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Heavy Impact is a Exilus mod that allows a Warframe to create shockwave from Hard Landings that knocks foes off their feet.

Stats[]

Rank Base radius Base DmgImpactSmall64 Impact damage Cost
0 +1m +50 4
1 +2m +100 5
2 +3m +150 6
3 +4m +200 7
4 +5m +250 8
5 +6m +300 9

Drop Locations[]

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type Source Rotations
or
Drop Table
Chance[1] Quantity[2] Avg. per roll[3] Star Chart Nodes
Spy Tier 1 Spy C 10% 1 0.1
The Circuit Tier 1 The Circuit (Normal) A 0.67% 1 0.0067

Accessed through Duviri's The Circuit gamemode

The Circuit Tier 3 The Circuit (Normal) A 0.67% 1 0.0067

Accessed through Duviri's The Circuit gamemode

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy Drop Table Chance[4] Item Chance[5] Chance[6] Expected Kills[7] Quantity[8] Avg. per roll attempt[9]
Ghoul Expired 20% 7.37% 1.474% 68 1 0.01474
Kuva Scorpion 3% 7.37% 0.2211% 452 1 0.002211
Kuva Trokarian 3% 7.37% 0.2211% 452 1 0.002211
Lobber Crawler 3% 11.06% 0.3318% 301 1 0.003318
Narmer Scorpion 3% 7.37% 0.2211% 452 1 0.002211
Scorpion 3% 7.37% 0.2211% 452 1 0.002211
Shadow Stalker 100% 30.56% 30.56% 3 1 0.3056
Stalker 100% 30.56% 30.56% 3 1 0.3056
Toxic Crawler 3% 11.06% 0.3318% 301 1 0.003318

Sourced from official drop table repository.

Notes[]

  • The shockwave is activated by the speed of landing rounded down to the speed threshold:
    • 16 m/s is the required threshold for damage; 32 m/s earns 2.0x damage, 48 m/s earns 3.0x, etc.
    • Impact radius is scaled without rounding: 1.0x at 16 m/s, 1.5x at 24 m/s, 2.0x at 32 m/s, etc.
  • Despite the mod describing "heavy landings," the shockwave will trigger even if the hard landing delay is avoided with a slide.
    • However, ValkyrIcon272 Valkyr's immunity to hard landings causes her to be unable to activate Heavy Impact in any way.
    • Mod TT 20px Kavat's Grace also negatively affects Heavy Impact in a similar way, as the increased hard landing threshold also increases the shockwave trigger threshold
  • Some melee weapons will hit the ground first when using a jump attack, meaning Heavy Impact will not activate.
  • The blast color is affected by your Warframe's energy color.
  • Directional melee and wall running can activate Heavy Impact independent of speed of landing.
  • RhinoIcon272 Rhino's passive ability matches Heavy Impact at max rank. Equipping Heavy Impact on Rhino will further increase the effectiveness.

Tips[]

  • This mod synergizes well with WispIcon272 Wisp's WilOWisp130xWhite Wil-O-WispNovaIcon272 Nova's WormHole130xWhite Wormhole, and ZephyrIcon272 Zephyr's TailWind130xWhite Tail Wind (Dive Bomb).
    • Because this mod activates from fall speed rather than fall distance, Dive Bomb always triggers Heavy Impact on any height—even a short jump in a low-ceiling room. Effectively, this mod becomes a direct damage increase to the ability.
  • Jumping off a ledge into a pit will often cause Heavy Impact to activate upon teleporting back up.
  • Grabbing a wall and sliding down for long enough can still activate the ground slam.
  • Wall running for long enough can cause the ground slam to activate.
  • Chaining wall runs can cause the mod to bug, activating each time you touch the wall.
  • For a quick radial knockdown, perform a Bullet Jump while aiming straight up. You should cause a ground slam on collision with the ground.
  • Limit the amount of aim gliding you do in tandem with this mod, as aim-gliding reduces your downward velocity, which in turn reduces the effectiveness of the impact. Aim Gliding can prevent the impact altogether.

Trivia[]

  • Heavy Impact was added in Update 9.0 (2013-07-13).
  • Up until Update 11.0 (2013-11-20), the strength of the shockwave was dependent on how long players were airborne, with Wall Sliding (the precursor to what would become Wall Latching) counting towards that. In some cases, entire rooms could be cleared out just by grabbing a high enough wall and sliding down to the ground.
  • This mod uses the same visual effects as Seismic Shockwave, a ground-pound technique used by some enemies.
  • Enemies weak enough to be killed from the shockwave will have their bodies pulverized entirely.

Bugs[]

  • After activating the mod, several slam attacks afterwards will also be able to activate the mod. However, it is noted that before having Heavy Impact activate, the same slam attacks will not. This is true as of Update 17.2.4 (2015-08-26).
  • Despite the listed range of 6m, the shockwave either does not actually expand that far in-game, or the damage and knockdown fall-off further from the point of impact (needs confirmation).[citation needed]

Media[]

See also[]

Patch History[]

Update 12.1 (2014-02-13)

  • Fixed Heavy Impact effect only playing once.

Update 9.5 (2013-08-09)

  • Fixed heavy impact mod from activating after being teleported.
  1. Chance to roll item within drop table
  2. Amount rewarded on successful roll
  3. (Quantity × Chance)
  4. Chance to roll drop table
  5. Chance to roll item within drop table
  6. (Drop Table Chance × Item Chance)
  7. (1 / Chance), see WARFRAME Wiki:Expected & Nearly Guaranteed Numbers for more details
  8. Amount rewarded on successful roll
  9. (Quantity × Chance), average item quantity on a roll attempt (successful or not)
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