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Shockwave MOAs are identified by their yellow-orange bodies and are a larger, less common variant of MOA.  Initially, they do not fire at players; they will run towards one and release a shockwave once close enough. This shockwave slowly expands and knocks down any player who fails to jump over it; these MOAs will slow to a near-stop and raise a leg seconds before releasing a shockwave. Afterwards, they will fire at players until another shockwave can be released.

While negligible on their own, multiple Shockwave MOAs are capable of stunlocking targets to the point of knocking the player down while they're already knocked down.

Behavior[]

  • Unlike its standard variant, the Shockwave MOA will head towards the players at full speed in order to deploy its large shockwaves at close range.
    • After a shockwave is released, the Shockwave MOA will return to its standard tactics of shooting players before releasing another shockwave.
    • There is a delay between shockwaves for the MOA, apparently.
    • Shockwave releases take time before they deploy, use this time to dispatch it quickly before it knocks back.
  • Surprisingly, despite its large size, the Shockwave MOA has the same health as its standard variant, making it easy to dispatch.
  • Even though it is armed with a larger cannon, the Shockwave MOA fires slower yet it deals seemingly similar amount of damage.
  • Due to its large size, it is frankly the easiest MOA to destroy, if observant.
  • To counter the shock, you can try to outrun the shock radius, or block the shock with your melee, or equip your Warframe with Mod TT 20px Handspring that allows you to stand back up faster after being knocked down, or just jump from the shock.
  • Mods such as Mod TT 20px Fortitude and Mod TT 20px Sure Footed grants substantial resistance against the shockwaves.
  • You can avoid being knocked down by using the melee block, but you will still be pushed back. Jumping over the shock field will get you through unharmed.

Note[]

  • After Update 7.9 (2013-04-26), they became as green as the common MOA. They reverted to their orange color after Update 7.10 (2013-05-03).
  • They can spawn indefinitely in some cases from Spawners.

Bugs[]

  • Hacked Shockwave MOAs will sometimes become unresponsive if they enter in narrow locker rooms and can not be moved nor killed.
  • The Shockwave MOA when spawned from an ally Spawners will have inconsistent patterns for its shockwave ability, this is more noticed when there are no more enemies remaining for the MOA to kill causing the MOA to infrequently use its shockwave against Lockers and deactivated Corpus Turrets.
  • Hacked Shockwave MOAs can sometimes spawn with levels that are abnormal to the area they are currently in. This was most noticeable in the Blackout Tactical Alert where players managed to spawn ~level 500 all the way up to ~level 9000 Shockwave MOAs in a level 25-85 area.

Variants[]

Terra Shockwave MOA General Drops
TerraShockwaveMOA
Introduced Update 24.0 (2018-11-08) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Organ Shatter 3.794%
Mod TT 20px Reach 3.794%
Mod TT 20px Fever Strike 0.369%
Mod TT 20px Molten Impact 0.369%
Mod TT 20px North Wind 0.369%
Mod TT 20px Reflex Coil 0.369%
Mod TT 20px Shocking Touch 0.369%
Mod TT 20px Stretch 0.369%
Mod TT 20px Life Strike 0.101%
Mod TT 20px Split Chamber 0.101%
Tileset Orb Vallis
Weapon Plasma Rifle
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Robotic 200
DmgPunctureSmall64 + DmgElectricitySmall64 ++ DmgRadiationSmall64 + DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgToxinSmall64 -
Shield 200
DmgImpactSmall64 ++ DmgColdSmall64 ++ DmgMagneticSmall64 +++ DmgPunctureSmall64 - DmgRadiationSmall64 -
Base Level 15
  • Can shoot out a grappling hook that latches onto the player, pulling it towards them and dealing radial damage as the Terra Shockwave MOA kicks the player upon contact.
  • Can also jump at the player and slam down which causes a radial shockwave, throwing the player up and forcing a heavy landing.

Vapos Shockwave MOA General Drops
VaposShockwaveMoa
Introduced Update 25.0 (2019-05-22) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Piercing Hit 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Trick Mag 0.7587%
Endo Endo 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Cryo Rounds 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Stretch 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Pointed Wind 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Tileset Corpus Gas City
Weapon Plasma Rifle
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Robotic 60
DmgPunctureSmall64 + DmgElectricitySmall64 ++ DmgRadiationSmall64 + DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgToxinSmall64 -
Shield 150
DmgImpactSmall64 ++ DmgColdSmall64 ++ DmgMagneticSmall64 +++ DmgPunctureSmall64 - DmgRadiationSmall64 -
Base Level 15

Taro Shockwave MOA General Drops
TaroShockwaveMOA
Introduced Update 29.10 (2021-03-19) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Piercing Hit 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Trick Mag 0.7587%
Endo Endo 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Cryo Rounds 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Stretch 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Pointed Wind 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Tileset Venus Proxima
Weapon Plasma Rifle
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Robotic 60
DmgPunctureSmall64 + DmgElectricitySmall64 ++ DmgRadiationSmall64 + DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgToxinSmall64 -
Shield 150
DmgImpactSmall64 ++ DmgColdSmall64 ++ DmgMagneticSmall64 +++ DmgPunctureSmall64 - DmgRadiationSmall64 -
Affinity 200

Axio Shockwave MOA General Drops
AxioShockwaveMOA
Introduced Update 29.10 (2021-03-19) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Piercing Hit 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Trick Mag 0.7587%
Endo Endo 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Cryo Rounds 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Stretch 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Pointed Wind 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Tileset Neptune Proxima
Weapon Plasma Rifle
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Robotic 60
DmgPunctureSmall64 + DmgElectricitySmall64 ++ DmgRadiationSmall64 + DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgToxinSmall64 -
Shield 150
DmgImpactSmall64 ++ DmgColdSmall64 ++ DmgMagneticSmall64 +++ DmgPunctureSmall64 - DmgRadiationSmall64 -
Affinity 200

Vorac Shockwave MOA General Drops
VoracShockwaveMOA
Introduced Update 29.10 (2021-03-19) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Piercing Hit 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Trick Mag 0.7587%
Endo Endo 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Cryo Rounds 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Stretch 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Pointed Wind 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Tileset Pluto Proxima
Weapon Plasma Rifle
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Robotic 60
DmgPunctureSmall64 + DmgElectricitySmall64 ++ DmgRadiationSmall64 + DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgToxinSmall64 -
Shield 150
DmgImpactSmall64 ++ DmgColdSmall64 ++ DmgMagneticSmall64 +++ DmgPunctureSmall64 - DmgRadiationSmall64 -
Affinity 200

Orm Shockwave MOA General Drops
OrmShockwaveMOA
Introduced Update 29.10 (2021-03-19) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Piercing Hit 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Trick Mag 0.7587%
Endo Endo 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Cryo Rounds 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Stretch 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Pointed Wind 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Tileset Veil Proxima
Weapon Plasma Rifle
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Robotic 60
DmgPunctureSmall64 + DmgElectricitySmall64 ++ DmgRadiationSmall64 + DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgToxinSmall64 -
Shield 150
DmgImpactSmall64 ++ DmgColdSmall64 ++ DmgMagneticSmall64 +++ DmgPunctureSmall64 - DmgRadiationSmall64 -
Affinity 200

Media[]

Patch History[]

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

Update 7.11 (2013-05-17)

  • Shockwave MOAs can no longer be knocked down while charging their stomp.
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