War

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

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Sentient Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

War
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Heavy Blade
Mastery Rank Requirement	10
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	0.92x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.05x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	3.20 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.20 m
Normal Attack
120 ( 48%)
60 ( 24%)
70 ( 28%)
Total Damage	250 (48.00%  Impact)
Attack Speed	0.92x animation speed
Crit Chance	26.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.60x
Fire Rate	0.917 attacks/sec
Forced Procs	Impact
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	26.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,500
Slam Damage	1,250
Radial Damage	1,250
Slam Radius	9.0 m
Wind-up	1.1 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	750
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Radial Damage	250
Slam Radial Element	Impact
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	250
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	HEAVY_BLADE_STANCE
Riven Family	War
Introduced	Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Users	Shadow Stalker
Variants	War
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Sentient Weapons Impact Damage Weapons Heavy Blade War Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Shadow Stalker Base Silent Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

The Stalker's sword as bestowed to him by the Sentient Hunhow.

War is a heavy sword used by Shadow Stalker, given to him by the Sentient Hunhow during the events of the Second Dream Quest.

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20,000	2,300	1,400	5	1	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 45
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Acquisition

• The War's blueprint can be found as a random drop after defeating the Shadow Stalker.
• War can be bought as part of the Hunhow's Gift bundle in order to bypass the Mastery Rank Requirement.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• Tied with Heliocor for third highest base damage of all melee weapons.
  • Third highest damage of all melee weapons – effective against shields.
• Comes with a polarity.
• Innate, guaranteed proc.
• High status chance.
• High critical chance.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Cleaving Whirlwind and  Tempo Royale stances.

Disadvantages:

• Low and damage – less effective against armor and health.
• Lower than average attack speed.

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Trivia

• When not channeling War's attack, it will remain without the energy that surrounds it.
  • If not used after activation, the energy will fade out after a few seconds.
  • Noticed after Specters of the Rail U2, War will glow after landing a kill for a few seconds.
  • The energy "spark" given off by the center piece of the blade will vary in color from your primary weapon's energy color.
  • The blade's energy color has 2 energy colors. The primary can be changed from the blade's appearance menu whereas the second energy color can be changed from the attachments menu.
• Despite its immense size, especially with its channeling effects active, this weapon's reach is no larger than that of the Galatine.
• In the Second Dream quest, War was not only the sword that the Stalker used, but also housed the consciousness of the Sentient Hunhow. The War would be shattered in two during the climax of the quest, creating the Broken War sword, which is simply the broken off piece re-purposed as a weapon.
• This weapon, along with the Broken War is the first Sentient weapon available to players.
• The pommel of this weapon is similar in shape and design to the Hunhow Sentinel Mask
• The name "War" can be a reference to the biblical Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The horseman of the red horse is charged with bringing war and slaughter, and is given a great sword.

Bugs

• Occasionally the glowing core's energy color will not change with the weapon and instead continue to use a previous energy color used.

Media

• War in Codex.
• Concept art of War and Broken-War, with a Galatine for comparison.

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Warframe WAR (Great Sword) Setup (U18.0.3) Mastery Level 10 Required

Warframe WAR *Never Changes*

WAR - My Big Swinging Sword 2 forma - Warframe

War Skins

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Arashi
TennoGen

Blodgard

Clavatus

Dogma
TennoGen

Dominion

Grimstone
TennoGen

Ion
TennoGen

Karv'r
TennoGen

Kilzorath
TennoGen

Mithra
TennoGen

Mizar
TennoGen

Mortier

Obanakk
TennoGen

Suprema
TennoGen

Tengoken
TennoGen

Vaenn

Patch History

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

• War no longer glows when holstered.

Hotfix 18.6.3 (2016-03-23)

• War’s Hilt and Blade now drop from Conculysts.

Update 18.4 (2016-01-22)

• War damage increased in Conclave.

Hotfix 18.0.5 (2015-12-08)

• Sentient Stalker now drops War blueprint.

Hotfix 18.0.4.1 (2015-12-08)

• Fixed Hunhow's essence in War not having a proper lighting FX in the Second Dream cinematic.

Hotfix 18.0.4 (2015-12-08)

• Fixed War's channeling FX trail originating from an improper location on the blade.

Hotfix 18.0.3 (2015-12-05)

• Fixed crafting requirement for War.

Hotfix 18.0.2 (2015-12-04)

• Several visual improvements have been made to War.

Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)

• Introduced.

See also

• Broken War, the smaller, longsword version of this weapon.
• Shadow Stalker, the only known user of this weapon