Prova Vandal

The  is the vandalized version of the Prova, offering greater damage and status chance than the standard version. Originally a potential reward for The Gradivus Dilemma, it has been made a reward for getting at least 48 points in a single mission in the Operation Breeding Grounds event.

Characteristics
Advantages:


 * Specializes in damage, making it effective against Robotic and Machine enemies. Electric is a versatile damage type, combining for,  and.
 * Slightly higher than average damage, making it a decent backup weapon.
 * Priority of Electric damage can be changed by using an Electric Damage Mod (Shocking Touch / Focus Energy / Voltaic Strike) allowing you to combine Elementals without hindrance.
 * Guaranteed  proc on Ground Slam.
 * With the Machete stance Sundering Weave, which has at least two out of three of its combos utilising knockdown / ground slams, it becomes a highly effective radial stun.
 * Compared to the standard Prova:
 * Greater  damage.
 * Greater Status chance.

Disadvantages:


 * Slightly slower than average attack speed.
 * damage suffers reduction versus Alloy Armor.
 * Damage cannot be increased with, or  mods.

Acquisition

 * This weapon may only be obtained by gaining at least 48 points in a single mission in the Operation Breeding Grounds event.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Trivia

 * The Prova Vandal was one of two rewards for The Gradivus Dilemma, the other being the Machete Wraith. This would have been obtained by fighting 25 battles on any side during The Gradivus Dilemma and if the Corpus had won. As the Grineer won, players got the Machete Wraith instead.
 * Although it was never distributed in the game at the time, information about it existed in the Codex.
 * Prova Vandal is the first Vandal melee weapon to be released.