Vasto Prime

The Primed version of the Vasto revolver, the Vasto Prime features enhanced damage over the original.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * High damage.
 * High damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
 * Fast fire rate.
 * Very accurate.
 * Very fast reload speed, on par with the Bronco and the Brakk
 * Two polarity slots.
 * Higher chance to stagger than other weapons.
 * High critical chance.
 * Can cut enemies, leaving 2 corpses for a Nekros to use desecrate on.

Disadvantages:
 * Small clip size.
 * Low and  damage – less effective against Shields or armor.

Comparisons
 * Compared to the Vasto:
 * Higher base damage (60.0 vs. 50.0).
 * Lower damage (9.0 vs. 12.5).
 * Lower damage (9.0 vs. 12.5).
 * Higher damage (42.0 vs. 25.0).
 * Slightly higher rate of fire (5.4 vs. 5.0).
 * Higher critical damage (2.0x vs. 1.5x).
 * Higher status chance (15.0% vs. 5.0%).
 * Additional polarity.
 * Has a stronger recoil.

Tips

 * The has the unique capability of cutting corpses into pieces, similar to -focused melee weapons. This makes the  the prime candidate for a Desecrating Nekros to bring along, as the game considers the cut corpses as separate entities, essentially giving multiple corpses to desecrate from a single enemy and thus yielding more chances to create more drops.
 * Alternatively, can be used to assist Desecrating Nekros to yield more loots.
 * Other known firearms which shares the same property are the AkJagara, Braton Prime, Flux Rifle, Grakata, Kohm, Miter, Panthera, Spectra, Tigris, other Vastos (Vasto and Akvasto), Latos (Lato, Lato Prime and Lato Vandal).

Trivia

 * The Vasto Prime was one of the first Prime items which had colourable gold parts. This trait is shared with the Soma Prime, Nova Prime and the Pyra Prime Syndana.
 * Since Update 15.13, several other Prime items have since had this trait implemented.
 * With the introduction of Damage 2.0, the original Vasto along with Akvasto became able to cut enemies due to its overwhelming slash damage. The Vasto Prime inherited this trait.