Skiajati is Excalibur Umbra's signature nikana, with the unique ability to turn its user Invisible on finisher attacks.
This weapon cannot be sold.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
- Stance slot has polarity, matching Decisive Judgement, Tranquil Cleave, Blind Justice and Fateful Truth (Conclave only) stance.
- Finishers temporarily turn the user invisible for 5 seconds.
- Two innate polarities.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Highest attack speed of all nikanas.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High attack speed (1.17x animation speed)
- Above average attack range (2.70 m)
- Above average status chance (30.00%)
- Above average crit multiplier (2.10x)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Second lowest base damage of all nikanas, after Nikana.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average crit chance (19.00%)
- Below average total damage (175)
- Low disposition (●●●○○ (0.90x))
Acquisition[]
This weapon, along with Excalibur Umbra, is given during the penultimate mission of The Sacrifice at max rank, complete with a free weapon slot, a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst, and the mods Sacrificial Steel and Sacrificial Pressure fused to rank 5. A second Skiajati will not be given after replaying the quest.
Notes[]
- All the Mastery Rank points that would normally be granted from ranking up the weapon will be automatically received upon acquiring it.
- Despite its mastery rank of 11, players of lower ranks can acquire and use this weapon.
- Finisher attacks with this weapon turn the user invisible for 5 seconds. Attacking or using an ability will break the invisibility, similar to the cloak provided by Shade and its Ghost precept.
- The invisibility period is not affected by mods.
- Performing a finisher while under the invisibility effect of the Skiajati will refresh the cloak's duration.
- Invisibility is not affected by Nullifier bubbles.
- Ash's Blade Storm does not activate the invisibility effect.
- The cloth piece is a fixed part of the sheath and not a removable cosmetic.
- Due to the special ability of this weapon, stances with finishers in them would be useful in proccing the effect. However, there are no Nikana stances containing finishers.
Trivia[]
- Σκιά (Skia) is Greek for shadow, while जाति (Jati) is Sanskrit for birth.
- This can either tie into the sword's relationship with Excalibur Umbra, with Umbra being Latin for shadow or to the weapon's passive ability to cloak its user.
- An alternative, simpler, interpretation uses यजति (Yajati), Sanskrit for sacrifice, reflecting the name and theme of the quest. This way, however, the origin of the sk- radical is left unclear.
- The स्क character of Devanagari makes the sk- sound, making स्कयजति a phonetical approximation of the weapon's name.
- The word सखि (Sakhi) is Sanskrit for friend.
- The weapon utilizes a similar model to the shikomizue or jotō katana, best described as a swordstick or staff sword.
- According to its Codex entry, the Skiajati is a normal Nikana "grafted" from Umbra's flesh.
Gallery[]
Media[]
Skiajati Skins
Patch History[]
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Fixed the glow on the Skiajati’s pommel appearing when equipped with skins.
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Actual patch notes made a mistake on old follow through.
- Damage increased from 77 to 175.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.7.
- Status Chance increased from 27% to 30%.
- Critical Chance increased from 15% to 19%.
- Critical Damage increased from 1.9x to 2.1x.
- Slam Radius increased from 3 to 6.
- Slam Attack increased from 77 to 525.
- Slide Attack increased from 165 to 350.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
Hotfix 23.0.6 (2018-06-27)
- Fixed wonky clipping with Sugratras and the Umbra Nikana.
Hotfix 23.0.2 (2018-06-15)
- Fixed Umbra’s Skiajata’s muffled audio persisting after chaining Stealth finishers.
Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
- Excalibur Umbra, the signature user of this weapon.
- The Sacrifice, the quest which grants this weapon.