User:Solcarius/Braton Prime Status Build

One of the "Trifecta of Rifles", the Braton Prime is the king of status builds. With a base status chance of 20% this rifle is going to be proc-ing time and time again. With high level enemies receiving exponentially increasing armour status will have to be relied on to strip that armour or health and as such it is ironically the primed version of the Braton, the starter rifle of choice, that will be your best bet for the end-game. Sporting perhaps the worst damage out of all three of the trifecta Braton Prime relies on its ability to completely strip enemy armour or half enemy health to make those super high level enemies once again easier to kill and thereby fixing its own downsides. Don't let that DPS fool you here.

The Build
We'll start with the staples. Serration and Heavy Caliber Increases the base damage of the rifle whilst Split Chamber adds multishot to the rifle. For most, if not all, rifles these three mods are going to be present. A Primed Bane Also gives a bit of damage bonus that will keep the Braton Prime viable even after procs.

The final four mods should be taken by two elemental types to make up either Corrosive or Gas, one of each for the majority of the damage and the other for the elemental boost and the all important extra status chance. For example, StormBringer and High Voltage with Infected Clip and Malignant Force. This will ultimately give your gun a roughly 67% status chance per bullet, with around 19k base DPS after multishot and critical averages are applied (via Warframe-Builder.com). Note that Primed Bane can be replaced with Hammer Shot for 75% status chance however with the amount of bullets you'll be throwing out I don't think that's necessary, and the extra slot should focus on some extra damage to remain viable after procs.

Riven Potential
For the Braton I suggest you keep an eye out for +Damage, +Multishot and +Toxin Damage, as toxin is the common factor between Gas and Corrosive. +Status Chance is always nice but, as for the same reason as Hammer Shot, isn't too necessary whilst +Status Duration can be a nice bonus. As for the negatives, feel free to accept a hit on Critical as the gun has a base 10% crit chance and Cold.