Understand Guandao Prime
Useful when…
- Choose it for a polearm profile with a Slash-weighted normal attack.
- Compare its regular and heavy slam profiles when choosing between their listed area damage types and falloff.
Normal attack profile
The normal attack deals 240 base damage: 168 Slash, 60 Impact, and 12 Puncture. It has 32% critical chance, a 2.4× critical multiplier, 20% status chance, and listed speed of 1. Range is 3 units, follow-through is 0.6, and combo duration is 6 seconds.
Regular and heavy slams
The regular slam is an area attack dealing 480 Impact damage with 10% status chance; its falloff runs from 0 to 7 units, reaching 50% reduction at the endpoint. The heavy slam is a separate area attack dealing 720 Blast damage, also with 10% status chance; its falloff runs from 0 to 8 units, reaching 30% reduction at the endpoint. Heavy attack damage is separately listed as 1,440, and wind-up as 0.9 seconds.
Rank and polarities
Guandao Prime has a rank cap of 30, requires Mastery Rank 12, and has one Vazarin and two Madurai polarities. The listed polarities identify its slots; no specific mod effects or upgrade priority are established by these details.
Other melee weapon profiles
Thalys is a heavy scythe described as planting Void shards, with new shards causing existing shards to damage their hosts. Amphis is a staff described as connecting with multiple enemies and enabling shock damage on jump attacks. Anku is a scythe. These entries describe different weapon types and effects; they do not establish matching range or handling.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Each slam lists 10% status chance, compared with 20% for the normal attack.
- Slam damage has the listed area falloff; the heavy attack has a 0.9-second wind-up.
- Mastery Rank 12 is required.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Applying the normal attack’s 20% status chance to either slam; both list 10%.
- Treating regular and heavy slam damage as the same type or falloff profile.
- Assuming another melee weapon’s type or description establishes matching range or handling.