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.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.

Advantages

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)
- Lower disposition (1.35 vs. 1.4)

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)

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). 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 Rotation	340 ± 113 A Rotation
Main Blueprint	2.01%	49 – 50 B Rotation	340 ± 113 B Rotation
Barrel	2.01%	49 – 50 C Rotation	340 ± 113 C Rotation

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official droptables.

Expected refers to total number of attempts a player can expect to need in order to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.
Nearly Guaranteed refers to the total number of attempts 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.}

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

Tips[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

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.