Ballistica

"The Ballistica crossbow features a unique dual firing mechanism, choose between a four bolt volley or a deadly accurate charged shot."

- In-Game Description

The  is a secondary weapon that acts much like the Paris, but it instead shoots four arrows in quick succession with a tap of the trigger, or a single arrow if charged. It was added in Update 10.4.0.

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Has one  polarity slot.
 * Deals Physics Impact damage which ignores the armor of most enemies.
 * Charged shots give it the second highest single-shot damage of any secondary weapon (with Bronco series weapons having the highest).
 * Good charge critical chance.
 * No projectile arc when firing burst or charged.
 * Charged shot can hit multiple enemies in a line (caused by flying dead bodies and not the bolt).
 * Burst shot has a very fast (near-hitscan) travel time.
 * Charged attack conserves ammo.
 * Staggers some enemies on every hit.

Disadvantages:
 * Semi-auto function has low accuracy and spreads horizontally.
 * Must be charged for higher accuracy shots, which lowers DPS.
 * Requires medium amounts of rare resources in order to craft (3 Neurodes, 4 Gallium and 1,200 Rubedo)
 * Physics Impact damage does not ignore the armor of Grineer Commanders, Seekers, and Rollers.
 * Charged attacks have slight travel time.
 * Not silent, and is instead a reduced awareness weapon (unlike the Paris).
 * Unlike the other clip based charge weapons (Lanka and Ogris), there is a period between charge shots in which if you click too soon after a charge shot, the Ballistica will neither charge nor fire. This lowers the actual DPS of a charge build. Roughly .5-.8 seconds after firing a charge shot. Increasing the fire rate decreases this delay however.

Acquisition
The Ballistica can be purchased for 240 and the blueprint for  40,000.

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

Tips

 * Track your targets constantly when burst-firing, as the recoil shifts sideways when firing.
 * Crowd control with burst fire can also be generally effective, and will be benefitted further when using a maxed Seeker.
 * Since the weapon has a  polarity slot, the use of Deep Freeze is easily available, which allows for easier follow up shots.

Trivia

 * Name is likely based off of the medieval siege weapon, the Ballista, due to both being related to crossbows and the similarity in the names.
 * It may also be a pun on ballistic, and as a propelled projectile the Ballistica may be considered a ballistic weapon.
 * Upon reload, the magazine will be dropped onto the ground and can be seen for a short time before disappearing.
 * This gun has a non-static model as the strings glow and the arms cock back as a shot is charged. Additionally the arms fold in when the Ballistica is holstered and open up when it is selected, with a unique sound effect.
 * The Ballistica is the first secondary to utilize a charge function, and the third to utilize burst-fire.
 * Although not entirely similar to bow weapons, due to the fact it uses pistol ammo and has a burst fire mode, it is similar to the Paris and Dread bows as they are capable of firing both charged and uncharged shots. The bows, however, are silent whereas the Ballistica has reduced-awareness properties.

Bugs

 * In the game, it is stated that normal attacks deal 10 damage and have no critical chance, however, these stats are not correct. It has been verified through testing.
 * It would seem that the Ballistica does not retract its bows whenever its wielder performs a melee strike, as the Ballistica is forced on its holster. This is considered a bug as holstering the weapon usually retracts itself when switching.
 * The Ballistica will open and retract in a split second while selecting customization options on Warframes and weapons, such as selecting an alternate helmet.

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