Stances are extremely important in Warframe. Melee combat is incredibly powerful, and your stance will dictate your available moveset with the melee weapon you are using. This means the actual combos that you can do, and any affects they have, are all based on your stance. Most weapon type have multiple Stance Mods available for them, and you can change up the style of any weapon by switching the Stance.
This means it is a good idea to experiment with stances and combos to find something that you enjoy and is effective.
How to check Stance Combos
You can view all combos that will be available with a Stance by clicking the “Combos” button beside the stance mod when it is installed in a weapon.
How to get Stance Mods
Stance Mods drop from a range of enemies in the game, assorted bosses, as bounty rewards, or from Conclave. You can also pick up some valuable Stance Mods from Baro Ki’Teer from time to time.
If you really want a Stance, you should keep in mind that all Stances can be traded between players, and the trade tax is normally quite low. You can use a website like Warframe Market to find someone who is selling a Stance you want, but you will normally need to part with some Platinum to get it.
You can also use the in-game Trade Chat to make a request for an item, and if someone in chat has it, they may be willing to sell it to you. It is still a good idea to use the Warframe Market to get a good idea of the going rate of the mod before you buy.
If you would prefer to farm for the mods, you can find a full list of Stances in the game, and some sources for each one below.
- Argent Scourge – available through Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Astral Twilight – available from Lua Spy Mission, Baro Ki’Teer, and as drops from Kuva Jesters, Mimics, and Denial Bursas
- Atlantis Vulcan – drops from Ghoul Devourer, Guardsmen, Orphid Specters
- Biting Piranha – available from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Bleeding Willow – drops from Corrupted MOAs
- Blind Justice – drops from Knave Specters, Shadow Stalker, Stalker
- Brutal Tide – drops from Arcane Boiler, Boiler, Toxic Ancient
- Bullet Dance – drops from caches in Void Sabotage missions
- Burning Wasp – can be obtained from Cetus Bounties, Corrupted Butcher, and Corrupted Lancer enemies
- Carving Mantis – Cetus Bounties on the Steel Path, and can drop from Mimics and the Plains Commander
- Celestial Nightfall – can be obtained from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Clashing Forest – can drop from Corrupted Ancients
- Cleaving Whirlwind – can be gotten from Lua Spy missions, and can drop from Ancient Disruptors and Tar Mutalist MOAs
- Coiling Viper – can be gotten from Lua Spy missions and Corrupted Crewmen
- Crashing Havoc – can be obtained from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Crashing Timber – can be obtained from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Crimson Dervish – can be obtained as a drop from Bombards, Knave Specters, Tusk Bombards, and Tusk Mortar Bombards
- Crossing Snakes – can be obtained as a drop from Tusk Elite Lancer, Shock Draga, Elite Lancer, Eliter Frontier Lancer, Eliter Arid Lander
- Crushing Ruin – can be gotten from Lua Spy missions and as drops from Arid Seeker, Frontier Seeker, Kuva Seeker, Seeker, and Tusk Seeker enemies
- Cunning Aspect – can be obtained through Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Cyclone Kraken – can be gotten from caches in Kuva Exterminate missions.
- Decisive Judgement – Arid Heavy Gunner, Corrupted Warden, Grineer Warden, Heavy Gunner, Infested Chroma, Infested Mesa, Tenno Specter
- Defiled Snapdragon – Kuva Scorpion, Leaping Thresher, Scorpion
- Dividing Blades – can be obtained from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Eleventh Storm – Lephantis boss fight, Wolf of Saturn Six, Zealoid Prelate
- Fateful Truth – can be obtained from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Final Harbinger – Drekar Manic, Feyarch Specter
- Flailing Branch – Corrupted Bombard, Corrupted Heavy Gunner
- Four Riders – Grineer Manic, Undying Flyer
- Fracturing Wind – Carrion Charger, Charger, Jack O’ Naut, Juggernaut, Juggernaut Behemoth
- Gaia’s Tragedy – Comba, Datalyst, Comba variants, Scrambus
- Gemini Cross – Corrupted MOA
- Gleaming Talon – Leech Osprey, Sapping Osprey, Vapos Sapping Osprey
- Gnashing Payara – Elite Crewman, Machinist, Vapos Elite Crewman
- Grim Fury – Cetus Bounties, Kuva Powerclaw, Powerfist
- High Noon – Lua Spy Missions, Brood Mother, Feyarch Specter
- Homing Fang – Nauseous Crawler
- Iron Phoenix – Arid Hellion, Arid Lancer, Coilddriver, Drekar Scorpion, Frontier Hellion, Frontier Lancer, Tusk Hellion, Tusk Lancer, Tusk Reaver
- Lashing Coil – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Last Herald – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Mafic Rain – Ghoul Auger, Ghoul Auger Alpha, Ghoul Devourer, Ghoul Expired, Ghoul Rictus
- Malicious Raptor – Kuva Powerclaw, Powerfist
- Noble Cadence – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Piercing Fury – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Pointed Wind – Shockwave MOA, Test MOA, Vapos Shockwave MOA
- Quaking Hand – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Reaping Spiral – Cetus Bounties
- Rending Crane – Kuva Napalm, Napalm, Tusk Napalm
- Rending Wind – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Rising Steel – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Scarlet Hurricane – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Seismic Palm – Leaper
- Shadow Harvest – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Shattering Storm – General Sargus Ruk
- Shimmering Blight – Arid Seeker, Frontier Seeker, Kuva Seeker, Seeker, Tusk Seeker
- Sinking Talon – Detron Crewman, Vapos Detron Crewman
- Slicing Feathers – Ghost Auger, Ghost Auger Alpha, Ghoul Devourer, Ghoul Expired, Ghoul Rictus, Ghoul Rictus Alpha
- Sovereign Outcast – Kuva Heavy Gunner, Tusk Heavy Gunner
- Spinning Needle – Leaper, Wolf of Saturn Six, Zealoid Prelate
- Stalking Fan – Aerolyst, Nullifier Crewman, Sniper Crewman
- Star Divide – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Stinging Thorn – Eidolon Vomvalyst, Tusk Thumper, Tusk Thumper Bull
- Sundering Weave – Arid Eviscerator, Arid Trooper, Eviscerator, Frontier Trooper, Kuva Trooper, Trooper
- Swirling Tiger – Anti MOA, Corpus Tech, Corpus Warden, Ghoul Auger, Kuva Scorch, Scorch
- Swooping Falcon – Ceuts Bounties on the Steel Path, Cetus Bounty (normal), Aerial Commander
- Tainted Hydra – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Tempo Royale – Baro Ki’Teer, Isolator Bursa, Wolf of Saturn Six, Zealoid Prelate
- Tranquil Cleave – Arid Butcher, Frontier Butcher
- Twirling Spire – Steel Path Cetus Bounty, normal Cetus Bounty, Recon Commander
- Vengeful Revenant – Aerolyst, Conculyst
- Vermillion Storm – Baro Ki’Teer, Drekar Manic Bombard, Kuva Guardian
- Vicious Approach – can be gotten from Conclave for 2000 Standing
- Vulpine Mask – Comba, Datalyst, Drekar Manic Bombard, Comba variants
- Wise Razor – Coolant Raknoid
