Is Iron Phoenix Supposed To Be A Starting Stance?

[Rettycombine]

The name of it being extremely close to what you would call the Tenno, the standard atack combo is the defualt for the longswords with the exception of the thrust, it only has 1 combo that is easy to pull off and of course Excalibur swinging a Skana in the picture (despite the fact that the Skana has the wrong polarity for some reason.

[TheCometCE]

Not necessarily, while the other sword stance hits like a truck, it's also slow and has no gap closing ability, which iron phoenix does have in its arsenal as well as being able to trigger weapons gimmicks such as the fireblast from the Heat Sword with the pause combo.

[xlraistlx]

No, DE stated that stances are something that the player would acquire after a time in the game. And then come the rarity of the mod. I run grinner missions the most and only have three copies.

[PenutReaper]

Didn't realise you could trigger weapon effects, thanks for the info Comet.

[Yaerion]

Sonic Boomed from General Discussion.

[hijinks_the_turtle]

Not necessarily, while the other sword stance hits like a truck, it's also slow and has no gap closing ability, which iron phoenix does have in its arsenal as well as being able to trigger weapons gimmicks such as the fireblast from the Heat Sword with the pause combo.

Oh sweet! I got lucky getting this thing.  I like that it has a gap closing ability.  Makes slashing things all the more easier.

[(PSN)AchilliesWar666]

My Dakra Prime DESTROYS with Iron Phoenix. It's gap closing ability is great, although it does take time to get use to...

[shut]

I think it was intended to be the starting stance for new players (which is a bit silly, considering that it's a stupidly rare drop). But the stance is incredibly viable if you know how to use it, and is an overall sidegrade to Crimson Dervish (much higher attack speed and mobility at the cost of damage per hit).