Conclave:Hek

Grineer

Weapons

COOPERATIVE (PvE)

Hek

Untradeable

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General Information

Utility

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Normal Attack

2.9250
( 15%)

12.6750
( 65%)

3.9000
( 20%)

Damage Falloff

No Damage Falloff: below 10.0 m (100%, 20 damage)

Linear Falloff: between 10.0 m and 20.0 m (100% - 80%)
Max Damage Falloff: over 20.0 m (80%, 16 damage)

Headshot Multiplier

1.2x

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 5.2 (2013-01-04)

Variants

Vendor Sources

Article Categories

CODEX

The Hek is a powerful shotgun that fires its shots with a tight spread, making it efficient at medium range as long as its strong recoil is properly managed.

For the Boss in Earth, see Councilor Vay Hek.

The Hek is a Grineer shotgun that deals very high damage, particularly known for its relatively narrow cone compared to other shotguns. Due to this relatively tight spread, the Hek is able to perform with greater success at close to middle ranges, regardless of pellet/ projectile falloff. However, the Hek does trade its raw power and relative focused fire for its small magazine size, and generally limited crowd-control ability.

This weapon can be sold for 7,500 Credits 7,500.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	Neurodes 5	Circuits 900	Salvage 1,200	Rubedo 1,000	Time: 1 Day(s)
25,000	Neurodes 5	Circuits 900	Salvage 1,200	Rubedo 1,000	Rush: 25
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:25,000

Characteristics[]

This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.

Advantages:

High Puncture damage – effective against health.
Tied with Vaykor Hek and Corinth for the narrowest pellet spread of all shotguns.

Disadvantages:

Lower Impact and Slash damage – less effective against shields.
Linear damage falloff from 100% to 20% from 10m to 20m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
Small magazine size.
High recoil.
May miss enemies at point-blank range due to the length of the barrels.

Comparisons:

Hek (Normal Attack), compared to Vaykor Hek (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (19.50 vs. 15.00)
  - Higher Impact damage ( 2.925 vs. 2.25)
  - Higher Puncture damage ( 12.675 vs. 9.75)
  - Higher Slash damage ( 3.9 vs. 3)
- Higher total damage (136.5 vs. 105)
- Higher average damage per tap (136.5 vs. 105)
- Lower burst DPS (296.20 vs. 315)
- Lower sustained DPS (142.06 vs. 169.12)
- Closer max damage falloff distance (20.0 m vs. 25.0 m)
- Lesser max damage reduction at ending falloff distance (20.00% vs. 26.70%)
- Lower fire rate (2.17 attacks/sec vs. 3.00 attacks/sec)
- Smaller magazine (4 vs. 8)
- Less shots per magazine (4 vs. 8)
- Smaller max ammo capacity (20 vs. 24)
- Faster reload time (2.00 s vs. 2.30 s)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 12)

Notes[]

The listed damage is the total of all the pellets' damage value. The actual damage per pellet is 2.85 Impact, 12.34 Puncture and 2.14 Slash.

Tips[]

Due to this gun's low magazine size, it is recommended that you focus on Rate of Fire or Reload Speed to increase overall DPS.

Trivia[]

This weapon seems to be modeled on the main weapon of Councilor Vay Hek's Terra Frame, which fires rockets as opposed to shotgun shells. This has caused speculation as to whether the Councilor himself is merely the shotgun's namesake, or otherwise responsible for designing/commissioning it.

Concept art for Vay Hek's Terra Frame, with the Hek-shaped cannon clearly in view.
- Additionally, Vay Hek's only weapon was the Hek shotgun before his Update 13.0 (2014-04-09) rework.
- Vem Tabook uses a modified Hek that fires electric shells.
The magazine for the Hek is the cylindrical 'handle' sticking out of the side of the bottom right barrel. This raises questions as to how the shells are actually loaded into each barrel.
- It is possible that the barrel it is attached to is a tubular feeding system and not for firing, and that the other three barrels actually fire.
The Hek received a minor visual update in Hotfix 13.4.1 (2014-05-23), which added weathering and other textures to the weapon to make it look more worn and aged, putting it in line with other Grineer weapons.
The Hek may have been based on a 1960s quad-barrel shotgun prototype.

Media[]

Warframe - Hek Shotgun Spotlight - Beta 7.9.0

Warframe New Hek Reload Animation

Warframe HEK Review Gameplay (Hand Canon)

Warframe Hek Build Guide w Scattered Justice (U15.8.1)

Warframe Builds - HEK SCATTERED JUSTICE BUILD 3 formas - update 15.16

Lets Max (Warframe) E2 - Hek and Scattered Justice! (60fps)

Warframe Hek - Buffed & Forma

Patch History[]

Hotfix 18.13.2 (2016-06-01)

Original sound restored

Update 17.3 (2015-09-02)

Conclave: Can now be used in PvP

Hotfix 15.0.3 (2014-10-24)

Fixed an issue with Syndicate mod being 500% multishot instead of 50% ( Scattered Justice)

Update 15.0 (2014-10-24)

New syndicate weapon mod: Scattered Justice, adds 50% multishot

Hotfix 13.4.1 (2014-05-23)

Updated textures

Update 12.0 (2014-02-05)

Damage increased and more minimun damage added to falloff

Update 9.5 (2013-08-09)

Added custom reload sounds

Update 7.10 (2013-05-03)

Effective range increased. Range longer than Strun and Boar

Hotfix 7.7.1 (2013-04-04)

Restored missing sounds

Update 7.x Weapon Balance (2013-03-22)

Changes to Recoil feel and Accuracy, generally sharper Rotation and Translation Springs, added Noise and better spread control when aim firing. Added force feedback to all firing sounds.
Damaged per pellet reduced from 19 to 17
Total number of pellets increased from 7 to 8
Reload time decreased from 2.15 to 2
Crit Chance increased from 2.5% to 5%

Update 5.4 (2013-01-14)

Balance changes