Understand Pandero Prime
Useful when…
- Use normal fire for its listed hitscan attack.
- Choose alternate fire when its faster listed attack rate suits your firing preference.
Attack modes and damage
Normal and alternate attacks each list 26 Impact, 26 Puncture, and 52 Slash damage, with 30% critical chance, a 2.8× critical multiplier, and 24% status chance per attack. Normal fire is listed at 3 attacks per second; alternate fire is listed at 4.17. Both are hitscan. The alternate attack is listed separately; its shot count is not specified.
Handling and construction
The magazine holds 8 rounds and reloads in 1 second. Pandero Prime has a listed Madurai polarity and Mastery requirement of 14; construction lists 15,000 credits and a 12-hour build time. The supplied description calls it Octavia's signature Prime pistol but does not state that it inherits a conditional reload effect from the regular Pandero.
Other Prime sidearms
Knell Prime is described as a signature pistol. Epitaph Prime is a wrist-mounted sidearm with additional headshot damage when Sevagoth Prime wields it. Hystrix Prime rotates through elemental quills and has a chance to instantly reload after headshots when equipped on Khora. These descriptions identify distinct weapon or character conditions; they do not establish a direct upgrade to Pandero Prime.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The magazine holds 8 rounds, while the listed reload time is 1 second.
- Alternate fire has a higher listed attack rate than normal fire; each mode has its own listed 24% status chance.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Applying a reload effect from the regular Pandero without evidence for Pandero Prime.
- Combining normal and alternate fire into one damage or firing-rate value.