Pupacyst

Infested Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Pupacyst
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Polearm
Mastery Rank Requirement	7
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	0.83x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●●● (1.35x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	2.70 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.25 m
Normal Attack
139 ( 48.94%)
145 ( 51.06%)
Total Damage	284 (51.06%  Viral)
Attack Speed	0.83x animation speed
Crit Chance	13.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.50x
Fire Rate	0.833 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	27.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,704
Slam Damage	1,420
Radial Damage	1,420
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Wind-up	0.9 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	852
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Radial Damage	284
Slam Radial Element	Toxin
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	284
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	POLEARMS_STANCE
Riven Family	Pupacyst
Introduced	Update 23.10 (2018-10-12)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Pupacyst
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Infested Weapons Viral Damage Weapons Polearm Pupacyst Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Base Silent Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

A two-pronged attack; the bone-grafted cocoon at the tip of this staff rends flesh, while the viral mass living within spreads itself into the wounds of each new victim.

The Pupacyst is an Infested polearm that innately deals damage. It can be researched from the Bio Lab in the Dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
30,000	5	8,750	2,250	1	Time: 1 Day(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 150			Blueprints Price:50,000
Bio Lab Research3,000
5,000	30	650	4,500	3,750	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Prereq: Embolist
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Characteristics

This weapon deals both and damage.

Advantages:

• Highest base damage of all polearms.
  • Innate damage – effective against Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
  • High damage – effective against shields.
• Decent critical chance.
• Very high status chance.
  • Can reach 100% status chance with  Volcanic Edge,  Vicious Frost,  Voltaic Strike,  Virulent Scourge, and  Drifting Contact.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Shimmering Blight stance.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Innate damage – less effective against Machinery and Infested.
• No and damage – less effective against armor and health.
  • Damage cannot be increased with or mods.
• Tied with  Orthos and  Serro for the second lowest critical multiplier of all polearms, after  Cassowar.
• Tied with  Kesheg and  Guandao for the slowest attack speed of all polearms.

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Tips

• The Pupacyst is an excellent anti-Corpus weapon as its innate damage lowers health but can also be modded to gain damage to affect health, and damage to devastate shields.
• The slow attack speed can be mitigated by equipping  Fury ( Primed) alongside and  Gladiator Vice.

Trivia

• Although the Pupacyst's description claims that its tip "rends flesh", it has no damage whatsoever.
  • Similarly, its description refers to Pupacyst as a staff, even though it's classified as a Polearm in-game.

Bugs

• Pupacyst gains 7 damage to Spin Attacks for equipping Stance Mods.
  • This damage is affected by Mods.

Media

WARFRAME - Pupacyst Builds and Synergies

Warframe Pupacyst - 2 forma Build

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Damage increased from 90 to 284.
• Range increased from 1.5 to 2.7.
• Slam Attack increased from 90 to 852.
• Slide Attack increased from 193 to 568.
• Parry Angle set to 55.
• Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.

Update 23.10 (2018-10-12)

• Introduced.

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