Whipclaw

	1 25	Whipclaw Send enemies reeling with a deafening whipcrack. Introduced in Update 22.18 (2018-04-20)	Strength:200 / 225 / 250 / 300
			Duration:N/A
			Range:5 / 7 / 8 / 10 m (cast range) 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 m (explosion radius)
			Misc: 200 % (explosion radius range cap) 2.0 x (Ensnare damage multiplier) 50 % (Strangledome damage distribution)

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks
• Maximization

Info

• Khora expends 25 energy to crack her whip toward the aiming reticle, creating an explosion up to 5 / 7 / 8 / 10 meters away in a 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 meters radius area around the first object or entity hit. All enemies within line of sight of the explosion receive 200 / 225 / 250 / 300 base damage, while enemies at the center are also disoriented briefly, causing them to be knocked back and ragdolled.
  • Explosion radius is capped at 10 meters, achievable with 200%  Ability Range.
  • Damage is distributed evenly between  Impact,  Puncture, and  Slash.
  • Damage also affects Objects, bypasses obstacles in the environment, and does not diminish with distance.
• Whipclaw has an innate 25% critical chance, 200% critical multiplier, and 25% status chance.
• Damage is affected by  Ability Strength, the Melee Combo Counter, certain mods and arcanes, and some weapon traits.
  • Whipclaw gains 25% additional damage for each combo multiplier, up to a 3.75x damage multiplier at 12x combo, or 4.0x with  Venka Prime equipped at 13x combo.
  • The mod stats that affect Whipclaw include:
    • Base damage buffs, such as  Pressure Point,  Steel Charge,  Arcane Fury, and  Melee Retaliation.
      • Riven Mods and melee Augment Mods with base damage buffs will apply their bonuses.
    • Physical damage mods such as  Jagged Edge.
    • Elemental damage buffs such as  Molten Impact and  Melee Exposure.
    • Critical Chance buffs, such as  True Steel,  Blood Rush, and  Arcane Avenger.
    • Critical Damage buffs, such as  Organ Shatter and  Magus Aggress.
    • Status Chance mods, such as  Melee Prowess and  Weeping Wounds.
    • Combo Count Chance buffs such as  Quickening,  True Punishment, and  Exodia Triumph.
  • Weapon specific traits that affect Whipclaw include:
    • Melee Incarnon Evolutions:
      • Flat base damage bonuses offered by melee incarnon evolution is added after combo and strength, but is increased by base damage and elemental buffs.
      • Critical Chance, Status Chance and Critical Multiplier all modify Whipclaw's base values.
    • Progenitor damage bonuses on Kuva (Variant) and Tenet weapons.
    •  Ack & Brunt's collected elemental bonus, up to +70%.
    •  Dorrclave's Rising Vendetta buff.
    •  Ekhein's Heavy Insight buff.
    •  Gazal Machete's bonus +25% corrosive damage upon Djinn's  Fatal Attraction.
    •  Lesion's Frenzy buff.
    • Scindo Manticore Skin's damage bonus.
  • Whipclaw is not affected by:
    • The equipped melee weapon's stats.
    • Faction Damage Mods
    • Status Damage (e.g.  Melee Elementalist)
    • Unique mod effects, such as  Shattering Impact,  Healing Return,  Energy Channel,  Vulcan Blitz, and  Power Throw.
    •  Condition Overload
    • ( Primed)  Reach does not affect Whipclaw.
    •  Amalgam Ripkas True Steel does not cause gore.
  • Casting Whipclaw while wielding  Xoris or a weapon that pauses melee combo counter while holstered, such as  Tenet Livia or  Tenet Grigori will reset the combo counter.
  • Elemental bonuses do not improve status proc damage.  Toxin,  Heat and  Electricity procs will always deal 50% of Whipclaw's damage (before +elemental and +impact bonuses) per tick.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Whipclaw inflicts 200% damage against enemies affected by  Ensnare.
  • Refreshes the propagation effect on ensnared enemies hit by Whipclaw.
  • If at least one enemy captured by  Strangledome is hit by Whipclaw, all other enemies in the same dome will each receive 50% of the total damage. This also works on a Strangledome cast by an ally Khora. Additionally, Whipclaw's Critical Chance and Status Chance will reroll on each enemy separately.
• Whipclaw will strike toward the aiming reticle at the end of the animation, landing the attack when the whip is fully extended.
  • The explosion radius is centered on the closest physical object or surface in the player's crosshair, or the farthest area Whipclaw is able to reach.
• Can be cast while moving and airborne.
• Casting Whipclaw is an upper-body animation that allows movement and parkour Maneuvers.
• Khora's whip visually consists of a handle that resembles the  Hystrix's model, alongside living metal spikes lining the thong, spine, and fall; four claw-like extensions comprise the lash of the whip, ending in the metallic adornments on Khora's body that match  Venari's selected battle posture. The whip is affected by Khora's chosen Appearance colors.
• Whipclaw's radial explosion, the whip's energy lights and travel trail, are affected by Khora's chosen energy color.
• Whipclaw is not affected by cast speed mods (e.g.  Natural Talent)

Augment

Main article: Accumulating Whipclaw

Accumulating Whipclaw is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Khora's  Whipclaw that grants a stacking damage bonus to subsequent Whipclaws upon hitting at least 3 enemies in a single cast, which will decay after 10 seconds.

Accumulating Whipclaw

Tips & Tricks

• Whipclaw's radial explosion forms when Khora's whip is fully extended. You can adjust your aim to hit your target or elsewhere during this animation.
• If your target is moving away too quickly during the animation, try to land the explosion on a nearby surface to catch your target in the area of effect.
  • The explosion's area of effect will bypass terrain and obstacles to hit enemies through walls, which pairs well with radar mods such as  Enemy Sense and  Animal Instinct to detect nearby enemies.
• Cast Whipclaw directly on an enemy to knock it backward when it is hit by the radial burst.
• Modify your equipped melee weapon with eligible Mods that Whipclaw can benefit from.
  • Equip  Pressure Point to increase base damage.
  • Equip  Blood Rush to increase critical chance. If you want more critical chance, equip  Sacrificial Steel as well.
  • Equip  Weeping Wounds if you want to increase status chance.
  • Equip elemental mods(not dual stat mods) and critical damage mods like  Organ Shatter,  Gladiator Might to increase damage.
• Whipclaw and your melee weapon both benefit from and contribute to the combo counter. Use both frequently to amplify their damage as you hit more enemies.
• Cast Whipclaw on enemies entangled by  Ensnare for double damage. Ensnared enemies that survive Whipclaw will propagate again to pull in new enemies.
• Cast Whipclaw on enemies captured by  Strangledome. The initial target takes full damage from Whipclaw, while all other enemies in the dome take half damage. Damage, critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance on all targets will benefit from your equipped melee mods.
  • Critical chance and status chance will proc on each enemy separately, inflicting them with potentially different damage amounts and Status Effects.
• Whipclaw's radial explosion can bypass Arctic Eximus bubbles to form inside directly.
• Equipping with a Helios with Deconstructor and equip 3 Gladiator set mods to increase crit chance no longer works as of Sisters of Parvos update.
• Equip  Arcane Fury on Khora to increase damage.

Maximization

This calculator feature is sunsetted on the wiki. It may not see further updates, but will be present on articles for the time being since some people still find use for them. See User blog:Cephalon Scientia/Sunsetting of Maximization Calculators for more details.

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See Also

•  Khora