The Orthos Prime is the primed variant of the 
Orthos polearm, acting as a direct upgrade.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage. - Stance slot has polarity, matching Shimmering Blight and Argent Scourge (Conclave only) stance.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Third highest critical chance of all polearms, behind Guandao and Guandao Prime.
- Second highest status chance of all polearms, behind Lesion.
- Tied with the Cassowar for the fastest attack speed of all polearms.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average crit chance (24.00%)
- Above average total damage (234)
- High attack speed (1.17x animation speed)
- High attack range (3.00 m)
- Very high status chance (36.00%)
- Above average crit multiplier (2.20x)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low disposition (●●○○○ (0.70x))
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Orthos Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Orthos (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (234.00 vs. 185.00)
- Higher total damage (234 vs. 185)
- Higher base critical chance (24.00% vs. 6.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.20x vs. 1.50x)
- Higher base status chance (36.00% vs. 18.00%)
- Higher attack speed (1.17x animation speed vs. 0.92x animation speed)
- Different Stance Polarity ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 2)
- Lower disposition (●●○○○ (0.70x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.00x))
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Blade |  Blueprint
|
Handle |
|---|---|---|
 Meso A7 Uncommon Axi T10 Uncommon (V) Lith B2 Uncommon (V) Lith B3 Uncommon (V) Lith B5 Uncommon (V) Lith C4 Uncommon (V) Lith T12 Uncommon (V) Meso D1 Uncommon (V) Meso I1 Uncommon (V) Meso K6 Uncommon (V) Meso W3 Uncommon (V) Neo N16 Uncommon (V)
|
Axi A17 Uncommon Axi A13 Uncommon (V) Axi B2 Uncommon (V) Axi C1 Uncommon (V) Axi M1 Uncommon (V) Axi V3 Uncommon (V) Lith B6 Uncommon (V) Lith B7 Uncommon (V) Lith H2 Uncommon (V) Lith S10 Uncommon (V) Lith S11 Uncommon (V) Lith S8 Uncommon (V) Meso B1 Uncommon (V) Neo C2 Uncommon (V) Neo L3 Uncommon (V)
|
Axi G11 Common Meso F5 Common Axi A6 Common (V) Axi G10 Common (V) Axi K2 Common (V) Axi K9 Common (V) Axi L2 Common (V) Axi P6 Common (V) Lith A3 Common (V) Lith D4 Common (V) Lith N10 Common (V) Meso A1 Common (V) Meso B1 Common (V) Meso D1 Common (V) Meso D4 Common (V) Meso G2 Common (V) Meso K1 Common (V) Meso K2 Common (V) Meso K3 Common (V) Meso N4 Common (V) Meso P5 Common (V) Neo A12 Common (V) Neo H1 Common (V) Neo M4 Common (V) Neo P3 Common (V) Neo T7 Common (V) Neo Z1 Common (V)
|
Crafting[]
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 15,000 |
 2 |
 1 |
 Orokin Cell10 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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Notes[]
- The Orthos Prime's polarity for its Stance slot makes it ideal for slotting in Shimmering Blight immediately. While the Orthos Prime can also use Bleeding Willow, its polarity will reduce the number of its bonus mod capacity, unless changed using Forma.
- The Orthos Prime (and its normal counterpart the Orthos) has a unique equipped normal attack animation where it performs thrusting and stabbing attacks against an enemy. This attack is completely replaced upon equipping any of the polearm Stance mods.
- The Orthos Prime's immense range (especially with Primed Reach) on top of having decent attack speed allows it to build up combo counter exceedingly fast in a relatively crowded environment, making it a viable candidate to Blood Rush and Body Count build to compensate its relatively low stats in late game environment.
Trivia[]
- Prior to Hotfix 9.5.2 (2013-08-12), this weapon used to have the same stats as normal Orthos.
- Note that the end-blades are not mirrors of each other and seem to have shapes that could fit together. The blades are asymmetrical.
- Along the blade reads the text "The longest arm is the law," written in the Tenno alphabet. This might be a hidden joke, referring to the Orthos Prime Handle being substantially longer than the Orthos' handle.
Gallery[]
Orthos Prime in Codex.
orthos prime jump attack
Media[]
Warframe 10 ♠ Corrupted Orthos Prime
Warframe Let's Build Orthos Prime (Melee 2.0)
Warframe Orthos Prime Pro builds 2 Forma Update 13.3.0-0
Lets Max (Warframe) E55 - Orthos Prime
Warframe - ORTHOS PRIME BUILD Shimmering Blight - Update 16.11
Warframe Test Drive Orthos Prime
Orthos Prime Skins
Aphria
Tennogen
Tennogen
Diva
Tennogen
Tennogen
Ion
TennoGen
TennoGen
Jotunheim
TennoGen
TennoGen
Kalynex
Tennogen
Tennogen
Lahnss
Tennogen
Tennogen
Lympharis
Tennogen
Tennogen
Osiris
TennoGen
TennoGen
Phorcys
Tennogen
Tennogen
Skopos
Tennogen
Tennogen
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 2 to 12.
- Damage increased from 65 to 234.
- Status Chance increased from 15% to 36%.
- Critical Chance increased from 10% to 24%.
- Critical Damage increased from 2x to 2.2x.
- Slam Attack increased from 130 to 702.
- Slide Attack increased from 144 to 468.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
- Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.
Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)
- Fixed the Orthos (Prime) changing sizes randomly when cycling through skin options for it, predominantly the Forest-Camo and Tekelu skins.
Update 22.6 (2017-12-07)
- Fixed polearms clipping on some Warframes when using the standard holster position.
Update 18.4 (2016-01-22)
- Reduced the damage of the Orthos Prime in Conclave.
Hotfix 17.4.1 (2015-09-10)
- Fixed some weapons that expand on use not properly collapsing when use is finished (Glaive, Orthos, etc).
Update 10.4 (2013-10-16)
- Fix for Orthos Prime appearing on Dakra Prime blueprint.
Update 10.0 (2013-09-13)
- Added missing elemental FX to Orthos Prime.
Hotfix 9.5.2 (2013-08-12)
- Buffs to Orthos Prime, Slightly faster, bit higher base damage. Longer reach.
Update 9.3 (2013-07-26)
- Orthos Prime elemental FX update.
Hotfix 9.1.5 (2013-07-17)
- Fix for not being able to build Orthos Prime in Foundry.
Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
