The Sicarus Prime is the Primed variant of the Sicarus burst-fire pistol that sacrifices a small amount of its Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage to triple Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. 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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15,000 |
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Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
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Market Price: N/A | Blueprints Price:N/A |
Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. 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 Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. 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 (Normal Attack), compared to Sicarus (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (50.00 vs. 30.00)
- Higher total damage (50 vs. 30)
- Higher base critical chance (25.00% vs. 16.00%)
- Higher base status chance (20.00% vs. 6.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (187.5 vs. 104.4)
- Higher burst DPS (312.5 vs. 121.8)
- Higher sustained DPS (382.65 vs. 163.12)
- Higher fire rate (5.000 attacks/sec vs. 3.500 attacks/sec)
- Larger magazine (24 vs. 15)
- More accurate (25 vs. 20)
- Tighter maximum spread (8.00° vs. 10.00°)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 3)
- Higher disposition (●●●●○ (1.15x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.10x))
Acquisition
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Vaultings
- 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.
Notes
- Due to its high accuracy, when combined with the Steady Hands mod this weapon becomes powerful at long range.
- The lower Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. 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.
Trivia
- 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 (2013-11-20) or prior to it, but would be made possible (with any combination of Single Sidearm and Glaive) in Update 21.0 (2017-06-29), 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 (2015-02-25) would increase its magazine size to 21 rounds and Update 19.4.2 (2016-12-20) would, along with additional buffs, further increase it to 24 rounds.
Media
Patch History
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 14.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- 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.
Update 19.4.2 (2016-12-20)
- 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.
Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)
- Increased damage of Sicarus series in Conclave.
Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.2 (2016-07-08)
- Received the PBR treatment!
Update 16.5 (2015-05-12)
- Sicarus series damage increased in PvP.
Hotfix 16.3.5 (2015-04-17)
- Increased the damage of Sicarus weapons in PvP.
Update 15.16 (2015-02-25)
- Increased ammo capacity for Sicarus Prime to be a proper multiple of 3 (from 20 to 21).
Update 11.5 (2013-12-19)
- You can now search Orokin Derelict Defenses for the Sicarus Prime Blueprint.
Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
- Introduced via Ember Prime Access.
See also
- Sicarus, the original version of this sidearm.