Imperator Vandal

Archwing Weapons

Imperator Vandal
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Archgun
Mastery Rank Requirement	5
Max Rank	30
Slot	Archgun
Trigger Type	Auto-Spool
Utility
Accuracy	50
Ammo Max	0
Disposition	●●●○○ (0.95x)
Fire Rate	25.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	300
Reload Time	4.25 s
Reload Delay	0.15 s
Reload Rate	75.00 rounds/sec
Projectile Speed	220.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Spread	2.00° (1.00° min, 3.00° max)
Spool Up Rate	16 rounds
Normal Attack
20 ( 40%)
17.5 ( 35%)
12.5 ( 25%)
Total Damage	50 (40.00%  Impact)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	28.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.40x
Damage Falloff	1500.0 m (100%) - 3000.0 m (50.00%)
Fire Rate	25.000 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (50.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	2.00° (1.00° min, 3.00° max)
Status Chance	12.00%
Projectile Speed	220.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	BATTERY
Riven Family	Imperator
Introduced	Update 15.8 (2014-12-19)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Imperator  Imperator (Atmosphere)  Imperator Vandal  Imperator Vandal (Atmosphere)
Vendor Sources
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CODEX

The Imperator Vandal has been customized by the Tenno with a blue-green metallic finish and Lotus branding on the barrel.

The Imperator Vandal is the Vandal form of the Imperator heavy machine gun for the Archwing flight system, sporting higher critical and status chance, magazine, and faster ammo regeneration, and is given a spool-up that improves its fire rate.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000	1	1	10		Time: 12 hours
					Rush: 50 Platinum 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price: N/A

Acquisition

This weapon was awarded during the Operation: Eyes of Blight event for obtaining 15 (PC)/10 (PS4/XB1) Battle Points, complete with a free weapon slot and a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst.

The blueprint and parts are now obtainable from the Balor Fomorian Invasion via Fomorian Sabotage. All the components can be traded.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• High damage – effective against shields.
• Good critical chance.
• Good accuracy.
• High fire rate, coupled with an undocumented spool-up increasing the fire rate to 150%.
• Large magazine size.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Tied with Imperator for the lowest base damage of all Archwing Guns.
• Low status chance.

Comparisons: Comparisons:

•  Imperator Vandal (Normal Attack), compared to  Imperator (Normal Attack):
  • Equal base damage
  • Higher base critical chance (28.00% vs. 24.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (2.40x vs. 2.00x)
  • Higher average damage per tap (69.6 vs. 62)
  • Higher burst DPS (1740 vs. 1035.4)
  • Higher sustained DPS (1265.45 vs. 709.54)
  • Higher fire rate (25.000 attacks/sec vs. 16.700 attacks/sec)
  • Larger magazine (300 vs. 200)
  • Faster reload time (4.25 s vs. 5.25 s)
  • Slower spool-up (16 rounds vs. 0 rounds)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 0)
  • Lower disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.10x))

Comparisons:OLD

• Compared to the Imperator:
  • Larger magazine size. (300 rounds/mag vs. 250 rounds/mag)
  • Faster ammo reload rate. (60.0 rounds/sec vs. 50.0 rounds/sec)
  • Higher critical chance. (15.0% vs 10.0%)
  • Higher status chance. (10.0% vs 5.0%)
  • Has spool-up, increasing the rate of fire to 150%.

Notes

• Unlike its standard version, the Imperator Vandal has fire rate spool-up, allowing it to reach a maximum fire rate 50% higher than that of the Imperator. This makes the Imperator Vandal the third Event weapon to have an additional hidden feature over its original version, after Snipetron Vandal and Latron Wraith.
• Though the Arsenal lists a fire rate of 16.67, this is the fire rate before spool-up. Once fully spooled, the Imperator Vandal has a maximum fire rate of 24.34 rounds per second, 50% above its listed value.
• Despite its shots being shown as slow and even having bullet drift, the Imperator is a hit-scan weapon, and will immediately hit the enemy within its reticle regardless of distance or the appearance of the bullets it fires. As a side-effect, the Imperator can be used to snipe targets at distances of 2,000 meters or more. However, take note that the Imperator's damage fall off weakens it when attempting to engage enemies from beyond 2,000 meters, to the point of dealing no damage per shot.

Trivia

• The Imperator Vandal is the first Vandal arch-gun weapon released.
• The Imperator Vandal was leaked as an entry in a player's Profile under Equipment, along with the Mara Detron, before it was revealed to be a reward for the Operation Eyes of Blight event.
• The Imperator Vandal is the first event weapon that can be built using component parts.
• In Hotfix 18.12.1 (2016-05-17) all future and existing Imperator Vandal blueprints and parts were made tradeable.

Media

• Imperator Vandal in the Codex
• The Imperator Vandal as seen in the player's Profile.
• Imperator Vandal
• Imperator Vandal

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