Glaxion Vandal

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Corpus Weapons

Glaxion Vandal
Tradable (unranked w/ no Forma or Catalyst)
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General Information
Type	Rifle
Mastery Rank Requirement	12
Max Rank	30
Slot	Primary
Trigger Type	Held
Utility
Accuracy	100
Ammo Max	1,000
Ammo Pickup	80
Ammo Type	Primary
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.25x)
Fire Rate	12.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	100
Reload Time	1.80 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Normal Attack
29 ( 100%)
Total Damage	29 (100.00%  Cold)
Ammo Cost	0.5
Crit Chance	14.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	12.000 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (29.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	28.0 m
Status Chance	38.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	BEAM, ASSAULT_AMMO
Riven Family	Glaxion
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	7,500
Variants	Glaxion  Glaxion Vandal
Vendor Sources
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CODEX

A cutting-edge, halogen-cooled electron accelerator capable of snap-freezing a target in moments.

The Glaxion Vandal is the Vandal variant of the  Glaxion freeze ray rifle, sporting higher damage, critical chance, status chance, magazine size, max ammo reserves, and reload speed. It was released in Update 25.0 (2019-05-22) along with Operation: Hostile Mergers.

Acquisition

This weapon was awarded for earning 4,000 points in a single Endurance Disruption Mission in Operation: Hostile Mergers, complete with a free weapon slot and a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst.

Was re-obtainable again by watching livestream from any channel in The Game Awards directory on Twitch for 30 minutes consecutively with linked account on December 12, 2019.

Drop was re-deployed during Prime Time episode 273 on December 19 for those who missed TGA live stream and were watching Prime Time with linked account.

Characteristics

This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:

• Innate damage – effective against Alloy Armor, Shielded, and Infested Sinew.
• Decent critical chance.
• Highest status chance of all continuous and automatic primary weapons.
  • Can reach 100% status chance with three of the following:  Thermite Rounds,  Rime Rounds,  High Voltage, and  Malignant Force.
• Pinpoint accuracy.
  •  Heavy Caliber's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
• High magazine size.
• High ammo reserves.
• The zone of impact or maximum beam range produces a damaging cold blotch in a spherical radius of 3 meters, allowing it to hit multiple enemies at once.
• Consumes 0.5 ammo per tick of damage.
• Kills create an extra corpse, synergizing with  Nekros'  Desecrate.

Disadvantages:

• Innate damage – less effective against Infested Flesh and Fossilized.
  • Damage cannot be increased with , or mods.
• Damage ramps up from 30% to 100% over 0.6 seconds when firing. After firing stops for 0.8 seconds, the damage decays back to 30% over 2 seconds.
• Limited range of 28 meters.
• Cannot use the  Firestorm mod.

Comparisons:

•  Glaxion Vandal (Normal Attack), compared to  Glaxion (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (29.00 vs. 26.00)
    • Higher  Cold damage ( 29 vs. 26)
  • Higher total damage (29 vs. 26)
  • Higher base critical chance (14.00% vs. 8.00%)
  • Higher base status chance (38.00% vs. 34.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (33.06 vs. 28.08)
  • Higher burst DPS (396.72 vs. 336.96)
  • Higher sustained DPS (358.05 vs. 289.23)
  • Larger magazine (100 vs. 80)
  • More shots per magazine (200 vs. 160)
  • Larger max ammo capacity (1,000 vs. 720)
  • Faster reload time (1.80 s vs. 2.20 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 8)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●○ (1.25x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))

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Notes

• The zone of impact or maximum beam range creates a spherical area of effect of 2 meters, dealing the weapon's full damage.
  • The range of the area of effect is unaffected by  Sinister Reach.
  • Punch Through affects the location of the weapon's area of effect. The weapon's area of effect is applied at the final point of contact rather than whenever an enemy is struck.
• The Glaxion Vandal is capable of freezing enemies solid with sustained fire if it kills them. Enemies will progressively turn icy blue (spreading from the point of contact), and eventually become completely solid upon death. Frozen enemies can then be shattered by other attacks. This only applies to normal enemies such as Lancers, Crewmen, and MOAs - Ospreys will simply explode upon death.
  • Even if the weapon is modified to have a non- damage type (such as damage), the Glaxion will still freeze foes solid if it kills them.
  • Amusingly, it can freeze enemies with  damage effects upon death, this effect is merely visual.
  • Whether or not they display frozen visuals, enemies killed by the Glaxion create two corpses due to the "shatter" death animation (though the extra corpse may not be visible.)
• When combining elemental mods, the Glaxion's innate damage is added last.

Tips

• With three of the four dual stat mods –  Malignant Force,  High Voltage,  Thermite Rounds, and  Rime Rounds – the Glaxion can achieve 100% status chance.
• Enemies that are frozen solid will take at least 1 hit from any source to be destroyed regardless of how much damage it is dealt. This can block powerful enemy projectiles such as Napalm and Bombard shots.
  • Frozen corpses remain solid for 3 seconds before deteriorating which takes 5 seconds.
  • Some enemy abilities still remain in effect while deteriorating such as a Nullifier Crewman's bubble, which will start to grow back while deteriorating.

Media

Glaxion VS Glaxion Vandal How Much Better Is It? (Side-By-Side)

Trivia

• The Glaxion Vandal is the fifth weapon to deal pure damage, after the original Glaxion, the  Sibear hammer (prior to Update 26), and the  Artax and  Cryotra Sentinel weapons.
• The revolver-style cartridges on the Glaxion's body spin during firing, though the magazine is the small (battery) box behind the trigger.
  • Additionally, the Glaxion's barrel telescopes back and forth rapidly during firing and collapses inward when holstered.
  • The beam itself will oscillate slightly. This does not seem to affect the accuracy or hit registration in any way.
• Enemies who die by the weapon are frozen solid, much like Frost's  Avalanche ability, and shatter when hit by any weapon. This effect persists even if the Glaxion's Cold damage has been changed into another element.
  • If frozen bodies are left alone for five seconds, the ice will thaw into nothingness.
• Glaxion bears similarity to the French word glaçon, meaning "ice cube" or "icicle".

Glaxion Vandal Skins

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Day of the Dead
Seasonal

Festive
Seasonal

Polar
Event Exclusive

Patch History

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

• Fixed the Glaxion Festive Skin missing its jolly green glowy lights when equipped on the Glaxion Vandal.

Hotfix 25.2.3 (2019-06-25)

• Fixed Energy color not applying to the Glaxion Vandal’s Festive Skin.

Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)

• Introduced.

See also

•  Glaxion, the normal counterpart.
• Operation: Hostile Mergers, the operation in which it was introduced.