Scindo Prime

The primed version of the Scindo, the Scindo Prime offers improved overall statistics to the original, with increased damage, speed, critical chance, and status. Providing a formidable weapon surpassing the original, and many of its peers in the heavy blade category. Like the original, the Scindo Prime is also compatible with the Manticore skin, providing damage at the cost of speed.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * Second highest base damage of all melee weapons, along with the Jat Kittag, the Fragor Prime, and the Sibear.
 * High damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
 * Good critical chance.
 * Jump attack knocks enemies down – 6 meter AoE.
 * Possesses momentum during regular swings, which resists interruption such as stagger or knockdown.
 * One polarity.
 * Stance slot has a polarity, matches Rending Crane.

Disadvantages:
 * Slow movement while swinging.
 * Low and  damage – less effective against shielded and armored enemies.

Comparisons:
 * Scindo Prime, compared to the Scindo:
 * Higher base damage (130.0 vs. 100.0).
 * Higher damage (13.0 vs. 10.0).
 * Higher damage (13.0 vs. 10.0).
 * Higher damage (104.0 vs. 80.0).
 * Faster attack speed (0.967 atks/s vs. 0.917 atks/s).
 * Higher crit chance (20.0% vs. 15.0%).
 * Higher crit damage (2.0x vs. 1.5x).
 * Higher status chance (15.0% vs. 10.0%).
 * Has an extra polarity.

Tips

 * Berserker pairs well with the Scindo Prime due to this weapon's high critical chance, making Berserker more likely to activate.
 * Using Organ Shatter instead of True Steel creates a larger DPS increase.
 * The Scindo Prime's base damage can be improved further by equipping the Manticore skin, which sacrifices -15% attack speed for an additional +15% damage, totaling 149.5 base damage and 0.822 attack speed.

Trivia

 * Scindo is a Latin verb, meaning to separate, divide, rend, or slice.
 * Described as an executioner's weapon, being held as a great honor to be beheaded by, it could have been initially made as an ornamental weapon, reserved for the most worthy of adversaries.
 * The Scindo Prime's gold parts can be recolored as of.