Vectis Prime

The Vectis Prime is the Prime version of the sniper rifle, featuring higher base damage, fire rate, and zoom, and a doubled magazine, but with a higher combo count requirement. It was released alongside and Carrier Prime.
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
*Two zoom modes:
**First zoom has 3.5x zoom distance and +40% headshot damage.
**Second zoom has 6.0x zoom distance and +60% headshot damage.
**Zoom is not cancelled during reload.
*Staggers most enemies with every hit.
*Innate and polarities.
*Good candidate for and/or due to its magazine size of two rounds, or one round with .
**Higher zoom distance (3.5x/6x vs. 3x/4.5x)
**Higher zoom headshot damage (40%/60% vs. 30%/50%)
==Acquisition==
===Vaultings===
*On May 24th, 2017, it was announced that Vectis Prime, alongside and Carrier Prime, would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on May 30th, 2017. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
*On October 12th 2017, Vectis Prime was obtainable as a Twitch Drop reward with The Great Eidolon Hunt event.
*On October 16th, 2018, Vectis Prime, and an exclusive Sugatra were released as Twitch Prime benefits.
*On November 19, 2019, Vectis Prime was unvaulted as part of the Ash & Vauban Prime Vault; it re-entered the Prime Vault February 11, 2020.
==Notes==
*Due to the fact that it has two rounds per magazine instead of the Vectis' single round, and are less effective without the use of manual reloading.
**Manual reloading also cannot be optimally performed due to the recoil animation after the first shot, which prevents the performance of an immediate reload. This can be circumvented by using the mod, which reduces the magazine size of the Vectis Prime to 1, and increases reload speed (note, this alone will not affect reload delay, only the actual animation after the delay). However, this will slightly drop the weapon's DPS, due to the reload delay; a cursed riven, without fire rate or reload, will, in isolation, decrease it more strongly.
*The Vectis Prime's forced Stagger counts as a status proc for .
*The Vectis Prime has superior zoom capabilities to the Vectis, having a 6x maximum magnification compared to the Vectis' 4.5, while still maintaining a 3.5x minimum zoom for mid-range shooting.
*The Vectis Prime has the largest shot combo requirement of the sniper rifles, needing 5 shots to initiate the 1.5x damage multiplier.
Combo Counter Bonus Tier	Total Base Damage Multiplier	Minimum Consecutive
Hits Required
1 	1.5x 	5
2 	2.0x 	15
3 	2.5x 	45
4 	3.0x 	135
5 	3.5x 	405
6 	4.0x 	1215
7 	4.5x 	3675
8 	5.0x 	11025
==Trivia==
*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. Or that it's supposed to be a bolt action rifle
*The Vectis Prime has a bipod, as opposed to the monopod on the normal Vectis. This might suggest that this rifle would be more precise and have less recoil because of the extra support from the bipod. It is purely cosmetic, however.
==Media==
VectisPrimeCodex.png|Vectis Prime in Codex. 
Vectis prime scope.jpg|The Vectis Prime's unique scope.
File:Vectis Prime 1.png|Vectis Prime, as shown in the arsenal
File:Vectis Prime 2.png
Warframe Vectis Prime, Foreplay At It's Best thequickdraw 
Vectis Prime - mogamu
Lets Max (Warframe) E70 - Vectis Prime!
Warframe Vectis Prime Setups (U16.11.5)
VECTIS PRIME - Best Sniper Rifle 4 forma - Warframe
Warframe - All Prime Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)
Warframe - All Prime Weapon Reloads in 1 minute (2013 - 2019)
==Patch History==
==See also==
*, the original counterpart of this gun.
*Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.
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