Build it if you already own it or can trade for it, since it has the highest combined crit/status/damage stat block of any heavy blade and feeds directly into the Blood Rush, Weeping Wounds, and Condition Overload combo meta. It’s vaulted with no direct farm and it’s the slowest heavy blade in the game, so you pay both an acquisition tax and an attack-speed tax.
Gram Prime is the primed version of the Gram heavy sword, and it still has the best offensive stat line of any heavy blade, landing it in 2026 S-tier rankings because the current Blood Rush, Weeping Wounds, and Condition Overload combo meta plays straight into its stats.
How to get the Gram Prime
- Gram Prime is currently vaulted, meaning its Void Relics are not in the regular drop tables.
- Check Varzia in Maroo’s Bazaar (or the in-game Prime Resurgence menu) for the current monthly rotation; if Gram Prime is featured, buy relics with Aya or the finished parts/weapon outright with Regal Aya.
- If it’s not in rotation, buy the Blade Prime, Handle Prime, and Gram Prime blueprints (or the relics that drop them) from other players via Warframe Market or trade chat.
- Open any relics you already hold that contain Gram Prime parts in a Fissure mission as an alternative to buying finished parts.
- Build each part in the Foundry, then build the full weapon: 15,000 Credits, 1 Blade Blueprint, 1 Handle Blueprint, 15 Orokin Cells, 12-hour build timer (rush with Platinum if wanted).
- There is no Incarnon Genesis adapter for this weapon, so Circuit farming will not add anything to it.
Trading plat for the finished parts is the fastest route in 2026 since relic drop tables rotate unpredictably; do not wait on a specific Prime Resurgence week, and a second copy means a full second Foundry build plus its own Catalyst if you want two potatoed copies.
Stats
| Class | Melee |
|---|---|
| Mastery Rank | 14 |
| Attack Speed | 0.8 |
| Range | 2.9 m |
| Blocking Angle | 55° |
| Combo Duration | 5 s |
| Follow Through | 0.6 |
| Wind Up | 1.1 s |
| Slam Attack | 900 |
| Heavy Attack | 1800 |
| Critical Chance | 32% |
| Critical Multiplier | 2.6x |
| Status Chance | 32% |
| Riven Disposition | (0.75) |
| Damage | 300 total |
|---|---|
| Impact | 60 |
| Puncture | 15 |
| Slash | 225 |
Riven disposition sits at 0.75 (2 dots), on the low end, so a riven rolls weaker stats for the same trade cost, making it a nice-to-have, not something worth chasing hard.
Builds
This is a hybrid crit and status build: Gram Prime’s 300 base damage (225 Slash), 32% crit, 32% status, and 2.6x multiplier support both paths, so run Primed Pressure Point for flat damage, then Blood Rush and Weeping Wounds together to convert the combo counter into overcapped crit and status chance, and add Condition Overload for extra damage per status stacked on the target. Layer Cold from North Wind and Toxin from Virulent Scourge for Viral, since Gram Prime is 75% Slash by base damage and Viral doubles Slash bleed ticks, and use Organ Shatter plus Berserker Fury to keep the combo counter climbing despite its slow swing speed.
14Primed Pressure Point
Melee
14Blood Rush
Melee
9Weeping WoundsMelee
15Condition Overload
Melee
11North Wind
Melee
7Virulent ScourgeMelee
9Organ Shatter
Melee
9Berserker FuryMelee| Mod | Why it’s here |
|---|---|
| Primed Pressure Point | Flat base damage increase that scales every other percentage-based mod on this list. |
| Blood Rush | Converts the combo counter into crit chance past 100%, turning the weapon’s already-solid 32% crit into reliable orange and red crits. |
| Weeping Wounds | Converts the same combo counter into status chance overcap, keeping status high enough to consistently trigger Condition Overload. |
| Condition Overload | Multiplies damage per status effect on the enemy, which lands often thanks to the weapon’s 32% base status chance. |
| North Wind | Adds Cold, which combines with Toxin for Viral to double the damage of the weapon’s dominant Slash bleed ticks. |
| Virulent Scourge | Adds Toxin and extra status chance, completing the Viral combo against a mostly-Slash damage profile. |
| Organ Shatter | Flat crit damage that stacks additively onto the weapon’s already high 2.6x base multiplier for bigger red crits. |
| Berserker Fury | Attack speed on crit keeps the combo counter climbing faster, offsetting Gram Prime’s status as the slowest heavy blade. |
Reviewed September 2026.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Highest raw stat total of any heavy blade: 300 base damage, 32% crit, 32% status, 2.6x multiplier
- True hybrid crit/status profile, so Blood Rush, Weeping Wounds, and Condition Overload all pay off at once
- 75% Slash base damage makes it a natural Viral/bleed-proc weapon
- Wide cleaving swings clear grouped enemies well in Steel Path
- Still S-tier ranked in 2026 community heavy blade tier lists
Cons
- Vaulted: no direct relic farm, requires trading or catching a Prime Resurgence rotation
- Slowest attack speed in the heavy blade class, needs attack-speed mods to keep combo alive
- Low 0.75 riven disposition means rivens roll weaker for the trade cost
- No Incarnon Genesis adapter, so it misses the free evolution power spike other legacy weapons get
Gram Prime is for players who already own it or want to trade plat for a vaulted heavy blade that nukes grouped, tanky Steel Path enemies without needing a riven, not for anyone without the parts when Incarnon melee weapons cover the same slash and status ground for free.