Pangolin Sword

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Pangolin Sword
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Sword
Mastery	3
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤ (1.47x)
Attack Speed	0.917
Follow Through	60%
Range	2.5 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal Attack
7.5
22.5
120
Total Damage	150 (80%)
Crit Chance	8%
Crit Multiplier	1.5x
Attack Speed	0.917
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	22%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	750
Slam Damage	600
Radial Damage	600
Slam Radius	8 m
Wind-up	0.6 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	450
Slam Radius	7 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	150
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Introduced	Update 5.0 (2012-12-18)
Polarities
Stance Polarity
Variants	Pangolin Prime

CODEX

A unique blade used by an old Tenno clan.

The Pangolin Sword is an ancient Tenno sword with similar aesthetics to the  Fang.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High  Slash damage – effective against health.
• High status chance.
• Slam Radial Damage deals  Puncture damage.
  • Slam Radial Damage has a guaranteed  Slash proc in addition to the  Impact proc.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Crimson Dervish,  Vengeful Revenant and  Swooping Falcon.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Low  Impact and  Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.
• Low critical chance.
• Below average attack speed.

Comparisons:

• Pangolin Sword (Normal Attack), compared to Pangolin Prime (Normal Attack):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (150 vs. 248)
    • Lower  Impact damage (7.5 vs. 12.4)
    • Lower  Puncture damage (22.5 vs. 37.2)
    • Lower  Slash damage (120 vs. 198.4)
  • Lower total damage (150 vs. 248)
  • Lower base critical chance (8.00% vs. 26.00%)
  • Lower base critical multiplier (1.5x vs. 2.2x)
  • Lower base status chance (22.00% vs. 30.00%)
  • Lower average damage per tap (156 vs. 325.37)
  • Lower burst DPS (143.05 vs. 298.36)
  • Lower sustained DPS (143.05 vs. 298.36)
  • Higher Block Angle (55° vs. 50°)
  • Less polarities ( vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (3 vs. 14)
  • Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.47x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.00x))

Acquisition

The Pangolin Sword's blueprint can be bought from Nightwave Offerings. Note that the offerings are on a 7-day rotation, and this weapon may not be available on a succeeding appearance.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	1	750	300	80	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Notes

• Guaranteed  Slash proc on slam radial damage.
  • Slam radial damage is only affected by  Seismic Wave.
  • Does not affect heavy slam attacks.
  • The slam radial damage has a 22% chance to inflict the  Puncture status effect in addition to the  Slash and  Impact procs, but is unaffected by status chance mods.

Trivia

• The sword is likely named after the Pangolin, a mammal found in Asia and Africa whose protective scales resemble the blade's scaly texture.
• This weapon may be related to the  Fang daggers, judging by their shared aesthetics – gently curved grips, and blades with scale designs.

Media

Taken by Sherbniz

Taken by Sherbniz

Excalibur Umbra holding the Pangolin Sword

Pangolin Sword Skins Edit

Frysta

Kopesh

Rephrax

Dero
Steam™ Exclusive

Eisen
Steam™ Exclusive

Tengushen
Steam™ Exclusive

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31) Actual patch notes made a mistake on old status chance according to archived versions of Module:Weapons/data.

• Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 3.
• Damage increased from 37 to 150.
• Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
• Status Chance increased from 12% to 22%.
• Critical Chance increased from 5% to 8%.
• Slam Attack increased from 74 to 450.
• Slide Attack increased from 79 to 150.
• Parry Angle set to 55.

Update 17.2 (2015-08-19)

• Pangolin can now be used in Conclave.

Vanilla (2012-10-25)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)