Glaive

The Glaive is a three-edged throwing blade that can be utilized as both a melee weapon and as a thrown weapon. If thrown, this weapon will bounce three times or travel a set duration before returning to its owner.
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
*Can be wielded in-tandem with a single-handed secondary weapon.
*Holding the melee button throws the glaive, which can bounce up to three times, travel up to 30 meters uncharged, and 40 meters fully charged before returning to the user, damaging anyone in its path. Meleeing while the glaive is in mid-flight commands it to return.
**Primary and secondary weapons can be fired and reloaded normally with a thrown glaive, and retrieving the glaive does not interrupt these actions. Additional throws can also be "buffered" while the glaive is in mid-flight.
**Thrown glaive deals primarily damage.
**Thrown glaive has a guaranteed proc.
**Thrown glaive has good critical chance and status chance.
**Thrown glaive has above average critical multiplier.
**Innate 1 meter punch through.
**Thrown glaive is silent.
**Heavy Attacks while the glaive is in mid-flight produce a 4.8 meter explosion and forces the glaive to return.
***Explosion inflicts a guaranteed proc.
***Explosion does not need direct line of sight to deal damage and will penetrate walls.
***No Damage Falloff.
***Explosion inflicts self-stagger.
***Explosion has a headshot multiplier of 1x and cannot trigger headshot conditions.
**Cannot use melee attacks or block while the glaive is in mid-flight.
*Can use the Glaive-exclusive mods , , (), (), and .
*Stance slot has polarity, matching , and (Conclave only) stance.
*Innate and polarities.
==Acquisition==
The Glaive's blueprint can be bought from Nightwave Offerings. Note that the offerings are on a 7-day rotation, and this weapon may not be available on a succeeding appearance.
The Glaive as well as the Glaive Obsidian Skin was formerly obtainable to all PlayStation Plus members as part of the original PlayStation Plus starter pack.
This weapon can be sold for .
==Notes==
*The user cannot use melee attacks or block until the Glaive has returned.
**However, you can fire and reload whatever weapon you're currently holding during the Glaive's flight.
**Catching the Glaive is considered a one-handed action. As such, it will not interrupt reloads.
**It should be however noted that finisher attacks can still be executed while the weapon is in the air.
*After the throwing animation, the user switches back to their previously used weapon before the Glaive was thrown. If the Glaive returns too fast, the user will not be able to throw it again until the weapon switch animation has completed. This does not apply if the user is very close to the target that the Glaive was thrown at.
**This can be counteracted by simply pressing 'R' for Reload while the Glaive is in flight.
*The flight range is around 40 in-game meters. will not improve the flight range but instead increase the size of the Glaive's hitbox, allowing it to hit enemies in a wider area while in flight.
*Airborne Glaives will ricochet off Frost's Snow Globe.
*Cannot travel through 's and become electrically buffed. 
*If under the effect of Bullet Attractor or similar abilities the Glaive cannot be thrown; it instantly returns to your hand without harming you.
*Using a Heavy Attack (or Quick Melee if the Glaive was thrown while wielding a sidearm) while the Glaive is in-flight will cause it to explode, dealing damage to nearby objects. This will also make the Glaive immediately return, even if it has not hit its bounce limit.
*The explosion is counted as a Heavy Attack and consumes the combo meter. It benefits from heavy attack mods and the combo multiplier.
*'s is applied on charge attacks.Warframe Forums - Saryn Glaive
==Tips==
*Glaive will always return in a straight path toward the player. It will ignore all obstacles and punch through anything in its path on return.
**A player without mod can use this return path to emulate Power Throw by bouncing the Glaive off the floor between the legs of enemies to allow the Glaive to hit them all on return.
*When using the slide attack, it is possible to chain a second slide attack, for even more slide range and speed.
* The Glaive can be thrown under something solid so that it ricochets back and forth between ground and the object for the maximum amount of bounces, sometimes destroying it in a single throw.
*Against tougher enemies, the Glaive can hit more than once on the outward throw when aimed at the inside of their legs so that the first bounce will bounce the Glaive into their other leg. This is particularly useful on Ancients.
*Throw cannot punch through Shield Lancer's shield even with Power Throw equipped.(verify)
*While the Glaive's slow flight speed is normally a disadvantage when aiming for direct hits, it can be beneficial when using the airburst function, as it allows for a larger window of time where the Glaive is in range of the enemy, allowing for better timing on when to detonate.
*Detonating the Glaive beside or above an enemy that is in cover can be an effective tactic for eliminating them without exposing yourself.
==Trivia==
*The Glaive shares the same sheath style with the other thrown melee weapons, where they retract and attach under the right arm.
*The word "Glaive" historically has referred to many different weapons, however the term has only referred to thrown weapons in fiction.
**In real life the Glaive is a type of polearm that originated from Europe, and is similar to the Guan Dao or the Naginata in both appearance and function.
**In the 1983 film "Krull", "The Glaive" was the name of a weapon of legend which could only be wielded by the "chosen one". It was a five edged throwing weapon whose flight could be controlled by the wielder after being thrown.
*The Glaive shares many similarities to the Glaive in Digital Extremes' previous successful video game, Dark Sector:
**The Glaive can be wielded in-tandem with a sidearm, which is protagonist Hayden Tenno's signature playstyle.
**The Glaive can perform charged throws and explosive blasts.
**The Glaive's finisher attack is the same as in Dark Sector, where the player kicks the enemy and stabs them while airborne.
**The Glaive Proto Skin bears a striking resemblance to Hayden Tenno's Glaive. Furthermore, its description states it "predates even the Orokin Empire".
==Media==
2013-04-27 00006.jpg|The Glaive is stored under the right arm with its blades retracted.
2013-04-27 00004.jpg|The default colours of the Glaive.
2013-04-27 00023.jpg|Blocking with the Glaive.
2013-04-27 00027.jpg|How the Glaive looks while the blades are retracted and is stored under the arm.
2013-04-27 00022.jpg|Charging up the Glaive before throwing it.
2013-04-27 00010.jpg|Throwing the Glaive.
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Dark Sector 2013-07-09 17-55-57-41.png|The Glaive as seen on the Dark Sector menu screen
darksector-03.jpg|Hayden wielding a Glaive by Nemesis in darkSector
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Glaive Gameplay Melee 2.0 (Dark Sector Tribute) Video 1
==Patch History==
==See Also==
*, the Prime version of this weapon.
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