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 activated by tapping the melee button in mid-air, 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:

• Mostly damage, effective against Flesh and Infested Flesh.
• High critical chance.
• Decent status chance.
• Good attack speed.
• Higher than average critical multiplier.

Disadvantages:

• Low damage, less effective against Armor.
• The throw attack's stun can sometimes stagger enemies out of range of melee attacks, making it difficult to perform the finisher before the effect wears off (which already has a very short window of opportunity).
• 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 element proc stuns like or ), making it even more difficult to actually perform a finisher attack at all.
• Throw attack seems to home in on the closest enemy, rather than the enemy being aimed at, making precise targeting difficult.
• The slow finisher animation of sword-&-shield type weapons makes the finisher attack cumbersome.
• Additionally, many enemies do not have programmed finisher attacks for sword-&-shield type weapons at all, making the throw attack useless for more than the stun effect on those enemies.

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.
• 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.

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

Warframe Sigma & Octantis Special Attack Demonstration