The Orvius is the signature 
Glaive of the Dax with the unique ability to suspend foes in midair on throwing the glaive without charging.
Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage.
Advantages:
- Third highest base damage of all glaives, behind
Falcor and Pathocyst.
- High Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – effective against health.
- High critical chance and status chance.
- Can be wielded in-tandem with a single-handed secondary weapon.
- Holding the melee button briefly will perform a normal throw, which will make the weapon fly above the first enemy in its path and suspend them in midair for 3 seconds. The disc then inflicts 3 ticks of damage to the suspended target before exploding in a 4 meter radius and damaging all enemies around it and then return to the user. Orvius can travel up to 30 meters before returning to the user.
- Explosion inflicts a guaranteed Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. proc.
- No damage falloff.
- Holding the melee button performs a charged throw, which can bounce up to three times or travels up to 30 meters before returning to the user, damaging anyone in its path. Meleeing while the glaive is in mid-flight commands it to return.
- Primary and secondary weapons can be fired and reloaded normally with a thrown glaive, and retrieving the glaive does not interrupt these actions. Additional throws can also be "buffered" while the glaive is in mid-flight.
- Thrown glaive has innate Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – effective against Alloy Armor, Shielded, and Infested Sinew.
- Thrown glaive has above average critical multiplier.
- Thrown glaive is silent.
- Heavy Attacks while the glaive is in mid-flight produce a 4 meter explosion and forces the glaive to return.
- Can use the Glaive-exclusive mods Combo Fury, Power Throw, Quick Return ( Volatile), Rebound ( Volatile), and Whirlwind.
- Innate Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. polarities.
Disadvantages:
- Low Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – less effective against shields and armor.
- Thrown glaive has innate Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – less effective against Infested Flesh and Fossilized.
- Second slowest attack speed of all glaives, after Pathocyst.
- Cannot use melee attacks or block while the glaive is in mid-flight.
- Explosion inflicts self-stagger.
- Thrown glaive has no punch through.
Acquisition
The blueprint is rewarded on completion of The War Within. Additional blueprints can be bought from Cephalon Simaris for 
100,000.
The parts can be acquired from special enemies that appear during a Kuva Siphon or Kuva Survival; the Blade drops from Kuva Guardians, while the Disc drops from Kuva Jesters.
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 15,000 |
 2 |
 1 |
 10 |
 4,000 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price: 100,000
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Notes
- The Orvius has a special function where throwing the weapon at an enemy without fully charging the throw will make the weapon fly above the target enemy's head, and then suspend them in mid-air. The disc will last for 3 seconds before exploding, dealing damage to all enemies within its radius. Enemies who are instantly killed by the explosion will not be suspended.
- When suspending an enemy, it deals 25 Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage per second with ??% status chance.
- If the enemy dies before the 3-second duration is up, the Orvius will immediately explode before returning to the player.
- Pressing again the heavy attack key will detonate the weapon prematurely.
Tips
- Unequipping attack speed mods can make the timing for the special attack throw while dual-wielding easier to achieve.
- Dual-wielding with a secondary weapon with high status chance and using Condition Overload on the Orvius will greatly increase the damage of the special attack throw.
Media
Orvius Skins
Waverider Supporter Pack Exclusive
Patch History
Hotfix 29.5.8 (2020-12-11)
- Fixed a rare case where the Orvius might cause a crash.
Hotfix 29.5.7 (2020-12-10)
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when using the Orvius as a Client.
Hotfix 29.5.3 (2020-11-23)
- Removed self damage from Orvius charged projectile.
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Added guaranteed Cold proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.
- Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.
- Quick Throws now perform the Hover Attack.
- Removed falloff from Throw Explosion and Charged Throw Explosion damage.
- (Undocumented) Explosion radius reduced from 4.8m to 4m.
- (Undocumented) Throw Explosion and Charged Throw Explosion damage increased from 585 to 1,170 Cold damage.
Hotfix 27.2.2 (2020-03-06)
Reduced the following AoE weapons Radial Damage Falloff from central impact that were all previously 90%:
- Orvius: 50%
Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)
- Self Damage Changes:
We are getting rid of Self Damage and replacing it with something else: instead of Self Damage, it’s now ‘Stagger’. This change completely removes the chance of killing yourself, and instead now creates scenarios where you will interrupt yourself - or ‘Stagger’ - to varying degrees if you aren’t careful.
The degrees of Self-Interrupt start with a small stumble all the way to full knockdown depending on how close you are to the center of explosion. Any Mods referring to Self Damage will be converted to acknowledge Stagger.
With this Self-Interrupt system, we have added dozens of new recovery animations that harness a ninja-like recovery experience. By pressing ‘Jump’ at the correct time, you can execute a ninja-skill-based knockdown recovery to ALL in-game knockdowns. This ninja recovery window is indicated by a glowing FX on your Warframe.
In the original Dev Workshop, we said:
As a result of this overall systemic change, Weapons with Stagger will be getting approximately a 20% buff in Damage, with any weapons with AOE receiving a 50% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact.
This is no longer accurate after continued testing. What we are doing now is:
No damage buffs have been added, but any weapons with AOE are receiving ~20% increase in Radius. Additionally, AOE weapons are receiving a 90% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact. This means on the very outer section of the explosion Radius 10% of the Damage will be dealt. Tactics will be deadly - aim true, Tenno.
Why: Several players brought up the history of the Tonkor and we want to make sure we ship this change in a place that’s conservative in its starting point from a balance perspective. The complete removal of Self Damage does change the pace of destruction with some of the game’s most powerful weapons, so we want to make sure we can iterate upwardly instead of releasing a bonanza of explosions with no other choices.
Update 27.1 (2020-02-04)
- A fully charged throw of the Orvius will now activate its unique enemy suspension mechanic.
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
As a general note, self damage has been removed from Glaive power throws. As this decision made it through the testing pipeline, some mentioned this impacts a specific Chroma interaction, but positively impacts 41 other Warframes.
- Damage increased from 70 to 195.
- Range increased from 0.5 to 1.3.
- Status Chance increased from 15% to 18%.
- Critical Chance increased from 15% to 18%.
- Slam Attack increased from 140 to 585.
- Slide Attack increased from 350 to 390.
- Block+Alt Fire to throw glaive that will Suspend enemies.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
- Follow Through increased from 0.5 to 0.7.
Update 22.19 (2018-05-02)
- (Undocumented) Orvius blueprints can now be obtained from Cephalon Simaris for 100,000 standing.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Fixed Orvius ignoring Nullifier bubbles.
Update 21.4 (2017-08-10)
- Reduced the damage of the charged throw of Orvius in Conclave.
Hotfix 21.3.1 (2017-08-04)
- The Orvius can now be charge-thrown while in dual wield mode to trigger the same special function when throwing while channeling.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Increased Status Chance from 10% to 15% for Melee hits and projectiles.
- Increased critical chance from 10% to 15% for Melee hits and projectiles.
- Damage increased from 50 to 70.
- Recall discharge damage changed to Ice.
- Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 5 to 6.
Hotfix 19.11.5 (2017-02-28)
- Fixed the Orvius Blueprint being tradeable.
Hotfix 19.0.3 (2016-11-14)
- Orvius parts can no longer be sold for ducats. (The blueprint still can be, however, for 100 ducats.)
Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
