Rubico

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Rubico
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Sniper Rifle
Mastery	6
Slot	Primary
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Accuracy	13.3
Ammo Type	Sniper
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤◯◯ (0.95x)
Fire Rate	2.67
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	5
Max Ammo	72
Reload Time	2.4 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Combo Decay	2 s
Min Combo	1 shots
Unzoomed
144
27
9
Total Damage	180 (80%)
Crit Chance	30%
Crit Multiplier	3x
Damage Falloff	100% damage up to 400 m 50% damage at 600 m 50% max reduction
Fire Rate	2.67
Multishot	1 (180 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	1 m
Range	1000 m
Status Chance	12%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Rubico
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
Polarities	None
Variants	Rubico Prime
Vendor Sources

CODEX

Scope out the enemy with this long-range revolver style rifle.

Ivara ran at a wall, and up it.

Hanging there, waiting, as the Myrmidon flipped into the room, blasting the spot where he had expected her to be. Frustrated he again made that same elaborate gesture, trying his luck, and she saw it: that bracelet upon the wrist that glowed softly with the movement of that clutching gesture. Ivara flipped from her perch, shouldering her exquisitely-crafted Rubico as she did so, and sighted the enemy.

Through the Orokin-sculpted scope, hunter and huntress met eye-to-eye, each loosing a desperate blast: a bullet from Ivara, a killing light from the Myrmidon. The green light lashed, touching a shoulder plate of Ivara's Avia Armor, reducing it to dust. It saved her. Huntress won out, her shot claiming the Myrmidon's device in a shower of sparks.

But the Myrmidon's weapon remained lethal, and with it he lashed out at Ivara in an emerald fury.

—Drusus

The Rubico is a revolver-styled Tenno Sniper Rifle. It currently boasts an extreme critical multiplier at the expense of status chance.

Characteristics

• This weapon deals primarily  Impact damage.
• Can use the Rubico-exclusive  Ambush Optics mod.
• Two zoom modes:
  • First zoom has 3.5x zoom distance and +35% critical multiplier.
  • Second zoom has 6.0x zoom distance and +50% critical multiplier.

Advantages:

• Good ammo economy.
• Pinpoint accuracy while zoomed in; shots will hit exactly on the reticle dot, making it ideal for headshots.
• Innate 1 meter punch through.
• Has the smallest shot combo requirement of all sniper rifles.
• Unzoomed
  • Highest crit multiplier
  • High crit chance
  • Above average damage

Disadvantages:

• Has linear damage falloff from 100% to 50% from 400m to 600m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
• Draws from the rare sniper ammo pool.
• Inaccurate beyond short range when fired from the hip.
• Very short shot combo decay timer.
• Unzoomed
  • Low magazine
  • Below average effective fire rate
  • Very low max ammo
  • Low reload speed
  • Low status chance
  • Low disposition

Comparisons:

• Rubico (Unzoomed), compared to Rubico Prime (Unzoomed):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (180 vs. 187)
    • Lower  Impact damage (144 vs. 149.6)
    • Lower  Puncture damage (27 vs. 28.1)
    • Lower  Slash damage (9 vs. 9.3)
  • Lower total damage (180 vs. 187)
  • Lower base critical chance (30.00% vs. 38.00%)
  • Lower base status chance (12.00% vs. 16.00%)
  • Lower average damage per tap (288 vs. 329.12)
  • Lower burst DPS (768.96 vs. 1207.87)
  • Lower sustained DPS (337.02 vs. 489.41)
  • Lower fire rate (2.67 vs. 3.67)
  • Slower reload time (2.4 vs. 2)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 12)
  • Higher disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●○○○○ (0.60x))
  • Higher zoom distance (3.5x/6x vs. 2.5x/5x)

Acquisition

The Rubico's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	3,800	1,300	900	2	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:20,000

This weapon can be sold for ‍7,500 Credits 7,500.

Notes

• The Rubico has the highest critical multiplier of any sniper rifle, with a base multiplier of 3x.
  • On the other hand, it has a dismal status chance of 12%, being the lowest for all the sniper rifles. This is compared to the 20-30% of the other sniper rifles, a considerable difference.
  • The crit damage bonus from zooming is treated in the damage calculation like a respective mod. Therefore, it is additive with mods like  Vital Sense,  Hammer Shot, and  Bladed Rounds.
• It closely resembles the Grineer  Vulkar in terms of damage type distribution and other stats; the main difference being the Rubico has higher critical stats, while having lower status, base damage, and magazine.
• The Rubico requires only a single shot to activate its Shot Combo Counter, giving it an immediate 1.5x total damage multiplier on the first shot, and a 2.0x total damage multiplier after its third shot, giving it the ability to quickly ramp up its damage with a single magazine. On the other hand, it has a short combo decay counter that lasts only 2 seconds, thus reloading at 2.4 seconds will always lower its shot combo counter if there are no reload mods present
• The combo multiplier starts at 1.5x on the first shot and requires triple the amount of shots to reach each consecutive tier.

$\mathrm {Multiplier} =1.5+0.5\lfloor \log _{3}(\mathrm {Combo\ hits} )\rfloor$

Combo Counter Bonus Tier	Total Base Damage Multiplier	Minimum Consecutive Hits Required
1	1.5x	1
2	2.0x	3
3	2.5x	9
4	3.0x	27
5	3.5x	81
6	4.0x	243
7	4.5x	729
8	5.0x	2187

Tips

• Due to its high critical chance and damage multiplier, modding for critical chance and damage is very effective. Adding  Point Strike and  Vital Sense increases the critical chance to 75% and the multiplier to 6.6x.  Argon Scope,  Bladed Rounds and  Hammer Shot can increase it even further. Scoping in also boosts its critical damage by up to +50% at maximum zoom level.
• It is not suggested to use the  Charged Chamber/ Primed Chamber mod on the Rubico due to its long reload times.
• If the zoom HUD can make aiming difficult, turn off "Use Sniper Scopes" in Interface Options if it hinders you from aiming properly.

Trivia

• Rubico is a clay made from crushed basalt that is used to build tennis courts, with its green color being similar to the default color of this weapon.
• The Rubico appears to share an aesthetic with the  Talons thrown bombs and  Lacera bladed whip, both of which are also included in the Huntress Bundle.

Bugs

• It seems as though there is a chance for a bullet to not hit its mark, even when scoped in.

Media

Rubico in Codex.

Rubico's unique zoom HUD

Rubico as it is shown in the arsenal

Warframe Rubico, Bigger Harder Better? - 6 Forma thequickdraw

RUBICO - CRITS SUPREME 6 Forma - Update 18 Warframe

Warframe Rubico

Warframe - All Tenno Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)

Warframe - All Tenno Weapon Reloads in 3 minutes (2012 - 2019)

Rubico Skins Edit

Alamos

Synoid

Patch History

Update 25.8 (2019-10-01)

October 2019 Riven Disposition Change

• Rubico: 0.7->0.65

Hotfix 23.0.2 (2018-06-15)

• Fixed Sniper combo not decaying over time and instead resetting to zero.

Hotfix 22.12.3 (2018-02-12)

• Minor sound remastering updates have been made to the Rubico.

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 5 to 6.
• Status chance increased from 5% to 12%.
• Critical chance increased from 25% to 30%.
• Reload speed increased from 3s to 2.4s.
• Damage decreased from 200 to 180.

Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)

General Sniper Changes:

• Reticle sway removed from all zoom levels!
• 1 meter punch through added to all snipers without any to start with (snipers with innate punch through unchanged).
• 1 combo count removed at a time when duration runs out instead of all of them (decay vs. cooldown).
• 1 combo count removed on miss instead of all of them
• Additional bullets from multishot will each count as their own hits and misses in the combo counter
• Combo duration reduced to 2 seconds for all snipers apart from Lanka which is reduced to 6
• Damage fall off begins at 400 meters and ends at 600 meters with damage reduced to 50% past 600 meters.

Specific Sniper Weapon Changes: Rubico

• Fire rate increased from 1.5 to 2.67.
• First level zoom reduced from 5x to 3.5x.
• Second level zoom reduced from 12x to 6x.

Hotfix 20.6.2 (2017-05-30)

• Adjusted the Rubico's left hand placement to fix clipping inside the weapon.

Update: Recurring Dreams (2016-11-03)

• Rubico Headshot multiplier returned to its intended 2x multiplier in Conclave.

Hotfix: Lunaro 2 (2016-06-16)

• The Rubico is now an ‘Alarming’ type weapon.

Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 23.8.0.2 (2018-09-12)