Orthos Prime

Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Orthos Prime
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Polearm
Mastery Rank Requirement	12
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.17x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●○○○ (0.70x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	3.00 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.15 m
Normal Attack
35.1 ( 15%)
35.1 ( 15%)
163.8 ( 70%)
Total Damage	234 (70.00%  Slash)
Attack Speed	1.17x animation speed
Crit Chance	24.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.20x
Fire Rate	1.170 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	36.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,404
Slam Damage	1,170
Radial Damage	1,170
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Wind-up	0.9 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	702
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Radial Damage	234
Slam Radial Element	Blast
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	234
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	POLEARMS_STANCE
Riven Family	Orthos
Introduced	Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Orthos  Orthos Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Prime Weapons Never Vaulted Weapons Slash Damage Weapons Polearm Orthos Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Prime Silent Weapons Tradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

Orthos Prime is an ancient Orokin martial weapon, forged from the purest rubidium making it extremely light-weight.

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

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

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15,000	2	1	10		Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 50
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Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• High 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 proc.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Shimmering Blight stance.

Disadvantages:

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

Comparisons:

•  Orthos Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Orthos (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage (234.00 vs. 185.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 35.1 vs. 27.75)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 35.1 vs. 27.75)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 163.8 vs. 129.5)
  • 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))

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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.
• 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. New Loka requires Hydroid Prime Systems on console (Xbox One) to rank up to Pure (Rank 4).

Trivia

• This weapon used to have the same stats as normal Orthos. It was buffed in Hotfix 9.5.2 (2013-08-12).
• 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 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.

Media

• Orthos Prime in Codex.
• orthos prime jump attack

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Patch History

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: Hotfix 22.20.9.2 (2018-06-07)

See also

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