Orthos Prime

Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

The Orthos Prime features a higher base damage, range, and attack speed than the Orthos.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000‍ 5,000.

Manufacturing Requirements
15,000	2	1	10		Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A
Drop Locations Blueprint Lith H2 Uncommon Meso B1 Uncommon (V) Axi B2 Uncommon (V) Axi C1 Uncommon (V) Axi V3 Uncommon (V) Blade Lith B5 Uncommon Lith B2 Uncommon (V) Lith B3 Uncommon (V) Meso D1 Uncommon (V) Handle Axi L2 Common Meso B1 Common (V) Meso D1 Common (V) Meso K1 Common (V) Meso N4 Common (V) Neo H1 Common (V) Neo Z1 Common (V) Axi K2 Common (V) Lith/Meso/Neo/Axi refer to Void Relics (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High Slash damage – effective against health.
• Good status chance.
• Tied with the Cassowar for the highest attack speed of all polearms.
• Tied with Guandao and Cassowar for the longest reach of Polearms.
• Large jump attack AoE that knocks down enemies, with a chance of inflicting a Blast proc.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches Shimmering Blight stance.

Disadvantages:

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

Comparisons:

• Orthos Prime, compared to Orthos:
  • Higher base damage (65.0 vs. 50.0)
    • Higher Impact damage (9.75 vs. 7.5)
    • Higher Puncture damage (9.75 vs. 7.5)
    • Higher Slash damage (45.5 vs. 35.0)
  • Higher critical chance (10% vs. 5%)
  • Higher critical multiplier (2.0x vs. 1.5x)
  • Higher attack speed (1.17 vs. 0.92)
  • Different Stance Polarity ( vs. )

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

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

NotesEdit

• 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.
• New Loka asks for an Orthos Prime Blade as a sacrifice to become Pure (rank 4). Be sure not to trade them all away if you plan on ranking up in New Loka.

TriviaEdit

• This weapon used to have the same stats as normal Orthos. It was buffed in Hotfix 9.5.2.
• Note that the end-blades are not mirrors of each other and seem to have shapes that could fit together. The blades are asymmetrical.
• In real life, Rubidium is an alkali metal element that is very soft, ductile and silvery-white in color.
  • It is not good for a blade as it's not hard enough to scratch other materials. (Brinell hardness of 0.216MPa, thousands of times worse than iron, which has 490MPa).
  • Being ductile, it is also easy to bend, so it won't keep an edge (or any shape for that matter) when striking an object.
  • Rubidium, as with most alkali metal (like Sodium), oxidizes violently when coming into contact with water, sufficient to produce a small explosion.
    • This could possibly relate how it can inflict a Blast proc, even when contacting land.
  • It can spontaneously combust in air, so it is usually stored in sealed containers with an inert liquid (mineral oil) as a buffer.
  • Despite the Orthos Prime's description, Rubidium is actually denser than Iron, by ~53%.
  • Rubidium has useful properties in laser science, atomic clocks, nuclear physics research, and solar panels. This can lead to speculation that the "rubidium" in the Orthos blade is either some kind of engineered material or it is used to focus/channel something.
• It is also possible that Rubidium in the universe of Warframe is based on Rubedo, and therefore a different chemical or material altogether.
• 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.

MediaEdit

• Orthos Prime in Codex.
• orthos prime jump attack

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Orthos Prime Skins

Day of the Dead
Seasonal

Forest-Camo

Magesty
Steam™ Exclusive

Tekelu

Rashasi

Phocys Polearm Skin
Steam™ Exclusive

Diva Polearm Skin
Steam™ Exclusive

Lympharis Polearm Skin
Steam™ Exclusive

Aphria Polearm Skin
Steam™ Exclusive

Patch HistoryEdit

Last updated: Hotfix 22.20.9.2

See alsoEdit

• Orthos, the original counterpart.
• Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.