Hate

"HATE is a scythe with a cruel blade, wielded by the Stalker."

- In-Game Description

The Hate is a heavy melee weapon. Blueprints found by defeating the Stalker.

Characteristics
This is a Slashing weapon.

Advantages:
 * Deals 3x damage to non-Ancient Infested.
 * Can hit multiple targets with normal and charged attacks.
 * Ancients stagger on every hit. (Even though they can hit you while recovering)
 * Causes large Area of Effect knockdown on jump attack.
 * Charged attacks swing low to the ground and allow for consistent attacks on downed enemies and rollers.
 * Second fastest attack rate of any heavy melee weapon.
 * Joint-Highest base charge damage of any melee weapon.

Disadvantages:
 * Shorter reach than other heavy melee weapons (increased by Reach mod).
 * Jump attack has very slow animation, can be easily interrupted by mobs.
 * Requires large amounts of materials to craft.
 * Currently not immune to staggering hits while charging.
 * No Polarity slot.

Acquisition
The Hate cannot be purchased separately, but it is included in the What Stalker? bundle. Its blueprint can be dropped by the Stalker.



Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Trivia

 * When holding the payload, your character will swing Hate with one hand.

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