Nikana

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

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

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 Dragon Nikana.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily Slash Damage Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High Slash Damage Slash damage – effective against health.
• Good critical chance and status chance.
• Innate and polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Lowest base damage of all nikanas.
  • Low Puncture Damage Puncture and Impact Damage Impact damage – less effective against armor and shields.
• Lowest critical chance, status chance, and attack speed of all nikanas.

Comparisons:

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 Research 3,000
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 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

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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)

• 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.

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 Dragon Nikana, the upgraded version of this weapon.
• Nikana Prime Nikana Prime, the Prime version of this weapon.