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Whipclaw Send enemies reeling with a deafening whipcrack. |
Strength:200 / 225 / 250 / 300 |
Duration:N/A | |||
Range:5 / 7 / 8 / 10 m (cast range) 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 m (explosion radius) | |||
Misc:200 % (explosion radius range cap) 2.0 x (Ensnare damage multiplier) 50 % (Strangledome damage distribution) |
- Khora cracks her whip toward the aiming reticle, creating an explosion up to 5 / 7 / 8 / 10 meters away in a 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 meters radius area around the first object or entity hit. All enemies within line of sight of the explosion receive 200 / 225 / 250 / 300 base damage, while enemies at the center are also disoriented briefly, causing them to be knocked back and ragdolled.
- Cast range and explosion radius are affected by Ability Range.
- Explosion radius cannot exceed 200% Ability Range.
- Damage is distributed evenly between
Impact,
Puncture, and
Slash.
- Damage also affects Objects, bypasses obstacles in the environment, and does not diminish with distance.
- Cast range and explosion radius are affected by Ability Range.
- Whipclaw has an innate 200% critical multiplier, 25% critical chance, and 20% status chance.
- Damage is affected by Ability Strength, the Melee Combo Counter, and certain melee mods.
- As an example, with a maxed
Pressure Point,
Shocking Touch and
Intensify, the normal attacks of a rank-3 Whipclaw will deal:
Base Damage × (1 + Damage Mods) × (1 + Elemental Mods) × (1 + Strength Mods) =
300 × (1 + 1.2) × (1 + 0.9) × (1 + 0.3) = 1,630.2 damage. - The mods that affect Whipclaw include:
- Damage (e.g.,
Pressure Point)
- Physical damage (e.g.,
Jagged Edge)
- Elemental damage (e.g.,
Shocking Touch)
- Conditional mods (e.g.,
Weeping Wounds and
Blood Rush, but not
Condition Overload and
Healing Return)
- Critical chance and critical multiplier (e.g.,
True Steel and
Organ Shatter)
- Critical chance is rolled separately for each target hit.
- Status chance (e.g.,
Melee Prowess and
Vicious Frost)
- Both effects of
Proton Snap apply for the duration.
- Both effects of
- combo counter (e.g.,
Body Count and
Drifting Contact)
- weapon augments (e.g.,
Justice Blades)
- Riven
- Damage (e.g.,
- Bane Mods such as
Smite Grineer do not have any effects on Whipclaw.
- Status duration Mods do not have effects on Whipclaw.
- The armor-removal effect of Shattering Impact is not triggered by the damage from Whipclaw.
Toxin or
Heat or
Electricity damage mods do not scale the damage of
Toxin or
Heat or
Electricity procs caused by Whipclaw. Each tick deals damage equal to 0.5 × Modded Damage.
- The combo counter will reset when equipped with
Xoris.
- Whipclaw's critical chance is affected by
Cat's Eye and
Charm bonuses.
- Each hit from Whipclaw adds to the Melee Combo Counter.
- The Melee Combo Multiplier increases Whipclaw's damage, but only a fourth of the bonus is added.
- Whipclaw is not affected by the equipped melee weapon's stats and innate effects, weapon-specific mods (e.g.,
Vulcan Blitz), melee range mods (e.g.,
Reach) and attack speed mods (e.g.,
Fury).
- As an example, with a maxed
- Ability Synergy:
- Whipclaw inflicts 200% damage against enemies affected by
Ensnare.
- Refreshes the propagation effect on ensnared enemies hit by Whipclaw.
- If at least one enemy captured by
Strangledome is hit by Whipclaw, all other enemies in the same dome will each receive 50% total damage. Additionally, Whipclaw's Critical Chance and Status Chance will reroll on each enemy separately.
- Whipclaw inflicts 200% damage against enemies affected by
- Whipclaw will strike toward the aiming reticle at the end of the animation, landing the attack when the whip is fully extended.
- The explosion radius is centered on the closest physical object or surface in the player's crosshair, or the farthest area Whipclaw is able to reach.
- Can be cast while moving and airborne.
- Casting Whipclaw is an upper-body animation that allows movement and parkour Maneuvers.
- Khora's whip visually consists of a handle that resembles the
Hystrix's model, alongside living metal spikes lining the thong, spine, and fall; four claw-like extensions comprise the lash of the whip, ending in the metallic adornments on Khora's body that match
Venari's selected battle posture. The whip is affected by Khora's chosen Appearance colors.
- Whipclaw's radial explosion, the whip's energy lights and travel trail, are affected by Khora's chosen energy color.
- Whipclaw is not affected by cast speed mods (e.g.
Natural Talent)
Known weapon synergies:
- Main article: Accumulating Whipclaw
Accumulating Whipclaw is a Warframe Augment Mod for Khora's
Whipclaw that grants a stacking damage bonus to subsequent Whipclaws upon hitting at least 3 enemies in a single cast, which will decay after 10 seconds.
Rank | Damage Bonus | Decay Delay | Cost |
---|---|---|---|
0 | +10% | 10s | 6 |
1 | +15% | 10s | 7 |
2 | +20% | 10s | 8 |
3 | +35% | 10s | 9 |
- Whipclaw's radial explosion forms when Khora's whip is fully extended. You can adjust your aim to hit your target or elsewhere during this animation.
- If your target is moving away too quickly during the animation, try to land the explosion on a nearby surface to catch your target in the area of effect.
- The explosion's area of effect will bypass terrain and obstacles to hit enemies through walls, which pairs well with radar mods such as
Enemy Sense and
Animal Instinct to detect nearby enemies.
- The explosion's area of effect will bypass terrain and obstacles to hit enemies through walls, which pairs well with radar mods such as
- Cast Whipclaw directly on an enemy to knock it backward when it is hit by the radial burst.
- Modify your equipped melee weapon with eligible Mods that Whipclaw can benefit from.
- Equip
Pressure Point to increase base damage.
- Equip
Blood Rush to increase critical chance. If you want more critical chance, equip
Sacrificial Steel as well.
- Equip
Weeping Wounds if you want to increase status chance.
- Equip elemental mods(not dual stat mods) and critical damage mods like
Organ Shatter,
Gladiator Might to increase damage.
- Equip
- Whipclaw and your melee weapon both benefit from and contribute to the combo counter. Use both frequently to amplify their damage as you hit more enemies.
- Cast Whipclaw on enemies entangled by
Ensnare for double damage. Ensnared enemies that survive Whipclaw will propagate again to pull in new enemies.
- Cast Whipclaw on enemies captured by
Strangledome. The initial target takes full damage from Whipclaw, while all other enemies in the dome take half damage. Damage, critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance on all targets will benefit from your equipped melee mods.
- Critical chance and status chance will proc on each enemy separately, inflicting them with potentially different damage amounts and Status Effects.
- Whipclaw's radial explosion can bypass Arctic Eximus bubbles to form inside directly.
- Equip with a Helios with Deconstructor and equip 3 Gladiator set mods to increase crit chance.
- Equip
Arcane Fury on Khora to increase damage.
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