Rakta Dark Dagger

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CONCLAVE (PvP)

Rakta Dark Dagger
Tradable (unranked w/ no Forma or Catalyst)
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General Information
Type	Dagger
Mastery Rank Requirement	8
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Block Angle	45°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (0.95x)
Follow Through	0.9x
Range	1.75 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.25 m
Normal Attack
88 ( 35.77%)
62 ( 25.2%)
96 ( 39.02%)
Total Damage	246 (39.02%  Radiation)
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Crit Chance	12.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.80x
Fire Rate	1.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	30.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	492
Slam Damage	984
Radial Damage	984
Slam Radius	6.0 m
Wind-up	0.4 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	492
Slam Radius	5.0 m
Radial Damage	246
Slam Radial Element	Impact
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	246
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	DAGGERS_STANCE
Default Upgrades	RVDarkDaggerInnateUpgrade
Riven Family	Dark Dagger
Introduced	Update: The Silver Grove 2.0 (2016-09-15)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Dark Dagger  Rakta Dark Dagger
Vendor Sources
Vendors Red Veil (Rank 5: Exalted)  125000 for x1
Article Categories
Weapons Syndicate Weapons Red Veil Weapons Radiation Damage Weapons Dagger Dark Dagger Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Rakta Silent Weapons Tradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

Infiltrate undetected; reduced visibility when held. Then strike with confidence; hits to irradiated targets restores shields and creates overshields.

The Rakta Dark Dagger is the Syndicate variant of the  Dark Dagger, available from the Red Veil. While wielded, enemies have more difficulty in spotting the user, and damaging an enemy afflicted by restores shields and grants overshields.

Acquisition

• The Rakta Dark Dagger can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Exalted with Red Veil, and spending 125,000 Standing 125,000 to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Rakta Dark Dagger cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Exalted rank.
• Syndicate weapons can be also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed.
• Players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 8 to acquire the Rakta Dark Dagger, either through trading or through the Syndicates themselves.

Characteristics

This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:

• Tied with  Karyst for the highest base damage of all standard (non-zaw) daggers.
  • Innate damage – effective against Alloy Armor, Robotic, and Infested Sinew.
• Tied with  Ceramic Dagger for the fastest attack speed of all single daggers.
• Grants "Mind Haze" for 30 seconds after drawing weapon, reducing the range where enemies can spot the user.
  • Innate bonus suited to stealth gameplay, as well as being synergistic with the weapon's damage type.
  • Bonus can be reapplied while active.
  • If no other weapons are equipped, effect can be triggered by switching from scanner to melee. Aim>melee to retrigger.
  • Mind Haze remains active for 30 seconds after triggering, regardless of weapon equipped.
• When held, attacking an enemy under a proc restores shields and grants overshields to the user.
• Can use the dagger-exclusive  Covert Lethality and Dark Dagger-exclusive  Gleaming Blight mods.
• Has a polarity slot.
• Stance slot has slot, matches  Homing Fang stance.

Disadvantages:

• Innate damage – less effective against Shielded, Infested, and Fossilized.
• Very low critical chance.
• Low critical multiplier.
• Low status chance.
• Small jump attack radius.
  • This attack cannot knockdown enemies, but has a higher chance for a proc than basic attacks.
• Very short range.
• Enemies under procs will alert nearby enemies if they are not killed quickly, limiting stealth effectiveness if enemies are not dealt Lethal Damage.

Comparisons:

•  Rakta Dark Dagger (Normal Attack), compared to  Dark Dagger (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage (246.00 vs. 154.00)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 88 vs. 58)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 62 vs. 36)
    • Higher  Radiation damage ( 96 vs. 60)
  • Higher total damage (246 vs. 154)
  • Higher base critical chance (12.00% vs. 8.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (1.80x vs. 1.50x)
  • Higher base status chance (30.00% vs. 22.00%)
  • Higher attack speed (1.00x animation speed vs. 0.92x animation speed)
  • Different Stance Polarity ( vs. )
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (8 vs. 2)
  • Lower disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.10x))

Notes

• When wielded, the Rakta Dark Dagger reduces the range where enemies can spot the player by 33%. For example, while undetected a player will normally be spotted from 15 meters away, whereas holding the Rakta Dark Dagger will make the enemy spot the player from 10 meters away.
• When wielded, attacking an enemy afflicted by a proc will restore your Shields by 5% of the damage dealt. The amount of shield points restored is affected by damage mods and can even grant Overshields.
  • Additionally, finishing an enemy afflicted by a  proc will grant max Overshields (finishers only grant Overshields if the Dagger itself has inflicted the Radiation effect).

Tips

•  Covert Lethality complements the Rakta Dark Dagger's stealth passive quite well, allowing players to finish off enemies with a decreased likelihood of being spotted.
•  Gleaming Blight is compatible with this weapon, making it more likely to deal procs and allow the player to restore shields for every attack.
  • Alternatively, bring weapons or abilities that can easily generate procs such as the alternative fire of  Mutalist Quanta.
  • The radial Blight effect will not alert damaged enemies if they are in the unalerted state - unless a Capture target is injured, in which case all enemies in the mission will be alerted.
• The Rakta Dark Dagger, due to its ability to generate overshields from damaging affected targets, is well suited to the  Stinging Thorn Dagger Stance, as its Carving Spike combo provides multiple attacks (to apply the  status effect) preceeding its final strike, which exposes enemies to Finisher Attacks.
  • As  Covert Lethality Finisher Attacks guarantee lethal damage, performing one on a   affected target with the Rakta Dark Dagger will grant maximum Overshields.
• When equipped without a Stance mod, the Rakta Dark Dagger adds a 4th lunging stab on its normal attack combo that propels the Warframe a good distance forward, which is useful for catching up to moving enemies. It also has a 100% chance of inflicting ​ bleed proc, despite the fact that the Rakta Dark Dagger has no physical damage element. This effect is lost if one uses the ​ Pointed Wind​ stance, which replaces the lunge with a sweeping slash.
  • If the lunge lands behind an unalerted enemy, a stealth attack will be performed instead.

Trivia

• The concept for the Rakta Dark Dagger's innate effects was designed by the Design Council.

Media

Warframe RAKTA DARK DAGGER My Thoughts & Setup (U TSG3.3)

Rakta Dark Dagger Skins

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Patch History

Hotfix 24.4.2 (2019-03-08)

• The Rakta Dark Dagger’s innate upgrade on equip is now called Mind Haze.

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

• Rakta Dark Dagger’s equipped bonus is now an innate upgrade that triggers on equip and lasts for 30 secs (refreshed on Melee equip).