The Prisma Tetra is the Prisma variant of the 
Tetra, featuring higher damage, fire rate, status and critical stats.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Puncture damage. - Can use the Tetra-exclusive Focused Acceleration and Kinetic Ricochet mods.
Advantages:
- Normal Attack
- Above average magazine
- Above average effective fire rate
- Above average max ammo
- High disposition
Disadvantages:
- Projectiles have travel time.
- Normal Attack
- Very low crit chance
- Below average damage
Comparisons:
- Prisma Tetra (Normal Attack), compared to Tetra (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (38 vs. 32)
- Higher total damage (38 vs. 32)
- Higher base critical chance (10.00% vs. 4.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.0x vs. 1.5x)
- Higher base status chance (24.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (41.8 vs. 32.64)
- Higher burst DPS (295.94 vs. 217.70)
- Higher sustained DPS (239.43 vs. 178.10)
- Higher fire rate (7.08 vs. 6.67)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 3)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.45x) vs. ●●●●● (1.50x))
Acquisition[]
The Prisma Tetra is potentially sold by Baro Ki'Teer in the Concourse section of the Tenno Relay for 
50,000 and 
400. 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 4.
Tips[]
- With a large portion (80%) of its total damage relying on Puncture, it is somewhat more viable to equip Piercing Caliber than with most weapons.
- Similarly, due to the fact that the Tetra has no Slash damage, Sawtooth Clip and Fanged Fusillade are completely useless.
- Similarly, due to the fact that the Tetra has no
Trivia[]
- The Prisma Tetra is the first Corpus weapon to have the "Prisma" prefix.
- Fourth lowest fire rate of all fully automatic rifles, after Tetra, Buzlok, and Panthera.
Media[]
Prisma Tetra in Codex.
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Prisma Tetra When equipped in the arsenal
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Prisma Tetra Skins
Patch History[]
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Damage increased from 35 to 38.
- Status chance increased from 15% to 24%.
- Decreased recoil while aiming.
- Increased accuracy while aiming.
See Also[]
- Tetra, the normal variant.
- Tenet Tetra, the Tenet variant.
- Prisma, the Void-touched items sold by Baro Ki'Teer.
