Spectra Vandal

Corpus Weapons

Spectra Vandal
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery Rank Requirement	10
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Held
Utility
Accuracy	100
Ammo Max	400
Ammo Pickup	40
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●●● (1.40x)
Fire Rate	12.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	80
Reload Time	1.20 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Normal Attack
9.24 ( 42%)
12.76 ( 58%)
Total Damage	22 (58.00%  Slash)
Ammo Cost	0.5
Crit Chance	20.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	12.000 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (22.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.5 m
Range	22.0 m
Status Chance	28.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	BEAM
Riven Family	Spectra
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Spectra  Spectra Vandal
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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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.

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.

All Parts and Blueprint can be awarded from all reward rotations for Veil Proxima Empyrean missions with cache objectives.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	1	1	1		Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
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Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• High and good 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 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 (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))

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Media

WARFRAME - Spectra Vandal Builds and Synergies

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

Patch History

Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)

• Fixed dual wielding the Spectra Vandal with a Glaive causing the Spectra Vandal to look like the ordinary Spectra.

Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)

• Introduced.

See also

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