Knell

The Knell is Harrow's signature pistol that can use its scope to more accurately land shots at long range. Although its magazine can only hold 1 round, headshots grant it infinite ammunition and increased critical damage and status chance for a short duration, making it a "high risk, high reward" weapon.

Characteristics
This weapon primarily deals and  damage.

Advantages
 * High damage and comparatively high  damage – effective against armor and shields.
 * High critical chance.
 * Head shots trigger the "Death Knell" buff, additively increasing 1.5x/2x/2.5x critical multiplier and 20% status chance and grants unlimited ammo for 3 seconds. Buff stacks up to three times and can be refreshed on consecutive headshots.
 * Good fire rate.
 * Very fast reload speed.
 * Precise at long range due to the scope feature.
 * Scope can be used even in Bleedout.

Disadvantages
 * Low damage – less effective against health.
 * Below average base critical damage multiplier.
 * Very low base status chance.
 * Extremely low ammunition pool of only ten rounds.
 * Can only load one ammo at a time.
 * Impractical to use mods that increase pistol magazine size.

Tips

 * Synergizes well with Magnetize, Scourge, Harrow,, , all other "On headshot" arcanes, , Orvius and Prowl (only if using ). This is due to it having a fast reload, extremely small magazine, and the focus on scoring headshots.
 * Harrow's Condemn, in particular, synergizes extremely well with Knell as chained enemies leave their heads very vulnerable to being shot at.
 * Scourge also works particularly well with Knell, as the Bullet Attractor-like fields caused by throwing the speargun are created over the enemies' heads, and make it easier to land headshots.
 * Orvius' charged attack holds enemies in the air where they are open to headshots.
 * can be very beneficial on this weapon, as it will increase the fire rate during the infinite ammo buff considerably if you can score a headshot quickly after reloading.
 * is also a viable mod for this pistol, especially when expecting enemies to spawn in a corridor such as the main hallway in a Void Defense mission, or when trying to score a headshot against an enemy hiding behind cover or Shield Lancers.

Trivia

 * A knell is the sound made by a bell, specifically when rung to signify a death or a funeral.
 * When viewed from overhead Knell resembles a cross, possibly in reference to Harrow's priest/exorcist theme.
 * There is Tennobet engraved at the bottom of Knell's handle. This translates to "KUHT", which could mean "Cut".

Patch History
Knell