This weapon deals damage. * Innate damage – effective against Infested and Cloned Flesh. * Can also be combined with damage to make damage for further-increased effectiveness against the Infested. * Can also be combined with damage to make damage, making it effective against most Grineer units. * Excellent critical hit statistics. * Tied for highest base critical chance for melee weapons with Fragor Prime. * Has two polarities. * Charged attacks deal explosive damage. * Slam attacks generate heat explosions. * damage is ineffective against Proto Shields. * No physical damage – , and . * Damage cannot be increased with physical damage mods. * Low status chance for an elemental weapon. * Low attack speed.