Am I better off with an Orthos Prime or a Scindo Prime?

[(XBOX)SgtFunBun]

Cause I wanna sell the other that I won't use

[phoenix1992]

Primes should be cherished and loved.
Othos is superior all rounder - there is no denying that.
Scindo is the heavy duty, that does amazing feats IF you have Tempo Royale.

The "better" question you should ask yourself - what will fit my play style? In my case I prefer Galatine/War for my actual "hard" content, but I can pick almost any melee for day to day farming.

PS: This is not a feedback thread. It is for another sub forum.

[ClinkzEastwood]

If you have primed reach, then orthos.

Else Scindo.

War/Tipedo are better weapons tho.

Edited March 30, 2016 by ClinkzEastwood

[YasaiTsume]

Sell Orthos Prime.

It is way easier to farm or acquire an Orthos Prime than it is to acquire a Scindo Prime.

 

 

[Epsik-kun]

3 hours ago, ClinkzEastwood said:

Tipedo

You can't really compare Tipedo to Orthos. Staffs and polearms have different moveset and different feel about them. Not to mention, that given seemingly better stats, Tipedo will actually perform much worse than Orthos in most cases. And when it does perform better, you might go for another weapon as well.

Primed Reach is too, far from being a panacea. In some cases you might want to use it, in some cases you won't.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Epsik-kun

[Plushy]

I love my Orthos prime to death but when I need to do more damage at higher levels I take my trusty Scindo Prime. I say try to keep them both if you can. They are good weapons. 

[----Fenrir----]

Don't sell either of them. Both are very good weapons and you should never sell prime stuff anyway. Seriously making enough plat by trading to buy a few weapon slots is really not hard.

[(XBOX)C0gnitive 0n3]

I have solo'd 40 waves of ODD with Trinity and Orthos Prime - that Primed Reach is AMAZING!

I have solo'd 85 minutes with Valkyr and Scindo Prime on Egeria, Ceres - that damage, though!

I say keep both if you can.

[(PSN)ElZilcho]

>prime
>want to sell

Go to your room.

Spoiler

They both have their strengths and aren't directly comparable. Just keep both rather than wanting but not having the one you get rid of.

 

[(PSN)joshw1400]

I would keep both, but remember the orthos prime can't go to the prime vault, and the scindo prime can.

[(PSN)VenatrixPulchra]

Always keep prime weapons since they get vaulted and can't be attained once they are. As for which is better, that is personal preference. I prefer orthos, mainly due to the crap attack speed on the scindo.

[(XBOX)NoriYuki Sato]

On ‎3‎/‎30‎/‎2016 at 3:19 AM, ClinkzEastwood said:

War/Tipedo are better weapons tho.

War is the only melee weapon with higher base damage. Scindo Prime is tied for 2nd with Jat Kiitag.

[ThorienKELL]

In short, orthos prime is average weapon with solid stance if formaed (rare one ...willow?) but also has biggest range of all wepons in game, from most by far and only handful come really close.

With primed reach it becomes a ranged weapon. Literally, Room clearer. It clears enemies all around you, opens crates. You don't know if you haven't tried. That feature makes him one of best weapons in game imo. 

Scindo has awesome stance (if you have it ...tempo, if not just very good /c. whirlwind) slash damage and among most damaging weapons in game. Medium range thou. Also, absolute top pick and among best weapons in game.

You should keep both.

[ranks21]

if you love speed and evasiveness then orthos prime if you want to see high numbers and a slower swinging hard hitting melee then scindo. both are viable at endgame level but then speed is better than more damage at a slower pace.

play around with both and see where your preference takes you.

ps: when using orthos p keep the crosshair/reticle slightly above the enemies heads and if its a berserker build attack mainly from behind the enemies when  you can to keep the crits above 60k in quick melee mode and 90k+ in full melee mode.

Edited April 1, 2016 by ranks21