Category:Buzlok Guides

GAMEW1ENER here. Its time to review one of the most underrated primary weapons in the game: the Buzlok!

First lets look at its damage output. Great impact damage, but a little slash and puncture as well. This gun will definately need Serration and Multishot mod(s) to bring that out, but secondly lets look at the gun itself. Using this strategy in tandem with forma's will require at least 2 Naruman and 2 Madurai.
 * As you can see from the initial Buzlok page, This gun uses ten rounds for a tracer shot (using R3), so ammo capacity is actually useful for this weapon.
 * Shred mod is an essential tool for both punch through and fire rate, both are quintessential for this weapon to be maximized. With punch through this allows you to throw a tracer round into a crowd of enemies and fire while maneuvering, effectively taking out most of the enemies in the group before killing the one with tracer round attached. Obviously hitting an enemy in the back of the group is the focus of this strategy
 * After these essential mods are in place, using crit + or crit %+ or both are recommended.
 * Using Trick mag, Serration, Split Chamber, and Shred will still give you 4 slots, suggesting use of crit chance and Hammer Shot, or alternatively, stuffing the weapon with 11- Elemental Mods.

Lets look at one of the most useful purposes for this weapon: Vay Hek Boss on Earth.

Chancellor Vay Hek is a pain in the rear for most weapons as he closes his mask (which is the only point of vulnerability), flies around, laughs at you with his annoying voice, and then morphs into a bird and repeats his process. Buzlok gives you a chance to use Grineer ingenuity against themselves on Vay Hek.

The hardest part of Vay Hek with Buzlok is hitting his face with a tracer round. this has to be done when his protective mask is NOT covering his face. Keep in mind the tracer round only last for twenty seconds, so you will need multiple tracer rounds. However concentrated headshots to Vay Hek especially with a fully modded Buzlok will annihilate him fairly quickly. As this encounter is not used to being able to be accurately shot in the face like this. Using Piercing calibur and corrosive damage further damages this enemy. One final note is this weapon can also become an aggressive weapon of choice for Banshee, as her Sonar ability marks targets weak points (randomly generated areas of the body), you can trace round a harder enemy on that point and utterly obliterate them. Keeping this weapon around will always be a good idea no matter what rank you are. Good Luck!
 * Another usefulness of this weapon is dealing with Bursa's and Conculyst/Battalyst encounters, as you can trace round them (particularly bursas in their area of vulnerability, either on their tracker (top most protrusion of their head) or behind them) and fire from cover, still effectively damaging them without taking shots.
 * This gives you an ability with Battalysts/Conculysts to effectively damage them with impact damage with primary, use a puncture weapon for secondary (most of them are), and a slash weapon for melee, effectively covering all the damage types and allowing for an easIER fight, as these enemies adapt to whichever weapons are used.