The Secura Penta is The Perrin Sequence exclusive version of the Penta grenade launcher, featuring higher fire rate, and magazine size, but with lower explosion damage.
Acquisition[]
- The Secura Penta can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Partner with The Perrin Sequence, and spending 125,000 to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Secura Penta cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Partner rank.
- Syndicate weapons can also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma or Orokin Catalyst installed.
- Players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 12 to acquire the Secura Penta, either through trading or through the Syndicates themselves.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Blast damage.
Advantages :
- Innate Blast damage - effective against shields.
- Physical contact with grenades deal Impact damage.
- Grenades have a blast radius of 5.5 meters.
- Pinpoint accuracy.
- Innate , , and polarities.
Disadvantages:
- Innate Blast damage – less effective against health.
- Grenades have slow travel time and heavy arcing.
- Explosions can cause self-damage.
- Can only have five grenades out at once.
- Slow reload speed.
- Grenades have a high bouncing capability which makes it hard to stack on a desired spot.
- Can bounce off teammates or companions, potentially having lethal results.
- Extremely low ammo capacity of 14; requires just 2 reloads to fully deplete all ammo reserves.
Comparisons:
- Secura Penta (Grenade Impact), compared to Penta (Grenade Impact):
- Lower base damage per projectile (155.80 vs. 171.50)
- Lower total damage (155.8 vs. 171.5)
- Lower average damage per tap (155.8 vs. 171.5)
- Higher burst DPS (311.6 vs. 171.5)
- Higher sustained DPS (181.76 vs. 114.33)
- Higher fire rate (2.00 attacks/sec vs. 1.00 attacks/sec)
- Larger magazine (7 vs. 5)
- More shots per magazine (7 vs. 5)
- Larger max ammo capacity (14 vs. 10)
- Greater projectile speed (25.0 m/s vs. 20.0 m/s)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 6)
Notes[]
- It can only have five grenades out like the regular Penta.
- If fired straight down at a flat piece of terrain, the grenade will bounce straight up until it hits the highest part of its arc, then float very slowly back down. They can still be detonated while floating, making it possible to set up ambushes for ospreys.
Trivia[]
- The Secura Penta's magazine becomes visibly larger as magazine capacity is increased. As the model was designed for the Penta's 5 grenades, the default 7 protrude through the bottom of the gun.
Media[]
Secura Penta Skins
Patch History[]
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Status chance increased from 10% to 26%.
- Critical chance increased from 10% to 26%.
- Damage decreased from 375 to 300.
- Ammo capacity decreased from 30 to 28.
Update 17.3 (2015-09-02)
- Introduced.
See also[]
- Penta, the unmodified version.
- Secura Dual Cestra, another weapon offered by The Perrin Sequence.
- Torid, an Infested gas grenade launcher.