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The Lato Prime is the Prime version of the 
Lato, featuring higher base damage, critical stats, and status chance. The Lato Prime is a Founders-exclusive weapon released alongside 
Excalibur Prime and 
Skana Prime.
This weapon can be sold for 
2,500.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals primarily 
Slash damage.
Advantages
- High base damage.
- Tied with
Spira, Spira Prime, Euphona Prime, and Pandero for the third highest critical chance of all secondaries, behind Athodai/ Plinx and Akbolto Prime. - High status chance.
- Low recoil.
- High accuracy.
- Very high reload speed.
- Good fire rate.
- Innate and polarity.
Disadvantages
Comparisons:
- Lato Prime, compared to Lato:
- Higher base damage (48.0 vs. 30.0)
- Higher critical chance (30% vs. 10%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2x vs. 1.8x)
- Higher status chance (20% vs. 6%)
- Larger magazine (20 rounds vs. 15 rounds)
- Different polarities ( vs. None)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 0)
- Lower disposition (1.35 vs. 1.4)
- Lato Prime, compared to Lato Vandal:
- Higher base damage (48.0 vs. 46.0)
- Higher critical chance (30% vs. 26%)
- Lower critical multiplier (2x vs. 2.4x)
- Higher status chance (20% vs. 10%)
- Higher fire rate (6.67 rounds/sec vs. 5 rounds/sec)
- Larger magazine (20 rounds vs. 15 rounds)
- Less accurate (18 vs. 23)
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 7)
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
In the Global build of the game, the Lato Prime was only available to owners of the Grand Master Founders package that was offered between December 19, 2012 and November 1, 2013.
In the Chinese build, anyone who purchased the 4,250 Platinum bundle during October 28, 2016 also received the Lato Prime. (See Trivia)
Tips[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
The Lato Prime with non-Prime colors as a log-in rewards icon.
- As of Update 10.2, all parts of this weapon can be customized.
- At rare times, a Lato Prime with the normal Lato default colors and without gold trim could be seen as the image for the Secondary Weapons Item XP prize on the daily Login Rewards, replacing the usual image for the reward.
- The Lato Prime bears a resemblance to the real life Derringer pocket pistol.
- Against their agreement with Digital Extremes, Perfect World re-released the Lato Prime as part of a Halloween promotion for the Chinese build of the game.[1] Between October 28 and October 31, 2016, anyone who purchased the 4,250 Platinum bundle also received the Lato Prime, Dullahan Mask, Lacera, Constitution, and Primed Target Cracker. The promotion was modified on the 29th to give the Reaper Prime instead.
- A hologram of the Lato Prime can be seen in the Arsenal terminal in the Scarlet Spear Flotilla Relay.
Media[edit | edit source]
Warframe The LATO PRIME Build Guide
Lato Prime Skins
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Mastery Rank increased from 6 to 14.
- Damage increased from 37 to 48.
- Increased damage from 22 to 37.
- Increased Crit Chance from 5% to 30%.
- Increased status chance from 5% to 20%.
- Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 0 to 6.
- The Lato Prime has had its firing sounds remastered!
- Kintsugi and Nocturne weapon skins added.
- Conclave Skin added.
- Lato series damage increased in Conclave.
- Fixed weapon not being colorable.
- Updated fire sounds for the Lato Prime.
- Tweaks to recoil and accuracy to make it more in line with the changes to the base Lato.
- Added force feedback to its firing sound.
- Damage increased from 25 to 26.
- Lato mods are now compatible with the Lato Prime.
- Introduced via Grandmasters Founder's Pack.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.6.2
References[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Lato, the original version.
- Lato Vandal, an exclusive Lotus upgrade version of the Lato.
- Prime, the Orokin technology used to enhance Warframes or weapons.
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