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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 UmbraIcon272 Excalibur Umbra's signature nikana, with the unique ability to turn its user Invisible on finisher attacks.

This weapon cannot be sold.

Characteristics[]

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 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 UmbraIcon272 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 Mod TT 20px Sacrificial Steel and Mod TT 20px 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 Mod TT 20px 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.
    • AshIcon272 Ash's BladeStorm130xWhite 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

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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[]

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