The Venka Prime are the Prime variant of the Venka, sporting higher damage, critical chance and damage, and attack speed. It also uniquely has a higher Melee Combo Multiplier than all other melee weapons, allowing consecutive strikes to rack up even more damage.
On September 11th, 2018, it was announced that Venka Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on September 25th, 2018. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
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 15 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush:  50
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Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage.
Advantages:
- High Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – effective against health.
- High critical chance and damage.
- Good status chance.
- High Attack Speed.
- Ground Finisher consists of multiple strikes, each hit having a chance to proc status.
- Slam Attack causes ragdoll.
- Has a Melee Combo Multiplier of 0.75 instead of the classic 0.5, allowing for larger damage multipliers in fewer hits.
- Innate Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. polarities.
Disadvantages:
- Low Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – less effective against shields.
- Short attack range.
Comparisons:
Venka Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Venka (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (188.00 vs. 140.00)
- Higher total damage (188 vs. 140)
- Higher base critical chance (32.00% vs. 15.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.60x vs. 2.00x)
- Higher base status chance (24.00% vs. 15.00%)
- Longer Range (1.80 m vs. 1.75 m)
- Higher attack speed (1.05x animation speed vs. 1.00x animation speed)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 4)
- Lower disposition (●●○○○ (0.80x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.10x))
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Notes
- The Venka Prime has a modified melee combo multiplier, which adds 75% bonus damage per damage increase interval instead of the normal 50%. Thus the Venka Prime starts with a 1.75x combo multiplier at 5 hits, then increases to 2.5x after 15 hits, 3.25x after 45 hits etc.
Tips
- The Venka Prime's modified melee combo counter and high critical chance pair well with builds incorporating Blood Rush and Gladiator mods.
- The combo counter also pairs well with Weeping Wounds.
- The combo counter also pairs well with
Trivia
- The Venka Prime is the first weapon that has a modified melee combo counter.
- Venka Prime was announced alongside Valkyr Prime and Cernos Prime in a teaser, but when the full trailer was finally shown, Valkyr Prime was using the standard Venka instead of the Venka Prime.
Media
Patch History
Update 23.9 (2018-09-25)
- Venka Prime has entered the Prime Vault.
Update 19.2 (2016-12-01)
- Fixed Venka Prime not being drawn when spawning with only melee equipped.
Update 19.1 (2016-11-25)
- Valkyr Prime, Cernos Prime, and Venka Prime have been added to the Codex and are now linkable in chat.
Hotfix 19.0.7 (2016-11-22)
- Introduced along with Valkyr Prime and Cernos Prime.
Last updated:Update 23.9 (2018-09-25)
See Also
- Venka, the standard version.
