Ack & Brunt

Grineer Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Ack & Brunt
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Sword and Shield
Mastery Rank Requirement	3
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	0.83x animation speed
Block Angle	70°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●●● (1.35x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	2.50 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.25 m
Normal Attack
14.9 ( 10%)
14.9 ( 10%)
119.2 ( 80%)
Total Damage	149 (80.00%  Slash)
Attack Speed	0.83x animation speed
Crit Chance	20.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	0.833 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	10.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	745
Slam Damage	447
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Wind-up	0.7 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	298
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Slam Radial Element	Impact
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	0
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	SWORDS_AND_SHIELD_STANCE
Riven Family	Ack & Brunt
Introduced	Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Users	Tyl Regor Gorth
Variants	Ack & Brunt
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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CODEX

Tyl Regor's custom axe and shield are how he likes to eliminate 'frustrations'.

The Ack and Brunt is an axe & shield set used by Tyl Regor that boasts a high critical hit chance in exchange for a low attack speed. It also has the unique ability to absorb elemental attacks on block to empower the weapon's next attack.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages

• High damage – effective against health.
• High critical chance.
• Blocking elemental damage attacks stores a charge that grants +17.5% of the absorbed elemental damage to the next attack. The charge can stack up to 4 times before being consumed.
• Can use the Ack & Brunt-exclusive  Electromagnetic Shielding mod.

Disadvantages

• Second lowest base damage of all sword and shields, after  Silva & Aegis.
  • Low and damage – less effective against shields and armor.
• Lowest status chance of all sword and shields.
• Second slowest attack speed of all sword and shields, after  Silva & Aegis Prime.

Acquisition

The Ack & Brunt's blueprint can be researched from the Chem Lab in the dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
65,000	5	7,500	3,300	1	Time: 1 Day(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 150			Blueprints Price:15,000
Chem Lab Research3,000
7,500	10	620	400	240	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Prereq: Ogris
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Notes

• Blocking elemental damage attacks creates a stack that increases the damage of the next attack by 17.5% stacks. The effect can stack up to 4 times before being consumed, increasing the damage up to 70%.
• The damage bonus increases additively with elemental mods, which can also combine with elemental mods from the weapon to became a combined elements. For example, if your Ack & Brunt is modded with damage (e.g.  Shocking Touch), blocking damage from a Flameblade's  Twin Basolk will combine it into damage on the next attack.
• Elemental damage taken by nearby allies via  Electromagnetic Shielding can be converted to stacks.

Tips

• The Ack & Brunt's high critical hit chance makes it ideal for , which can be used to compensate for its slow attack speed.
  • ( Primed)  Fury can be used to further increase the attack speed.
  •  Final Harbinger can offset the Ack & Brunt's low attack speed with its quick combos.
• Using the Ack & Brunt with  Final Harbinger,  Blood Rush and/or Gladiator Mods allows players to quickly gather hits for the Combo Counter, rapidly boosting the Ack & Brunt's critical chance.
• Absorbing enemy attacks allows players to almost double the amount of damage they can deal.
  • This is useful when focusing on taking down heavy units in a crowd.
  • Do note however that stacks are expended if an enemy melee attack is parried.
• (Corrupted) Bombard rockets can add up to two stacks of elemental damage, allowing players to collect stacks faster.

Trivia

• This is the weapon of choice for Tyl Regor following Update 17.0 (2015-07-31), though instead of holding the weapon, Tyl Regor is able to attach the axe and shield to the ends of his cybernetic limbs in place of his  Knux hands. Regor, however, explicitly refers to Ack as a gavel.
  • Before Update 17.0 (2015-07-31), his weapon of choice was the  Skana.
• Tyl Regor uses a different design for the shield, as it is normally part of his helmet/headdress (or perhaps vice-versa). The Tenno version presumably adapts the shield to collapse so that it does not take up as much room when stowed.
• The text on the inner part of the shield translates to "Meat Protector".

Bugs

• Blocking shots fired from Detron Crewmen doesn't absorb damage or collect stacks.

Media

• Ack & Brunt in Codex
• Spartaclibur
• Rhino Prime with Ack & Brunt

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Patch History

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

• Fixed Ack & Brunt not fully unfolding when previewing it in the Arsenal.

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Damage increased from 50 to 149.
• Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
• Slam Attack increased from 50 to 447.
• Slide Attack increased from 107 to 149.
• Parry Angle set to 70.

Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)

• Blocking with the Ack and Brunt now absorbs elemental damage. Example: Block Electrical damage, gain + Electrical damage on top of base attacks.

Update 17.1 (2015-08-12)

• Fixed Ack and Brunt’s shield open/close transition not playing properly.
• Fixed some attacks from Ack and Brunt not flowing properly.

Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

See also

• Tyl Regor, the inventor and user of the Ack & Brunt.