Sigma & Octantis

Sigma & Octantis
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Sword and Shield
Mastery Rank Requirement	10
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.08x animation speed
Block Angle	70°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.05x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	2.50 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.25 m
Normal Attack
38.28 ( 22%)
27.84 ( 16%)
107.88 ( 62%)
Total Damage	174 (62.00%  Slash)
Attack Speed	1.08x animation speed
Crit Chance	28.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.20x
Fire Rate	1.080 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	16.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	870
Slam Damage	696
Radial Damage	696
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Wind-up	0.7 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	522
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Radial Damage	174
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	174
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	SWORDS_AND_SHIELD_STANCE
Riven Family	Sigma & Octantis
Introduced	Hotfix 22.1.2 (2017-10-30)
Polarities	None
Stance Polarity
Variants	Sigma & Octantis
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Tenno Weapons Slash Damage Weapons Sword and Shield Sigma & Octantis Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Base Silent Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

Deadly slashes from the Sigma sword are matched only by the force of the Octantis shield when thrown from the air.

The Sigma & Octantis is a sword and shield combo, available through the Daily Tribute system, as a reward for logging in for 700 cumulative days. This weapon features a special throw attack, which throws the shield at an enemy, staggering them and opening them to finisher attacks for a brief period.

Characteristics

This weapon primarily deals damage.

Advantages:

• Second highest base damage of all sword & shields, behind Silva & Aegis Prime.
  • High damage – effective against health.
• Highest critical chance of all sword & shields.
• Above average critical damage multiplier.
• Good status chance.
• Highest Attack Speed of all sword & shields.
• Aerial attacks throw the shield, staggering enemies hit and opening them up to finishers.

Disadvantages:

• Low and damage – less effective against shields and armor.

Notes

• The throw attack is done by simply tapping the melee button while in mid-air; holding down the button is not necessary, which makes it very fluid.
  • The shield is thrown ~25-30 metres away, which is not affected by range mods.
• Throw attacks can be done both while the weapon is fully equipped or with a quick melee attack.
• The thrown shield has a slight homing effect, similar to thrown Glaives, though it is still capable of missing.
• The throw attack can be done in any direction (dictated by your aim), and therefore the usual downward melee slam attack is done by looking straight down.
• Throw attack's finisher window can be overwritten by almost all other animations or stuns (such as a Heavy Gunner's ground slam animation, or elemental proc stuns like or ).

Tips

• Equipping  Final Harbinger,  Blood Rush and Gladiator Mods allows users to quickly boost the Sigma & Octantis's critical chance.
• The throw attack's stun can sometimes stagger enemies out of range of melee attacks, making it difficult to perform the finisher before the stagger wears off.
• Throw attack seems to home in on the closest enemy rather than the enemy being aimed at, making precise targeting difficult.

Trivia

• Sigma & Octantis likely refers to the southern star σ Octantis (Sigma Octantis) whose position near the southern celestial pole makes it the southern hemisphere's pole star.

Media

• Sigma & Octantis in Codex.

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Warframe Sigma & Octantis Special Attack Demonstration

Warframe Banshee And Sigma & Octantis Deadly Synergy

Sigma & Octantis Skins

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Patch History

Update 22.20 (2018-05-17)

• Fixed the Sigma and Octantis scaling right down to 0.

Hotfix 22.8.3 (2018-01-11)

• Fixed not being able to Melee again upon throwing the Sigma & Octanis shield while using Exalted Blade on Excalibur, until you deactivate and reactivate the power.
• Fixed the Sigma & Octantis not having any Elemental FX or Energy trails.

Hotfix 22.2.4 (2017-11-06)
Conclave:

• Reduced the damage and removed the forced stagger of the Sigma & Octantis shield throw.

Hotfix 22.2.2 (2017-11-02)

• Fixed the Sigma and Octantis not shrinking when in your Orbiter.

Hotfix 22.2.1 (2017-11-01)

• Fixed Clients not being able to throw the Sigma & Octantis if a Stance Mod is equipped.

Hotfix 22.1.2 (2017-10-30)

• Introduced

Last updated:Hotfix 22.20.9.2 (2018-06-07)