Silva & Aegis Prime

The Silva & Aegis Prime are the Prime counterparts to the -based sword and shield combo weapons, Silva & Aegis.

Meso V5 BP

Neo S6 Guard

Neo V5 Hilt

Axi C2 Blade

Characteristics
This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:
 * Innate damage – effective against Infested and Cloned Flesh.
 * Can also be combined with damage to make  damage for further-increased effectiveness against the Infested.
 * Can also be combined with damage to make  damage, making it effective against most Grineer units.
 * High blocking effectiveness, reducing up to 85% of incoming damage.
 * Blocking increases both Critical and Status Chance by 15% (max 60%) to next attack.
 * Ground finishers are guaranteed to inflict a proc.
 * AoE knockback on ground slam.
 * High status chance, even without blocking first
 * Wide swings can hit targets slightly behind the player
 * Shield Bashes deal proc.
 * Can use the Silva & Aegis exclusive Avenging Truth mod.

Disadvantages:
 * damage is ineffective against Proto Shields.
 * Short range.
 * Low critical chance when not blocking.

Trivia

 * The Silva & Aegis Prime is the first of DE's Community Melee Weapons Contest designs, which are comprised of fan-submitted weapons, to receive a Prime version.