Iron Staff

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Iron Staff is 's and 's signature Exalted Weapon, summoned by activating the ability . The weapon exclusively uses the Primal Fury stance.
Refer to the weapon's ability page for a list of mods that affect the weapon.
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
*Innate and two polarities.
*Combo counter resets when equipped with .
Advantages:
*Very high critical chance.
*Highest status chance of all Exalted Melee Weapons.
*Long reach.
Disadvantages:
*Requires energy to activate and keep active.
*Damage isn't affected by the combo counter.
*As an Exalted Weapon, it cannot benefit from, nor contribute to the set bonus of any Set Mods (excluding the Sacrificial Mod Set; the Gladiator Mod Set can still apply if equipped on Warframe or Melee, and not on the Exalted Weapon itself).
*Cannot equip Melee Combo Counter Mods (except ), Acolyte Mods (e.g., ), or Amalgam Mods (e.g., ).
*Cannot equip Melee Arcane Enhancements.
==Notes==
*The Iron Staff appears in the Arsenal after unlocking Wukong's ability.
*Cannot equip .
*As an Exalted Weapon, this weapon comes with an pre-installed.
==Trivia==
*Tying in with Wukong being based off the character of the same name from the novel Journey to the West, the Iron Staff is named after the Monkey King's signature weapon, Ruyi Jingu Bang, which was a magical staff that could change its size on a whim. This is reflected in the way the weapon extends after each kill, as well as the way the Iron Staff transforms into a large cudgel during certain attacks.
*On , the staff is named . Its stats are, however, identical to Iron Staff.
*Before the introduction of moddable Exalted Weapons, the stats of Iron Staff depended on the mods equipped on the player's melee weapon.
*Iron Staff is the only melee to have visual presentation of its actual range, which is also affected by mods.
**Each combo tier adds half a meter of range, up to 5.5m at 11x combo.
**This means the staff can reach 9 meters without mods, and up to 14 meters with and .
==Patch History==
==See Also==
*, the ability that summons the weapon.
*Primal Fury (Stance), the weapon's exclusive stance.
*, the weapon's user.
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