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How to Get Killing Blow in Warframe (2026): Where It Drops, Stats and Is It Worth It
Increases Heavy Attack damage by 120% and Heavy Attack wind up speed by 60% at max rank
Last Updated on September 18, 2026
The short answer
Killing Blow is an uncommon melee mod: Increases Heavy Attack damage by 120% and Heavy Attack wind up speed by 60% at max rank. The fastest way to get Killing Blow is to farm Lt Lech Kril due to his high drop chance. It is on 9 of our 242 weapon builds.
Reviewed September 13, 2026, current through Update 43.5. Stats are max rank from the live game data, drop chances from the official drop tables; this page is re-checked after every major patch.
| Mod facts | |
|---|---|
| Slot | Melee |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Polarity | Madurai (V) |
| Drain at max rank | 11 (rank 5) |
| At max rank | +120% Melee Damage on Heavy Attack; +60% Heavy Attack Wind Up Speed |
| Fastest route | The fastest way to get Killing Blow is to farm Lt Lech Kril due to his high drop chance. |
| On our builds | 9 of 242 weapon pages |
Table of Contents
The card
Tap it to unfold the full card at max rank.
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Killing Blow
Killing Blow
+120% Melee Damage on Heavy Attack
+60% Heavy Attack Wind Up Speed
Melee
Where it drops
Official drop table, best chance first.
| Where | Chance | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| Lt Lech Kril | 22.92% | Uncommon |
| Phorid | 5.64% | Rare |
| Councilor Vay Hek | 4.42% | Rare |
| Artificer | 4.42% | Rare |
| Vay Hek Terra Frame | 4.42% | Rare |
| Duviri/Endless: Tier 1 (Normal) | 0.67% | Legendary |
| Duviri/Endless: Tier 3 (Normal) | 0.67% | Legendary |
| Tusk Seeker | 0.22% | Rare |
| Kuva Seeker | 0.22% | Rare |
| Arid Seeker | 0.22% | Rare |
| Frontier Seeker | 0.22% | Rare |
| Seeker | 0.22% | Rare |
Weapons we put it on
Killing Blow is in the recommended build on these guides; the tile opens the full build with every mod card.
Coda HirudoBuild
Kestrel PrimeBuild
Kuva GhoulsawBuild
PennantBuild
Quassus PrimeBuild
Tenet AgendusBuild
Tenet ExecBuild
Tenet LiviaBuild
XorisBuildTips that save runs
- Corrupt Charge on any melee weapon for increased heavy attack damage.
- Glaives for greatly increased throwing animation speed and mid-air explosion damage.
- Thrown melee weapons for higher overall DPS due to faster throwing.
- The damage bonus is additive to mods like Pressure Point.
- This mod greatly speeds up the throwing animation of Glaives.
Mistakes that waste runs
- Players assume it increases the impact damage of thrown melee weapons.
- Players expect it to affect the damage of explosions caused by Volatile Rebound.
- Players expect it to affect the damage of explosions caused by Volatile Quick Return.