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Alternate Fire (Alt-Fire for short, also known as Secondary Fire) is a feature of some weapons that performs a different action than their normal fire modes or interacts with their primary fire mode in some way. As of Update 17.0, Alternate fire can be bound to a dedicated button/key (default Mouse3 on PC and R. Thumbstick on PS4 and XB1).
Consumes 0 ammunition and requires a brief charging period before it can fire.
Rather than consuming ammunition, the Alternate Fire uses up "charges" gained from killing enemies with the primary fire, with each charge multiplying the damage dealt. The Battacor can store up to 3 charges and all charges are consumed when using the Alternate Fire.
Makes the beams generated by this weapon to spread outwards and sweeps back inward, as opposed to focusing inwards when holding down the Primary Fire key/button.
The beams will continuously sweep as long as the Alternate Fire key/button is held down. Releasing it will make the beams return to their original position.
Fires an grenade projectile that detonates after traveling 20 meters, dealing Blast damage in an 9.4 meter area of effect with a guaranteed proc.
If the shot hits an enemy before it detonates, the shot will instead deal reduced Impact damage to that enemy with a guaranteed proc, and if it hits a solid object, it will bounce off harmlessly. Both interactions cannot be overcome with Punch Through.
Fires an grenade projectile, pressing Alternate Fire again will manually detonate the grenade, dealing Blast damage in an 9.8 meter area of effect with a guaranteed proc.
If the shot hits an enemy before it detonates, the shot will instead deal reduced Impact damage to that enemy with a guaranteed proc, and if it hits a solid object, it will bounce off harmlessly. Both interactions cannot be overcome with Punch Through.
Throws the Ferrox up to 50 meters, dealing Electricity damage in a 10 meter area of effect, chaining to any nearby enemies.
Every 2 seconds, the Ferrox generates an Electric pulse that damages enemies (with a very high chance to proc) and passively pulls them closer to the Ferrox. This effect persists until the player retrieves the Ferrox.
Reloads 33% of the Ferrox's clip while deployed.
The Ferrox will remain where it landed until its wielder moves over to pick it up, or until it automatically returns to the player's hands after 10 seconds if quick thrown or 30 seconds if charged thrown.
Toggles between Semi-Automatic and Automatic firing modes.
Semi-Automatic fires a shotgun-like wide electric projectile with a 3 meter thickness, 3 meter Punch Through against bodies, and is silent, but has damage falloff, limited range, travel time, and does no bonus damage on headshots.
Consumes 10 rounds of ammunition and will not function if the player has less than 10 rounds in the magazine.
Unlike other mode-switching Alternate Fires the Fulmin's mode-switching is not instantaneous, taking 1 second to swap between firing modes, and can be interrupted by rolling or using abilities.
If used by Wisp, the time to switch between firing modes is reduced to 0.5 seconds, though it can still be interrupted.
By default, the Fulmin starts any given mission as a Semi-Automatic.
When modded with Wild Frenzy, fires all remaining ammunition in the magazine with increased fire rate. If at least 2 enemies are killed by this fire mode, a portion of ammo consumed is refunded upon reloading.
Duration of the burst is affected by Magazine size and can be increased or decreased accordingly. In the event that the player gains infinite ammunition (such as the appropriate Reactant Buff), the burst will only last the Grakata's maximum Magazine size.
Damage, Critical stats, and status chance from the burst is identical compared to the primary fire. However, abilities and mods that affect fire rate have no effect on this alternate fire mode.
Fires a harpoon that pulls any enemy it connects with close to the player and causes a guaranteed Puncture proc.
If Exposing Harpoon is installed and an enemy is hit with the harpoon, the Harpak will gain an additive bonus to Critical Chance which lasts for 10 seconds. This bonus can be refreshed by hooking another enemy.
Consumes 1 round of ammunition and requires a brief charging period before it can fire.
Throws the Javlok up to 50 meters, dealing Impact damage to any enemy it directly hits and Heat damage in a 6.9 meter explosion.
Reloads 33% of the Javlok's clip while deployed.
The Javlok will remain where it landed until its wielder moves over to pick it up, or until it automatically returns to the player's hands after 6 seconds.
Possesses an adjustable, scoped zoom of two levels.
The first zoom has a scoped distance of 2.0x, reduces recoil by 50%, and adds a 2 meter Punch Through.
The second zoom has a scoped distance of 3.5x, adds 100% damage to shots, produces a 3 meter explosion on impact dealing Viral damage, and reduces fire rate by 75%.
Toggles between Burst, Semi-Automatic, and Automatic firing modes in that order.
While the damage stays unchanged across all three firing modes, their critical chance, critical multiplier, status chance, and fire rate stats are changed accordingly: Burst-Fire is balanced, Semi-Automatic is geared towards critical stats with low fire rate, and Automatic is geared towards status chance with high fire rate.
Semi-Automatic does three times the damage of a single bullet from Burst-Fire or Automatic, but consumes 3 rounds of ammunition and will not function if the player has less than 3 rounds in the magazine.
By default, the Kuva Hind starts any given mission as a Burst-Fire.
Held fires a continuous beam that travels up to 40 (atmospheric mode) / 320 (archwing mode) meters and chains up to 3 enemies within a 6 (atmospheric mode) / 48 (archwing mode) meter radius, with extremely high status chance.
Charge charges up an energy grenade that explodes in an 8 meter radius on impacting a surface, with significantly higher damage, added Blast damage, critical chance, critical multiplier, pinpoint accuracy, guaranteed knockdown proc on the projectile, and infinite Punch Through on bodies, at some expense to status chance.
Consumes 10 rounds of ammunition and will not function if the player has less than 10 rounds in the magazine, and if the Larkspur is used in Ground Combat the weapon will automatically reload.
By default, the Larkspur starts any given mission as Held.
Launches a slow-moving cuboid orb that deals Radiation damage to any enemy it makes contact with, and has a guaranteed chance to proc. It will remain in the air for 9 seconds then detonate, dealing Toxin damage in an 8 meter area of effect.
The orb will bounce off surfaces and can be manipulated with melee attacks.
If Bursting Mass is installed, the orb will instead absorb incoming damage and, should 9 seconds elapse or the Alternate Fire button is pressed again, explode, dealing all absorbed damage in a 15 meter area of effect.
The innate Toxin explosion is unaffected by this mod.
Only 1 orb can be active with this mod equipped.
Consumes 15 rounds of ammunition and will not function if the player has less than 15 rounds in the magazine.
Fires all remaining ammunition in the magazine as a quick burst, forcing the player to reload afterwards.
Duration of the burst is affected by Magazine size and can be increased or decreased accordingly. In the event that the player gains infinite ammunition (such as the appropriate Reactant Buff), the burst will only last the Nagantaka's maximum Magazine size.
Burst has higher fire rate but is otherwise identical to the primary fire.
Launches a plasma bomb that detonates on impact, dealing Radiation and Impact damage in an area of effect.
Upon exploding, 5 plasma bomblets will be scattered into the air. These bomblets will then home into nearby targets, dealing Impact damage on direct contact with a target, and then exploding to deal Radiation damage.
The plasma bomb can be charged by holding down the Alternate Fire button, consuming additional ammunition and proportionally increasing both the damage dealt by the initial explosion and the plasma bomblets.
Consumes anywhere from 1 ammo, to the entire magazine, depending on how long the Alternate Fire button is held.
Launches a slow-moving cube that detonates on the first surface or enemy it comes in contact with, dealing Blast damage. Otherwise, it will remain in the air for 9 seconds then detonate, dealing damage in an area of effect.
The cube can be manually detonated by attacking it, making it deal extra damage.
Consumes 10 rounds of ammunition and will not function if the player has less than 10 rounds in the magazine.
Consumes 75 rounds of ammunition and requires a brief charging period before it can fire and will not function if the player has less than 75 rounds in the magazine.
Throws the Scourge up to 50 meters, dealing Impact damage to any enemy it directly hits and Corrosive damage in a 7 meter area of effect.
Every few seconds, the Scourge will generate a pulse that creates Magnetize bubbles on the heads of nearby enemies, increasing the likelihood of scoring headshots. This effect persists until the player retrieves the Scourge.
Reloads 33% of the Scourge's clip while deployed.
The Scourge will remain where it landed until its wielder moves over to pick it up, or until it automatically returns to the player's hands after 20 seconds.
Detonates any active orb(s), dealing Electric damage in an area of effect and causing a guaranteed proc. Otherwise the orb(s) will remain in the air for 8 seconds then detonate by themselves.
Consumes 10 rounds of ammunition and requires a brief charging period before it can fire and will not function if the player has less than 10 rounds in the magazine.
If used by Octavia, headshot kills with the alternate fire has 20% chance to instantly refill the Tenora's magazine.
Toggles between Burst, Semi-Automatic, and Automatic firing modes in that order.
While the damage stays unchanged across all three firing modes, their critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance stats are changed accordingly: Burst-Fire is balanced, Semi-Automatic is geared towards critical stats, and Automatic is geared towards status chance.
By default, the Tiberon Prime starts any given mission as a Burst-Fire.
Cannon mode fires an explosive projectile in an arc that explodes on impact, dealing Blast damage in an area of effect and splitting into 6 projectiles that spread from point of impact, each dealing additional Blast damage.
Barrage mode works like a shotgun, shooting 6 pellets in a wide spread, each dealing 1/3 of the Zarr's base damage as Physical Damage. There is no damage fall-off with distance; but pellets will deal no damage at all if target is further than ~15 in-game meters away.
By default, the Zarr starts any given mission in Cannon Mode.
Launches the Zenith's disc, where upon landing it will make any enemy visible through walls, provided the enemy is within a ~20 in-game meter radius of the disc.
The disc itself will last until the weapon is reloaded, though players can cancel the disc and its bonuses early via the Alternate Fire button.
While the disc is out, the Zenith switches from automatic fire to semi-automatic fire and gains infinite Punch Through for the duration of the disc, effectively allowing the player to shoot through walls.
Toggles between two different scoped zoom levels (2.0x and 4.0x), much like a Sniper Rifle.
Zooming in regardless of Zoom levels will show the current amount of Target Analysis stacks active (up to a maximum of 5), and the 2-second duration of the overall buff. If the duration expires, one stack is lost.
Ejects its magazine, where after it comes to a rest it hovers above the ground and acts as a turret, firing in a cross-shaped pattern that rotates clockwise until all ammunition is expended.
Multiple instances of the magazine-turret can be active simultaneously.
Once the turret expends all its ammunition it explodes, dealing Blast damage in an area of effect.
Consumes all ammunition in the Azima's magazine, forcing the player to reload afterwards.
Detonates any active charge(s), dealing Electric damage in an area of effect and causing a guaranteed proc.
Only 6 charges can be active at any given time. Throwing a charge when 6 charges are already out will cause the earliest-thrown charge to detonate prematurely.
Fires all remaining ammunition in the magazine as a quick burst, forcing the player to reload afterwards.
Duration of the burst is affected by Magazine size and can be increased or decreased accordingly. In the event that the player gains infinite ammunition (such as the appropriate Reactant Buff), the burst will only last the Cyanex's maximum magazine size.
Fires a spread of projectiles, as opposed to the primary fire's focused shot.
By comparison, the secondary fire primarily deals Slash damage with very high status chance but severe damage falloff even at close range, whereas its primary fire shoots a long-ranged focused shot that primarily deals Impact damage and has a high critical chance.
Each knife deals the same base damage as the primary fire, but has reduced fire rate and drastically reduced critical chance.
Although the Arsenal display shows an increase to status chance, this is actually spread across all 3 knives, thus the status chance per knife is lower than it appears.
Consumes 3 rounds of ammunition and will not function if the player has less than 3 rounds in the magazine.
Manually detonates any airborne torpedoes, dealing Blast damage in an area of effect and launching 3 bomblets that spread from the point of detonation.
Will only function if there are any torpedoes airborne.
Fires all remaining ammunition in the magazine as a quick burst, forcing the player to reload afterwards.
Duration of the burst is affected by Magazine size and can be increased or decreased accordingly. In the event that the player gains infinite ammunition (such as the appropriate Reactant Buff), the burst will only last the Kuva Kraken's maximum magazine size.
Fires all remaining ammunition in the magazine as a quick burst, forcing the player to reload afterwards.
Duration of the burst is affected by Magazine size and can be increased or decreased accordingly. In the event that the player gains infinite ammunition (such as the appropriate Reactant Buff), the burst will only last the Pandero's maximum magazine size.
Detonates any active charge(s), dealing Blast damage in an area of effect and causing a guaranteed Puncture proc.
Only 8 charges can be active at any given time. Throwing a charge when 8 charges are already out will cause the earliest-thrown charge to detonate prematurely.
Aiming 'alt fire' weapons is here! Players can now aim down sights with weapons with an alternate fire option. Activating ‘alt fire’ options has a default binding of Mouse Wheel 3
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