  Slash damage (120.7 vs. 178.2)
  • 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.

Manufacturing Requirements
5,000	3	75	200	1	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 275			Blueprints Price:15,000
Tenno Lab Research3,000
5,000	1	100	150	300	Time: 48 hrs
					Prereq: Akstiletto
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

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 in Codex.

Screenshot of the Nikana being used in dev stream 26

The description of the Nikana in the arsenal weapon equip screen.

The guard on the hilt of the Nikana.

Idle Stance

Warframe Nikana

Nikana Skins Edit

Conclave

Day of the Dead
Seasonal

Surt-Form Gemini

Ymir-Form Gemini

Ryu

Dax

Oku

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.