Lato Vandal

A special version of the standard Lato pistol with a slower fire rate but offering higher accuracy and damage values. The Lato Vandal has been customized by the Tenno with a blue-green metallic finish, and Lotus branding on the grips.

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 2,500‍2,500.

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

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). 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, 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.

Drop	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Receiver	2.01%	49 – 50 A Rotations	340 ± 113 A Rotations
Main Blueprint	2.01%	74 – 75 B Rotations	372 ± 113 B Rotations
Barrel	2.01%	74 – 75 B Rotations	372 ± 113 B Rotations

Expected refers to total number of runs a player can expect to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.

Nearly Guaranteed refers to the total number of runs a player needs to obtain a 99%, 99.9%, and 99.99% probability to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.

^{For more detailed definitions and information on how these number were obtained visit here.}

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.

Advantages

Good base damage.
- High Slash damage – effective against health.
High critical chance and damage.
Good accuracy.
Good magazine size.
Very high reload speed.
Has a Polarity slot.

Disadvantages

Low Impact and Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.
Low status chance.

Comparisons:

Lato Vandal, compared to Lato:
- Higher base damage (46.0 vs. 30.0)
  - Lower Impact damage (6.9 vs. 7.5)
  - Higher Puncture damage (11.5 vs. 7.5)
  - Higher Slash damage (27.6 vs. 15.0)
- Higher critical chance (26% vs. 10%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.4x vs. 1.8x)
- Higher status chance (10% vs. 6%)
- Lower fire rate (5 rounds/sec vs. 6.67 rounds/sec)
- More accurate (23 vs. 18)
- Different polarities ( vs. None)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 0)

Lato Vandal, compared to Lato Prime:
- Lower base damage (46.0 vs. 48.0)
  - Higher Impact damage (6.9 vs. 4.8)
  - Higher Puncture damage (11.5 vs. 9.6)
  - Lower Slash damage (27.6 vs. 33.6)
- Lower critical chance (26% vs. 30%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.4x vs. 2x)
- Lower status chance (10% vs. 20%)
- Lower fire rate (5 rounds/sec vs. 6.67 rounds/sec)
- Smaller magazine (15 rounds vs. 20 rounds)
- More accurate (23 vs. 18)
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 14)

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

See Category:Lato Vandal Build to see how players mod this weapon.
See Category:Lato Vandal Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

TriviaEdit

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.

MediaEdit

Lato Vandal appearance on Initial Release.
Lato Vandal Release Image
Update 22 brought color customization to vandal weapons

Warframe Lato Vandal

Lato Vandal Skins

Patch HistoryEdit

Hotfix 22.18.7

Lato Vandal Barrel drop rate reduced from 3.16% to 2.46% in ESO.

Update 22.18

Reintroduced as a reward from Elite Sanctuary Onslaught.

Update 22.12

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

Updated icon for the Lato Vandal.
All Vandal weapons are now color tintable.

Update 21.0

Increased damage from 20 to 50.
Increased Crit Chance from 8% to 20%.
Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 0 to 4.

Update 20.0

The Lato Vandal has had its firing sounds remastered!

Update 19.10

Kintsugi and Nocturne weapon skins added.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 1

Slightly increased the damage of Lato Vandal in Conclave.

Update 18.0

Conclave Skin added.

Update 17.9.1

Fixed the Lato Vandal Halloween Skin from appearing in the Market on its own.

Update 17.0

Lato series damage increased in Conclave.

Update 9.3

Updated fire sounds for the Lato Vandal.

Update 7.x Weapon Balance

Damage decreased from 31 to 27.
Crit Chance increased from 5% to 7.5%.

Update 7

Awarded to players who participated in the Closed Beta.

Last updated: Hotfix 23.6.2

Start a Discussion Discussions about Lato Vandal

The Lato Vandal's Drop Location is a bit too Grindy?

6 messages
- A Lone Tenno
  
  It's not even a founders item, it's a beta players item... That said, I agree that it being it's current rarity is fine, it... 2019-03-30T01:58:45Z
- Philos56
  
  If you can't handle the grind, then don't invest. If you want to invest, then learn. Don't be a whiny gamer about this title. 2019-03-30T04:34:25Z
Trading weapons like the Lato Prime/Vandal

36 messages
- NeithanDiniem
  
  They have had qustions asked about the rewards like vandals/wraiths for events being reimplemented with the quest-versions of the events, bu... 2014-10-27T01:42:02Z
- A Lone Tenno
  
  when it comes to this stuff they should allow people to remove the items they cant ever get again or stuff like xcal prime off the codex i mean... 2015-01-31T07:40:22Z

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