The Lato Vandal is the Vandal version of the 
Lato, gaining improved damage and accuracy in exchange for a reduced rate of fire.
This weapon can be sold for 
2,500.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage.
Advantages:
- Normal Attack
- High crit chance
- High reload speed
- Above average disposition
- High crit multiplier
Disadvantages:
- Normal Attack
- Below average effective fire rate
- Below average damage
- Low status chance
Comparisons:
- Lato Vandal (Normal Attack), compared to Lato (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (46 vs. 30)
- Higher total damage (46 vs. 30)
- Higher base critical chance (26.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.4x vs. 1.8x)
- Higher base status chance (10.00% vs. 6.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (62.74 vs. 32.4)
- Higher burst DPS (313.72 vs. 216.10)
- Higher sustained DPS (235.29 vs. 149.59)
- Lower fire rate (5 vs. 6.67)
- More accurate (23 vs. 18.2)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 0)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●● (1.40x))
- Lato Vandal (Normal Attack), compared to Lato Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (46 vs. 48)
- Lower total damage (46 vs. 48)
- Lower base critical chance (26.00% vs. 30.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.4x vs. 2.0x)
- Lower base status chance (10.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (62.74 vs. 62.4)
- Lower burst DPS (313.72 vs. 416.20)
- Lower sustained DPS (235.29 vs. 312.11)
- Lower fire rate (5 vs. 6.67)
- Smaller magazine (15 vs. 20)
- More accurate (23 vs. 18.2)
- Less polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 14)
Acquisition
This weapon was available to anyone who logged in during the Closed Beta (Excluding the Open Beta Weekend) upon the game transitioning into Open Beta (Update 7.0 (2013-03-18)). It originally had no rank restriction, so anyone who logged in during the Closed Beta could acquire it, regardless of time spent playing the game.
After the game entered Open Beta, Lato Vandal was unobtainable until Update 22.18 (2018-04-20), in which it was added as a reward in Elite Sanctuary Onslaught, a game mode introduced in that update. All the parts can be traded, although players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 7 to acquire the blueprint.
| Item | Source | Chance | Expected | Nearly Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Receiver |
Elite Sanctuary Onslaught / A | 2.01% | ~ 49 A Rotations | 340 ± 113 A Rotations |
 Barrel |
Elite Sanctuary Onslaught / C | 2.01% | ~ 49 C Rotations | 340 ± 113 C Rotations |
 Blueprint |
Elite Sanctuary Onslaught / B | 2.01% | ~ 49 B Rotations | 340 ± 113 B Rotations |
All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables.
See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
Drop chances are rounded to two decimal places, following the official drop tables repository.
Expected means a player can expect to obtain at least one of a drop every N attempts on average.
Nearly Guaranteed refers to the total number of attempts a player needs to obtain
a 1 in 10^2,3, and 4 probability not to have recieved a single drop (99%, 99.9%, and 99.99% probability to have received at least one drop).
The combined probability of multiple drops is 1 - ((1-A%) * (1-B%) * ...) (add drops in same rotation)
For more detailed definitions and information,
visit here.
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Trivia[]
- As mentioned above, the Lato Vandal was originally rewarded to players who participated in WARFRAME's Closed Beta period, as a then-exclusive gift from DE as detailed in this blog post. This made it a surefire way of distinguishing players who played WARFRAME since the beginning.
- Prior to Update 22, the Lato Vandal had limited customization options, wherein the selected color would be combined with the existing Vandal colors.
Media[]
Lato Vandal Skins
Patch History[]
Hotfix 22.18.7 (2018-04-25)
- Lato Vandal Barrel drop rate reduced from 3.16% to 2.46% in ESO.
Update 22.18 (2018-04-20)
- Reintroduced as a reward from Elite Sanctuary Onslaught.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 7.
- Status chance increased from 5% to 10%.
- Crit chance increased from 20 to 26%.
- Critical damage increased from 2x to 2.4x.
- Damage decreased from 50 to 46.
Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)
- Updated icon for the Lato Vandal.
- All Vandal weapons are now color tintable.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Increased damage from 20 to 50.
- Increased Crit Chance from 8% to 20%.
- Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 0 to 4.
Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)
- The Lato Vandal has had its firing sounds remastered!
Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
- Kintsugi and Nocturne weapon skins added.
Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.1 (2016-07-08)
- Slightly increased the damage of Lato Vandal in Conclave.
Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
- Conclave Skin added.
Update 17.9.1 (2015-10-29)
- Fixed the Lato Vandal Halloween Skin from appearing in the Market on its own.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- Lato series damage increased in Conclave.
Update 9.3 (2013-07-26)
- Updated fire sounds for the Lato Vandal.
Update 7.x Weapon Balance (2013-03-22)
- Damage decreased from 31 to 27.
- Crit Chance increased from 5% to 7.5%.
Update 7.0 (2013-03-18)
- Awarded to players who participated in the Closed Beta.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.6.2 (2018-08-31)
See also[]
- Lato, the original counterpart of this gun.
- Lato Prime, the prime counterpart of the regular Lato.
