Fang Prime

Fang Prime features a higher base and charge damage than Fang, at the cost of slower attacks. The Fang Prime was added into the game in Update 9.

This weapon can be sold for.

Characteristics
This weapon deals mostly Puncture damage.

Advantages:
 * Deals highest base damage of all light melee weapons in one swing.
 * Deals mostly Puncture damage, good for armored enemies.
 * Highest charge damage of all light melee weapons.
 * Can hit multiple targets if they are close together.
 * Unlike normal attacks, charge attacks deal a small amount of Slash damage.
 * A polarity.
 * Relatively high rate of fire (strikes several times per attack - 3,3,2,4 strikes respectively).
 * Jump attack knocks down enemies in a mid-sized area.
 * Unlike many other prime weapons, Fang Prime does not require 10 Orokin Cells to build.
 * Can be used as a mobility tool by jumping and using the slide attack, good for slower frames.

Disadvantages:
 * Deals low impact and zero slash, which means it has low effectiveness against Shields and Infested.
 * Short attack range.
 * Slower attack speed than Fang.
 * Only available from the Void, and requiring four separate pieces and the Blueprint itself.
 * Extremely low status chance of 0.5% on normal attacks, even less than the regular Fang, makes it almost impossible to deal strikes with proc.

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

Tips

 * Not recommended to be used against Infested enemies, especially at high levels, due to the majority of the damage being Puncture damage.

Trivia

 * Currently, the only other Prime weapon that doesn't require Orokin Cells is the Paris Prime.