User:SirRaiuKoren/Hek All-Around Build







Blast 'em to Bits (11-9-15) (ver. 17.10.2) - Requires 4 Forma
This build is the all-around, blast to pieces, use-on-anything Hek build. The Hek is so ridiculously powerful that you don't really need to specialize the weapon towards any particular enemy type; no matter what, this build will waste anything in front of you, even on T4 defense. Indeed, this is a very late-game build; it's going to require 4 forma, as well as the syndicate-exclusive Scattered Justice  mod from Steel Meridian and the Vicious Spread corrupted mod from the Orokin Vaults. But, for those of you with either the time or the money, this is how you build a death cannon out of this beast of a weapon. Let's take a look at what we're going to focus on.

Build Parameters
The Hek has excellent puncture damage, but maintains respectable slash damage with a smidge of impact. Let's take a look at what we're going to work on to capitalize on these damages.

Generic Damage
We're going to pump as much flat damage as we can into this, but without using Primed Point Blank (we don't really need it, and it takes up an unnecessary amount of mod capacity). We will, however, use Hell's Chamber and Scattered Justice to get our multishot to the realm of ridiculous, while also using Point Blank, Blaze , and Vicious Spread to give a very hefty increase in flat damage.

Physical Damage
We're going to buff Puncture slightly with the Accelerated Blast mod, which also gives us a significant fire rate increase - however, the fire rate increase is a fringe benefit, as the weapon already fires quickly enough under most circumstances. The Accelerated Blast mod gets our fire rate to higher than we really need, but it's nice to be able to hurl lead down range very quickly when you need it, or if your aim leaves something to be desired.

Elemental Damage - Blast
With such excellent puncture, we're going to focus on the element that best covers puncture's weaknesses. That's going to be Blast. Blast and Puncture go very well hand in hand, since the bonuses of one type offsets the penalties of the other. Instead of trying to maximize our puncture advantages, we're going to instead minimize its disadvantages. This is an all-around build, after all, not a focused one. Plus, with blast, killed enemies fly across the room (often so quickly you don't even see them thanks to the Hek's already significant ragdolling effect on kill - it's very satisfying, if a little unrealistic). We're going to achieve this through the Blaze and Chilling Grasp  mods.

Critical Damage - Not Utilized
Don't worry about this. The Hek's critical chance and damage are nothing to write home about, and the mods needed to get them to even decent levels would take up far too much room that would be better served with flat damage mods.

Fire Rate - Tertiary Concern
We're going to get a little bonus from the Accelerated Blast mod, but other than that, we don't really care about fire rate.

Reload Speed and Punch Through
The reload speed of this weapon is slightly too long for my liking, especially since it has such a small magazine, and what's a shotgun without some punch through? Luckily, we have the answer to both of these problems: Seeking Fury. This bad boy gives us more punch through for our capacity than Seeking Force, and has reload speed as icing on the cake. What more could you ask for?

The Build
Forma: 4 - All four Madurai polarity, or the "V" symbol.

Orokin Catalyst Required: Yes

Hell's Chamber, max rank (8 / 15) - Polarized

Seeking Fury, max rank (6 / 11) - Polarized

Vicious Spread, max rank (5 / 9) - Polarized

Point Blank, max rank (5 / 9) - Polarized

Blaze, max rank (9)

Chilling Grasp, max rank (11)

Accelerated Blast, max rank (9)

Scattered Justice, max rank (7)

Here's a link to what the build looks like, courtesy of Warframe Builder.

My favorite part of this build is that it uses all max-rank mods and costs exactly 60 mod slots. That's the kind of efficient and clean build that I like to go for. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below!

This is Sir Raiu Koren, signing off.