Backfang

Fast firing melee/ranged polearm with a frontal shield. Generates shield energy on dealing ranged damage.

Power diverted from shield. • Greatly increases range • Decreases shield duration

Optimized for extended range. • Increases range • Slightly decreases reload speed • Slightly decreases handling speed

High stiffness for quick handling. • Greatly increases handling speed • Slightly decreases reload speed • Slightly decreases range

Improved output efficiency. • Increases shield duration • Slightly increases reload speed • Decreases range

Additional energy storage. • Greatly increases shield duration • Decreases reload speed

Weight reduction for better agility. • Increases reload speed • Slightly increases handling speed • Decreases shield duration

This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower. • Greatly increases magazine size • Greatly decreases reload speed • Increases airborne effectiveness

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity. • Increases magazine size

This weapon can fire longer distances. • Increases range

Decreases Ready/Stow Animation Duration by 10%.

Improved reload and range. • Increases reload speed • Slightly increases range

Passively grants 20 Reload Speed and 15% decreased Reload Animation Duration (20% for Rocket Launchers). Passively increases Projectile Velocity based on Weapon Archetype: • Rocket Launchers: 10% • Support-Frame Auto Rifles: 15% • Micro-Missile Frame Weapons: 25%

Kills with the weapon grant a Stack of Beacon Rounds for 6 seconds. Maximum of 4 Stacks. Scoring futher Hits with the weapon can extend the buff duration up to the maximum of 4 seconds. Buff can be activated while stowed. Each Stack grants increased projectile tracking. Projectile Tracking is only in effect while the Targeted Reticle is active. Grants the following while you have active Stacks: • 15 Reload Speed • 0.9x Reload Duration Multiplier • 45% increased Projectile Tracking Cone size

Glaive Melee Kills grant Weapon Energy and ?% increased movement speed while Blocking for 10 seconds. Weapon Energy granted by Enemy Rank: • Minors: 16.7% • Elites, Players: ?% • Minibosses: 50%

Powered Melee Hits and (Glaive) Melee Kills refill the magazine from reserves. 3 second cooldown between activations.

While blocking and stationary: Glaive Projectiles Hits grant 90% increased Weapon Energy.

Blocking damage with this weapon increases movement speed while Blocking by 25?% for 4 seconds. Buff is removed when you stop blocking or if Glaive/Sword Energy runs out.

Weapon Kills grant 2 Stacks of Shot Swap. Maximum of 6 Stacks. Grants 100? Ready/Stow Handling and 30% decreased Ready/Stow Animation duration while you have active stacks. Stowing the weapon consumes 1 stack.

Weapon Kills grant 100 Handling and a 0.825x Handling Animation Duration Multiplier to all weapons for 8.5 seconds. Additional kills while the perk is active refresh the duration to 6.5 seconds.

Refills 1 round into the Magazine from reserves upon blocking damage. 1 second cooldown after activation. Does not work while the magazine is overfilled (assumed).

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

Heavy Ammo Pickups grants 25% of your maximum Special Ammo Reserves even while the weapon is stowed. Equipping two Special Weapons halves the amount of ammo granted.

Missing has a chance to refund 1 ammo into the magazine based on the ammo type: • Primary Weapons: 35% • Special and Power Weapons: 20%

Scoring multiple Direct Hits with the weapon within 3 seconds of each causes the next Direct Hit to apply Jolt. Being Amplified decreases the number of Hits required. Hits needed to activate normally | while Amplified: • Submachine Guns, Trace Rifles: 18 | 13 • Machine Guns: 16 | 11 • Auto Rifles: 15 | 11 • Pulse Rifles: 14 | 9 • Sidearms: 10 | 7 • Rocket Pulse Rifle: 8 | 5 • Scout Rifles, Hand Cannons: 7 | 6 • Swords: 6 | 4 • Glaives, Linear Fusion Rifles: 4 | 3 • Rocket Sidearm, Sniper Rifle?: 4 | 2 • Bows, Grenade Launchers: 3 | 2 • Shotguns, Aggressive Frame Fusion Rifle: 3|1

Finishing a reload within 5.3 seconds of a Weapon Kill grants Voltshot for 7 seconds. While Voltshot is active, your next Weapon Hit consumes the buff and applies Jolt to the target. Applied Jolt's damage (generally) does not count as Weapon Damage.

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Being within 15 meters of 3 Enemies grants 40% increased damage. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once the condition is no longer met. Exceptions: • Swords only receive a 35% damage increase. • Grenade and Rocket Launchers receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase and a 40% Impact Damage increase. • Wolfpack Rounds receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase.

Starts Health Regeneration and restores 65 HP upon reaching 100% Activation Progress with Weapon Kills within 5 seconds of each. Activation Progress by Enemy Rank: • Minor Combatants: 34% • Players: 67% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100%

On Weapon Kill: Grants 8% Ability Energy split equally amongst all uncharged abilities. Abilities with multiple charges only receive one third of the ability energy normally split to them once they have a full ability charge ready. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

Blocking damage with the Glaive Shield grants 20% increased projectile damage for 4 seconds. Buff is removed if you stop blocking.

Glaive Projectile Kills grant 60% [30%] increased Glaive Melee damage for 10 seconds. Dealing Projectile or Melee damage extends the buff duration by 5 seconds, up to 10 seconds.

Weapon Kills grant 'Desperate Measures x1' (DMx1), increasing damage by 10% for 7 seconds. Grenade or Melee Kills grant 20% increased damage for 7 seconds (DMx2). Scoring another Grenade or Melee Kill with DMx2 active increases this to 30% (DMx3). Can be activated while stowed. Weapon, Grenade, and Melee Kills refresh the buff duration.

Weapon Kills grant the following for 7 seconds: • 10 Range • 30% increased damage • 20% longer Firing Delay/Charge Time/Draw Time Hand Cannons only recieve a 27% damage increase. Buff is removed on stow.

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Adrenaline Junkie for 4.5 seconds. Grenade Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly even if the weapon is stowed. Adrenaline Junkie benefits: • 20 Handling • 6.7%|13.3%|20%|26.6%|33.3% increased damage at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks

Kills grant one stack of 'Gun And Run' for 10 (🡅 11) seconds. Maximum of 3 stacks. If the buff expires, the next kill will grant however many stacks were previously held. After sprinting for 0.75 seconds without a full magazine, consume one stack and refill 25% magazine capacity every 0.85 seconds. For bows, this trait instead grants a 15% Faster Draw Time for ? seconds. Provides no benefit to Swords.