Glaive Prime Worth It?

[Spar_k]

In your opinions Tenno, is the glaive prime worth getting/potato'ing? In addition to that, what frames does it work well with? It seems that I can't find a set to save my life, and I'm wondering if the search for a set would be worth it. Also, this part of the question might be better is PHP/trading, but does anyone know who much a set costs? Not my main concern though.

[Trichouette]

In my opinion thrown melee weapons aren't worth it.

Unless to play with a trinity bless, or with ivara (navigator), it's mainly not worth it.

A redeemer is better than a glaive prime. But that's just my opinion.

As for "why" do I think that :

- Low damage

- Very slow to throw

- Mods like quick return or power throw should have their own slot just for thrown melee.

- Low crit chance

- Can barely play on combo.

 

I do think these weapons are fun to play with, but not powerful enough.

Edited March 8, 2016 by Trichouette

[(XBOX)EternalDrk Mako]

add in shadow debt mods and it gets fun as a berserker build, slide damage gets  crit buf to 90+ , stack melee counter , aplly primed fury and your ok 

 

[Arkstorm]

If you put effort in it and mod it right, Glaive Prime is good especially when popping Nullifuer's shield in one throw. Its fast attack speed can build up the Combo Counter quickly~

[MopUpCrewman]

Currently, thrown weapons need a buff. They're fun but not very practical.

Edited March 8, 2016 by Senpai-Pie

[Stratego89]

29 minutes ago, Trichouette said:

In my opinion thrown melee weapons aren't worth it.

Unless to play with a trinity bless, or with ivara (navigator), it's mainly not worth it.

A redeemer is better than a glaive prime. But that's just my opinion.

As for "why" do I think that :

- Low damage

- Very slow to throw

- Mods like quick return or power throw should have their own slot just for thrown melee.

- Low crit chance

- Can barely play on combo.

 

I do think these weapons are fun to play with, but not powerful enough.

Counters to all your reasons here: (TL;DR the cerata rocks)

• Their damage is in their explosion mainly- save for cerata which just plain has great damage overall.
• They fixed this issue a LONG time ago. The charge attack is now quick, responsive, and iirc scales up with your attack speed.
• I think these mods should just be removed personally. Power throw's explosion on last bounce could just be made innate, as well as the punch through. As for quick return, I guess it should stick around but it doesn't need it's own slot, it's a choice mod. Remove all choice mods/give them their own slot just so you can fit your "required" mods on? That's not ok design.
• Again, cerata. High crit chance. Very nice weapon, check it out.
• Combos... eh... I don't understand what you're saying here. I think it's "it's hard to perform the combos"? If that's the case, try astral twilight. It's combos are well telegraphed and easy to time even with a super-fast cerata. There's even a really useful "hold right click" combo that gives a good ranged throw straight in front repeatedly followed by a 360 circle. Pretty much perfect for any situation the default combo won't deal with.

 

EDIT: @OP I personally liked the glaive prime. Cerata imo tops it for general gameplay, but glaive prime has it's uses. It's better as a long ranged / AoE blaster.

Edited March 8, 2016 by Stratego89

[Insizer]

Before the U18 nerf and later half fix for thrown melees, it might have been worth it. The Kestrel certainly was. But the main attraction of the Glaive Prime was the damage, which is easily outmatched by the Redeemer. Just get the Redeemer.

[(XBOX)Grihaly]

Glaive Prime is absolutely worth it! Potato it, love it, it works beautifully on all frames!

[XxSpazManianxX]

 This is a ninja game after all and ninjas use a more silent and blade approach not a guns blazing approach lol.  but strate is right they aren't that good. if they would make the thrown melees better all around they would be just as good as the guns.

[Littlerift]

The Cerata is better at most things except for a pure equipped-melee thrown-explosion build, which is really very niche.

[ClockworkSpectre]

Mastery fodder. 

[Bizzaro21]

charge attack screwed it, but mastery says yes

grab redeemer if u want to use a range melee

[Eschenholz]

Since it's pretty expensive by now I'd say it's not worth it since you can get two other good thrown melee weapons without platinum. The Kestrel gets a syndicate mod and ragdolls enemies which opens them up for ground finishers and the Cerata has pure toxin damage on normal melee attacks and can be built for crit. Both of them can be built for self-damage / explosion as well.

[XxSpazManianxX]

true

[BlueFalcon13]

so I have pretty much always hated the thrown weapons... I prefer to stab things and they are just quite lack-luster at that.

 

That being said, lately I have been playing Mag alot (so much so that I took off my Excal P avatar icon...) and having a blast with gunplay (I almost always go melee alone) and I actually use the glaive with my setup.  The thrown lifestrike is nice, as well as that 'one more' shot when I empty a magazine and still have some more work to do :D

all in all, glaives could use a bit of love...

[ZetraThorn]

Glaive prime has a nishe use for me. If you are using power throw you can pop nulificator bubbles by throwing it into the ground inside the buble.

[Prof_Blocks_007]

I use a Toxin built Glaive Prime with Chroma for taking out Nullifiers and healing my Kubrow from a distance (Pack Leader mod - heals Kubrow for 36% of melee damage dealt).

Other than that, thrown melees are fairly weak at the moment.

[KirukaChan]

Wait until DE fixes them properly.

[Dobermann92]

I find it enjoyable and very good with stealth frames like loki.

[NightmareT12]

3 hours ago, Trichouette said:

In my opinion thrown melee weapons aren't worth it.

Unless to play with a trinity bless, or with ivara (navigator), it's mainly not worth it.

A redeemer is better than a glaive prime. But that's just my opinion.

As for "why" do I think that :

- Low damage

- Very slow to throw

- Mods like quick return or power throw should have their own slot just for thrown melee.

- Low crit chance

- Can barely play on combo.

 

I do think these weapons are fun to play with, but not powerful enough.

I have faith that they'll get some stats buffed just like Scythes magically did this patch out of nowhere.

[(XBOX)EternalDrk Mako]

[Valiant]

I feel thrown weapons need a pass like scythes eventually received. Same goes for a considerable amount of other weapons, especially whips.

[Jaysus41]

I love my Glaive Prime. Every so often i find something new about it that makes me love it more.

If you play Loki, right after a RD they're vulnerable to finisher damage from melee weapons. I chuck mine directly into a crowded space and kill 5 - 10 enemies at once. Add in a Whirlwind mod and you can do this to enemies from across the map. Its just a ton of fun to learn and use.

[SYL3NZR]

"worth it"

sets cost like 200+ plat for just a tiny bit more of punchthrough over normal glaive

Cerata does the same thing, slightly homes in and becomes a boss with powerthrow, base toxin damage is AMAZING for everything

for blessing it really doesnt matter at all

i like the looks of it

[(PSN)IIIDevoidIII]

Moved to Players Helping Players subforum.

[IceColdHawk]

13 minutes ago, (XB1)EternalDrk Mako said:

Glaive Prime has got 1.5x crit multiplier and low slide range, not worth it.

You're better off using those on orthos prime and lesion.

Edited March 8, 2016 by IceColdHawk