Tigris Prime

The Tigris Prime is the primed variant of the Tigris shotgun. Featuring the highest base damage of any non-Archwing weapon, it is balanced out by its low magazine size and damage falloff.

Tigris Prime was added along with Nekros Prime and Galatine Prime in.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily  damage.

Advantages
 * Highest base damage of all non-Archwing weapons.
 * High damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
 * Unique trigger type allows for two rapid shots against tough targets, or careful shot management against many weaker opponents. First shot on button press, the second on button release.
 * Efficient ammunition economy.
 * Tied for third highest status chance of all shotguns alongside Boar Prime, behind the Strun Wraith and Astilla.
 * Can achieve 100% status per pellet with, , and.
 * The very high base damage makes procs deal very high damage.
 * Comes with and  polarities.

Disadvantages
 * Linear damage falloff from 100% to ~50% from 10m to 20m target distance (distances are affected Projectile Speed).
 * Lower and  damage – less effective against shields and armor.
 * damage has a -15% damage reduction against Ferrite armor and a -50% reduction against alloy, making it weak against armor.
 * Inefficient against groups, unless using Punch Through mods.
 * Low magazine size, requires frequent reloading.

Comparisons:

Tips

 * Because of the mechanics of status chance on shotguns, reaching 100% status chance results in many more status effects than 90% or even 99% would.
 * As mentioned above, the Tigris Prime can achieve 100% status chance with a combination of, , , and.
 * Due to the weapon's low magazine size and tight spread, consider using  and/or in order to deal with large groups more effectively.
 * can also help to speed up the weapon's frequent reloads.
 * All Tigris variants can reach 4 shells in the magazine by combining a max rank with a rank 1.
 * Due to rounding, increasing Burdened Magazine to a higher level will never give any more than 4 shells, but it will still increase the reload speed penalty.
 * Aiming down sights will increase weapon accuracy and decrease shotgun spread, making the Tigris more effective at medium ranges.

Media


Tigris PrimeTigris Prime