Best Warframe Vinquibus build: How to get it and best way to use it

Warframe: The Old Peace takes us to the turbulent Old War, a period marked by a fragile truce. As the Operator finds themselves in the middle of this debacle, new powers, warframes, and weapons will take Tennos to the next level.

One of the various weapons introduced in this update is the Vinquibus, the first weapon that’s classified as both primary and melee weapon, which opens up a whole new realm of possibilities regarding weapon builds and modding.

The Escapist recaps

• Warframe: The Old Peace brings new weapons, and one of them is the Vinquibus.
• As the first of its kind, this bayonet can be used both as a primary and a melee weapon.
• While it’s the signature weapon of the Warframe Uriel, it can be used in any kind of arsenal.

How to get the Vinquibus

To get the Vinquibus, you must play the Descendia game mode, accessible from the Dark Refractory menu. You can get one of the Vinquibus blueprints at the end, and a resource called Maphica, which you can use to also buy the many items at Roathe’s shop in Sanctum Anatomica.

The main blueprint costs 35 Maphica, and the component blueprints each cost 25 Maphica. Keep in mind that you’ll need to build the components before building the weapon:

How to use and mod the Vinquibus

You must separately mod Vinquibus on each weapon slot it occupies. However, using a Forma to change a slot’s polarization will apply to both setups, so you must keep that in mind if you want to min-max your build.

You can always circumvent this mechanic by using Omni Formas, but it will cost you more to obtain them, either through Platinum or by crafting them.

If you’re using Vinquibus as a primary weapon, it’ll trigger the Vinquibus Precision buff, increasing melee damage by 250%, stacking up to 16 times. Using it as a melee weapon will also activate the Vinquibus Ferocity effect, increasing primary Ammo Efficiency by 100%, also stacking up to 16 times.

Don’t stay in one mode for too long, as you’ll have a better time by changing modes while the buffs are up, so always fight in both ways. It’s also worth noting that, even though this is Uriel’s signature weapon, it doesn’t have any special synergy with him, so you can combine it with other warframes.

Warframe Vinquibus best build

As a primary weapon, Vinquibus excels at taking single targets, so you’ll be good at picking apart groups by sniping specific enemies in combat. To capitalize on this, Primary Acuity, Galvanized Scope, and Primary Deadhead will buff your headshots and weak point hits.

Then, you want the Critical Chance and Damage to go above and beyond, so Critical Delay and Vital Sense will significantly improve that. Add more raw power with Serration, some extra Status with Galvanized Aptitude, and two status mods of your choice. Last, having Stabilizer on your Exilus slot will prevent you from having too much recoil

On the melee side, Vinquibus has very high Crit Damage, Raw Damage, and long Reach, so you can do some serious crowd control if needed. There’s good synergy going on with Condition Overload, Voltaic Strike, Virulent Scourge, and Primed Reach, as Heavy attacks will fling enemies in the air, creating an aggressive chain reaction with Melee Afflictions.

Then Killing Blow, Galvanized Steel, Amalgam Organ Shatter, Blood Rush, and Dispatch Overdrive will also boost the Heavy Damage, Critical Damage, and Critical Chance, something that results in the Vinquibus having some serious horsepower whenever you do a Heavy Slam Attack.

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