Understand Hystrix Prime
Useful when…
- Use its automatic projectile attacks, each listed with 28% critical chance and 20% status chance.
- Account for the four quill attack entries and the description’s rotating elemental quills.
- On Khora, its described chance to instantly reload after headshots may apply.
Quill attack entries
The Poison, Fire, Electric, and Ice Quill entries are projectiles listed at 7 attacks per second. Each lists 28% critical chance, a 2.2× critical multiplier, and 20% status chance, with 46 damage split into 2.76 Impact, 39.56 Puncture, and 3.68 Slash.
Khora’s conditional reload effect
When equipped on Khora, Hystrix Prime has a chance to instantly reload after headshots. The chance is not specified, and the effect is described as conditional on Khora. The weapon has a 16-round magazine and a listed 1.6-second reload.
Related pistol effects
The base Hystrix description also mentions heat, cold, electricity, or toxin quills and a chance of instant reload after headshots when Khora wields it. Knell’s description says headshots briefly enable rapid fire without ammo. Epitaph Prime’s supplied description says it deals additional headshot damage when wielded by Sevagoth Prime. These descriptions outline different effects and conditions.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The projectiles have a listed speed of 80.
- The headshot reload effect is conditional on Khora and its chance is unspecified.
- The weapon has a 16-round magazine and a listed 1.6-second reload.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Do not describe the quill elements as player-selectable; the description says they rotate.
- Do not attribute Khora’s conditional instant-reload effect to other Warframes.