The Skana Prime is the Prime version of the Skana, acting as a direct upgrade. The Skana Prime is a Founders-exclusive weapon released alongside
Excalibur Prime and
Lato Prime.
This weapon can be sold for 5,000.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage.
- Can use the Skana-exclusive
Bright Purity mod.
- Stance slot has
polarity, matches
Crimson Dervish,
Swooping Falcon and
Vengeful Revenant stances.
- Innate
and
polarities.
Advantages:
- Highest critical multiplier of all swords.
- Normal Attack
- Third highest crit multiplier behind
Furax Wraith and
Kuva Shildeg
- High crit chance
- Third highest crit multiplier behind
Disadvantages:
- Normal Attack
- Below average disposition
Comparisons:
- Skana Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Skana (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (210 vs. 120)
- Higher total damage (210 vs. 120)
- Higher base critical chance (26.00% vs. 5.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.6x vs. 1.5x)
- Higher base status chance (26.00% vs. 16.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (297.36 vs. 123)
- Higher burst DPS (297.36 vs. 102.45)
- Higher sustained DPS (297.36 vs. 102.45)
- Higher attack speed (1 vs. 0.83)
- Lower Block Angle (50° vs. 55°)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 0)
- Lower disposition (●●●●○ (1.20x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))
- Skana Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Prisma Skana (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (210 vs. 170)
- Higher total damage (210 vs. 170)
- Lower base critical chance (26.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.6x vs. 2.2x)
- Higher base status chance (26.00% vs. 16.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (297.36 vs. 227.12)
- Higher burst DPS (297.36 vs. 227.12)
- Higher sustained DPS (297.36 vs. 227.12)
- Lower Block Angle (50° vs. 55°)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 8)
Acquisition[]
Skana Prime was only available to owners of the Master or Grand Master Founders package that was offered between December 19th, 2012 and November 1st, 2013.
Trivia[]
- The Skana Prime was initially referred to as the "Fin Sword" in the Codex.
- Up until Update 12.0 (2014-02-05), only a small portion of the energy lights can be colored. It is now fully customizable.
- In Hotfix 15.5.1 (2014-11-27) this weapon was given access to the
Bright Purity augment, after player feedback regarding the exclusivity of the mod was raised.
- Prime warframes including Excalibur Prime using Radial Blind will be holding an Exalted Prime Blade, which uses the Skana Prime model.
Media[]
Skana Prime Skins
Seasonal
Steam™ Exclusive
Steam™ Exclusive
Steam™ Exclusive
Steam™ Exclusive
Steam™ Exclusive
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 12.
- Damage increased from 42 to 210.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
- Status Chance increased from 10% to 26%.
- Critical Chance increased from 10% to 26%.
- Critical Damage increased from 1.5x to 2.6x.
- Slam Attack increased from 84 to 630.
- Slide Attack increased from 90 to 210.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
Update 20.5 (2017-05-17)
- TennoGen Arit skin added for Skana series.
Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
- Kintsugi and Nocturne skins added for Skana series.
Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)
- Skana Conclave skin added.
Update 17.9 (2015-10-28)
- Day of the Dead skin added.
Update 17.2 (2015-08-19)
- Skana Prime damage has been increased in Conclave.
Update 16.5 (2015-05-12)
- Skana series damage increased in Conclave.
Hotfix 15.5.1 (2014-11-27)
- The Bright Purity Augment Mod can now be used on Skana Prime.
Update 13.5 (2014-05-28)
- Tweaked the sound effects for the Skana Prime.
Hotfix 12.1.2 (2014-02-14)
- Skana Prime is now tintable.
Vanilla (2012-10-25)
- Introduced via Founders Packages.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See also[]
Skana, the original counterpart.
Dual Skana, the dual version of the Skana.
- Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.
Prisma Skana, the Prisma variant of the Skana.
Bright Purity, the Syndicate exclusive mod for the Skana.