Nikana Prime

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Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”

Nikana Prime is Vaulted.

The Void Relics for this item have been removed from the drop tables and do not drop during missions at this time. Check the current Prime Resurgence rotation to see if Varzia offers relics for this item. Vaulted Void Relics already contained in player inventories are not affected and can still be either opened or traded between players.

Nikana Prime
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Nikana
Mastery Rank Requirement	12
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.08x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●○○○○ (0.60x)
Follow Through	0.7x
Range	2.50 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.25 m
Normal Attack
9.9 ( 5%)
9.9 ( 5%)
178.2 ( 90%)
Total Damage	198 (90.00%  Slash)
Attack Speed	1.08x animation speed
Crit Chance	28.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.40x
Fire Rate	1.080 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	28.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	990
Slam Damage	792
Radial Damage	792
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Wind-up	0.5 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	594
Slam Radius	6.0 m
Radial Damage	198
Slam Radial Element	Impact
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	198
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	NIKANAS_STANCE
Riven Family	Nikana
Introduced	Hotfix 18.4.12 (2016-02-16)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Nikana  Nikana Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Prime Weapons Vaulted Weapons Slash Damage Weapons Nikana Nikana Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Prime Silent Weapons Tradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

An ancient blade predating the fall of the Orokin Empire. Forged using techniques lost over the centuries, the edge remains sharper than that of any modern Nikana.

The Nikana Prime is the primed version of the  Nikana, a katana-inspired weapon. This weapon was added in Hotfix 18.4.12 (2016-02-16).

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Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages

• High damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
• High critical chance and status chance.
• Innate and polarity.

Disadvantages

• Low and damage – less effective against armor and shields.
• Short knockdown radius on slam attacks.

Comparisons:

•  Nikana Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Nikana (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage (198.00 vs. 142.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 9.9 vs. 7.1)
    • Lower  Puncture damage ( 9.9 vs. 14.2)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 178.2 vs. 120.7)
  • Higher total damage (198 vs. 142)
  • Higher base critical chance (28.00% vs. 16.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (2.40x vs. 2.00x)
  • Higher base status chance (28.00% vs. 16.00%)
  • Higher attack speed (1.08x animation speed vs. 0.92x animation speed)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 4)
  • Lower disposition (●○○○○ (0.60x) vs. ●●●○○ (0.95x))

•  Nikana Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Dragon Nikana (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage (198.00 vs. 188.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 9.9 vs. 9.4)
    • Lower  Puncture damage ( 9.9 vs. 18.8)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 178.2 vs. 159.8)
  • Higher total damage (198 vs. 188)
  • Higher base critical chance (28.00% vs. 22.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (2.40x vs. 2.00x)
  • Higher base status chance (28.00% vs. 22.00%)
  • Higher attack speed (1.08x animation speed vs. 1.00x animation speed)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 8)
  • Lower disposition (●○○○○ (0.60x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.15x))

Trivia

• The Nikana Prime was originally released in July 2015 on the Chinese build of Warframe, along with Excalibur Umbra Prime and  Spira Prime. The Specters of the Rail update made the Nikana Prime and the Spira Prime obtainable by non-Founders.
• The Nikana Prime was unintentionally leaked in the Codex following Hotfix 18.4.7 (2016-02-04).
• When equipped with the Conclave Nikana Skin, the strip of cloth remains visible, but is moved to the base of the hilt.
• As of Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08), the default cloth ornament at the end of the hilt is considered a Sugatra and detachable in favor of another. However, there is no current option to have no Sugatra equipped.
• The Nikana Prime makes use of Nikana Riven mods and not Dragon Nikana Riven mods, and because the Dragon Nikana has a much higher riven disposition it can generate such mods with higher stats than the Prime variant.

Media

• Nikana Prime in the Codex.
• The Blade of the Nikana Prime in its default colors.

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Nikana Prime Skins

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Dax

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Gemini Surt-Form

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Gemini Ymir-Form

Khatuun
TennoGen

Mithra
TennoGen

Ryu

Shinigami
TennoGen

Oku

Tekelu

Undercutter
TennoGen

Ungulata
TennoGen

Vaultings

• On December 6th, 2017, it was announced that Nikana Prime would enter the Prime Vault and its relics retired from the drop tables on December 12th, 2017, along with  Saryn Prime and  Spira Prime. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.

Patch History

Update 22.7 (2017-12-12)

• Nikana Prime has entered the Prime Vault, and its Relics are no longer be obtainable in the game.

Update 21.6 (2017-08-29) In order to accommodate incoming Relics and keep the total number of Relics as low as possible, the Ducat value of the following items will be changed from 100 to 65 (Future Relic placement of these parts will also have them appear in the Uncommon [silver] tier):

• Nikana Prime Blueprint

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 18.13 (2016-05-27)

• Fixed hearing the Nikana Prime swinging sound from across the map.

Hotfix 18.4.13 (2016-02-22)

• Fixed Nikana Prime not appearing in the Codex.

Hotfix 18.4.12 (2016-02-16)

• Introduced along with Saryn Prime and Spira Prime.

Last updated: Update 24.2 (2018-12-18)

See also

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