Warframe Top 10 Melee Weapons for Steel Path 2024

[@ranorunadaira1452]

Not putting Hate (Incarnon) anywhere on this list is a crime

[@GamingWeasel]

I know i actually remebered it after it is really good tho

[@shaik100_]

A “hate” crime, you might say

[@berserkerboi8061]

My most used melee incarnon, love the hate

[@HumanTorch-r1v]

Prisma Skana Carnate w 300%cc and 300 CD with whatever else is the best way to get damage cap -2b with a 300%strength wrathful advance and either cascade flare to r hear build or the arcane for higher CC on heavies that stacks up to 420% on refreshing melee hits 🎉 you're welcome

[@olivierrattelafreniere1326]

Was about to say , not putting the nikana prime on this list is a crime then it appear to be the first . My favorite melee weapon I have them all from this list ! Awesome Top 10 !!

[@GamingWeasel]

It has to be here 😁 , glad you enjoyed the list

[@oscarf1802]

i dont agree 100% with this list but most picks are pretty valid good vid

[@GamingWeasel]

Thank you very much😁 Makes sense not everyone is gonna agree and that is fine as long as we are having fun

[@Patterner]

objectively or subjectively? i don't like playing Glaive Prime (subj) but i know it's a great weapon (obj)

[@GamingWeasel]

@@Patterner honestly i don't really use the glaive i prefer the nikana , but objectively it is a amazing weapon

[@OneWaY2BHandy]

I run ichors so very near to my heart but this list as a whole is well rounded glad you at least gave Guandao and Orthos a mention

[@necronticgaming6186]

12:19 ​@@GamingWeasel broken war is really good too.

[@iznel9083]

Melee Influence made me really enjoy playing Melee with addition to Tennokai.

[@GamingWeasel]

The arcanes and tennokai are a amazing buff for melees

[@aidenwrath1402]

Rakta Dark Dagger is my choice. The funny ability of constant shield regen, great forward sweeping attacks and able to status spam on everything made it my kinda unexpected takeover in my melee slot (rip to Nikana lol)

[@bobross8585]

Its definitely my go to on 99% of my Warframes.

[@purplemossclump5505]

You can ask Warframe Support and they'll give your [Amalgam Organ Shatter] back :)

[@GamingWeasel]

Thankk youu didn't know that

[@Shocefire]

oepend comments to say this ahah hope he got it back

[@4Th30neAndOnly_7]

or you can just farm it back?

[@NoorAgafia]

Thanks for the list! Kronen prime is my most played weapon and when I recently unlocked praedos... It might change. I have a heat/attack speed riven on my Kronen which makes it somewhat stronger than Praedos but with the added range and movement speed (+ parkour if you want) it seems a fair trade off for the loss of status chance? (as the tonfa stance, sovereign outcast, is already the best? stance in the game.) Also the void color scheme is pretty cool to go along the with incarnon form. (top right (3 down) from the ice palette) The 2nd most used weapon since I came back is the innodem lol, with a corrosive riven. Haven't tried the Keres yet though, so thanks for that! An honorable mention could be the pangolin prime. With the Crimson Dervish stance. I tried most of the stances when I came back and this one surprised me a lot. It seems like a top contender, or at least in the top 5 for me personally. I think it surpasses the tempo royale stance with heavy blades. Venka prima also remains an old favorite of course with malicious raptor instead of vermillion storm this time. The one weapon (type) I just can't seem to make work is the Ninkondi prime. I really like the visuals of the stance but I've never been able to make that weapon even remotely viable. Maybe with the new arcane and two slash mods? I don't know. Viral/corossive or slash mods, nothing seems to work. Maybe I'm missing something.

[@RicardoAlmeidatm]

Note on the Quassus. If you don't have it yet or have it but have not invested exilus/arcane/reactor on it then don't. Xaku is almos 100% certain to be the next prime after Sevagoth and therefore Quassus prime is also coming soon. Just wait for the upgrade and use the baseline version as mastery fodder.

[@ryanprager8800]

I would have appreciated you listing the names of the actual weapons in your description and time stamps.

[@InfernalJackal]

Gonna be honest i would take off the element mods you have on the glaive and throw on gladiatior might + melee elementalist. Maybe i could be wrong. But nothing survives that build it seems. Great video!

[@GamingWeasel]

Good tip il be sure to implement it in a new video coming up and thank you glad you enjoyed 🙂

[@InfernalJackal]

@GamingWeasel absolutely wonderful list!

[@gushterell7989]

Mod electric+Mele Influence on whatever mele you have. Get negative primary IPS riven. If the weapon is 90% slash then get -slash riven to transform it into an electric weapon. Elemental weight matters Where is Nami Solo incarnon? Literally the best mele right now.

[@GamingWeasel]

The setup is nice i like that combo especially if the melee has electricity. I like the nami solo i just can't make a top 20 😅

[@SuluXuluS]

Bo Prime robbed again 60% base status chance on a 1.3+ riven dispo with incredible base dmg and no one is talking about it Also Sampotes and Magistar are probably the 2 best melees in the game rn

[@UrLocalArticTherianBestie]

Don't usuly comment but you deserve the boost to the algorithm!

[@GamingWeasel]

Thank you im glad you think so 😁

[@Happtgamer05]

my most used currently are the nikana prime and gunsen prime because i just love the way they feel when using them lol, but very good list bruce :)

[@GamingWeasel]

honestly both are really good i was mistaken at first with the gunsen but i used it more and i have realized my mistake😂and thank you😊

[@rodrirm]

I know this will sound stupid, but since the day I tried the Lesion I felt in love with it (and believe I have already tried lots of melee weapons). At first used it to complete almost all nodes of the star chart, with only 1 forma. Later on I had the chance to put a reactor on it, and OMG. Im still a new player, and I don't have all the "niche" mods, but with condition overload installed I haven't had any issues to destroy still path up to around level 180. And this is still with only 1 freaking forma, and the help of the master primer Diriga+Helstrum.

[@bryong1100]

Falcor with its homing, take it over the Glaive prime and Xoris

[@f3arless275]

Praedos absolutely shreds everything, especially with Tenno Kai

[@Otachi-Kaiju]

I think the Rakta Dark Dagger (idk if im spelling it right) is one of the best melee weapons in the game, especially when you can abuse the ability that comes with it for tonns of shield

[@derp1489]

Good video but Xoris with Melee Exposure not Melee Influence? Also, Arca Titron and Magistar slam builds.

[@GamingWeasel]

@@derp1489 that is a good point and would recommend.I know about those 2 really great weapons but decided for these weapons :)

[@BelladoriReigns]

im surprised corufell with tennokai wasn't listed here! its a pretty unique weapon to throw tennokai on

[@GamingWeasel]

I love using it and it is unique and useful but in my opinion with Kullervo:)

[@cjwilliams128]

Combat Discipline/Avenger w dual keres prime is pretty numbers 🥵

[@horanghaeapologist]

just use whatever you want aka hate edit: i totally forgot i owned the prisma ohma and literally bought it just for gyre lmao, thanks for reminding me

[@KhristianM.]

Just built a sibear , hybrid build and the heavy did 126mill , that arcane for pull in is really klutch

[@Myomerl0]

RAKTA DARK DAGGER is this ok? I have a lot of fun with it cuz it makes u invincible or at least feel like that

[@GamingWeasel]

I actually have been testing it more and im starting to like it more 😁

[@scottnowaskey8991]

This dagger is crazy bc the armor strip through AAMA(amalgam argonak metal augur) gets taxied through melee influence. Mod for gas electric, and every tick of thise elements will count as melee hits for the AAMA strip. Its incredible on a speed nova build, because the explosions from molecular prime ALSO taxis AAMA. The double damage debuff from M. Prime is unaffected by negative power strength. Its so chaotic and has been one of my main go-tos lately

[@scottnowaskey8991]

The shield regen keeps her alive, brief respite or the auger modset can jumpstart the effect when u have to deal with recharge delay during ur shieldgate

[@OneWaY2BHandy]

I found comfort in rolling guard and a radiation epitaph to bypass the recharge delay

[@holypredazor5243]

What about Syam with melee crescendo 🙏it's pretty underrated grrrr

[@InfernalJackal]

By the time you stack those finish kills I'll already be 100 kills in.

[@holypredazor5243]

not true tbh I got the maxed arcane in 2 months and I usually manage to get the 37 required kills in the first minute or 2 of the missions after which it's only downhill for my teammates kpm just give it a try trust it's a really satisfying weapon

[@InfernalJackal]

@holypredazor5243 oh I'm not talking bad about the weapon. I just generally don't like things that have special requirements for the build. Id rather just start the mission and not get finish kills. Crescendo and molt augmented are just not my favorite ways to play. I use melee duplicate with the glaive prime and i love it.

[@holypredazor5243]

well that's valid yeah I personally like ranking up in power as the game goes on and this is kind of true with my Voruna because early one the only enemies I can prime with her 2 are Acolytes so basically Condition Oveloard is useless on Syam for the most time for me.

[@InfernalJackal]

@holypredazor5243 very good point. And I shouldn't have come off so douchey to begin with I apologize. I too love endurance runs, my favorite kuva farm (and the best imo) is arbitrations with a smeeta kavat. If I just take my glaive with me. It actually makes it so smeeta will never give me the reload buff. So there's a bit higher chance to get the pickup charm. You can farm 70,000-150,000 kuva an hour.

[@Patterner]

i wish i would be better so i could do SP and also get the Incarnon Weapons. my favs were: Tenet Exec (w/ Riven), Dragon Nikana (Riven), Guandao (R), Plague Bok/Kri (no R), Vitrica and Broken War.

[@GamingWeasel]

@@Patterner for melee the incarnons are not as strong as for primarys for example. love the picks honestly especially the broken war a good weapon :)

[@Patterner]

@@GamingWeasel i was talking about Incarnons in general, not just melee. duviri is not my thing :(

[@GamingWeasel]

@@Patterner ohh ok makes sense im not a big fan either haha

[@sadpug9398]

How long do you play WF? You have rivens for your fav weapons, but still can't do SP? I was ready for SP conj survival by day 50, without any prime mod and rivens. Since the tennocon started (my ~83 day) even level cap isn't a problem

[@Patterner]

@@sadpug9398 i'm bad at playing wf. in theory i know how to make builds, but i cannot do survivability builds. of course i can play SP, but i'll die a lot and won't provide value to the team.

[@PurpleShadow108]

What colors are you using for your energy, looks like the best purple i've ever seen in game

[@GamingWeasel]

Its the purple in the twilight color palette?

[@PurpleShadow108]

@@GamingWeasel gonna look it up when i'll play tomorrow. It looks really good.

[@PurpleShadow108]

@@GamingWeasel the problem i have with most purple in game is that it's either really bright pink or very dim purple. Any good purple i try is either one of them, it's frustrating

[@GamingWeasel]

@@PurpleShadow108 i know had the sam issue but the twilight one is a W

[@blakehayward6884]

Syam is my favorite

[@emersonfb950]

Combo duration mods aren't worth using? Like drifting contact?

[@GamingWeasel]

You can use mods like drifting contact it is useful but naramon focus school is so much better 😁

[@rajugadarnes9953]

i love how those youtuber have almost no clue wich weapon is the strongest ....

[@___-gs4ds]

What is the second strongest. We all know what the strongest is

[@Mant1s_Toboggan_MD]

Solid list. Can't really go wrong with any of these. Check out the Wolf Sledge. The heavy throw is pure blast, so you mod on electric for easy melee influence triggers. Makes extremely easy work of EDA and I don't even use a Bane despite that being a huge damage multiplier.

[@4Th30neAndOnly_7]

Unless a weapon has a way to force proc Slash which bypasses enemy Armor, you're just killing them by modding for Viral, especially with max ranked elemental mods. And where's Nami Solo Incarnon that thing can reach 12m with just 2 mods.

[@Vestaxowner1]

No Arca Titron? man, 1 slam attack on full health steel path enemies 1-shots groups of them with the right build

[@SrWalter_Lemon]

the list is good but not putting nami solo incarnon is kinda disappointing

[@GamingWeasel]

its a good weapon but sadly only a top 10 :)

[@werksus4821]

Amalgam shatter dosnt affect tennokai, tennokai have fixated windup speed...

[@grimrobot2059]

Most of these are pretty good, but you should have put the zorus there and this might not technically count as a melee weapon. But one amazing one is gruda's claws the prime variant in specific, but it's built into a character so I don't think that really fits on this type of list

[@GamingWeasel]

they are good but sadly don't really fit 😁

[@grimrobot2059]

@@GamingWeasel yeah that makes sense garuda's prime claws are good but they can't be equipped on anyone but Garuda and exalted weapons don't count but they are really good

[@grimrobot2059]

@@GamingWeasel The rest of your list is pretty good though. I'm currently printing Harmony

[@alfredoharris5036]

My personal favorite is the doreclave

[@HappyBasketball-us1hu]

Im a mastery rank 10 and i like prisma ohma, but i dont know why i feel like i could find something better

[@GamingWeasel]

cause you can the kronen prime and preados are sort of upgrades to the ohma

[@mattyman051]

The Harmony is broken with Melee Influence, i saw electric procs doing 400K

[@spookybreeze1796]

HOW DO YOU GET THE CERAMIC DAGGERS, nobody tells you HOW to get these weapons im so confuseddddd D:

[@ThePablo379]

It’s on a night wave roatation just check weekly and it should be there

[@billaniii]

Google

[@spookybreeze1796]

@@billaniii I’ve been googling stuff but nobody really explains how to get weapons anywhere, finally figured it out though.

[@spookybreeze1796]

@@billaniii I’ve been googling stuff but nobody really explains how to get weapons anywhere, finally figured it out though.

[@GamingWeasel]

The dagger blueprint from nightwave and the incarnon adapter from the Curcuit(Complete Duviri Paradox Quest).Hope this helped😁

[@teo2216]

0:47 A corpus lich robodog can prime entire rooms with 10 elements on it Panzer is outdated and ass in comparison

[@GamingWeasel]

i will be using the robodoggo in future priming scenarios :)

[@teo2216]

@@GamingWeasel 💪

[@Fuinhaa]

Isnt Incarnon magistar a beast? Saw a guy pumping constantly 6M damage with that

[@spyrosxontzakis9680]

I think berserk fury for kronen might be better i also dont understand why the primes smite orokin

[@GamingWeasel]

It might be it is a personal pick between the 2 and smite can be the flex :)

[@spyrosxontzakis9680]

@@GamingWeasel will it be good if I put prime or normal pressure points on smite

[@sadpug9398]

Glaives not being top-1 must be a joke. Might be not the most fun, but the most effective weapon. They don't need primer, don't need rare mods or stances, they only need 2-3 formas for full build. They oneshot acolytes. And they can oneshot 9999lvl trash enemies.

[@GamingWeasel]

No.1 is not better then No.10 just 10 amazing weapons :)

[@JayAr87]

I'm not seeing the Ceramic Dagger in nightwave offerings. Where is it available at?

[@GamingWeasel]

the incarnon is available not the dagger itself little bit of a mistake on my end sorry :/

[@PootisGodAnimations]

Overall a pretty nice list. I personally would say, if you enjoy Tonfas, definitely give Telos Boltace a try! Its been my go to weapon for years and even to this day it destroys enemies and overall is a really great crowd control weapon. Though recently I have switched over to Bo Prime Incanon just to try something new and it's great aswell when using the Flashing Bleed evolution. The range and crowd control is satisfying on it.

[@Carlos21328]

Venka prime ??

[@ryansu5395]

whats the guandao build it looks so fun

[@GamingWeasel]

Honestly pretty much the kronen build 😂

[@RipperMatricus]

hammers and zaws are melee weapons

[@sephiro2063]

Nah best melee is Cedo (I'm totally not a day1 Lavos Main 😂)

[@applguy702]

Can I use Dex Nikana as a replacement for nikanna prime?

[@GamingWeasel]

yep until you get it for sure but keep in mind its not the same ofcoure :)

[@brightfire9631]

I feel like it’s a little early to make a video like this it’s only July after all

[@GamingWeasel]

Well there won't be big changes coming anytime soon.We had jade shadows with the status rework and lotus eaters the newsr update i dont think will have anything meta changing but december is another beast

[@boomcat1337]

where does Prisma skana incarnon fits on this list ?

[@GamingWeasel]

It is actually really good just couldn't fit it in🫤

[@boomcat1337]

@@GamingWeasel ah ok :) but compared to nikana prime where does it land ? because i like swords, and im on the fence on wich are the better one :) im main Ash with perma max combo. and thanks for reply

[@yt_dragon7]

How do u get incarnon weps. I unlocked steel path but the steel path circuit is locked

[@kieronwakelam5917]

Gotta complete 1 round of normal circuit and a 6/6 rounds of the normal lone story mode

[@yt_dragon7]

@@kieronwakelam5917 ty

[@Toasted_Spectre]

Love your videos ❤❤

[@GamingWeasel]

@@Toasted_Spectre glad you enjoy them and thank you again means a lot😊❤️

[@denom338]

Lesion and saryn is good :C

[@FarookKMOON]

Some of my favourite made it and was reassured that it's actually good even if we don't talk about it much like the ohma and I just got the Keris prime too

[@vNynX]

I guess slamma jamma of magistar and arca titron didnt tickle your fancy

[@GamingWeasel]

They are good weapons and i was thinking about them but decided on these :)

[@Sprightblue-w1y]

I actually play Reaper prime i dont know if i have to chnage to play nikana prime or not buyt i have so kuch fun with my reaper itys always fun to hit 1m plus damage in your heavy attacks XD

[@spyrosxontzakis9680]

Can you please give a guandao prime build

[@tylerb419]

Why does no one mention Prisma Skana Incarnon. Its insanely strong. Especially with Kullervo

[@Yoophy]

Every melee weapon is good with kullervo

[@cheezybones8164]

Kullervo just makes any melee weapon insanely good

[@maxderps2823]

How do people rank the galatine prime?

[@GamingWeasel]

well you can level it to 30 then you can re-level it with forma :)

[@maxderps2823]

@@GamingWeasel I mean in relation to other melee weapons

[@scolamiero28]

Yo how do i make my menu neon pink and purple

[@GamingWeasel]

You need to go to settings then interface then you can change the colors but it costs plat :/

[@scolamiero28]

@GamingWeasel mannnn everything costs plat , it's ok I will get there . I'm currently running on fumes trying to just get spaces for weapons and frames, trading not very intuitive for new players. Thank you for the answer.

[@InfernalJackal]

@scolamiero28 easiest way go get plat and not sit in the market forever is syndicate mods. With two active you can make about 10-15 plat per augment. I usually get at least 50-70 plat just from those daily. Another good farm if you have a titania is to farm tyana pass mirror defense.. but I will warn you it's a grind. You can farm an r5 secondary encumber or arcane steadfast in about 5 hours. (Not steel path. Steel path the farm becomes 3.6 ish hours) Which will net you 300-350 plat. Hope this helps!

[@scolamiero28]

@InfernalJackal it does thanks bro , ive still made no plat , I downloaded overwolf app to help me figure out prices and stuff. I'd say the trading is the weakest part of the game , it's kinda hard to start trading outside of trade channel which seems to mainly be where scammers go

[@InfernalJackal]

@scolamiero28 oh its awful for sure. Which is why when I first started my main was titania so I did tyana pass. There is no rng to the farm. If you collect 100 crystals per 20 min run. That will give you 1300 crystals after 13, 20 min runs. Steel path you can bump this to 140. Which is why it takes less time. When you collect 1300 crystals just type in market, WTS r5 arcane steadfast or secondary encumber fir 350p obo. Then when you get someone tell them hold on a second and head to otak on diemos. This is where you will buy 21 arcanes and then max them!

[@nitachi3354]

What about the azothane?

[@m1met]

hate incarnon didn'r like this video but still nice list

[@templarmedic8833]

This list is clearly made by some one who doesnt use melee weapons very much

[@Venom2x2]

Where is your list you who clearly plays too much melee I especially liked when in your comment your were showing up why he is telling crap

[@WilliMaito]

arca titron slams all of these

[@tk72223]

the only thing I recomend you bro is slowing down the pace of your voice, your words sound all together like if your rapping xD, just slow down a bit and people are going to enjoy and understand your content a lot more, remember that not everybody that listen to your knows perfect english therefore speaking like that they willnot understand shit of what you are saying

[@abysswalker7712]

If you think he talks fast, I recommend you check Anzvasion, lmao. Dude speedruns through sentences so fast it's like he is being chased by someone. 😅

[@GamingWeasel]

Hahahahah i love the comment😂😁

[@GamingWeasel]

Yees i do realize i need to slow down sometimes and il work on that thank you for the constructive criticism love to make the content better for ya guys😁

[@kkhunternn]

Isso é um ponto de vista, eu tenho o costume de acelerar os vídeos, algumas pessoas falam devagar demais..

[@ExcaliburGT]

Panzer is kinda outdated now and not that good for priming, my go to primer is a hound

[@GamingWeasel]

im waiting for the companion rework for now the panzer does the job :)

[@ExcaliburGT]

@@GamingWeasel It can but all it gives is viral. With diriga or a hound you can easily get almost all of the status effects on multiple targets

[@Carlos21328]

Jat kusar still good?

[@GamingWeasel]

Hmm its still ok but in my opinion there are better weapons :)

[@Carlos21328]

@@GamingWeasel is for an ember build

[@GamingWeasel]

​@@Carlos21328with ember?🤔

[@Carlos21328]

@@GamingWeasel yea with the arcane melee aflicctions and the ember passive is a really strong sinergy

[@Lucas-qc3ue]

Sorry, exodia contagion user here :(

[@GamingWeasel]

:,(

[@jahmaledwards8440]

Dual ichor is not dual swords

[@GamingWeasel]

It uses the swirling tiger stance for dual swords😁

[@jahmaledwards8440]

@@GamingWeasel Dual axes. Read the weapon description.

[@GamingWeasel]

@@jahmaledwards8440 hahahah ok ok i read of off the weapon stance 😂

[@hadoopbro8103]

Why are zaws not in the list?

[@GamingWeasel]

Zaws are really good and use a good arcane you are set i didn't mention them cause i wanted to cover the normal weapons :)

[@kevinluu7024]

top 10​ kit weapon when?@@GamingWeasel

[@ICEMAN-]

Hate incarnon though

[@00Grimreaper00]

Outclassed by harmony if we are comparing heavy attack

[@ranorunadaira1452]

@@00Grimreaper00yes but that's just about it, Harmony can only do heavy to get big damage. Meanwhile Hate Incarnon can also spam light attack and still do a lot of dmg. Beside, Harmony works on mobs, not on bosses that has limited number of status stacks on them

[@norman24]

i am a hate main

[@Iffyszn1089]

is the broken also a weapon to consider taking to endgame?

[@silver_44]

There’s a couple better swords but it is still a great choice

[@Iffyszn1089]

Alright I'll use it since I don't have much better swords except for xoris but that still needs to be maxed

[@mdm2653]

Not glaive prime first?I stopped watching the video.For real. By far the best melee in game

[@GamingWeasel]

No.6 is not worse then no.1 ;)

[@mdm2653]

@@GamingWeasel My friend,glaive prime is the best melee weapon in the game,hands down. So no point to discuss it But i have to ask something to improve your video and help the viewers.Can you put the best possible builds for weapons that you listing?If yes it will be apreciated. Thanks for your time

[@BƏÝØÑĐ_ÆŇŤØÑÎŒ]

What about the redeemer

[@GamingWeasel]

a good weapon indeed :)

[@sukasingh3906]

Goat weasel?

[@GamingWeasel]

Hahah i don't know you tell me😂

[@Kanekisobi]

im so early

[@GamingWeasel]

Or exactly on time 😂

[@prod0275]

My personal favorite is the ceti lacera