Understand Praedos
Useful when…
- Use normal attacks when its listed Slash-heavy damage mix suits the encounter.
- Use regular or heavy slams as area attacks, keeping their damage types and falloff separate.
- Consider its listed range, follow-through, and starting polarities when planning a melee setup.
What does each attack do?
Normal Attack lists 200 total damage: 20 Impact, 20 Puncture, and 160 Slash. It has 20% critical chance, a 2× critical multiplier, and 20% status chance. The regular Slam Attack is an area attack listing 400 Impact, 10% status chance, and falloff to 8 m, where damage is reduced by 50%. Heavy Slam Attack is separate: it lists 600 Blast, 10% status chance, and falloff to 9 m, where damage is reduced by 30%. [evidence: wf-equipment-lotus-weapons-tenno-zariman-melee-tonfas-zarimantonfaweapon:details]
How does it handle?
Praedos lists 2.5 m range, 0.6 follow-through, a 60-degree blocking angle, and a five-second combo duration. Heavy attacks have a listed 0.7-second wind-up. These handling values can help determine whether its melee reach and attack timing fit how you engage enemies. Its polarities are Madurai and Naramon. [evidence: wf-equipment-lotus-weapons-tenno-zariman-melee-tonfas-zarimantonfaweapon:details]
What should you know before investing?
Praedos requires Mastery Rank 14 and has a rank cap of 30. It is tagged Incarnon, but that tag alone does not describe an evolution effect; use the listed attack profiles when weighing its current role. If comparing melee forms, Innodem is a dagger whose description mentions strengthened aerial glides and resilience during finishers in Incarnon Form; Fang Prime is dual daggers described as piercing hardened materials; Galariak Prime is a scythe described as gaining critical chance per status type affecting a target. These are distinct mechanics and weapon types, not evidence of a direct ranking against Praedos. [evidence: wf-equipment-lotus-weapons-tenno-zariman-melee-tonfas-zarimantonfaweapon:record, wf-equipment-lotus-weapons-tenno-zariman-melee-tonfas-zarimantonfaweapon:details, wf-equipment-lotus-weapons-tenno-zariman-melee-dagger-zarimandaggerweapon:comparison, wf-equipment-lotus-weapons-tenno-melee-dualdagger-fangprimedagger:comparison, wf-equipment-lotus-weapons-grineer-melee-scythe-grndrillscythe-grndrillscythe:comparison]
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Normal attacks are Slash-heavy, while regular slams deal Impact and heavy slams deal Blast.
- The two slam modes have different falloff distances and reductions.
- The Incarnon tag does not by itself specify an evolution effect.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Confusing the regular Slam Attack's Impact damage with the Heavy Slam Attack's Blast damage.
- Applying one slam's falloff distance or reduction to the other.
- Inferring a particular evolution effect from the Incarnon tag alone.