Hek

"The HEK is a powerful shotgun that fires its shots with a tight spread, making it efficient at medium range as long as its strong recoil is properly managed."

- In-Game Description

The Hek is a shotgun that deals very high damage in a narrower cone compared to other shotguns.

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Very high damage.
 * Pellet spreading is more consistent due to narrower cone.
 * Hek recharges faster than Strun.

Disadvantages:
 * No polarity mod slots.
 * Very small base magazine size.
 * Like all shotguns, this weapon is less effective against the Grineer without armor piercing mods.
 * It is the only gun (for now) that requires Mastery rank 4 for unlock of purchase.

Acquisition
Hek can be purchased for  225. Its blueprint can be bought for  25,000.

Either way, you must reach Mastery Rank 4 to acquire it.

Rush build: 25

Recommended Loadout

 * Mods: Armor Piercing, Damage+ and Multishot highly recommended.
 * Optional: Faster Reload or Extended Magazine
 * Sidearm: Lex / Lato / Aklato
 * Melee: Scindo or Gram
 * Artifacts: Rifle Amp

Tips

 * Very effective against the Infested, especially when used with fire mods.
 * Climbing mastery ranks requires leveling many weapons. Mastery rank 4 is equivalent to Ieveling 2 warframes to level 25 and 10 different weapons to max rank.
 * Ammo Stock mod rank 1 (+20%) adds one round to the magazine (for a total 5) and rank 3 (+40%) adds two (for a total 6). There is no need to upgrade the mod further as no additional rounds will be gained.

Trivia

 * Used by Councilor Vay Hek