The Dex Sybaris is the Dex variant of 
Sybaris burst-fire rifle, sporting higher critical chance, fire rate, magazine size, and faster reload, but with a slight reduction to damage. It was added in celebration of WARFRAME's 3rd anniversary.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily 
Slash damage.
Advantages:
- Third highest base damage of all burst-fire rifles, behind
Sybaris and Sybaris Prime.
- Highest critical chance of all burst-fire rifles.
- High reload speed.
- Good long range accuracy.
- Low recoil.
- Negligible burst-fire spread.
- Good ammo efficiency.
Disadvantages:
- Low Impact and Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.
- Low status chance.
- Relatively small magazine size.
- Linearly less efficient — sometimes a target may only die with three bullets, which requires an entire second burst to be fired.
Comparisons:
- Dex Sybaris (Normal), compared to Sybaris (Normal):
- Lower base damage per projectile (75 vs. 80)
- Lower total damage (75 vs. 80)
- Higher base critical chance (35% vs. 25%)
- Higher average damage per shot (101.25 vs. 100)
- Higher burst DPS (422.21 vs. 398)
- Higher sustained DPS (291.83 vs. 221.6)
- Higher fire rate (4.17 round(s)/sec vs. 3.98 round(s)/sec)
- Larger magazine (14 round(s) vs. 10 round(s))
- Faster reload time (1.5 s vs. 2 s)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 5)
- Lower disposition (1.2 vs. 1.25)
- Dex Sybaris (Normal), compared to Sybaris Prime (Normal):
- Lower base damage per projectile (75 vs. 88)
- Lower total damage (75 vs. 88)
- Higher base critical chance (35% vs. 30%)
- Lower base status chance (10% vs. 25%)
- Lower average damage per shot (101.25 vs. 114.4)
- Lower burst DPS (422.21 vs. 539.97)
- Lower sustained DPS (291.83 vs. 366.83)
- Lower fire rate (4.17 round(s)/sec vs. 4.72 round(s)/sec)
- Smaller magazine (14 round(s) vs. 20 round(s))
- Faster reload time (1.5 s vs. 2 s)
- More accurate (28.6 vs. 25)
- Different polarities (None vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (1.2 vs. 1.15)
Acquisition[]
The Dex Sybaris 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.
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[]
Dex Sybaris in Codex.
The 3rd anniversary letter from The Lotus.
The Lotus muzzle flash when fired.
Dex Sybaris when equipped in the arsenal
Warframe - All Tenno Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)
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.
