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[edit | edit source]
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, compared to Dragon Nikana:
- Lower base damage (142.0 vs. 188.0)
- Lower critical chance (16% vs. 22%)
- Lower status chance (16% vs. 22%)
- Lower attack speed (0.92 vs. 1)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 8)
- Lower disposition (0.9 vs. 1.15)
- Nikana, compared to Nikana Prime:
- Lower base damage (142.0 vs. 198.0)
- Lower critical chance (16% vs. 28%)
- Lower critical multiplier (2.0x vs. 2.4x)
- Lower status chance (16% vs. 28%)
- Lower attack speed (0.92 vs. 1.08)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (0.9 vs. 0.6)
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
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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Tenno Lab Research ![]() | |||||
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Time: 48 hrs |
Prereq: Akstiletto | |||||
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Tips[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
Nikana Skins
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- Follow Through increased from 0.6 to 0.7.
- 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.
- Fixed Nikana weapons not being able to stealth-finish Infested Chargers.
- Reduced damage of Nikana series in Conclave.
- Nikana series damage has been decreased in Conclave.
- The Nikana has been enabled for use in Conclave.
- Fixed an issue with Nikana weapons using the wrong animation for jump slams.
- Altered the Nikana jump roll transition time and animation to match the default roll.
- Fixed an animation hitch seen when performing a forward roll with the Nikana equipped.
- Fixed an issue with elemental effects not properly being displayed when the Nikana is sheathed.
- Fixed an issue with the Nikana sheath acquiring accessories meant for the Nikana itself.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0
See Also[edit | edit source]
Dragon Nikana, the upgraded version of this weapon.
Nikana Prime, the Prime version of this weapon.
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