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For the similarly named weapon, see Ballistica Ballistica.

Ballistas are Grineer female units that utilize the Vulkar Vulkar for long range support. While they have a slower fire rate than other Grineer units, Ballistas deal more damage and are smaller targets.

Notes

  • In spite of their role as a long-ranged unit, they seem to have similar tactics used by regular Grineer Lancers.
  • Like all standard Grineer, her Vulkar can do devastating Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage to shields when it hits such targets and has a fairly high chance to proc. Although more rare, Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. procs can occur which are more deadly than other Grineer weapons due to its high base damage.
  • Ballista can perform a quick, three shot burst when blind-firing from around a corner with each shot dealing as much damage as they normally would under regular circumstances, making it very deadly.
  • When hit by TitaniaIcon272 Titania's Tribute130xWhite Tribute, Ballistas produce the Dust buff.
  • Can be found around 10-20 minutes into the mission on Draco, Ceres for farming.

Tactics

  • Ballistas have accurate sniper rifles and will predict the last movement of a moving player before making a lethal shot. Zigzagging maneuvers is advised in order to prevent these shots from being taken.
  • Even though they have a low firing rate, Ballistas can become a serious nuisance as their Vulkars are capable of dropping a player's shields in under 3 shots and they are often isolated from other Grineer allies.
  • Their Vulkars deal significant damage to shields and light armored targets, especially Excavators.

Variants

Drekar Ballista General Drops
SeaLabBallista
Introduced Update 17.0 (2015-07-31) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Organ Shatter 7.588%
Endo Endo 7.588%
Endo Endo 4.422%
Mod TT 20px Toxic Flight 0.402%
Tileset Grineer Sealab
Weapon Vulkar Vulkar
Sheev Sheev (Disarmed)
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 100
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 100
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Affinity 150
Base Level 1

Kuva Ballista General Drops
FortressGrineerFemale
Introduced Undetermined Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Organ Shatter 1.1382%
Endo Endo 1.1382%
Mod TT 20px Stormbringer 0.3318%
Endo Endo 0.3318%
Endo Endo 0.0603%
Tileset Grineer Asteroid Fortress
Weapon Vulkar Vulkar
Sheev Sheev (Disarmed)
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 100
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 100
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Affinity 150
Base Level 1
  • Has no Eximus variant.

Tusk Ballista General Drops
EidolonGrineerFemale
Introduced Update 22.0 (2017-10-12) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Organ Shatter 1.1382%
Endo Endo 1.1382%
Mod TT 20px Stormbringer 0.3318%
Endo Endo 0.3318%
Endo Endo 0.0603%
Tileset Plains of Eidolon
Weapon Vulkar Vulkar
Anti-air Rockets
Sheev Sheev (Disarmed)
Codex Scans 5
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 100
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 100
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Affinity 150
Base Level 1

Trivia

Bugs

  • Their shots will fire regardless if they are knocked down or radgolled. If they begin to "charge" their shot, their shot will fire even if they are limp on the ground from a melee slam attack or otherwise. Due to their high damage and deadly accuracy, this means certain death.
  • If morale is broken in exterminate missions, and Ballista charges her shot, the charged shot is still fired even when fleeing from player or taking cover.

Media

Patch History

Hotfix 17.2.3 (2015-08-24)

  • Fixed the Drekar Ballistas incorrectly using the stats for Heavy Gunners.

Hotfix 15.7.2 (2014-12-19)

  • Removed the Anemic Agility Mod from the Grineer Ballista's drop table. This was only ever intended to drop in Orokin Derelict Vaults.

Update 7.0 (2013-03-18)

  • Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 24.5.6 (2019-03-26)


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