The Prisma Burst Laser is the default weapon for the Prisma Shade Sentinel and is a special Prisma version of the three-round burst-fire Burst Laser. This weapon accepts pistol mods.
This weapon can be sold for 1,250.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.
Advantages:
- Pinpoint accuracy.
- Instantaneous reload speed.
Disadvantages:
- Very low critical chance.
- Low status chance.
Comparisons:
- Prisma Burst Laser (Normal Attack), compared to Burst Laser (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (10.00 vs. 7.00)
- Higher total damage (10 vs. 7)
- Higher base critical chance (5.00% vs. 2.50%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 1.30x)
- Higher base status chance (10.00% vs. 2.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (31.5 vs. 21.15)
- Higher burst DPS (13.12 vs. 8.81)
- Higher sustained DPS (13.11 vs. 8.80)
Comparisons:
- Prisma Burst Laser (Normal Attack), compared to Burst Laser Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (10.00 vs. 12.00)
- Lower total damage (10 vs. 12)
- Lower base critical chance (5.00% vs. 6.25%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.35x)
- Lower base status chance (10.00% vs. 14.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (31.5 vs. 65.06)
- Higher burst DPS (13.12 vs. 8.13)
- Higher sustained DPS (13.11 vs. 8.12)
- Lower fire rate (1.607 attacks/sec vs. 1.875 attacks/sec)
Acquisition[]
The Prisma Burst Laser is automatically acquired upon claiming the Prisma Shade from the Foundry. Note that this weapon also takes up one Sentinel inventory slot.
Notes[]
- The Prisma Burst Laser's Fire Rate (1.61/s) is per burst, not per shot. However, its Status Chance (10%) is per shot. Each of the three shots in a burst will roll to proc status.
- Its reload time of 0.0 seconds means that the Prisma Burst Laser takes no breaks from firing, while the sentinel is not preoccupied. This also means that its magazine size and reload speed modifications are irrelevant. Furthermore, it benefits more from fire rate than other weapons, due to its fire rate not impacting how much time it will spend reloading. This is converse to Prime Laser Rifle, which spends its entire magazine in a third of a second.
- Despite having an accuracy of 100, Diriga's Calculated Shot makes shots fire at an extreme spread: it is ill-advised to equip Diriga with this weapon.
Tips[]
- With its virtually nonexistent downtime, this weapon is excellent to equip with Energy Generator or Synth Deconstruct, allowing the Companion to get as many assists as possible.
Trivia[]
- Shortly after the Prisma Shade was available, this weapon could be purchased separately from Baro Ki'Teer, without having to purchase the Prisma Shade at all. This was quickly rectified.
Patch History[]
Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)
- Fixed inability to trade Prisma Burst Laser.
Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)
- Fixed fire rate mods not working on the Prisma Burst Laser.
Hotfix 17.2.2 (2015-08-21)
- Introduced.
See Also[]
- Sentinels
- Burst Laser, the normal counterpart.
- Prisma, the special items sold by Baro Ki'Teer.