Parazon

The Parazon is a bladed tool used by Warframes for a variety of functions. It is primarily used for Hacking enemy electronics but is also strong enough to be wielded as an assassination weapon. The weapon is normally hidden when not in use and can be materialized on the in-side of the Warframe's right wrist when needed. It also comes with a tether that allows the Warframe to throw the Parazon out and then retrieve it afterward.
==Mechanics==
The Parazon appears as a weapon in the Arsenal that is permanently equipped on all Warframes. It possesses three Parazon Mod slots, which can be used to enhance its abilities. As with all Warframe weapons, the Parazon can also be color customized as the player desires.
===Hacking===
When hacking a console, the Warframe inserts the Parazon into the console to initiate the hack. Hacking bonuses are applied according to the equipped Parazon hacking Mods.
===Mercy===
Aside from hacking, the Parazon can also be used to perform a lethal Finisher called Mercy, which has more elaborate kill animations compared to normal finishers. Mercy finisher prompts are indicated by a red Parazon symbol above the enemy accompanied by a unique sound cue, and are performed by pressing the Interact button (Default ) in melee range.
Mercy inflicts armor and shield-bypassing damage equal to the target's total hitpoints, instantly killing the target. The user and their Companion are also considered Invulnerable and their Threat Level is temporarily removed during a Mercy.
During normal gameplay, Mercy finisher prompts will only show up on specific heavy units. These prompts are guaranteed at 40% (60% on Corpus with all their shields removed, 80% on Eximus) of their total health. procs increases the Mercy threshold range of heavy units by 8% per proc up to a total of 80% (100% on Corpus and Eximus) of their health. However, heavy units above level 150 decreases the Mercy threshold range by 1% per 5 levels down to a minimum of 10%. The threshold range is indicated by a yellow bracket on the enemy's health bar.
These heavy units are:
*All humanoid Eximus (e.g. Lancer), Rogue Arcocanid Eximus, and Rogue Culverin Eximus
*Heavy Gunners and variants
*Bombards and variants
*Bailiffs and variants
*Nox
*Scrambus and Combas
*Nullifier Crewman and variants
*Derivator Crewman
*Amalgam Heqet
*Amalgam Machinist
*Amalgam MOA
*Crawlers (Toxic Crawler, Nauseous Crawler, Lobber Crawler, Electric Crawler)
*Ancients (Ancient Disruptor, Ancient Healer, Ancient Protector, Toxic Ancient)
*Mutalist MOAs (Tar Mutalist MOA and Swarm Mutalist MOA)
*Deimos Carnis
*The Hollow Vein
*The Severed Warden
*The Anatomizer
*Lumbering Fragment
*Shuffling Fragment
*Scaldra Dedicant
*Scaldra Eradicator
*Techrot Obsolyte
Successful Mercy kills can grant combat bonuses to the player depending on the Parazon mods they have equipped. The window for executing using Mercy expires in 10 seconds; the Parazon symbol blinks with three seconds left.
Normal Stealth kills cannot be performed by the Parazon, regardless if the player has a Melee weapon equipped or not.
It can also be used to instantly kill Crewship Pilots and hijack their ships, regardless of the pilot's health. It is also used to defeat the Jackal by disrupting its auto-repair after fully depleting one of its health bars, preventing that health bar from regenerating.
Like normal weapon kills, Parazon Mercy kills give half of the enemy's Affinity value to the Warframe. As the Parazon itself cannot accumulate Affinity, the remaining half goes to the weapon that was equipped before the Parazon Mercy was initiated.
====Secret & Requiem Mercy====
Against Kuva Larvling, Candidates, Thralls, and Hounds, a Mercy attempt against them is called a Secret Mercy. Against Kuva Liches and Sisters of Parvos, the Mercy is called a Requiem Mercy. These units do not die immediately from their health bar being depleted, instead slumping over to allow a Mercy to finish them off.
Defeating a Lich or Sister with a Requiem Mercy requires a Parazon with a sequence of Requiem Mods equipped. These mods are acquired from Requiem Void Fissure missions, and do not provide any combat bonuses inherently but are instead an essential aspect in defeating Liches/Sisters in combat to sever their Continuity. The Parazon has three Requiem mod slots in addition to its normal slots, which are unlocked upon the player acquiring their first Requiem Mod.
==Notes==
*Mercy kills are considered as conventional Finishers in-game and thus are eligible for some challenges such as Nightwave acts.
**Because of this, Mercy kills are also capable of activating Finisher-criteria Arcanes (e.g., ).
**Mercy kills against Kuva Lich Thralls however do not count as Finishers for the purposes of said challenges.
** can trigger from Mercy kills.
*Operators cannot use the Parazon, and thus will not benefit from Parazon Mods, particularly those that affect Hacking. They will also be unable to perform Mercy finishers.
==Trivia==
*The Parazon is used to activate the Railjack's Resource Forge.
*In Devstream 132, it is mentioned that the Parazon would be used for reviving teammates and capturing targets.
**As of , Warframes now spin their Parazons while reviving. However, it was removed in due to a glitch.
**The Parazon's use in capturing has yet to be implemented.
*The Parazon is named after the real world Parazonium, a ceremonial dagger from the Roman empire.
*The Parazon's default appearance and the wrist motions performed by Warframes when hacking appear to be a reference to the titular character from the 1987 film RoboCop, who in a similar fashion is shown hacking and controlling electronics by inserting a hidden blade under his wrist into them and moving his wrist.
==Parazon Skins==
SigmaParazonSkin.png|Sigma Series Parazon Skin
==Media==
Sigma Parazon Skin concept art 1.jpg
Sigma Parazon Skin concept art 2.jpg
Sigma Parazon Skin concept art 3.jpg
==Patch History==
==References==
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