Mutalist Quanta

The Mutalist Quanta is a rapid-fire Corpus rifle infused with infested growth, which allows the weapon to project floating masses of infested membrane that irradiate enemies on contact. It is also the first weapon to possess a separate secondary fire mode that is not engaged via charging.

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * It has high damage as well as moderate  damage making effective against both heavy and light armored Grineer.
 * Its high fire rate and area of effect allows it to dispatch groups of Infested with ease.
 * Good status chance.
 * Secondary Fire:
 * 100% effect on contact for enemies.
 * Shots fired through the orb deal additional damage.
 * 200 damage (affected by Serration) on explosion.
 * Perfect accuracy, identical to the Dera and Flux Rifle.
 * Has a polarity.

Disadvantages:
 * Very low critical chance.
 * No Zoom due to secondary fire on.
 * Secondary Fire:
 * Fires an slow-moving projectile that moves at speeds similar of Napalm shots.
 * 15 ammo consumed per shot.
 * Long delay until explosion (9 sec.).
 * Deals damage to the player on explosion.
 * Bounces off environment and occasionally enemies.
 * Can only have a total of 2 orbs active (3 with Split Chamber - 1 Shot: 1x Orb, 2 Shot: 2x Orb).
 * Doesn't trigger reload with and less then 15 ammo left.
 * Has a long research path totaling to a minimum of 12 days.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Bugs

 * Due to the secondary fire mode's distinctive ability to bounce on environment and walls, it has a small tendency to bounce off from enemies as well, as enemies have a physical collision mesh that allows players to physically interact with them.

Trivia

 * The word mutalist may refer to Mutualism, which is a sector in biology which refers to how two different species interact with each other where each individual benefits.
 * "muta" is a form of the latin verb mūtāre, which means "I alter/I change".
 * The word Quanta is the plural for Quantum, used in Physics as a measure of the smallest minimum constituent of any object, ex. a Photon is the smallest quantity of light.
 * This is the first weapon to repurpose the Zoom key into a separate Alternate Fire key that results in a completely different attack.
 * This weapon is the third hybrid weapon added in the game (incorporating both Corpus and Infested characteristics), preceded by the Orokin/Grineer Seer and the reworked Infested/Grineer Torid.