War

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

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Sentient Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

War
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Heavy Blade
Mastery Rank Requirement	10
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	0.92x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.05x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	3.20 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.20 m
Normal Attack
120 ( 48%)
60 ( 24%)
70 ( 28%)
Total Damage	250 (48.00%  Impact)
Attack Speed	0.92x animation speed
Crit Chance	26.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.60x
Fire Rate	0.917 attacks/sec
Forced Procs	Impact
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	26.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,500
Slam Damage	1,250
Radial Damage	1,250
Slam Radius	9.0 m
Wind-up	1.1 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	750
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Radial Damage	250
Slam Radial Element	Impact
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	250
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	HEAVY_BLADE_STANCE
Riven Family	War
Introduced	Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Users	Shadow Stalker
Variants	War
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Sentient Weapons Impact Damage Weapons Heavy Blade War Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Shadow Stalker Base Silent Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

The Stalker's sword as bestowed to him by the Sentient Hunhow.

War is a heavy sword used by Shadow Stalker, given to him by the Sentient Hunhow during the events of the Second Dream Quest.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
20,000	2,300	1,400	5	1	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 45
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Acquisition

• The War's blueprint can be acquired as a random drop after defeating the Shadow Stalker.
• War can be bought as part of the Hunhow's Gift bundle in order to bypass the Mastery Rank Requirement.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• Second highest damage of all Heavy Blades, behind Galatine Prime.
  • High damage – effective against shields.
• Guaranteed procs on normal attacks.
• High critical and status chance.
• Extremely long melee range.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Cleaving Whirlwind and  Tempo Royale stances.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Low and damage – less effective against armor and health.
• Below average attack speed.

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Tips

• Statistically, War is extremely similar to Galatine Prime, differing only in damage, damage composition, attack speed, and mastery requirement. Thus, any strategies that work for the latter will generally work for the former, though the different polarities and damage composition may somewhat complicate modding.
• War's damage is unique to its class, as every other Heavy Blade that does physical damage is instead -focussed. Thus, the weapon can be thought of as somewhat analagous to a Hammer, such as the Fragor, in terms of uses.

Trivia

• The energy that surrounds War's blades and the glowing light in its hilt will react to different things.
  • When channeling, both will glow extremely brightly, and gradually return to normal brightness after turning channeling off. This specific trait is shared with the (Synoid) Heliocor.
  • War's lights will also briefly glow after it kills an enemy.
  • When holstered, both the blade and hilt glow will dissipate until brandished again.
  • The hilt light glows a different color than the blades' lights, which is determined by the attachments energy color. Unlike the blade itself, whose default energy color is blue, the default attachments energy color is red.
• Despite its immense size, this weapon's reach is no larger than that of the Galatine (Prime).
• In the The Second Dream quest, War was not only the sword that the Shadow Stalker used, but also housed the consciousness of the Sentient Hunhow. War would be shattered in two during the climax of the quest, creating the Broken War sword, which is simply the broken off piece re-purposed as a weapon.
  • War's hilt-light having a separate energy color from the main weapon also references this, as during the quest, it would glow red and pulse whenever Hunhow spoke through the weapon.
• This weapon, along with the Broken War, is the first Sentient weapon available to players.
• The pommel of this weapon is similar in shape and design to the Hunhow Sentinel Mask.
• The name "War" references the biblical Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The horseman of the red horse, War, is charged with bringing battle and slaughter, and is given a great sword. This is reflected in the weapon's main color being red, and its sheer size.

Bugs

• On very rare occasion, War's lights won't stop glowing after getting a kill or channeling is toggled off. This can often be visually distracting, but can usually be fixed by dying.

Media

• War in Codex.
• Concept art of War and Broken-War, with a Galatine for comparison.

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Warframe WAR (Great Sword) Setup (U18.0.3) Mastery Level 10 Required

Warframe WAR *Never Changes*

WAR - My Big Swinging Sword 2 forma - Warframe

War Skins

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Arashi
TennoGen

Blodgard

Clavatus

Dogma
TennoGen

Dominion

Grimstone
TennoGen

Ion
TennoGen

Karv'r
TennoGen

Kilzorath
TennoGen

Mithra
TennoGen

Mizar
TennoGen

Mortier

Obanakk
TennoGen

Suprema
TennoGen

Tengoken
TennoGen

Vaenn

Patch History

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

• War no longer glows when holstered.

Hotfix 18.6.3 (2016-03-23)

• War’s Hilt and Blade now drop from Conculysts.

Update 18.4 (2016-01-22)

• War damage increased in Conclave.

Hotfix 18.0.5 (2015-12-08)

• Sentient Stalker now drops War blueprint.

Hotfix 18.0.4.1 (2015-12-08)

• Fixed Hunhow's essence in War not having a proper lighting FX in the Second Dream cinematic.

Hotfix 18.0.4 (2015-12-08)

• Fixed War's channeling FX trail originating from an improper location on the blade.

Hotfix 18.0.3 (2015-12-05)

• Fixed crafting requirement for War.

Hotfix 18.0.2 (2015-12-04)

• Several visual improvements have been made to War.

Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)

• Introduced.

See also

• Broken War, the smaller, longsword version of this weapon.
• Shadow Stalker, the only known user of this weapon