Lex

"The LEX is a powerful, accurate pistol that has a lower rate of fire and clip size. Very efficient at long range."

- In-game Description

The Lex is the slowest firing side-arm of Warframe, but has high damage and perfect accuracy. The Lex can be used as a alternative to the Snipetron  because of its accuracy; it can be used to take out weak targets that can greatly hinder the Tenno's progress in a mission (Ospreys, Seekers, Runners).

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Very high damage.
 * Very accurate.

'''Disadvantages: '''
 * Slow rate of fire.
 * High recoil.

Acquisition
This weapon can be bought for 190  or 35,000 credits.

Recommended Mods

 * Hornet Strike (Damage+) and No Return (Armor Piercing)


 * Barrel Diffusion (Multishot+)


 * Gunslinger (Fire Rate+)
 * Quickdraw (Reload Speed+)
 * Any Elemental Damage Mods

Armor Piercing  damage is essential in this weapon as it will make it viable against Grineers, and capable of headshotting Corpus crewmen. Clear damage is preferable to elemental as you want to pack as much punch as possible with every shot. Multishot is another vital mod, as when improved enough it will straight up double Lex's damage. Adding a reload speed mod can greatly cut down on this pistol's lengthy reload, bringing it closer to the reload speed you'd expect from a pistol. Improving the Weapon's fire rate can help cover one of it's weaknesses, but you can choose to deal even more with every shot by using an additional elemental damage mod and specialize Lex against a faction or another.

Tactics
You should use this weapon as a sniper. Stay back aim for heads and kill the enemy. Its most efective against Grineer and Corpus. You should use this weapon with a very close to mid range primary. Then it is very useful if you have to kill the enemy over long distances. The weapon is only good if you aim for heads or vulnerable points at the body of the enemy, so dont be active and run in if you have not perfect aim. Another reason why to stay back with this weapon is its little magazine and the long reload time. Once your magazine is empty, you had better not be in the middle of the battlefield, because it takes a while to reload. You can use this weapon in a team for support-sniping or solo as long range weapon. This Weapon is not recommended against Infested!

Tips

 * Due to the effects of Pistol mods, this Weapon can actually be used for sniping with better effects than the Snipetron. The Barrel Diffusion Mod enables a 120% chance for additional Projectiles without ammunition consumption. This, combined with the Base Damage modifier (Hornet Strike) will cause damage rivaling any Sniper-Rifle.