The Orthos is a Tenno polearm that boasts a long reach and good status chance at the expense of critical chance and critical multiplier.
This weapon can be sold for 5,000.
Characteristics
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage.
- Stance slot has
polarity, matches
Bleeding Willow and
Twirling Spire stances.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High attack range (3.00 m)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Second lowest base damage of all polearms, after
Tonbo.
- Tied with
Cassowar for the second lowest critical chance of all polearms, after Tonbo.
- Tied with
Pupacyst and
Serro for the second lowest critical multiplier of all polearms, after Cassowar.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low crit chance (6.00%)
- Below average total damage (185)
- Low attack speed (0.92x animation speed)
- Low status chance (18.00%)
- Low disposition (●●●○○ (1.00x))
- Very low crit multiplier (1.50x)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
Orthos (Normal Attack), compared to
Orthos Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage (185.00 vs. 234.00)
- Lower total damage (185 vs. 234)
- Lower base critical chance (6.00% vs. 24.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (1.50x vs. 2.20x)
- Lower base status chance (18.00% vs. 36.00%)
- Lower attack speed (0.92x animation speed vs. 1.17x animation speed)
- Different Stance Polarity (
vs.
)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (2 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (●●●○○ (1.00x) vs. ●●○○○ (0.70x))
Acquisition
The Orthos's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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![]() 20,000 |
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![]() 500 |
![]() 850 |
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Time: 12 Hour(s) |
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Notes
- The Orthos will extend slightly when drawn, and retract back after "sheathing".
Tips
- Being one of the longest melee weapons (after
Orthos Prime), the Orthos benefits greatly from
Reach; a maxed out Reach will allow you to strike through multiple enemies, bypass Grineer Shield Lancer's shields, and strike Toxic Ancients without touching the poison cloud.
- The average range of this weapon with a maxed Reach is 4.1 meters.
Trivia
- In Greek mythology, Orthos (also known as Orthrus) is the name of a two headed dog, brother of Cerberus, which probably relates to the Orthos' two blades.
- Ortho- is a prefix in Greek which meant "straight", “upright”, “right”, or “correct”.
Gallery
Media
Orthos Skins
Seasonal
Tennogen
Tennogen
Tennogen
TennoGen
TennoGen
Tennogen
Tennogen
Tennogen
TennoGen
Tennogen
Tennogen
Patch History
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31) Actual patch notes made a mistake on new damage number.
- Damage increased from 50 to 185.
- Range increased from 2 to 3.
- Status Chance increased from 15% to 18%.
- Critical Chance increased from 5% to 6%.
- Slam Attack increased from 100 to 555.
- Slide Attack increased from 111 to 370.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
- Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.
Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)
- Fixed the Orthos (Prime) changing sizes randomly when cycling through skin options for it, predominantly the Forest-Camo and Tekelu skins.
Update 22.6 (2017-12-07)
- Fixed polearms clipping on some Warframes when using the standard holster position.
Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.1 (2016-07-08)
- Fixed the Orthos icon in the Market.
Hotfix 17.4.1 (2015-09-10)
- Fixed some weapons that expand on use not properly collapsing when use is finished (Glaive, Orthos, etc).
Update 13.9 (2014-06-25)
- Fixed an issue with the blade section of the Orthos not being able to be customized.
Update 9.6 (2013-08-16)
- Tweaks to Orthos hit sounds.
Update 8.1 (2013-06-07)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also
Orthos Prime, the primed version.