Sicarus

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Sicarus
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery Rank Requirement	3
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Burst
Utility
Accuracy	20
Ammo Max	210
Ammo Pickup	40
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.10x)
Fire Rate	3.500 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	15
Reload Time	2.00 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Spread	5.00° (0.00° min, 10.00° max)
Normal Attack
21 ( 70%)
4.5 ( 15%)
4.5 ( 15%)
Total Damage	30 (70.00%  Impact)
Ammo Cost	1
Burst Count	3
Burst Delay	0.0400 s
Burst Fire Rate	25.00 attacks/sec
Bursts Per Second	2.73 bursts/sec
Crit Chance	16.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	3.500 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (30.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	300.0 m
Spread	5.00° (0.00° min, 10.00° max)
Status Chance	6.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Sicarus
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Vanilla (2012-10-25)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Sicarus  Sicarus Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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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.

This weapon can be bought from the Market for 20,000 Credits 20,000. It can also be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

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

Disadvantages:

• Low base damage.
  • Low and 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 (Normal Attack), compared to  Sicarus Prime (Normal Attack):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (30.00 vs. 50.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 21 vs. 20)
    • Lower  Puncture damage ( 4.5 vs. 15)
    • Lower  Slash damage ( 4.5 vs. 15)
  • Lower total damage (30 vs. 50)
  • Lower base critical chance (16.00% vs. 25.00%)
  • Lower base status chance (6.00% vs. 20.00%)
  • Lower average damage per tap (104.4 vs. 187.5)
  • Lower burst DPS (121.8 vs. 312.5)
  • Lower sustained DPS (163.12 vs. 382.65)
  • Lower fire rate (3.500 attacks/sec vs. 5.000 attacks/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (15 vs. 24)
  • Less accurate (20 vs. 25)
  • Wider maximum spread (10.00° vs. 8.00°)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (3 vs. 14)
  • Lower disposition (●●●○○ (1.10x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.15x))

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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 (2013-07-13), 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".

Media

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Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• 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 (2017-06-29)

• 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 (2013-05-17)

• Removed Platinum price.

Update 7.x Weapon Balance (2013-03-22)

• 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 (2012-10-25)

• 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.