Hikou Prime

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Hikou Prime
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Thrown
Mastery Rank Requirement	4
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Auto
Utility
Accuracy	100
Ammo Max	210
Ammo Pickup	40
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.25x)
Fire Rate	5.830 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Magazine Size	26
Reload Time	0.50 s
Projectile Speed	70.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Normal Attack
3.6 ( 10%)
30.6 ( 85%)
1.8 ( 5%)
Total Damage	36 (85.00%  Puncture)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	6.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.80x
Fire Rate	5.830 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (36.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Silent
Punch Through	0.0 m
Status Chance	28.00%
Projectile Speed	70.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	PROJECTILE, THROWN
Riven Family	Hikou
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 14.8 (2014-09-24)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Hikou  Hikou Prime
Vendor Sources
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CODEX

As deadly as any bullet without the associated noise or commotion.

The Hikou Prime is the primed version of the Hikou throwing stars, featuring higher damage, status chance, magazine, and faster reload speed, at some expense to fire rate.

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.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
15,000	2	2	8		Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 50
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Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• Silent.
• Second highest fire rate of all throwing-type secondaries, behind normal Hikou.
• Fastest reload speed of all throwing-type secondaries.
• Very high status chance.
• Pinpoint accuracy.
• Two polarity slots.
• Works well with  Concealed Explosives, considering its high fire rate and ammo capacity.

Disadvantages:

• Second lowest base damage of all throwing-type secondaries.
  • Low and damage - less effective against health and shields.
• Projectiles have travel time.
• Projectiles travel in an arc, making it hard to hit at longer ranges and achieve headshots.
• Very low ammo efficiency.
• Very low critical chance.
• Below average critical damage multiplier.

Comparisons: Comparisons:

•  Hikou Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Hikou (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (36.00 vs. 26.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 3.6 vs. 2.6)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 30.6 vs. 15.6)
    • Lower  Slash damage ( 1.8 vs. 7.8)
  • Higher total damage (36 vs. 26)
  • Higher base critical chance (6.00% vs. 4.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (1.80x vs. 1.60x)
  • Higher base status chance (28.00% vs. 10.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (37.72 vs. 26.62)
  • Higher burst DPS (219.95 vs. 177.58)
  • Higher sustained DPS (197.78 vs. 142.05)
  • Lower fire rate (5.830 attacks/sec vs. 6.670 attacks/sec)
  • Larger magazine (26 vs. 20)
  • Faster reload time (0.50 s vs. 0.75 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 2)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●○ (1.25x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))

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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.

Tips

• Make sure to adjust your aim for moving targets, both vertically and horizontally.
• Combining both Pistol Multishot Mods, ( Barrel Diffusion and  Lethal Torrent), as well as the Corrupted Mod,  Magnum Force, allows for easier barrages against mobile/running Targets.
• When using at a distance, aim above the enemy to adjust for Hikou Prime's arc.
• High proc rate means that  mods are more likely to slow enemies, making them easier to hit with further attacks.
• Using a  Pistol Ammo Mutation or Primed Pistol Ammo Mutation mod can help regain lost ammo when needed.
  • Alternatively, bring along a Team Ammo Restore or use a Carrier with  Ammo Case.

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

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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)

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.