Sicarus Prime

Orokin

Weapons

Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

CODEX

The Sicarus Prime is an ornamental firearm that fires rounds in rapid bursts, providing a balance between the lethality of auto-pistols and the accuracy of semi-automatic pistols.

The Sicarus Prime is an improved Sicarus 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.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000‍5,000.

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

1

10

Time: 12 hrs

Rush:

50

Market Price:

N/A

Blueprints Price:N/A

Drop Locations

Blueprint	Neo F1 Common (V) Axi E1 Common (V)
Barrel	Meso F2 Common (V) Neo F1 Common (V)
Receiver	Neo S5 Rare (V) Axi S2 Rare (V)

Lith/Meso/Neo/Axi refer to Void Relics
(V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics
(B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic

CharacteristicsEdit

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)
  - Lower Impact damage (20.0 vs. 21.0)
  - Higher Puncture damage (15.0 vs. 4.5)
  - Higher Slash damage (15.0 vs. 4.5)
- 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)

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.

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.
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.