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Xata's Whisper

Wield Void damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.


Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:17 / 23 / 23 / 26 % (DmgVoidSmall64 Void damage bonus)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:20 / 30 / 30 / 35 s
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 1 (extra hit per damage instance)
Sentient resistance reset (upon status proc)

Subsumable to Helminth

Info

  • Whispers from the Void infuse Xaku with untold power, by expending 25 energy to empower all equipped Weapons to inflict 1 extra hit per damage instance for 17% / 23% / 23% / 26% of total weapon damage as DmgVoidSmall64 Void damage, which resets Sentient and Shadow Stalker's damage resistance upon Void status proc. Xata's Whisper lasts for 20 / 30 / 30 / 35 seconds.
    • Energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency.
    • Damage bonus is affected by Ability Strength.
    • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
    • Casting speed is affected by Mod TT 20px Natural Talent and Mod TT 20px Speed Drift.
    • Extra hit per damage instance and Sentient resistance reset on status proc are not affected by mods.
    • Extra hit per damage instance does not provide extra Melee Combo or Sniper Rifle combo gain.
    • Xata's Whisper duration appears on the ability icon, as well as beside Xaku's shield and health indicators as a buff icon with the damage bonus and timer.
  • Xata's Whisper DmgVoidSmall64 Void damage is based on a percentage of the total weapon damage.
  • Ability Synergy:
    • GraspofLohk130xWhite Grasp of Lohk Void replicas and TheLost130xWhite The Lost's sub-abilities do not benefit from the additional DmgVoidSmall64 Void damage bonus of Xata's Whisper.
    • TheVastUntime130xWhite The Vast Untime renders enemies 50% more vulnerable to DmgVoidSmall64 Void damage and pauses Xata's Whisper's duration timer while active.
  • Can be recast while active to refresh the duration.
  • Casting Xata's Whisper is an upper-body animation that allows movement while restricting other actions.
  • On cast, Xaku's right shoulder and arm pieces visually detach then return to position. While active, Infested grey matter envelops their entire body as the Void veins pulse and glow with energy, while surrounded by a Void energy cloud near the torso.
  • Subsuming Xaku to the Helminth will offer Xata's Whisper and its augments to be used by other Warframes.

Tips & Tricks

  • When fighting against Sentients, it is recommended to use and mod weapons with high status chance, in order to efficiently reset their damage resistances.
  • Recast the ability to refresh its duration or activate TheVastUntime130xWhite The Vast Untime to pause Xata's Whisper's duration timer, effectively prolonging the buff on Xaku as a semi-permanent damage bonus for all equipped weapons.

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Patch History[]

Hotfix 32.2.9 (2023-01-11)

  • Fixed script errors caused by Xaku’s Grasp of Lohk, Xata’s Whisper, and The Vast Untime.

Hotfix 32.0.3 (2022-09-14)

  • Fixed the Laetum and Felarx gaining charges in their Incarnon form from headshots while Xata’s Whisper is active.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

  • Void damage’s Status Effect will now redirect projectiles to the body part it proc’d on.
    • How it will work: If you shoot at an enemy’s head with Xata’s Whisper enabled and proc, the bubble will redirect all projectiles to the head. If you shoot at the feet, it’ll be redirected to the feet, etc.! It is however possible that even if you proc on the head but then shoot at the lower part of the bubble it might hit the body on the way up to being redirected to the head.
    • This is a game wide change to Void Status Effect! Now that we have a Warframe that can harness Void damage at the click of a button, it has brought much focus to and discussion around its Status Effect. For those of you who are unfamiliar, in its current state it creates a bullet attractor bubble that directs all projectiles to the center of the enemy’s torso regardless of where it procs. Since Xata’s Whisper applies Void damage to all of their weapons, it was increasingly noticeable to Xaku players that the bubble’s current redirecting position prevents any attempt at enemy headshots until its duration expires. This is one of the main reasons for this change. Headshot disruption ultimately limits your damage output by removing the opportunity for headshot multipliers while it is active. Now, you will be able to use your headshotting skills to greater benefit, while also having generally more options to focus projectiles where desired. Note that regardless of where the Status Effect occurs, it will continue to prevent enemies from being able to shoot at you without having their projectiles redirected back to the center of the bubble.
  • Fixed Xaku’s Xata’s Whisper sometimes not applying its damage buff or Void Status Effect when using the Komorex.
  • Fixed Xaku’s Xata’s Whisper not using the intended Status Chance for projectile weapons.
  • Fixed the HUD timer icon for Xata’s Whisper in the top right corner ticking down regardless of The Vast Untime being active. This was only a visual bug, and did not actually affect the ‘time freezing’ synergy with The Vast Untime and Xaku’s other abilities.

Hotfix 29.3.2 (2020-11-05)

  • Fixed Saryn’s Toxic Lash and Xata's Whisper Status Effect procs from also proc'ing the other.

Update 29.1 (2020-09-17)

  • We are making Void damage ‘True Neutral’ by removing the 50% resistance of Void damage on Cloned Flesh and Fossilized enemies - a long desired request for Void damage.
    • Currently, Void damage is relatively ineffective against Cloned Flesh and Fossilized enemies which greatly limits the use of Xata’s Whisper on Grineer and Infested enemies. In an effort to give it (and Void damage in general) more utility across enemy categories, we are removing this resistance so that it aligns with its neutral effectiveness against the other enemy types. It is important to note that Eidolons, Amalgams, and certain bosses will still maintain this resistance.
  • Fixed a case of dealing self damage via Xata’s Whisper.

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