Syam

Tenno

Weapons

Untradeable

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General Information

Max Rank

30

Utility

Normal Attack

54
( 20%)

108
( 40%)

Heavy Attack

Heavy Slam Attack

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slam Radius

8.0 m

Slam Attack

Slam Radius

6.0 m

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slide Attack

Slide Element

Same damage type distribution as Normal Attack

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 33.0 (2023-04-26)

Sell Price

5,000

Variants

Vendor Sources

Article Categories

CODEX

Syam is at home in the hands of a focused warrior. Its Heavy Attacks send forth shockwaves.

The Syam is a Duviri Nikana wielded by Dax Gladius. Its unique Heavy Attacks send out fast Heat shockwaves, cutting down foes at a long distance.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily Slash and Puncture damage.
Stance slot has polarity, matching Decisive Judgement, Tranquil Cleave, and Blind Justice stance.
Unique Heavy Attacks releases shockwaves that travel up to 230 meters and pierces targets.
- The first Heavy Attack releases a roughly 8 meter wide horizontal shockwave that deals 500 Heat damage with a forced Impact proc.
- The second Heavy Attack releases a narrow vertical shockwave that deals 1500 Heat damage.
- Shockwaves share the same status chance and critical as the normal attacks.
- Shockwave damage is affected by melee damage mods, Condition Overload, elemental mods, and Melee Combo.
  - Heat damage will combine with other elements as expected.
- The shockwave can travel over obstacles wide enough to accomodate it, including uneven terrain and staircases.
- The shockwave only occurs when the Syam is wielded by Warframes, not the Drifter.
Blocking can reflect projectiles back to the enemy firing them.

Drifter Combat

Power Strike (blocking + heavy attack, default RMB + MMB ) releases two spinning slashes in quick succession, inflicting Lifted.

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High total damage (270)
- High status chance (34.00%)

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low disposition (●●○○○ (0.75x))

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.

Acquisition

The Blueprint for Syam can be purchased in Teshin's Cave for 50 Pathos Clamp or 250 Platinum 250. Purchasing using the former will unlock the Drifter-compatible version and the blueprint for a Warframe-compatible version; purchasing using the latter will unlock both versions.

Additional Warframe blueprint copies can be purchased from Cephalon Simaris for 100,000 Standing 100,000.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
30,000	Maw Fang 4	Rune Marrow 30	Dracroot 30	Eevani 30	Time: 1 Day(s)
30,000	Maw Fang 4	Rune Marrow 30	Dracroot 30	Eevani 30	Rush: 35
Market Price: 250			Blueprints Price:N/A

Combos

Default Combos of Stance or Weapon (📝 Edit Stance Data)

Combo/Attack

Name

Attack Multipliers and Forced Procs

Avg Dmg Multi/s

Length @
1.0 Attack Speed

Animation

Heavy
(Heavy Attack)

Syam Heavy (unofficial)

185%

555%

205.6%/s

3.6s

Default "Sweep" Attack • 360°/Spin Attack • Direct and Radial Slam Attack • Ranged Attack • "Thrust" Attack

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Key Inputs
Basic Melee (PC default LMB or E; XBX, PSN, and NSW default right button)
Heavy Attack (PC default MMB; XBX, PSN, and NSW default left trigger)
Block (PC default RMB; XBX, PSN, and NSW default right trigger)
Forward Movement (PC default W; XBX, PSN, and NSW default tilt up right thumbstick)

Multipliers and Hits
200% Attack does double damage
2x 100% Attack hits twice

Forced Procs
Knockback
Weakened
Bleed
Inaccuracy
Knockdown
Lifted
Stagger
Ragdoll
Finisher (front, back, or ground)
Impair (PvP only)

Melee Attack Explanations
A "sweep attack" is an arcing melee strike that intends to hit an enemy with the edge of the blade (the length of obround melee hitbox). A "thrust attack" is a melee strike that intends to hit an enemy with the tip of the blade (the rounded edge of obround melee hitbox). A "360/spin attack" is a sliding sweep attack that hits targets around the player (not always in a 360° arc, but is usually above 180°). A "direct slam attack" is a melee strike that hits a single target at the epicenter of a slam attack. Affected by the Seismic Wave mod. A "radial slam attack" is the area-of-effect component of the melee slam attack. Affected by the Seismic Wave mod. A "ranged attack" is any melee attack that launches a ranged projectile or can hit targets beyond melee range.

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Average Damage Multiplier per second only applies to single-target DPS calculations.
Note that hits marked as "Radial Slam Attack" will not apply at the epicenter of a single target hit so these will not be accounted for in Avg Dmg Multi/s calculations.
Combo animation lengths are approximate and are only accurate within a few tenths of a second.
Each tile marking in stance preview gifs are 2m apart.
Combos labeled with an asterisk (*) are shared between weapons within the same weapon type.

Notes

Unlike other Nikanas, the Syam does not force proc Slash on a heavy attack. Slide heavy attacks function as per normal and will proc slash.

Bugs

Condition Overload is multiplicative to base damage sources like Pressure Point on the heavy attack wave.
When used on a Warframe, the sheath is heavily off center and causes the blade to clip through it. This applies to both the base skin and most alternate skins applied to it.

Media

Syam Skins

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Patch History

Update 35.5 (2024-03-27)

Fixed Kullervo’s Wrathful Advance causing sudden camera movement when using the Syam.

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

Fixed the Syam and Sun & Moon displaying and equipping incorrectly in Teshin’s Cave (attempting to select the Syam would equip the Sun & Moon and vice versa).

Hotfix 33.6.4 (2023-08-15)

Fixed the Syam missing several SFX with various Melee Stances.

Hotfix 33.5.1 (2023-06-21)

Fixed quick meleeing or blocking with the Syam slowing sprint speed.

Update 33.5 (2023-06-21)

Fixed Warframe suddenly moving in slow motion when using Drifter Melee weapons.

Hotfix 33.0.13 (2023-05-26)

Fixed being unable to sell the Syam from your inventory.

Hotfix 33.0.11 (2023-05-24)

Fixed the following issues when melee blocking as Warframe using Drifter Melee weapons (e.g. Syam):
- Fixed damage from enemy projectiles not being 100% blocked while blocking.
- Fixed enemy projectile weapons bouncing back at whoever fired them (intended only for Drifter for Parrying Dax arrows).

Hotfix 33.0.7 (2023-05-09)