Soma Prime

The Soma Prime is the primed version of the Soma assault rifle. It primarily features a greater magazine size, greater ammo reserves, and a slight increase to physical damage and status chance.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * High fire rate, achieved after a wind up period of five bullets. BEST WEAPON in GAME
 * High critical chance.
 * Rewards critical headshots more due to its high critical chance.
 * Tied for the highest critical multiplier bonus ratio of all primary weapons with its non-prime variant.
 * High accuracy.
 * Increased maximum ammo capacity.
 * Large magazine size.
 * Two polarity slots.

Disadvantages:
 * Very reliant on its high critical damage potential due to its very low base damage.
 * Ill-suited against Object-based health as it nullifies any critical hits.
 * Low damage.
 * High fire rate generates high recoil, hindering accuracy.
 * Long reload span.
 * Inefficient in ammo economy.

Comparisons:
 * Soma Prime, compared to the Soma:
 * Slightly higher base damage (12.0 vs. 10.0)
 * Slightly higher damage (1.2 vs. 1.0).
 * Slightly higher damage (4.8 vs. 4.0).
 * Slightly higher damage (6.0 vs. 5.0).
 * Significantly larger magazine size (200 rounds vs. 100 rounds).
 * Significantly larger ammo capacity (800 rounds vs. 540 rounds).
 * Slightly higher status chance (10.0% vs. 7.0%).
 * Faster spool-up to maximum fire rate (5 bullets vs 8 bullets).

Tips

 * A critical-focused build using Point Strike and/or Critical Delay combined with Vital Sense and/or Hammer Shot is the best way to mod this weapon to take advantage of its high critical chance to increase its otherwise meager base damage.
 * Firing in short bursts and landing headshots will significantly increase its efficiency.
 * Reload time can be shortened by using a melee attack when the reload timer reaches about 3/4ths. This works because the magazine is updated at this time instead of at the end, making the remaining time extraneous.
 * Due to the weapon's high rate-of-fire combined with its low base damage, the Soma Prime can be ammo inefficient. Using Rifle Ammo Mutation and/or Rifle Scavenger can be used to recover a steady supply of ammo. Alternatively, ammo can be instantly replenished using Team Ammo Restores.
 * The Soma Prime's high ammo consumption makes Critical Delay a good option for it, as the mod enhances critical chance while slowing down rate of fire, improving its ammo efficiency.

Trivia

 * The Soma Prime was one of the first prime items which had colorable gold parts. This trait was shared with the Vasto Prime, Nova Prime and the Pyra Prime Syandana.
 * The ring-like formation through which the Warframe holds the weapon with their left hand rotates while firing, making this one of the few primary weapons that have firing animations.
 * Like its non-prime version, the Soma Prime's magazine passes up through its receiver as it fires, with the portion of the magazine consumed indicating the amount of ammo left.