Rakta Cernos

The Rakta Cernos is a modified Cernos bow exclusively available to the Red Veil. It features the fastest charge time of all bows, along with increased base damage, status chance, and innate Blight effect.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages: Disadvantages:
 * High base damage.
 * Incredibly short charge time (the shortest of all charge weapons at 0.25 seconds).
 * Most other bows require fire rate mods to have effective charge rates, this does not.
 * High critical chance.
 * Has two polarities and one  polarity.
 * Has innate Blight effect.
 * Charged shots have innate Punch Through.
 * Allowing it to hit multiple enemies in a line.
 * Pinpoint accuracy when aiming.
 * Low and  damage – less effective against armor and health.

Comparisons:
 * Rakta Cernos, compared to the Cernos:
 * Higher base damage (250.0 vs. 200.0)
 * Higher damage (225.0 vs. 180.0)
 * Higher damage (12.5 vs. 10.0)
 * Higher damage (12.5 vs. 10.0)
 * Faster charge rate (0.25 vs. 1.0)
 * Higher Status chance (15.0% vs. 10.0%)
 * Additional and  polarities.
 * Innate Blight effect.
 * Faster arrow flight speed

Acquisition

 * The Rakta Cernos can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Exalted with the Red Veil, and spending to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Rakta Cernos cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Exalted rank.
 * Syndicate weapons can also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed.
 * Your Mastery Rank must be at least 12 to acquire any Syndicate primary weapon, either through trading or through the Syndicates themselves.

Tips

 * The Rakta Cernos can achieve a critical hit chance of 100% by equipping both a fully-ranked Point Strike and a Critical Delay ranked up to at least level 4.