Melee Weapon For Nekros

[plasticneq]

So for my first handcrafted frame, Nekros, I have decided to go with a thematic build and make something that suits the character vibe—a scythe.

I am currently at mastery level 5 and found out that Zaw melee weapons are better than the ones from the ship's equipment store.

Dokrahm + Shtung + Jai II (ye, I know jai 2 is not that great )

Stats are pretty good; looks okey, but boi, that slow-paced combo delivery and static stance are really a killjoy.

So maybe there are better options for melee weapons for Nekros at this point?

I am mostly aiming at huge slash damage for 3rd skill Desecrate and freedom of movement while you slice and dice too + some lore friendly looking weapon that suits the frame ( no double chainsaw gloves etc. )

Ive pretty much enjoyed Kronen blades on Volt while playing Duvini Paradox - lots of dismemberment, super fast speed (which i guess is mostly a Volts thing of handling melee wapons due to his frames kit), dynamic movement while attacking...
So i adore dual-handed slashers

[Rayu]

check out the hespar, a heavy scythe. i enjoy it a lot.
EDIT: it does require mastery rank 10 or 12, so cannot use it yet at mastery 5. but it is something to look forward to.

[The Big Brzezinski]

Ripkahs would be traditional.

[TheTool]

Broken War.

[godsblade]

maybe sepfahn, it is a katana and you can mod it to be pretty fast
otherwise broken war and sun & moon (free from story quests if you don't have them yet)

[☼Solaire Of Astora☼]

You could also use the scindo, it's a big axe and can look pretty good when colored right.

[Douchebag Extraordinaire]

If you're wanting to stick to the scythe theme, instant status detonation build Harmony can do tons of damage. Just build for fast heavy wind ups, status duration, dot like slash, and Gal Reflex.

Just throw on a skin if you want to match themes.

[pirate135246]

Hate incarnon

[Grimoirian]

Originally posted by pirate135246:

Hate incarnon

This.

[Azure]

Whatever works best for you and fits your theme. there is no one "best weapon" in the game. Nekros does like things that make more bits fall off however but that's by no means a requirement in a game with so many targets on hand

[Pakaku]

Anything with over 50% slash, to be able to dismember enemies for Dessecrating. If you have the Ripkas amalgam mod, then it opens any type and source of damage for dismembering

[The Big Brzezinski]

I recall ether reaper being a fairly decent MR4.

https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Ether_Reaper

[Goon]

Nekros really likes weapons with heavy slash weighting on their damage. His third ability, Desecrate, converts bodies into loot. If a slash attack splits an enemy in two, Desecrate will convert both parts of the body into loot.

You mentioned the Kronen already and those are a great choice for Nekros. You can get the blueprint for it off the Market, but you will need to get Argon Crystals, which means visiting the Void, most easily reached through Phobos. A very simple mod setup for it would be Pressure Point, Carnis Mandible (from Necralisk bounties), and Toxin + Cold mods for Viral, since Slash and Viral stacks work very well together.

Later in the game, Nekros likes to use a weapon called the Ripkas, which can also be purchased from the Market. It has an exclusive mod which grants it and most equipped weapons the ability to guarantee dismembering an enemy, even if they wouldn't normally.

Aside from that, a very powerful weapon to work towards, that also works for Nekros is the Lesion (also available from the Market). There are a few benefits for the Lesion over the Kronen. Firstly, if you've been doing Duviri already, you have access to the Circuit, which is a potential source for the Lesion's stance mod, Shimmering Blight. It is otherwise available at a very low rate from Grineer Seekers (the enemies which throw out rolling mines that attach to frames). Secondly, the Lesion has an innate passive which grants it bonus attack speed and Toxin damage whenever a status effect is applied by it. The downsides for it, compared to the Kronen is that it requires another weapon, the Tipedo (again, available from the Market), as a material to build, as well as a Mastery Rank requirement of 9 versus the Kronen's 3. The same mods as the Kronen work even better on the Lesion, but, if you can put an Orokin Catalyst on it, a single attack speed mod goes a very long way. Until that rank, a substitute for it would be the Edun, the polearm in Teshin's cave. You get the blueprint for it in the main game, if you unlock it for your Drifter.

[godsblade]

small tidbit regarding desecrate: (probably not super applicable for now)
it runs at a unchangeable rate of 3 corpses (full and/or half from slash) per second, so if you are able to get consistently above 3 corpses per second it doesn't really matter what kind of weapon you are using
that being said, a slash focused melee weapon is pretty much guaranteed to be good so you should still go for one