Whipclaw

	1 25	Whipclaw Send enemies reeling with a deafening whipcrack. Introduced in Update 22.18 (2018-04-20)	Strength:200 / 225 / 250 / 300
			Duration:N/A
			Range:5 / 7 / 8 / 10 m (cast range) 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 m (explosion radius)
			Misc: 2.0x (Ensnare damage multiplier) 50% (Strangledome damage distribution)

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks
• Bugs

Info

• 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 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 split between 30% , 30% , and 40% (more testing needed to confirm these numbers.)
  • Damage also affects Objects, bypasses obstacles in the environment, and does not diminish with distance.
• Whipclaw has an innate 200% critical damage, 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.,  Steel Charge)
    • physical damage (e.g.,  Jagged Edge)
    • elemental damage (e.g.,  Shocking Touch)
    • critical chance and damage (e.g.,  True Steel and  Organ Shatter)
    • status chance (e.g.,  Melee Prowess and  Vicious Frost)
    • combo counter (e.g.,  Body Count and  Drifting Contact)
    • weapon augments (e.g.,  Justice Blades)
    • Riven
  • Manticore's damage bonus applies to the ability.
  • Whipclaw's critical chance is affected by  Cat's Eye and  Charm bonuses.
    • It should be noted that the critical chance cannot exceed 100% by any means, including mods.
  • Each hit from Whipclaw adds to the Melee Combo Counter.
  • Whipclaw is not affected by the equipped melee weapon's stats and innate effects, class-specific mods (e.g.,  Covert Lethality), Acolyte Mods (e.g.,  Blood Rush), and melee range mods (e.g.,  Reach).
    • The only exceptions to this rule are:
      • Mire and its passive ability to grant +10% damage, which carries over to Whipclaw. The toxin damage combines with any elemental damage from melee elemental mods.
      • Whipclaw's damage is affected by Venka Prime's modified Melee Combo Counter.
• Synergy: Whipclaw synergizes with Khora's other abilities for additional benefits
  • 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 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.

Augment

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

Tips & Tricks

• 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.
• 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  True Steel and  Organ Shatter to consistently proc critical hits.
  • Equip  Drifting Contact to increase status chance and delay the combo counter hit reset.
  • Equip dual stat damage and status chance mods such as  Virulent Scourge to increase damage and status chance simultaneously.
• 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 Smeeta Kavat or Adarza Kavat to take advantage of their Precepts' critical chance bonuses, further amplifying Whipclaw's potential critical damage.

Bugs

• Whipclaw does not benefit from Strangledome's damage bonus for abilities, while other abilities (including Strangledome's damage per second) benefit from the damage bonus.
• Whipclaw seems to behave erratically with the Gladiator Set Mods set bonus, as it will occasionally grant the buff normally and other times not at all
• The critical chance buff gained from  Charm seems to not function as normal, as bound by the 100% critical chance cap Whipclaw has

See Also

• Khora