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Ankaos, could it be the new best beam weapon?
Warframe Deep DiveThe Ankaus, a new beam weapon added in Warframe's Shadowgrapher update, boasts a unique ink mechanic and powerful passive abilities. We'll take a detailed look at its potential with various builds to see if it can stand alongside existing meta beam weapons.
1. 🎮 Ankaus Basic Features & Stats
· The Ankaus is a new beam weapon added with the Shadowgrapher update.
· Its primary fire shoots an ink beam with a decent fire rate.
· Its secondary fire sprays ink onto enemies, contaminating them.
· Its primary fire shoots an ink beam with a decent fire rate.
· Its secondary fire sprays ink onto enemies, contaminating them.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Range | 36m |
| Fire Rate | 12 rounds/sec |
| Magazine | 60 rounds |
| Reload | 2.2 sec |
| Innate Damage | Corrosive |
| Critical Chance | Very Low |
| Status Chance | Very High |
00:00 - 01:25
1. 🎮 Ankaus Basic Features & Stats
· The Ankaus is a new beam weapon added with the Shadowgrapher update.
· Its primary fire shoots an ink beam with a decent fire rate.
· Its secondary fire sprays ink onto enemies, contaminating them.
· Its primary fire shoots an ink beam with a decent fire rate.
· Its secondary fire sprays ink onto enemies, contaminating them.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Range | 36m |
| Fire Rate | 12 rounds/sec |
| Magazine | 60 rounds |
| Reload | 2.2 sec |
| Innate Damage | Corrosive |
| Critical Chance | Very Low |
| Status Chance | Very High |
01:26 - 03:16
2. 🦑 Utilizing Ankaus's Unique Passive Ability
· When you attack an ink-contaminated enemy with primary fire after using Ankaus's secondary fire, the weapon reloads.
· If an ink-contaminated enemy's health drops below 35%, they instantly dissolve, allowing for a one-shot kill.
· The ink follows the weapon's energy color and applies to a wide area.
· When used correctly, reloading is almost unnecessary.
· Unlike popular beam weapons like the Tenet Grakata or Torid, the Ankaus is not a chain beam.
· You can add Punch Through via mods to attack multiple enemies simultaneously.
· The ability to instantly kill enemies below 35% health is very powerful.
· If an ink-contaminated enemy's health drops below 35%, they instantly dissolve, allowing for a one-shot kill.
· The ink follows the weapon's energy color and applies to a wide area.
· When used correctly, reloading is almost unnecessary.
· Unlike popular beam weapons like the Tenet Grakata or Torid, the Ankaus is not a chain beam.
· You can add Punch Through via mods to attack multiple enemies simultaneously.
· The ability to instantly kill enemies below 35% health is very powerful.
03:17 - 05:07
3. 💥 Build 1: Primary Debilitate (Status Effect Focus)
· This build focuses on Corrosive, Magnetic, and Viral status effects.
· With synergy from the Primary Debilitate Arcane, Cold, Toxin, and Electric status effects are additionally triggered upon reaching 10 stacks.
· Beam weapons are particularly effective at causing many status effects by greatly amplifying status chance with Multishot.
· Due to its low base damage, a Bane Mod (damage increase per enemy type) is essential.
· Primed Shred provides Punch Through, allowing you to attack multiple enemies.
· While it deals powerful damage once initial stacks are built, using secondary fire is crucial for passive utilization.
· With synergy from the Primary Debilitate Arcane, Cold, Toxin, and Electric status effects are additionally triggered upon reaching 10 stacks.
· Beam weapons are particularly effective at causing many status effects by greatly amplifying status chance with Multishot.
· Due to its low base damage, a Bane Mod (damage increase per enemy type) is essential.
· Primed Shred provides Punch Through, allowing you to attack multiple enemies.
· While it deals powerful damage once initial stacks are built, using secondary fire is crucial for passive utilization.
| Mod | Description |
|---|---|
| Bane Mod | Compensates for low base damage (essential) |
| Primed Shred | Punch Through and Fire Rate increase |
| Galvanized Chamber | Multishot and Status Chance increase |
| Galvanized Aptitude | Status Damage increase |
| Rifle Elementalist | Elemental Damage increase |
| Primary Debilitate | Triggers additional status effects at 10 stacks |
05:08 - 06:03
4. ⚡ Build 2: Primary Crux (Single Target Enhancement)
· This build uses Electric instead of Magnetic, combining Corrosive, Viral, and Electric status effects.
· With synergy from the Primary Crux Arcane, Status Chance is greatly increased.
· It maximizes single-target damage while maintaining area damage through Electric status effects and Punch Through.
· It shows high performance even without Warframe buffs.
· With synergy from the Primary Crux Arcane, Status Chance is greatly increased.
· It maximizes single-target damage while maintaining area damage through Electric status effects and Punch Through.
· It shows high performance even without Warframe buffs.
| Mod | Description |
|---|---|
| Bane Mod | Compensates for low base damage (essential) |
| Primed Shred | Punch Through and Fire Rate increase |
| Galvanized Chamber | Multishot and Status Chance increase |
| Galvanized Aptitude | Status Damage increase |
| Rifle Elementalist | Elemental Damage increase |
| Primary Crux | Greatly increases Status Chance |
06:04 - 07:56
5. 🤔 Ankaus Final Review and Hidden Potential
· Since the Ankaus is not a chain beam, it struggles to compete with meta beam weapons like the Tenet Grakata or Torid.
· Its performance is somewhat lacking without specific Warframe synergies.
· However, there are powerful builds that unleash immense potential when combined with Gauss and Grendel, which will be revealed in a future video.
· The Ankaus has the advantage of being obtainable much earlier than other meta beam weapons (after completing the Chains of Harrow quest).
· This seems to be the developer's (DE) intention to avoid providing new players with the most powerful weapons early in the game.
· Its performance is somewhat lacking without specific Warframe synergies.
· However, there are powerful builds that unleash immense potential when combined with Gauss and Grendel, which will be revealed in a future video.
· The Ankaus has the advantage of being obtainable much earlier than other meta beam weapons (after completing the Chains of Harrow quest).
· This seems to be the developer's (DE) intention to avoid providing new players with the most powerful weapons early in the game.