Zhuge

The Zhuge is a Tenno crossbow released in. Compared to the Attica, the Zhuge has lower base damage in exchange for increases in Status Chance, Fire Rate, and magazine size.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages
 * High damage, effective against Armor.
 * High base accuracy.
 * Has a polarity.
 * High critical chance.
 * High status chance.
 * Silent.
 * As a bow, fire rate mods have double the effect.

Disadvantages
 * Low damage makes it ineffective against shields.
 * Below-average reload time.

Tips

 * While possessing an Auto trigger, the Zhuge is best used when fired in bursts to better aim shots and manage its small magazine. On the other hand, its automatic fire combined with its native knockback makes it good when strafing against multiple enemies, or shooting a single tough enemy multiple times.
 * Thunderbolt synergizes well with the Zhuge due to the weapon's magazine size and automatic trigger, giving it a very high chance of triggering explosions within a shorter amount of time than conventional bows. This makes the zhuge more proficient at crowd-control than single-shot bows like the Dread, with its full-auto fire allowing one to strafe an area with explosive bolts to deal damage against multiple enemies.

Trivia

 * The Zhuge was originally introduced in Warframe China as a timed-exclusive item, alongside the Ninkondi and Spira.
 * The Zhuge is named after the Chinese word for the repeating crossbow, Zhūgé nǔ (諸葛弩), literally meaning "the Zhuge [Liang] crossbow", in turn named after its purported inventor Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was a Chinese chancellor that lived during the Three Kingdoms Period of China, and is considered one of the greatest strategists of the era.
 * The Zhuge is the fourth crossbow introduced in the game, after the Attica and Ballistica/Rakta Ballistica.