The Ankyros Prime are the Prime version of Ankyros, featuring higher damage, status chance, and attack speed.
On February 9th, 2016, it was announced that Ankyros Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on February 16th, 2016. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
Ankyros Prime along with Boar Prime, Dakra Prime, Mag Prime, Rhino Prime, and Boltor Prime were unvaulted on June 27, 2017 to August 1, 2017.
Ankyros Prime, along with Boltor Prime, Hikou Prime, Scindo Prime, Nyx Prime, and Rhino Prime, was once again unvaulted on July 24, 2018 to September 25, 2018.
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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15,000 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush: 50 | |||||
Market Price: N/A | Blueprints Price:N/A |
Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage.
Advantages:
- High Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – effective against shields.
- High critical chance.
- Good status chance.
- Highest attack speed of all fist weapons.
- High blocking effectiveness of 85% instead of other fists' usual 60%.
- Staggers enemies on each hit.
- Slam attack causes an area of effect knockdown.
- Stance slot has Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. polarity, matches Fracturing Wind stance.
- Two innate Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. polarities.
Disadvantages:
- Low Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – less effective against armor and health.
- Short range.
- Normal punches only hit one target.
Comparisons: Comparisons:
- Ankyros Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Ankyros (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (128.00 vs. 90.00)
- Higher total damage (128 vs. 90)
- Higher base critical chance (28.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.40x vs. 2.00x)
- Higher base status chance (16.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher attack speed (1.25x animation speed vs. 1.17x animation speed)
- Different Stance Polarity ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (8 vs. 2)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.45x) vs. ●●●●● (1.50x))
Trivia
- Ankyros Prime is the first Gauntlet melee weapon to be primed.
- Compared to previous Prime weapons, the Ankyros and the Ankyros Prime have a much closer resemblance to each other – their model geometry is nearly identical.