Marelok

In essence, the Marelok pistol is a shortened Grinlok that sports greater damage and a higher fire rate, at the cost of low accuracy, reduced critical damage and status chance.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily  damage.


 * Advantages
 * Very high base damage. Primarily and  damage.
 * Very high status chance.
 * With the right combination of mods, the Marelok can be modded to have a 100% status chance, guaranteeing a proc with every shot.
 * Good base critical chance.
 * Very good ammunition efficiency.
 * Decent rate of fire; approx. twice as fast as the Lex.
 * A polarity slot.


 * Disadvantages
 * Inaccuracy is noticeable over long range.
 * Low  damage.
 * Low capacity per magazine, must be reloaded regularly.
 * High recoil.

Tips

 * The Marelok is essentially a cut-down Grinlok, trading out accuracy for increased firepower and rate of fire. Like the Grinlok, its base stats are well-suited for builds that maximize the chance and damage of critical hits, and those that cause many status effects.
 * The Marelok is a great sidearm for dealing with enemies at short to mid range for players who have a sniper or bow for their primary weapon. The Marelok's firepower is strong enough to be considered a sub-primary weapon.
 * When used with Barrel Diffusion, Lethal Torrent, Pistol Pestilence, Jolt, Frostbite and Scorch mods, the Marelok is capable of reaching 100% Status Chance, effectively procing at least two, if not three, status effects per shot.

Trivia

 * The Marelok is likely named after the Mare's Leg, which refers to a lever-action rifle cut down to the size of a large pistol.
 * Closer inspection reveals that the Marelok is indeed a Grinlok with its barrel and stock cut down to size and its magazine moved to the bottom of the gun.
 * The Marelok's description initially misspelled it as Marelock. This was fixed shortly afterward.
 * The Marelok is spun around the finger lever after every shot, which was mentioned in Devstream 22 to be a reference to a lever-action shotgun used in the movie Terminator 2.
 * The Marelok was first showcased in Devstream 22 along with the Grinlok. It was supposed to be released alongside the Grinlok and come as a dual/akimbo weapon, but its release was delayed due to the additional coding required to handle the animations involved.
 * The color scheme of the Marelok is darker compared to the Grinlok.
 * Currently the only Grineer unit to use the Marelok is Shik Tal, which has been modified to fire small rockets instead of bullets.

Bugs

 * The Marelok appears to count towards the Rifle Kills challenge (As of U13.9).