Skiajati

Orokin

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Skiajati

Untradeable

Hidden from Codex

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General Information

Max Rank

30

Utility

Normal Attack

26.25
( 15%)

12.25
( 7%)

136.5
( 78%)

Heavy Attack

Heavy Slam Attack

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slam Radius

7.0 m

Slam Attack

Slam Radius

6.0 m

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slide Attack

Slide Element

Same damage type distribution as Normal Attack

Miscellaneous

Default Upgrades

Introduced

Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)

Variants

Vendor Sources

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CODEX

Forged of steel grafted from Umbra's flesh, this elegant nikana unites with its Warframe to form a single being of seething purpose.

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))

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.

Acquisition[]

This weapon, along with Excalibur Umbra, is given during the penultimate mission of The Sacrifice at max rank, complete with its own 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[]

Does not have a Signature Weapon bonus with Excalibur Umbra, likely due to balancing reasons, already having a unique trait and activating Excalibur Umbra's passive.
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.