The Hikou Prime is the primed version of the 
Hikou throwing stars, featuring higher damage, magazine, and faster reload speed, at some expense to fire rate.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000.
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Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily 
Puncture damage.
Advantages:
- Silent - will not be present on opponent's minimap.
- Second highest fire rate of all throwing-type secondaries, behind normal
Hikou. - Fastest reload speed of all throwing-type secondaries.
- Pinpoint accuracy.
- Two polarity slots.
Disadvantages:
- Lowest base damage of all throwing-type secondaries.
- Projectiles have travel time.
- Projectiles travel in an arc, making it hard to hit at longer ranges and achieve headshots.
- Very low ammo efficiency.
Comparisons:
- Hikou Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Hikou (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (51.90 vs. 52.70)
- Lower total damage (51.9 vs. 52.7)
- Lower average damage per tap (51.9 vs. 52.7)
- Lower burst DPS (302.57 vs. 351.50)
- Lower sustained DPS (272.07 vs. 277.47)
- Lower fire rate (5.83 attacks/sec vs. 6.67 attacks/sec)
- Larger magazine (26 vs. 20)
- More shots per magazine (26 vs. 20)
- Larger max ammo capacity (52 vs. 40)
- Faster reload time (0.50 s vs. 0.80 s)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 2)
Notes[]
- The Hikou Prime can ricochet (rarely) off surfaces, as floors and walls. Ricocheted shots can damage and kill whoever gets in the way.
- The Hikou Prime can pass through Volt's Electric Shield.
Bugs[]
- As with all thrown sidearms, when performing a Jump Kick your frame will hold the Hikou Prime as dual pistols. Upon hitting the ground and sliding, this will quickly switch back to as it should be.
Trivia[]
- Hikou (Hikō or 飛行 ) in Japanese means "flight."
- The Hikou are based off the Japanese throwing stars from ninjutsu tradition. Throwing stars were primarily used as distractions, and were often called the "invisible blades" due to a thrown star being able to cut enemies unseen from any direction.
Media[]
Hikou Prime
Warframe Hikou Prime, Hitting It Hard & Fast thequickdraw
Warframe Hikou Prime Pro Builds 1 Forma Update 14.8.0
Hikou Prime 14.8.1 - Mogamu
Warframe - Hikou Prime (HD)(HUN)
Vaultings[]
- On August 9th, 2016, it was announced that Hikou Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on August 23rd, 2016. Any preexisting components, relics or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
- Hikou Prime, along with Ankyros Prime, Scindo Prime, Boltor Prime, Nyx Prime, and Rhino Prime, was unvaulted on July 24, 2018 to September 25, 2018.
Patch History[]
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Damage increased from 32 to 36.
- Status chance increased from 15% to 28%.
- Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 6%.
- Critical damage increased from 1.5x to 1.8x.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 3 (2016-08-23)
- Hikou Prime has entered the Prime Vault.
Update 18.1 (2015-12-16)
- Hikou series is now available for use in Conclave.
Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
- Hikou Prime has been given a PBR Upgrade!
Update 16.8 (2015-06-10)
- Fixed thrown weapons not showing the proper energy trails.
Hotfix 14.8.1 (2014-09-25)
- Fixed an issue with the Hikou Prime having incorrect coloring when trying to customize energy color.
- Fixed an issue with the Hikou Prime sound effect being unaffected by volume sliders. Additional tweaks to overall sound levels are included.
Update 14.8 (2014-09-24)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 22.20.9 (2018-06-07)
See Also[]
- Hikou, the original counterpart of this weapon.
- Kunai, another thrown secondary.
- Despair, another thrown secondary, used by the Stalker.
