Bronco Prime

Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Bronco Prime
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Shotgun Sidearm
Mastery Rank Requirement	4
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Accuracy	3.7
Ammo Max	210
Ammo Pickup	20
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●●● (1.40x)
Fire Rate	4.170 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	4
Reload Time	2.00 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Spread	27.00° (18.00° min, 36.00° max)
Normal Attack
40 ( 80%)
5 ( 10%)
5 ( 10%)
Total Damage	350 (80.00%  Impact)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	6.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Damage Falloff	9.0 m (100%) - 18.0 m (26.00%)
Fire Rate	4.170 attacks/sec
Multishot	7 (50.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	300.0 m
Spread	27.00° (18.00° min, 36.00° max)
Status Chance	12.86%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Incarnon Form
27.2 ( 80%)
3.4 ( 10%)
3.4 ( 10%)
Total Damage	238 (80.00%  Impact)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	24.00%
Crit Multiplier	3.20x
Damage Falloff	18.0 m (100%) - 36.0 m (44.12%)
Fire Rate	3.000 attacks/sec
Multishot	7 (34.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	300.0 m
Spread	27.00° (18.00° min, 36.00° max)
Status Chance	25.71%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	SINGLESHOT, SECONDARYSHOTGUN
Riven Family	Bronco
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Bronco  Bronco Prime
Vendor Sources
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Infused with rare Orokin alloys, the Bronco Prime is a highly efficient weapon. Trading an increased clip size and damage for a lower rate of fire.

The Bronco Prime features a higher base damage and magazine size than the Bronco, at the cost of a lower fire rate and reload speed. The Bronco Prime was added into the game in Update 9.0 (2013-07-13).

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

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
15,000	1	1	10		Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 50
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Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• Tied with Akbronco Prime for the third highest base damage of all shotgun-type secondaries, behind Twin Rogga and alt-fire Euphona Prime.
• Very high status chance.
  • Can achieve 100% status chance per pellet with  Scorch,  Frostbite,  Pistol Pestilence, and  Jolt.
• Good ammo efficiency.

Disadvantages:

• Low and damage - less effective against armor and health.
• Linear damage falloff from 100% to 74% from 9m to 18m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
• Very low critical chance.
• 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 ~4.97%.
• Low magazine size.
• Wide pellet spread cone makes the weapon ineffective beyond medium range.

Comparisons:

•  Bronco Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Bronco (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (50.00 vs. 40.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 40 vs. 32)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 5 vs. 4)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 5 vs. 4)
  • Higher total damage (350 vs. 280)
  • Higher base status chance (12.86% vs. 9.43%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (371 vs. 296.8)
  • Higher burst DPS (1547.07 vs. 1484)
  • Higher sustained DPS (501.48 vs. 409.37)
  • Farther starting damage falloff distance (9.0 m vs. 7.0 m)
  • Farther max damage falloff distance (18.0 m vs. 14.0 m)
  • Lesser max damage reduction at ending falloff distance (74.00% vs. 75.00%)
  • Lower fire rate (4.170 attacks/sec vs. 5.000 attacks/sec)
  • Larger magazine (4 vs. 2)
  • Slower reload time (2.00 s vs. 1.05 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 0)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.40x) vs. ●●●●● (1.45x))

•  Bronco Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Akbronco Prime (Normal Attack):
  • Equal base damage
  • Lower burst DPS (1547.07 vs. 1606.43)
  • Lower sustained DPS (501.48 vs. 724.33)
  • Lesser max damage reduction at ending falloff distance (74.00% vs. 75.00%)
  • Lower fire rate (4.170 attacks/sec vs. 4.330 attacks/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (4 vs. 8)
  • Faster reload time (2.00 s vs. 2.25 s)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 10)
  • Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.40x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))

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Tips

• The weapon's spread cone can be shrunk by zooming in.
• It has higher base Impact Damage than the Brakk, making it a good alternative when fighting the Corpus. In total, Bronco Prime deals 280 Impact damage per shot, while the Brakk only deals 90 Impact damage per shot.

Notes

• The Bronco Prime's high damage, high spread and high pellet count (with  Barrel Diffusion) make it a good crowd thinner and control tool, particularly against the Infested.
  • Using  Seeker is recommended to upgrade its crowd controlling capability.
•  Gunslinger (or  Lethal Torrent) and  Quickdraw may be valuable due to the low rate of fire and reload speed, to increase the time spent shooting.
• The damage is actually a combination of all the pellets' damage values. The actual damage per pellet is 40 impact, 5 puncture, and 5 slash.

Trivia

• The Bronco Prime has a non-static model, the barrel section rotates clockwise when fired and whilst reloading.
• The Bronco Prime's gold parts can be recolored as of Update 15.13 (2015-02-05).

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Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 3 to 4.
• Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 6%.

Hotfix 21.3.2 (2017-08-04)

• Increased Bronco Prime Status Chance to 30% to match AkBronco Prime.

Hotfix 21.0.2 (2017-06-29)

• Fixed Bronco Prime and Akbronco Prime having switched Mastery Ranks.

Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)

• Damage increased from 20 to 50.
• Damage fall off added starting from 9m and ending at 18 with a minimum damage of 13.
• Status Chance increased from 17.5% to 22%.
• Increased Crit Multiplier from 1.5 to 2.
• Mastery Rank 3 required.

Hotfix 15.0.8 (2014-10-29)

• Fixed a missing drop icon for the Bronco Prime.

Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 24.1.5 (2018-12-13)

See also

• Bronco, the predecessor to this weapon.
• Akbronco, the akimbo version of the Bronco.
• Akbronco Prime, the akimbo version of this gun.
• Brakk, another pocket shotgun sidearm.