Vasto

Tenno Weapons

The Vasto is a powerful and effective sidearm that strikes a balance between the Lato and the Lex. Whilst it has less base damage than the Lex, it is exceedingly accurate, and features a rate of fire on par with the Lato. It also has a high crit rate.

High materials cost, low ammo capacity, and moderate recoil stand out as its major weak points.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000‍ 5,000, it is also a requisite ingredient for Akvasto (x2) and Redeemer.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	4	1,200	700	1,000	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25
Market Price: 190			Blueprints Price: 30,000

Characteristics Edit

This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High damage.
  • High Slash damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
• Fast fire rate.
• Very accurate.
• Very fast reload speed.
• One polarity slot.
• Higher chance to stagger than other weapons.
• Fastest reload speed among non-thrown secondary weapons, tied with Bronco.
• Good critical chance.

Disadvantages:

• Small magazine size.
• Low Impact and Puncture damage – less effective against shields or armor.

Comparisons

• Vasto, compared to Vasto Prime:
  • Lower base damage (50.0 vs. 60.0)
    • Higher Impact damage (12.5 vs. 9.0)
    • Higher Puncture damage (12.5 vs. 9.0)
    • Lower Slash damage (25.0 vs. 42.0)
  • Lower critical damage multiplier (1.5x vs. 2x)
  • Lower status chance (5% vs. 15%)
  • Lower fire rate (5 rounds/sec vs. 5.42 rounds/sec)
  • Different polarities ( vs. )

• Vasto, compared to Akvasto:
  • Lower fire rate (5 rounds/sec vs. 10 rounds/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (6 rounds vs. 12 rounds)
  • Faster reload speed (1 s vs. 1.8 s)
  • Different polarities ( vs. None)

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

• See Category:Vasto Build to see how players mod this weapon.
• See Category:Vasto Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
• For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

TipsEdit

• Due to the semi-auto nature of the Vasto, for longer ranged targets fire more slowly, as the recoil will fire bullets higher the faster you pull the trigger.
• When focusing on a build based on speed (Fire rate and reload speed) you can run out of ammo quickly. On defense this isn't much of a problem as pistol ammo pickups are more clustered and easier to replenish your ammo, but for other missions consider taking a pistol ammo box along just in case.
• Consider using a mod slot to fit a high-level Pistol Gambit - this can bring the crit chance up to around 30%. Combined with the weapon's high rate of fire, it can easily tear through tougher opponents.
• The recoil can be decreased by the Steady Hands mod, making this a more viable long-range weapon.
• The Vasto has a high chance of cutting corpses into pieces, similar to Slash-focused melee weapons. This makes the Vasto a prime candidate for a Desecrating Nekros to bring along, as the game considers the cut corpses as separate entities, essentially giving multiple corpses to desecrate from a single enemy and thus yielding more chances to create more drops.
  • Other known firearms which shares the same property are the Akjagara, Braton Prime, Flux Rifle, Grakata, Kohm, Latos (Lato, Lato Prime and Lato Vandal), Miter, Panthera, Tigris and other Vasto variants (Akvasto and Vasto Prime).

NotesEdit

• The Vasto was added in Update 9.3.
• Although shown as being mostly silver colored, the pistol's default color is actually black.

TriviaEdit

• Vasto is a Latin verb, meaning "I destroy / I lay waste / I ravage."
• The Vasto's cylinder revolves with every shot and upon reload, making it the fourth weapon with a non-static model.
• The Vasto appears to be a double-action revolver of intermediate caliber, rather than a high caliber single action akin to those used in the 19th century West, like the Colt Single Action Army. The handle/grip is flush with the rest of the weapon, leaving no exposed hammer to manually cock. However, there appears to be a rocker on the rear of the Vasto that could be a hammer lever.
• Thanks to its high Slash damage, the Vasto has a high chance of cutting corpses into pieces.

MediaEdit

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• Vasto in-game
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See alsoEdit

• Akvasto, the akimbo version of this gun.
• Vasto Prime, the prime version.