Spectra Vandal

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The Spectra Vandal is the Vandal variant of the Spectra laser beam sidearm, sporting increased damage, critical chance and status chance, magazine size, max ammo capacity, and faster reload speed. It was released in Update 25.0 along with Operation: Hostile Mergers.

AcquisitionEdit

This weapon was awarded for earning 1,000 points in a single Endurance Disruption Mission in Operation: Hostile Mergers, complete with a free weapon slot and a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst.

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High Slash and good Puncture damage – effective against health and armor.
• High critical chance.
• Very high status chance.
• Pinpoint accuracy.
  •  Magnum Force's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
• Fast reload speed.
• Innate 0.5 meter Punch Through.
• Consumes 0.5 ammo per tick of damage.
• Can use the Spectra-exclusive  Sequence Burn mod.

Disadvantages:

• No Impact damage – less effective against shields.
• Damage ramps up from 25% to 100% over 0.6 seconds when firing. After firing stops for 0.8 seconds, the damage decays back to 25% over 2 seconds.
• Limited range of 22 meters.

Comparisons:

• Spectra Vandal, compared to Spectra:
  • Higher base damage (22.0 vs. 18.0)
    • Higher Puncture damage (9.2 vs. 7.6)
    • Higher Slash damage (12.8 vs. 10.4)
  • Higher critical chance (20% vs. 14%)
  • Higher status chance (28% vs. 22%)
  • Larger magazine (80 rounds vs. 60 rounds)
  • Larger max ammo capacity (400 rounds vs. 360 rounds)
  • Faster reload speed (1.2 s vs. 1.8 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (10 vs. 4)

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

• See Category:Spectra Vandal Build to see how players mod this weapon.
• See Category:Spectra Vandal Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
• For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

MediaEdit

WARFRAME - Spectra Vandal Builds and Synergies

Spectra VS Spectra Vandal How Much Better Is It? (Side-Bye-Side)

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Patch HistoryEdit

See alsoEdit

• Spectra, the normal counterpart.
• Operation: Hostile Mergers, the operation that introduced it.

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