The Dex Sybaris is the Dex variant of Sybaris burst-fire rifle, sporting higher fire rate, magazine size, and faster reload, but with a slight reduction to damage. It was added in celebration of WARFRAME's 3rd anniversary.
Acquisition[]
The weapon was released in commemoration of WARFRAME's 3rd Year Anniversary. It is obtainable through yearly anniversaries in March via Alerts, complete with a free weapon slot and a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
Advantages:
- Third highest base damage of all burst-fire rifles, behind Sybaris and Sybaris Prime.
- High reload speed.
- Good long range accuracy.
- Low recoil.
- Negligible burst-fire spread.
- Good ammo efficiency.
- Can equip the Sybaris-exclusive Sudden Justice mod.
Disadvantages:
- Low Impact and Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.
- Relatively small magazine size.
Comparisons:
- Dex Sybaris (Normal Attack), compared to Sybaris (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (56.25 vs. 65.60)
- Lower total damage (56.25 vs. 65.6)
- Lower average damage per tap (112.5 vs. 131.2)
- Lower burst DPS (234.56 vs. 261.08)
- Higher sustained DPS (285.32 vs. 215.08)
- Higher fire rate (4.170 attacks/sec vs. 3.980 attacks/sec)
- Larger magazine (14 vs. 10)
- More shots per magazine (14 vs. 10)
- Larger max ammo capacity (56 vs. 50)
- Faster reload time (1.50 s vs. 2.00 s)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 5)
- Dex Sybaris (Normal Attack), compared to Sybaris Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (56.25 vs. 57.20)
- Lower total damage (56.25 vs. 57.2)
- Lower average damage per tap (112.5 vs. 114.4)
- Lower burst DPS (234.56 vs. 269.98)
- Lower sustained DPS (285.32 vs. 305.88)
- Lower fire rate (4.170 attacks/sec vs. 4.720 attacks/sec)
- Smaller magazine (14 vs. 16)
- Less shots per magazine (14 vs. 16)
- Larger max ammo capacity (56 vs. 48)
- Faster reload time (1.50 s vs. 2.00 s)
- More accurate (28.6 vs. 25)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 12)
Notes[]
- The Dex Sybaris comes with its own weapon slot and a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst.
Trivia[]
- The Dex Sybaris is the third Dex weapon released, after the Dex Furis and the Dex Dakra. It is also the first Dex primary weapon to be released.
- The Dex Sybaris has three energy dots near the trigger which indicates that the weapon was released on the third anniversary. The same can be seen for the other Dex weapons: Dex Dakra has two dots, and Dex Furis has one.
- Details on this weapon were leaked via the Warframe Nexus mobile app.
- When firing the Dex Sybaris, the Lotus logo will appear as a muzzle flash, and its color can be customized via the Dex Sybaris's energy color.
- The Dex Sybaris is one of the very few guns in-game with a visible full-length bore.
- The Dex Sybaris was first released from March 22, 2016 to March 29, 2016 on PC, and from April 9, 2016 to April 15, 2016 for consoles. It was released again from March 24, 2017 to March 27, 2017.
Dex Sybaris Skins
Media[]
Patch History[]
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 7
See also[]
- Sybaris, the original variant.
- Sybaris Prime, another variant of the Sybaris.
- Dex Dakra, the second Dex weapon.
- Dex Furis, the first Dex weapon.