Sicarus

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Sicarus
Statistics
Mastery	3
Slot	Secondary
Type	Pistol
Trigger Type	Burst
Utility
Ammo Type	Pistol
Noise Level	Alarming
Fire Rate	7.39 rounds per sec
Accuracy	20
Magazine Size	15 rounds per mag
Max Ammo	210 rounds
Reload Time	2.0 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.1)
Normal Attacks
21.0
4.5
4.5
Total Damage	30.0 ( 70%)
Burst Count	3 rounds (90.0 total damage)
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.0x
Status Chance	6.00%
Miscellaneous
Polarities
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Vanilla
Variants	Sicarus Prime

CODEX

The Sicarus fires 3-round bursts, which provides a balance between the lethality of auto-pistols and the accuracy of semi-automatic pistols.

The Sicarus is a burst-fire pistol that shoots tight 3-round bursts.

It can be sold for 5,000‍5,000.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.

Advantages:

• High Impact damage – effective against shields.
• Good critical chance.
• Good accuracy.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Low base damage.
  • Low Slash and Puncture damage – less effective against health and armor.
• Very low status chance.
• Small magazine; being a 3-round burst weapon carrying 15 bullets it only has 5 bursts per magazine.
• Linearly less efficient – sometimes a target may only die with four bullets, which requires an entire second burst to be fired.

Comparisons:

• Sicarus, compared to Sicarus Prime:
  • Lower base damage (30.0 vs. 50.0)
    • Higher Impact damage (21.0 vs. 20.0)
    • Lower Puncture damage (4.5 vs. 15.0)
    • Lower Slash damage (4.5 vs. 15.0)
  • Lower critical chance (16% vs. 25%)
  • Lower status chance (6% vs. 20%)
  • Lower fire rate (7.39 rounds/sec vs. 9.38 rounds/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (15 rounds vs. 24 rounds)
  • Less accurate (20 vs. 25)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (3 vs. 14)
  • Lower disposition (1.1 vs. 1.2)

Acquisition

A built Sicarus can be bought from the Market for 20,000‍20,000.

Tips

• The Sicarus excels in medium range fights.
• Precise timing is required to fire at its labeled fire rate, practice lining up shots and timing the next shot to find out the ideal speed at which to press the fire button. A faster fire rate will require slightly faster timing. 
• Like the Kraken, there is a slight delay after firing where reloading will not function, and requires a double click or a pause then click for it to actually reload. This can be frustrating. 
• As this is a burst fire weapon, move the mouse down after firing shots. 

Trivia

• Prior to Update 9.0, Shield Lancers used the Sicarus instead of the Viper.
• The Sicarus' name is probably derived from sicarius, the Latin word for "assassin" or "dagger-wielder".

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Patch History

Update 22.12

• Status chance increased from 5% to 6%.
• Critical chance increased from 15% to 16%.
• Recoil decreased while aiming.
• Damage decreased from 40 to 30.

Update 21.0

• Increased damage from 30 to 40.
• Increased Crit Chance from 10% to 15%.
• Increased Status Chance from 2% to 5%.
• Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 1 to 3.

Update 7.11

• Removed Platinum price.

Update 7.x Weapon Balance

• Slight tweaks to base fire rate and/or recoil following the queued firing issue being fixed
• Increased damage from 24 to 26.
• Increased Crit Chance from 5% to 10%.

Vanilla

• Item introduced with game release.

See also

• Burston, the rifle counterpart of this gun.
• Sicarus Prime, the prime counterpart of the Sicarus.
• Kraken, a Grineer burst-fire pistol.