Bronco

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

The Bronco functions like a cross between a shotgun and handgun, that comes in a handy package to complement long range primary weapons.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000‍ 5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for Akbronco (x2).

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	2	1,200	700	800	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25
Market Price: 190			Blueprints Price:15,000

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.

Advantages:

• High base damage.
  • High Impact damage – effective against shields.
• High status chance.
• Good fire rate.
• High reload speed.
• Very ammo efficient.

Disadvantages:

• Low Puncture and Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
• Very low critical chance.
• Linear damage falloff from 100% to 75% from 7m to 14m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
• Before 100% status chance, the listed status chance is the base chance per shot that at least one pellet will proc a status; the actual base status chance per pellet is ~3.49%.
• Extremely small magazine size of just 2 rounds; requires frequent reloading.
• Wide pellet spread cone makes the weapon ineffective beyond medium range.

Comparisons:

• Bronco, compared to Akbronco:
  • Lower fire rate (5 rounds/sec vs. 8.33 rounds/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (2 rounds vs. 4 rounds)
  • Faster reload speed (1.05 s vs. 2.25 s)
  • Different polarities (None vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (0 vs. 2)

• Bronco, compared to Bronco Prime:
  • Lower base damage (280.0 vs. 350.0)
    • Lower Impact damage (224.0 vs. 280.0)
    • Lower Puncture damage (28.0 vs. 35.0)
    • Lower Slash damage (28.0 vs. 35.0)
  • Lower status chance (22% vs. 30%)
  • Higher fire rate (5 rounds/sec vs. 4.17 rounds/sec)
  • Shorter range before damage falloff starts (7m vs. 9m)
  • Shorter range before damage falloff ends (14m vs. 18m)
  • Larger max damage reduction due to falloff (75% vs. 74%)
  • Smaller magazine (2 rounds vs. 4 rounds)
  • Faster reload speed (1.05 s vs. 2 s)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (0 vs. 4)

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

• See Category:Bronco Build to see how players mod this weapon.
• See Category:Bronco Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
• For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

TipsEdit

• The weapon's spread cone can be shrunken by zooming in.
• It is surprisingly effective at dealing damage over groups of enemies, in close to mid range fights.
  • Using maxed Seeker is recommended to upgrade its crowd controlling capability, making it the best scatter-damaging sidearm.

NotesEdit

• The damage listed is actually the combination of all seven pellets' damage values. The actual damage per pellet is 12 impact, 1.5 puncture, and 1.5 slash

TriviaEdit

• The word Bronco is a term in a Spanish Dialect meaning "rough".
  • It is also a common term for wild horse in Western culture.

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Patch HistoryEdit

Last updated: Hotfix 24.1.5

See alsoEdit

• Akbronco, the akimbo counterpart of this gun.
• Bronco Prime, the prime counterpart of this gun.
• Akbronco Prime, the primed akimbo counterpart of this gun.
• Pyrana, another Tenno-made pocket shotgun sidearm.