“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”
This item is no longer available for purchase.
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[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage.
Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High crit chance (30.00%)
- High reload speed (1.00 s)
- Above average ammo max (210)
- Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))
- High crit multiplier (2.60x)
- Incarnon Form (wiki attack index 2)
- High average number of crits per shot (0.72)
- Above average reload speed (1.00 s)
- Above average magazine (20)
- Above average total damage (156)
- Above average fire rate (4.00 attacks/sec)
- Above average ammo max (210)
- Very high crit chance (36.00%)
- Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))
- Very high crit multiplier (3.20x)
Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- No numerical disadvantages.
- Incarnon Form (wiki attack index 2)
- Below average status chance (15.00%)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Lato Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Lato (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (60.00 vs. 40.00)
- Higher total damage (60 vs. 40)
- Higher base critical chance (30.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.60x vs. 1.80x)
- Higher base status chance (20.00% vs. 6.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (88.8 vs. 43.2)
- Higher burst DPS (444 vs. 194.4)
- Higher sustained DPS (355.2 vs. 149.53)
- Higher fire rate (5.00 attacks/sec vs. 4.50 attacks/sec)
- Larger magazine (20 vs. 15)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 0)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●● (1.40x))
- Lato Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Lato Vandal (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (60.00 vs. 46.00)
- Higher total damage (60 vs. 46)
- Higher base critical chance (30.00% vs. 26.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.60x vs. 2.40x)
- Higher base status chance (20.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (88.8 vs. 62.74)
- Higher burst DPS (444 vs. 313.72)
- Higher sustained DPS (355.2 vs. 235.29)
- Larger magazine (20 vs. 15)
- Less accurate (Very High vs. Very High)
- Wider first-shot spread (0.50° vs. 0.20°)
- Wider maximum spread (10.50° vs. 8.50°)
- More polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 7)
Acquisition[]
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)
Notes[]
Incarnon Genesis[]
- Upon completion of The Duviri Paradox and Angels of the Zariman, and unlocking The Steel Path, players can earn Lato Incarnon Genesis from The Circuit's Steel Path to place on their Lato with the help of Cavalero in the Chrysalith. This Incarnon Genesis form grants it evolutions to a transformation and newfound strength.
Evolution[]
This section is transcluded from Lato Incarnon Genesis § Evolutions. To change it, please edit the transcluded page.
- Installing the Lato Incarnon Genesis requires 20 Pathos Clamps, 70 Yao Shrubs, and 100 Nacreous Pebbles.
- When installed, the first Evolution tier is unlocked. The following Evolution tiers, their requirements for unlocking them, and their related perks, are shown below;
- Each challenge additionally grants 5,000 affinity to the weapon, affected by Affinity Boosters.
Evolution I[]
- Headshots charge Incarnon Transmutation; Alt Fire transmutes. Switching back will expend any remaining charge.
- Gain Punch Through and Ricochet.
- Incarnon Form gains increased Damage, Critical Chance and Critical Multiplier. It also gains 2 Multishot and 0.8 meter Punch Through, and shots now ricochet to 1 nearby enemy within 9 meters of the main target and any subsequent targets struck by punch through. However it has noticeably higher Recoil and lower Fire Rate.
- Mode switching is not instantaneous and has an animation equal to the weapon's reload speed.
- Incarnon Form is activated by filling the Incarnon Transmutation gauge that appears under the reticule by achieving headshots and then pressing the Alternate Fire button. 6 headshots will completely fill the gauge. A full gauge is not required to activate Incarnon Form.
- Charges generate only on headshots, and not other weakspots, such as the backpacks of most MOA variants. Similarly, shooting weakspots generated by either Sonar or Detect Vulnerability in places other than heads will have no effect either.
- Headshots on corpses do not build charges.
- Individual Multishot bullets can build charges.
- Charges generate only on headshots, and not other weakspots, such as the backpacks of most MOA variants. Similarly, shooting weakspots generated by either
- Instead of drawing ammunition from its reserves, the Lato's Incarnon Form uses a separate "magazine" with each charge producing 4 rounds to a maximum of 24. Once all ammunition is expended, the Lato reverts to its normal form.
- Incarnon Form's magazine is not affected by mods.
- Incarnon Form is not affected by Ammo Efficiency (such as Energized Munitions).
- Charges and Incarnon Form persists through all activities, such as holstering, bleedout, or being disarmed. However, charges and Incarnon Form are removed upon death.
- Swapping to and from Incarnon Form will fully reload the normal form's magazine.
Evolution II[]
- Unlock Challenge: Complete a solo mission with this weapon equipped.
- Perk 1: Haven Foray
- Increase Damage by +40 (Lato) / +22 (Vandal) / +2 (Prime).
- With Overshields: Increase Damage by +40 (Lato) / +40 (Vandal) / +34 (Prime).
- Perk 2: Reified Bane
- Increase Damage by +30 (Lato) / +12 (Vandal) / +2 (Prime).
- On Reload from Empty Magazine: Increase Damage by +30 (Lato) / +30 (Vandal) / +24 (Prime).
Evolution III[]
- Unlock Challenge: Kill 100 enemies with this weapon's Incarnon Form.
- Perk 1: Void's Guidance
- Increase Accuracy and Reduce Recoil by +50%.
- Perk 2: Marksman's Gain
- On Headshot: 20% chance for +50% Ammo Efficiency for 6s.
- The bonus can be refreshed on subsequent headshots.
- The bonus does not affect the Incarnon form.
- On Headshot: 20% chance for +50% Ammo Efficiency for 6s.
- Perk 3: Exact Penance
- On Kill: 50% chance for Instant Reload.
- Kills from status effects can also trigger the effect.
- On Kill: 50% chance for Instant Reload.
Evolution IV[]
- Unlock Challenge: Get 40 headshots in a single mission.
- Perk 1: Survivor's Edge
- Increase Critical Chance by +20% (Lato) / +6% (Vandal) / +4% (Prime).
- Increase Status Chance by +12% (Lato) / +12% (Vandal) / +10% (Prime).
- Perk 2: Deathtrap Trigger
- On Equip from Primary:
- Increase Critical Chance by +50% (Lato) / +38% (Vandal) / +30% (Prime) for 4s.
- Increase Critical Damage Multiplier by +3.2x (Lato) / +2.6x (Vandal) / +2.3x (Prime) for 4s.
- On Equip from Primary:
- Perk 3: Carnage Reign
- +40% Direct Damage per Status Type affecting the target.
Trivia[]
The Lato Prime with non-Prime colors as a log-in rewards icon.
- As of Update 10.2 (2013-09-27), all parts of this weapon can be customized.
- Previously, 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 (albeit rarely), 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[]
Warframe The LATO PRIME Build Guide
Lato Prime Skins
Patch History[]
Update 32.2 (2022-11-30)
- SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON CHANGES
While reviewing the stats of some weapons with a semi-automatic mode, we noticed that certain weapons had an unsustainably high fire rate for most players. We adjusted the stats of the following semi-automatic weapons whose maximum potential was only being reached with the use of macros (to learn more about third-party use in Warframe visit our support article). Since not everyone is an avid macro user (within the boundaries allowed), we lowered fire rates to a more humanly achievable level and improved their damage or reload stats to compensate.
Lato Prime
- Reduced fire rate from 6.67 to 5.
- Increased damage from 48 to 60.
- (Undocumented) Critical Multiplier increased from 2.0x to 2.6x.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 6 to 14.
- Damage increased from 37 to 48.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- 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.
Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)
- The Lato Prime has had its firing sounds remastered!
Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
- Kintsugi and Nocturne weapon skins added.
Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
- Conclave Skin added.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- Lato series damage increased in Conclave.
Update 10.1 (2013-09-20)
- Fixed weapon not being colorable.
Update 9.3 (2013-07-26)
- Updated fire sounds for the Lato Prime.
Update 7.x Weapon Balance (2013-03-22)
- 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.
Update 6.5 (2013-02-22)
- Lato mods are now compatible with the Lato Prime.
Hotfix 5.0.1 (2012-12-18)
- Introduced via Grandmasters Founder's Pack.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.6.2 (2018-08-31)
References[]
See also[]
- Lato, the original version.
- Lato Vandal, an exclusive Lotus upgrade version of the Lato.
- Prime, the Orokin technology used to enhance Warframes or weapons.
- Lato Incarnon Genesis, the Incarnon power-up for the Single-Lato series.
