Vectis

The Vectis is a high-powered, single-shot, breech-loading sniper rifle. Its single shot behavior provides a bolt-action feel. With significantly less zoom compared to other sniper rifles, it is much better suited for medium-range combat.
This weapon can be sold for .
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
*Two zoom modes:
**First zoom has 3.0x zoom distance and +30% headshot damage.
**Second zoom has 4.5x zoom distance and +50% headshot damage.
**Zoom is not cancelled during reload.
*Innate polarity.
*Good candidate for and/or due to its magazine size of one round.
**Lower zoom distance (3x/4.5x vs. 3.5x/6x)
**Lower zoom headshot damage (30%/50% vs. 40%/60%)
==Acquisition==
The Vectis's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
==Notes==
*Unlike other sniper rifles, such as the or the , the Vectis can reload while zoomed in, allowing for continuous shots without having to re-sight the target.
*The Vectis has to reload after each shot, which resembles the way a bolt-action sniper rifle works in other shooters.
*Cannot use .
*Requires only 1 scoped shot to activate its Shot Combo Counter, giving it an immediate 1.5x total damage bonus registering on the first hit. In other words, it always does 1.5x total damage or more when scoped.
==Tips==
*Equipping and/or provides a bonus damage on every shot, since every round is the first of the single-round magazine.
*Due to reloading after every shot (or every 2 shots if using Wildfire and Magazine Warp), improving the reload speed will be of more use than fire rate.
*A magazine size of 2 can be reached by equipping both a max rank and a max rank .
*The Vectis automatically reloads once the weapon finishes its recoil animation. However pressing the reload key immediately after each shot can start the reload early. With practice, this method can shorten the downtime between shots significantly.
==Trivia==
*Despite the fact that this came in last place in the Primary Weapon Content Development poll held in the Design Council, it was released before the , which had placed second place (the was the primary weapon that came in first place in that poll).
*There is some contention in regards to how the Vectis' action works, but it appears to be classifiable as a breach-loading, single-shot rifle.
**The weapon apparently fires caseless rounds.
*When reloading, the Tenno appears to insert something (likely a new round) into the receiver of the Vectis. The rear portion of the upper assembly appears to automatically rise after firing. The Tenno will smack this assembly down after loading the round.
*The series of hoops along the top of the rifle are a sighting system, but how it works is not obvious, suggesting a sensor and neural link is used to provide zoom.
*The Vectis is the first true Tenno-made sniper rifle, the others being made by either the Corpus or the Grineer. 
*Vectis is Latin for "Bar" or "Pole", referring to a locking bar (or bolt), a leveraging bar such as a Crowbar, or possibly referring to a carrying pole.
*When was first introduced, equipping it on the Vectis would reduce the magazine size to zero, causing the Vectis to draw directly from its ammo reserves and allowing it to fire very quickly. This was fixed in ; now the Vectis is the only sniper rifle unaffected by the mod's penalty.
==Media==
File:Vectis -1.png|Vectis, as it appears in the arsenal
File:Vectis 2.png
File:Vectis 3.png
Vectis_scope.jpg|View through Vectis scope
 
Warframe Vectis Sniper Rifle Gameplay
Warframe Vectis
A Gay Guy Reviews Vectis, The Skull Crusher
Warframe Vectis Speed Test (Mod Comparison)
Warframe Vectis Buff Pro Builds 3 Forma Update 14.2.0
Warframe - All Tenno Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)
Warframe - All Tenno Weapon Reloads in 3 minutes (2012 - 2019)
==Patch History==
==See Also==
*, the Prime counterpart of this gun
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