Grakata

"Equipped with a huge magazine and impressive rate of fire, the GRAKATA is the preferred weapon of Grineer Lancers."

- In-Game Description

The Grakata is an SMG-style rifle used by Grineer Lancers and Commanders, capable of unloading a barrage of low damage bullets that can stagger and deliver a high critical chance. However, due to its inefficient ammo economy, one can find themselves running out of ammo very quickly.

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * High rate of fire.
 * Large magazine.
 * Can stagger enemies.
 * High crit chance and damage.

Disadvantages:
 * No polarity slots.
 * Inefficient ammo economy.
 * Low damage.
 * High recoil.
 * Doesn't shine until heavily modded.

Acquisition
The Grakata can be purchased for  125 and the blueprint for  15,000.

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

Tips

 * Apply Piercing Hit (armor-piercing damage) and Serration (damage mod) to compensate for its low base damage, especially against the Grineer since their heavy armor will reduce the damage dealt to their body to 33% of normal damage, but armor piercing damage is increased by 50%. Once you bring these mods up to reasonable levels the Grakata becomes a decent weapon vs low to mid level content. The Ammo Drum (extra ammo) mod is also useful to compensate for the weapon's tendency to chew through ammo.
 * Holding the trigger down and spraying bullets is not recommended, as the inaccuracy of the weapon will waste a lot of ammo. Firing short bursts helps to increase your accuracy. Aim low when firing longer bursts to compensate for recoil.
 * Unlike the Gorgon, which also features a high fire rate, the Grakata does not have a wind up time, meaning one tap of the trigger fires 2-5 bullets at once, making it inaccurate at anything but close to medium-close ranges. The supposed accuracy of the weapon seems higher than it should be due to it's high recoil and SMG-style ammo consumption.
 * This consumes ammo really fast, so if you're leveling the weapon and running low on ammo, remember that weapons gain experience for assists as well, so you can damage an enemy with just one shot and then finish him with other weapon. (Melee is recommended to avoid the switch time.)

Trivia

 * The Grakata was released on April 19th, 2013 with update 7.8.0.