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The Sicarus Prime is the Primed variant of the 
Sicarus burst-fire pistol that sacrifices a small amount of its 
Impact damage to triple 
Puncture and 
Slash damage, and also sports higher accuracy, faster fire rate, higher critical and status chance, and a larger magazine compared to its predecessor. It was released alongside 
Ember Prime and 
Glaive Prime.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000.
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Characteristics
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This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.
Advantages
- High base damage.
- Near-equal physical damage - effective against all factions, Sentient and Shadow Stalker.
- Very high critical chance.
- High status chance.
- Very little recoil for a burst weapon.
- High accuracy.
- Fast fire rate.
- One polarity slot.
Disadvantages
- Punishes missed shots due to burst-fire.
- Third shot may miss targets without proper leading.
- Linearly less efficient - sometimes a target may only die with four bullets, which requires an entire second burst to be fired.
Comparisons:
- Sicarus Prime, compared to Sicarus:
- Higher base damage (50.0 vs. 30.0)
- Higher critical chance (25% vs. 16%)
- Higher status chance (20% vs. 6%)
- Higher fire rate (9.38 rounds/sec vs. 7.39 rounds/sec)
- Larger magazine (24 rounds vs. 15 rounds)
- More accurate (25 vs. 20)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 3)
- Higher disposition (1.2 vs. 1.1)
Acquisition
Sicarus Prime's main and component blueprints are acquired from the following Void Relics.| Blueprint | Barrel
| Receiver
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|---|---|---|
| Axi E1 Common Neo F1 Common (V) | Meso F2 Common Neo F1 Common (V) | Neo S5 Rare Axi S2 Rare (V) |
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
Weapon LoadoutsEdit
- See Category:Sicarus Prime Build to see how players mod this weapon.
- See Category:Sicarus Prime Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
- For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.
VaultingsEdit
- On September 29, 2015 it was announced that the Sicarus Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
- Sicarus Prime was available from December 6, 2016 to January 3, 2017 as part of the Fire and Ice Prime Vault.
- Sicarus Prime, along with Frost Prime, Ember Prime, Latron Prime, Reaper Prime, and Glaive Prime, were unvaulted from January 29, 2019 to March 26, 2019.
- Sicarus Prime, along with Frost Prime, Ember Prime, Latron Prime, Reaper Prime, and Glaive Prime, were unvaulted on September 29, 2020.
NotesEdit
- Due to its high accuracy, when combined with the Steady Hands mod this weapon becomes powerful at long range.
- The lower Impact damage of Sicarus Prime makes individual shots mildly less effective against shields, but the improved fire rate and magazine size still make it a superior choice to the classic Sicarus.
TriviaEdit
- The Sicarus Prime was first shown to the public in Devstream 18, where it was featured in promotional artwork of the then-upcoming Ember Prime.
- Said artwork also had Ember Prime wielding both the Sicarus Prime and the Glaive Prime simultaneously, which wasn't possible in Update 11.0 or prior to it, but would be made possible (with any combination of Single Sidearm and Glaive) in Update 21.0, over 3 years after said image was first revealed.
- Said artwork also had Ember Prime wielding both the Sicarus Prime and the
- Compared to the normal Sicarus, the Sicarus Prime emits a high-pitched "whirr" at the end of a burst, suggesting that its projectiles are energy-based.
- Further supporting this is its reload animation, where the top part of the gun opens up and ejects a glowing capsule, and a new capsule is inserted in its place.
- When it was first released the Sicarus Prime held 20 rounds in its magazine, making its last burst only fire 2 shots. Update 15.16 would increase its magazine size to 21 rounds and Update 19.4.2 would, along with additional buffs, further increase it to 24 rounds.
MediaEdit
Warframe 11 ♠ Sicarus Prime
Lets Max (Warframe) E18 - Sicarus Prime
Warframe - All Prime Secondaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)
Warframe - All Prime Weapon Reloads in 1 minute (2013 - 2019)
Patch HistoryEdit
- Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 14.
- Increased damage from 40 to 50.
- Increased Crit Chance from 20% to 25%.
- Increased Status Chance from 10% to 20%.
- Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 2 to 7.
- Buffed base damage from 30 to 40.
- Increased Crit chance from 10% to 20% and Crit multiplier 1.5 to 2.
- Increased Clip Size from 21 to 24.
- Increased damage of Sicarus series in Conclave.
Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 2
- Received the PBR treatment!
- Sicarus series damage increased in PvP.
- Increased the damage of Sicarus weapons in PvP.
- Increased ammo capacity for Sicarus Prime to be a proper multiple of 3 (from 20 to 21).
- You can now search Orokin Derelict Defenses for the Sicarus Prime Blueprint.
- Introduced via Ember Prime Access.
See alsoEdit
- Sicarus, the original version of this sidearm.
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