Tatsu

Tenno Weapons

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Tatsu
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Two-Handed Nikana
Mastery Rank Requirement	7
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.05x)
Follow Through	0.7x
Range	3.00 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.20 m
Normal Attack
20 ( 9.35%)
54 ( 25.23%)
68 ( 31.78%)
72 ( 33.64%)
Total Damage	214 (33.64%  Radiation)
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	1.00 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	28.00%
Soul Swarm Projectile
96 ( 100%)
Total Damage	96 (100.00%  Radiation)
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	1.00 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	28.00%
Projectile Type	Projectile
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,284
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Status Chance	28.00%
Wind-up	0.7 s
Heavy Slam Attack
Slam Damage	642
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Slam Element	Blast
Forced Procs	Lifted
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Status Chance	28.00%
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	428
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Slam Element	Impact
Forced Procs	Impact
Status Chance	28.00%
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	428
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Slide Element	Same damage type distribution as Normal Attack
Status Chance	28.00%
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	LONG_KATANA_STANCE
Default Upgrades	TnTwoHandedKatanaFrameInnateMod
Riven Family	Tatsu
Introduced	Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Tatsu  Tatsu Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Tenno Weapons Radiation Damage Weapons Two-Handed Nikana Tatsu Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Weapons With No Trigger Type Base Silent Weapons Untradeable Weapons

CODEX

Fearsome and noble, the elegant two-handed Nikana is the pride of any Arsenal. Kills build charges and seeking projectiles are unleashed with a Slide Attack to find and stun unwitting enemies. When Revenant wields this blade, Tatsu's charge cap is increased.

The Tatsu is  Revenant's signature Two-Handed Nikana, boasting high status chance and innate  Radiation damage. Kills with the Tatsu also create charges that can be released as seeking projectiles on slide attacks which stun enemies. Possesses additional projectile charges in Revenant's hands.

Characteristics

• This weapon deals primarily  Radiation and  Slash damage.
• Stance slot has polarity, matching  Wise Razor stance.
• On kills, the Tatsu gains charges, storing up to maximum of 5 (9 if used by  Revenant/ Revenant Prime). All charges are released on Slide Attacks in the form of seeking projectiles that stun enemies.

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
  • High attack range (3.00 m)
  • Above average status chance (28.00%)
• Soul Swarm Projectile (wiki attack index 2)
  • High attack range (3.00 m)

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
  • Below average crit chance (16.00%)
  • Below average disposition (●●●○○ (1.05x))
• Soul Swarm Projectile (wiki attack index 2)
  • Low crit chance (16.00%)
  • Very low total damage (96)
  • Below average crit multiplier (2.00x)

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

Comparisons:

•  Tatsu (Normal Attack), compared to  Tatsu Prime (Normal Attack):
  • Lower base damage (214.00 vs. 230.00)
    • Lower  Slash damage ( 68 vs. 76)
    • Lower  Radiation damage ( 72 vs. 80)
  • Lower total damage (214 vs. 230)
  • Lower base critical chance (16.00% vs. 22.00%)
  • Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.40x)
  • Lower base status chance (28.00% vs. 30.00%)
  • Lower attack speed (1.00x animation speed vs. 1.17x animation speed)
  • Less polarities (None vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 14)
  • Higher disposition (●●●○○ (1.05x) vs. ●●○○○ (0.70x))

Acquisition

Tatsu's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
5,000	Argon Crystal 2	Kuva 1,200	Auroxium Alloy 100	Hespazym Alloy 100	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 275			Blueprints Price:20,000

Combos

Default Combos of Stance or Weapon (📝 Edit Stance Data)

Combo/Attack	Name	Attack Multipliers and Forced Procs			Avg Dmg Multi/s	Length @ 1.0 Attack Speed	Animation
Slide (While Sliding)	Tatsu Slide (unofficial)	200%   5x 40%			N / A	N / A
Default "Sweep" Attack •  360°/Spin Attack •  Direct and Radial Slam Attack •  Ranged Attack •  "Thrust" Attack View Full Legend Key Inputs  Basic Melee  (PC default LMB or E; XBX, PSN, and NSW default right button)  Heavy Attack (PC default MMB; XBX, PSN, and NSW default left trigger)  Block  (PC default RMB; XBX, PSN, and NSW default right trigger)  Forward Movement  (PC default W; XBX, PSN, and NSW default tilt up right thumbstick) Multipliers and Hits  200%  Attack does double damage   2x 100%  Attack hits twice  Forced Procs  Knockback  Weakened  Bleed  Inaccuracy  Knockdown  Lifted  Stagger  Ragdoll  Finisher (front, back, or ground)   Impair (PvP only)  Melee Attack Explanations A "sweep attack" is an arcing melee strike that intends to hit an enemy with the edge of the blade (the length of obround melee hitbox). A "thrust attack" is a melee strike that intends to hit an enemy with the tip of the blade (the rounded edge of obround melee hitbox). A "360/spin attack" is a sliding sweep attack that hits targets around the player (not always in a 360° arc, but is usually above 180°). A "direct slam attack" is a melee strike that hits a single target at the epicenter of a slam attack. Affected by the Seismic Wave mod. A "radial slam attack" is the area-of-effect component of the melee slam attack. Affected by the Seismic Wave mod. A "ranged attack" is any melee attack that launches a ranged projectile or can hit targets beyond melee range. View Full Legend Average Damage Multiplier per second only applies to single-target DPS calculations. Note that hits marked as "Radial Slam Attack" will not apply at the epicenter of a single target hit so these will not be accounted for in Avg Dmg Multi/s calculations. Combo animation lengths are approximate and are only accurate within a few tenths of a second. Each tile marking in stance preview gifs are 2m apart. Combos labeled with an asterisk (*) are shared between weapons within the same weapon type.

Notes

Soul Swarm projectiles

• Killing enemies with the Tatsu will make it store up to a maximum of 5 Soul Swarm charges, with 1 charge gained per kill. These charges can then be discharged upon performing a slide attack, releasing seeking projectiles that home in on enemies within 30 meters, dealing 40% of the weapon's damage, stuns them upon impact, and has a chance of inflicting  Radiation proc. The number of projectiles launched is equivalent to the number of charges stored.
  • Soul Swarm charges can only be stored for a maximum of 120 seconds, with the timer refreshing when a new charge is gained.
  • When used by  Revenant/ Revenant Prime, the maximum number of stored Soul Swarm charges is increased to 9.
  • Soul Swarm projectiles will home in on enemies within range even if the player is facing away from them.
  • All charges are launched at once against the current number of available enemies, meaning that if there are fewer enemies than there are projectiles, it is possible for a single enemy to be hit by multiple projectiles at once.
  • Enemies stunned by these projectiles are also open to finishers.
  •  Maiming Strike does not make the projectiles deal critical damage.
  •  Ivara's second Ability,  Navigator, allows the Control over 1 Soul Swarm projectile.
• The weapon's default stance is  Wise Razor.
• Heavy attacks with this weapon have a guaranteed  Slash proc.

Tips

• Because the Tatsu has full physical damage as well as an innate elemental (in this case  Radiation), it synergizes well with  Condition Overload, especially when paired with  Weeping Wounds.
  • Because the standard attack of the  Wise Razor stance has a guaranteed chance to proc  Slash, they are further boosted by the increase in damage Condition Overload provides.

Trivia

• The Tatsu was the first two-handed Nikana type melee weapon added to the game.
• Depending on what Japanese characters are used, tatsu can either mean "to sever" (断つ (tatsu)), or "dragon" (竜 (tatsu)).
• Tatsu was not released alongside  Revenant back in Update 23.5 (2018-08-24) due to the delay of Melee 3.0 changes.
• Unlike  Revenant and his signature shotgun,  Phantasma, Tatsu doesn't require Sentient Cores to build.
•  Revenant sheathes the Tatsu differently than other Warframes; he sheathes it straighter down his back and with the blade pointed to the right, whereas other Warframes sheathe it more diagonally and with the blade pointed left.

Media

Tatsu An Effective Weapon Of Revenge (2 Forma)

Tatsu Skins

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Dogma
TennoGen

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Orison

Patch History

Update 31.1 (2022-02-09)

• Fixed enemy teleporting while performing a stealth kill with a Two-Handed Nikana (Tatsu, Pennant, etc.).

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Damage increased from 96 to 214.
• Range increased from 2 to 3.
• Status Chance increased from 23% to 28%.
• Critical Chance increased from 11% to 16%.
• Critical Damage increased from 1.9x to 2x.
• Slam Attack increased from 96 to 642.
• Slide Attack increased from 192 to 214.
• Parry Angle set to 55.

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

• Fixed the Tatsu ground slam often failing to connect.

Hotfix 25.6.3 (2019-08-14)

• Fixed the Tatsu missing its forward momentum when changing directions.

Update 25.2 (2019-06-19)

• Fixed missing Melee front-finisher sounds for the Tatsu.

Hotfix 25.0.6 (2019-05-29)

• Fixed Tatsu’s Soul Swarm mechanic not stacking for Clients.

Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)

• Fixed Tatsu missing the “Holster Style” option in the Arsenal.

Hotfix 24.8.3 (2019-05-10)

• Fixed the Tatsu unique mechanic no longer functioning correctly once a player dies and revives.

Hotfix 24.6.2 (2019-04-05)

• The Tatsu Soul Swarm (Revenant) projectiles now have a lifetime of 5 seconds.

Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)

• Kills add charges (up to 5 max) that release seeking projectiles (same amount as charges) on slide attacks to stun enemies.
• Having a ‘signature’ weapon now actually benefits you!
  • Tatsu: Charge cap is 9 when wielded by Revenant.

Update 24.5 (2019-03-14)

• Removed an unintended projectile launch on the 2nd charge attack of the Tatsu. This feature (as many have already determined) is unfinished, and will be revisited in the near future. Possibly tied to a certain Warframe...

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

See Also

•  Phantasma,  Revenant's signature continuous shotgun.