The Heat Sword melee weapon uses the same animations as the Skana. However, the Heat Sword is faster to swing and can deal Heat damage on slam attacks and ground finishers.
This weapon can be sold for 5,000.
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The Heat Sword blueprint is rewarded upon completion of the Once Awake Quest. Alternatively, its blueprint can also be rewarded from Alert missions.
Characteristics
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This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
Advantages:
- Fast attack speed.
- Good base damage.
- Great status chance.
- Higher damage compared to most other longswords.
- Slam attacks deal
Heat damage in a large AoE with a very high chance to proc.
- Panic caused from
Heat proc lasts much longer than a knockdown.
- Panic caused from
- Finisher attack deals
Heat damage with 50% proc chance.
- One
polarity slot.
- Stance slot has a
polarity, matches Crimson Dervish, Swooping Falcon and Vengeful Revenant stances.
Disadvantages:
- Does not deal knockdown to synthetic enemies (Ospreys, MOAs) on Slam Attack.
- Low critical chance.
Weapon Loadouts
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- See Category:Heat Sword Build to see how players mod this weapon.
- See Category:Heat Sword Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
- For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.
Notes
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- The
polarity slot works well with the melee mod: Molten Impact.
- Having this equipped will cause Valkyr's Jump and Slam attacks during Hysteria to cause AoE
Heat damage instead of Knockdown.
- High
Slash damage and
Heat damage slam attack make it very effective against Infested and Cloned Flesh.
- You can receive a free Heat Sword with a weapon slot and an Orokin Catalyst by using code FREESWORD in market.
Trivia
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- Jump attacks will make the Heat Sword emit a visible ring of fire upon slamming the ground. This visual trait is shared with other Heat weapons like the Heat Dagger and Dual Heat Swords.
- The Heat Sword received a visual change in Update 16.5, giving it a faded color scheme with texture animations similar to those found in Prisma weapons.
Media
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Heat Sword Skins
Patch History
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Update 17.5
- Conclave: Reduced the melee slam radius of Heat Sword.
- Conclave: Heat Sword available for use in PvP.
- Brightened the visual effect of Heat Sword’s slam attack.
- Conclave: Heat Sword available for use in Conclave.
- The Heat Sword has been given a tremendous visual overhaul.
See also=
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- Alert, the way you acquire the Heat Sword.
- Heat Dagger, the dagger version.
- Dual Heat Swords, the dual version.