Cassowar

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Cassowar
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Polearm
Mastery Rank Requirement	5
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.17x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●●● (1.35x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	3.00 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.15 m
Normal Attack
41.36 ( 22%)
63.92 ( 34%)
82.72 ( 44%)
Total Damage	188 (44.00%  Slash)
Attack Speed	1.17x animation speed
Crit Chance	6.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.40x
Fire Rate	1.170 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	28.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,128
Slam Damage	940
Radial Damage	940
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Wind-up	0.9 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	564
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Radial Damage	188
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	188
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	POLEARMS_STANCE
Riven Family	Cassowar
Introduced	Update 22.4 (2017-11-23)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Cassowar
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Tenno Weapons Slash Damage Weapons Polearm Cassowar Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Base Silent Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

Light and nimble, the twin blades of this polearm will swoop and slice through throngs of hardened foes.

The Cassowar is a Tenno polearm, possessing the highest status chance and attack speed of all polearms, but with severely poor critical stats.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
20,000	1	1,000	5,700	150	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 180			Blueprints Price:15,000
Tenno Lab Research3,000
10,000	2	1,500	975	3,150	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Prereq: Anku
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages

• High and good damage – effective against health and armor.
• Second highest status chance of all polearms.
• Tied with the Orthos Prime for the highest attack speed of all polearms.
• Tied with Guandao and Orthos Prime for longest reach of all polearms.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Shimmering Blight stance.
• Innate and polarities.

Disadvantages

• Third lowest base damage of all polearms, after Orthos Prime and Orthos.
  • Low damage – less effective against shields.
• Very low critical chance.
• Lowest critical damage multiplier of all weapons in the game.

Tips

• Can be built for status and  Condition Overload to boost its damage output.
• Cassowar's high attack speed allows it to proc statuses quickly.

Trivia

• The name Cassowar could be based on the Cassowary, a flightless bird native to the tropical forests of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesia), nearby islands, and northeastern Australia.
  • The Cassowar's high attack speed ties in to the Cassowary's high running speed.

Media

• Cassowar in Codex.

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Warframe Cassowar Polearm Setup Discussion U22.4.1

Patch History

Update 22.4 (2017-11-23)

• Introduced