Spectra Vandal

Corpus

Weapons

Spectra Vandal

Tradable
(parts and/or blueprint only)

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General Information

Max Rank

30

Utility

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Normal Attack

9.24
( 42%)

12.76
( 58%)

Ammo Cost

0.5

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)

Sell Price

5,000

Variants

Vendor Sources

Article Categories

CODEX

A special-order Corpus cutting tool for master crafters only. Features distinctive azurite plating and a focusing crystal of precision clarity and cut.

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 (2019-05-22) along with Operation: Hostile Mergers.

Characteristics[]

This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
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.
Innate 0.5 meter Punch Through.
Can use the Spectra-exclusive Sequence Burn mod.

Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Pinpoint accuracy.
- Magnum Force's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
Consumes 0.5 ammo per tick of damage.
Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average crit chance (20.00%)
- Above average reload speed (1.20 s)
- Very high magazine (80)
- High ammo max (400)
- High fire rate (12.00 attacks/sec)
- Above average status chance (28.00%)
- High disposition (●●●●● (1.40x))

Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Limited range of 22 meters, but Ruinous Extension can be equipped to extend the maximum range.
Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Low total damage (22)

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.

Comparisons:

Spectra Vandal (Normal Attack), compared to Spectra (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (22.00 vs. 18.00)
  - Higher Puncture damage ( 9.24 vs. 7.56)
  - Higher Slash damage ( 12.76 vs. 10.44)
- Higher total damage (22 vs. 18)
- Higher base critical chance (20.00% vs. 14.00%)
- Higher base status chance (28.00% vs. 22.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (26.4 vs. 20.52)
- Higher burst DPS (316.8 vs. 246.24)
- Higher sustained DPS (290.64 vs. 208.67)
- Larger magazine (80 vs. 60)
- More shots per magazine (160 vs. 120)
- Larger max ammo capacity (400 vs. 360)
- Faster reload time (1.20 s vs. 1.80 s)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (10 vs. 4)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.40x) vs. ●●●●● (1.49x))

Acquisition

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.

This weapon's blueprint and components are now obtained from Veil Proxima Grineer-controlled territory Abandoned Derelicts in Empyrean missions. All parts can be traded between players.

Item	Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Chassis	Grineer Veil Proxima Point of Interest / B	6.52%	~ 15 B Caches	102 ± 34 B Caches
Barrel	Grineer Veil Proxima Point of Interest / B	6.52%	~ 15 B Caches	102 ± 34 B Caches
Blueprint	Grineer Veil Proxima Point of Interest / B	8.70%	~ 11 B Caches	75 ± 25 B Caches
Handle	Grineer Veil Proxima Point of Interest / B	6.52%	~ 15 B Caches	102 ± 34 B Caches

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables. See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
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