Prisma Grinlok

Prisma-crystal enhancement creates here a prestige instrument; a weapon capable of taking life at astonishing range with but a single pull of its exquisitely-tooled trigger.

The Prisma Grinlok is the Prisma variant of the Grinlok semi-automatic rifle featuring higher critical chance, critical multiplier, status chance, magazine, and different damage distribution, but lower accuracy.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.

Advantages:

Tied with Grinlok for the second highest base damage of all semi-automatic rifles, behind Kuva Chakkhurr.
- High Slash damage and good Impact damage; effective against health and shields.
High critical chance.
Second highest critical multiplier of all semi-automatic rifles, behind Tiberon Prime.
Second highest status chance of all semi-automatic rifles, behind Nagantaka.
Large magazine.
Fairly high reload speed.
Little to no vertical recoil.
High accuracy.
Very small spread.
Excellent ammo efficiency.
Innate polarity.
Can equip the Grinlok-exclusive Deadly Sequence and Grinloked (Conclave only) mods.

Disadvantages:

Low Puncture damage – less effective against armor.
Tied with Grinlok for the second slowest fire rate of all semi-automatic rifles, after Kuva Chakkhurr.

Comparisons:

Prisma Grinlok, compared to Grinlok:
- Equal base damage, but different composition:
  - Lower Impact damage (74.8 vs. 93.5)
  - Higher Slash damage (93.5 vs. 74.8)
- Higher critical chance (21% vs. 15%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.9x vs. 2.5x)
- Higher status chance (37% vs. 35%)
- Larger magazine (21 rounds vs. 9 rounds)
- Less accurate (32 vs. 44)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (11 vs. 7)
- Lower disposition (1.25 vs. 1.3)

Acquisition[edit | edit source]

The Prisma Grinlok is potentially sold by Baro Ki'Teer in the Concourse section of the Tenno Relay for 220,000‍220,000 and ‍500‍500. Note that Baro Ki'Teer's stock changes with each appearance, and this weapon may not be available on a succeeding appearance.

The weapon can be traded, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed. The trading recipient must also have a Mastery Rank of at least 11.