Conclave:Lato Vandal

Tenno

Weapons

COOPERATIVE (PvE)

Lato Vandal

Tradable
(parts and/or blueprint only)

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General Information

Utility

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Normal Attack

8.1000
( 15%)

13.5000
( 25%)

32.4000
( 60%)

Headshot Multiplier

1.5x

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 7.0 (2013-03-18)

Variants

Vendor Sources

Article Categories

CODEX

A special version of the standard Lato pistol with a slower fire rate but offering higher accuracy and damage values. The Lato Vandal has been customized by the Tenno with a blue-green metallic finish, and Lotus branding on the grips.

The Lato Vandal is the Vandal version of the Lato, gaining improved damage and accuracy in exchange for a reduced rate of fire.

This weapon can be sold for 2,500 Credits 2,500.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	1	1		Time: 12 Hour(s)
25,000	1	1		Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Acquisition[]

This weapon was available to anyone who logged in during the Closed Beta (Excluding the Open Beta Weekend) upon the game transitioning into Open Beta (Update 7.0 (2013-03-18)). It originally had no rank restriction, so anyone who logged in during the Closed Beta could acquire it, regardless of time spent playing the game.

After the game entered Open Beta, Lato Vandal was unobtainable until Update 22.18 (2018-04-20), in which it was added as a reward in Elite Sanctuary Onslaught, a game mode introduced in that update. All the parts can be traded, although players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 7 to acquire the blueprint.

Characteristics[]

This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.

Advantages

Good damage.
- High Slash damage – effective against health and shields (although Puncture and Impact is much better against the respective damage classes).
Good accuracy.
Good magazine size.
Very high reload speed.
Has a Polarity slot.

Disadvantages

Low Impact and Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.

Comparisons:

Lato Vandal (Normal Attack), compared to Lato (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (54.00 vs. 43.10)
  - Lower Impact damage ( 8.1 vs. 10.8)
  - Higher Puncture damage ( 13.5 vs. 10.8)
  - Higher Slash damage ( 32.4 vs. 21.5)
- Higher total damage (54 vs. 43.1)
- Higher average damage per tap (54 vs. 43.1)
- Lower burst DPS (270 vs. 287.47)
- Higher sustained DPS (202.5 vs. 198.99)
- Lower fire rate (5.00 attacks/sec vs. 6.67 attacks/sec)
- More accurate (N/A vs. N/A)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 0)

Lato Vandal (Normal Attack), compared to Lato Prime (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (54.00 vs. 44.00)
  - Higher Impact damage ( 8.1 vs. 4.4)
  - Higher Puncture damage ( 13.5 vs. 8.8)
  - Higher Slash damage ( 32.4 vs. 30.8)
- Higher total damage (54 vs. 44)
- Higher average damage per tap (54 vs. 44)
- Lower burst DPS (270 vs. 293.48)
- Lower sustained DPS (202.5 vs. 220.08)
- Lower fire rate (5.00 attacks/sec vs. 6.67 attacks/sec)
- Smaller magazine (15 vs. 20)
- Less shots per magazine (15 vs. 20)
- Larger max ammo capacity (45 vs. 40)
- More accurate (N/A vs. N/A)
- Less polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 14)

Trivia[]

As mentioned above, the Lato Vandal was originally rewarded to players who participated in WARFRAME's Closed Beta period, as a then-exclusive gift from DE as detailed in this blog post. This made it a surefire way of distinguishing players who played WARFRAME since the beginning.
Prior to Update 22, the Lato Vandal had limited customization options, wherein the selected color would be combined with the existing Vandal colors.