Valkyr Talons are Valkyr and Valkyr Prime's signature Exalted Weapon that can only be used upon activating the ability Hysteria. The weapon exclusively uses the Hysteria stance.
Refer to the weapon's ability page for a list of mods that affect the weapon.
Characteristics
This weapon deals equal physical damage.
Advantages:
- Tied with Desert Wind, Exalted Blade, and Iron Staff for the highest base damage of all melee weapons in the game.
- Perfectly balanced physical damage – effective against all factions, Sentient and Shadow Stalker.
- Tied with Desert Wind for the highest critical chance of all melee weapons.
- Innate 5% lifesteal.
- Very high attack speed.
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Disadvantages:
- Low status chance.
- Short range.
- Requires energy to activate and keep active.
- As an Exalted Weapon, it cannot benefit from, nor contribute to the set bonus of any Set Mods (excluding the Sacrificial Mod Set; the Gladiator Mod Set can still apply if equipped on Warframe, Melee, or Robotic Weapons, and not on the Exalted Weapon itself).
- Cannot equip Melee Combo Counter Mods (except Drifting Contact), Acolyte Mods (e.g., Blood Rush), or Amalgam Mods (e.g., Amalgam Organ Shatter).
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Notes
- The Valkyr Talons appears in the Arsenal after unlocking Valkyr's Hysteria ability.
- Valkyr is still able to block with Valkyr Talons while Hysteria is active, though she won't receive any benefits from doing so.
Trivia
- Before the introduction of moddable Exalted Weapons, the stats of Valkyr Talons depended on the mods equipped on the player's melee weapon.
- On Valkyr Prime, the claws are named Valkyr Prime Talons. Their stats are, however, identical to Valkyr Talons.
- Valkyr Talons is the only Exalted Weapon with no color customization options, being purely affected by Valkyr's selected energy color.
Patch History
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Parry Angle set to 60.
- Range increased from 0.5 to 1.7.
Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)
- MELEE REVISIT - PHASE 1 - "Flow"
- Let The Gun & Blade Flow
Swap between your gun and melee at the press of a button, no holstering required!
- Keybinds!
Notable Keybind changes:
- Your left mouse button is gun fire, always, instantly.
- Your right mouse button is now aim, always, instantly.
- Additional Information and Changes
- Exalted weapons will also benefit from the uninterrupted swaps! Be aware that Energy will still drain, even when swapping between weapons!
Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)
- Introduced as a moddable weapon.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also
- Hysteria, the ability that summons the weapon.
- Hysteria (Stance), the weapon's exclusive stance.
- Valkyr, the weapon's user.