Acrid

The Acrid is a Grineer weapon unlockable through Bio Lab Research in the dojo. It is a toxic weapon system that delivers toxin-filled flechettes, rather similar to the rounds from the Boltor. Unlike the Boltor rounds, the Acrid's rounds are not susceptible to gravity.

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Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Deals damage.
 * 50% bonus damage to Flesh and 25% bonus damage to Ferrite Armor, making this weapon very effective against Grineer without any elemental mods.
 * Has 100% Toxin proc chance on each hit.
 * Toxin proc chance remains, regardless of the damage types it actually deals.
 * Fast reloading speed.
 * High rate of fire.
 * Volatile Runners do not explode upon death.
 * Perfect accuracy.
 * Good status chance.
 * Decent ammo efficiency due to the damage over time effect.
 * No recoil.

Disadvantages:
 * Needles have a travel time.
 * Delay can make it difficult to hit moving targets at a distance.
 * Damage cannot be increased with, or  mods.
 * May take time to completely kill enemies, if relying on DoT.
 * DoT is only affected by base damage (adding elemental damage will not increase it)
 * Toxin damage deals less damage to Robotics, Machinery and Fossilized.
 * Low critical chance.

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

Tips

 * Semi-automatic firing can be countered by simply adding an alternative way of firing on 'scroll up' or 'scroll down' through the key binding customization.

Trivia

 * Before Update 10, Saryn + Mire + Torid + Acrid would give you the only loadout consisting solely of toxin.
 * As of Update 11.4 the Acrid is physically the largest handgun in Warframe.
 * One definition for Acrid is "sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor", likely owing to the gun's toxin-based damage.
 * As of Update 9.5, the Acrid uses a different reload animation than other pistols. It consists of disconnecting the barrel for a short period of time and reattaching it to the gun.
 * The writing near the barrel says "Obey" in Grineer language.