The Sydon is a Grineer trident wielded by the Shock Draga. Its high Puncture damage makes it effective against heavily-armored targets, which combined with its high status chance allows its wielders to make short work of the Grineer who built it.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.
- Slam Attacks have innate Blast damage.
- Stance slot has polarity, matching Shimmering Blight and Argent Scourge (Conclave only) stance.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Third highest Puncture damage of all melee weapons – effective against armor.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average total damage (225)
- High attack range (2.90 m)
- Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low crit chance (10.00%)
- Low attack speed (0.92x animation speed)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Sydon (Normal Attack), compared to Vaykor Sydon (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (225.00 vs. 213.00)
- Higher total damage (225 vs. 213)
- Lower base critical chance (10.00% vs. 21.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.50x)
- Lower base status chance (25.00% vs. 33.00%)
- Lower attack speed (0.92x animation speed vs. 1.08x animation speed)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 11)
- Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))
Acquisition[]
The Sydon's blueprint can be researched from the Chem Lab in the dojo.
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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20,000 |
Detonite Injector 5 |
Circuits 1,100 |
Salvage 4,000 |
Amphis 1 |
Time: 1 Day(s) |
Rush: 35 | |||||
Market Price: 180 | Blueprints Price:15,000 | ||||
Chem Lab Research3,000 | |||||
5,000 |
Nitain Extract 5 |
Ferrite 16,500 |
Alloy Plate 12,000 |
Rubedo 4,650 |
Time: 3 Day(s) |
Prereq: Detonite Injector | |||||
x1 x3 x10 x30 x100 |
Trivia[]
- The Sydon's name is most likely derived from Poseidon, a Greek ocean deity well known for his powerful trident.
- Alternatively, the Sydon's name may be derived from Sidon, an ancient port city.
- The Sydon was used by Shock Dragas long before its official release, and could even be found within WARFRAME's game files.
Gallery[]
Media[]
Sydon Skins
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 2 to 5.
- Damage increased from 75 to 225.
- Range increased from 2 to 2.9.
- Slam Attack increased from 150 to 675.
- Slide Attack increased from 167 to 450.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
- Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.
Update 22.6 (2017-12-07)
- Fixed polearms clipping on some Warframes when using the standard holster position.
Update 18.2 (2016-01-05)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
- Vaykor Sydon - the Steel Meridian version.
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