Hystrix

Tenno

Weapon

Hystrix

Statistics

Utility

Poison / Ice Quill

2.2

31.0

2.9

Fire / Electric Quill

2.4

34.4

3.2

Trigger Type

Auto

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 22.18

CODEX

Fire, ice, electricity, or poison: choose an element and launch a flurry of deadly quills. This versatile sidearm is Khora's signature weapon.

The Hystrix is Khora's signature sidearm that fires metallic quills. Sporting a high critical chance, it is also a very versatile weapon, with its quills applying Toxin, Heat, Electricity, or Cold elemental status procs that can be cycled at will with Alternate Fire.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Advantages:

High Puncture damage – effective against armor.
Alternate Fire cycles between Toxin, Heat, Electricity, or Cold elemental quills. Quills apply a guaranteed proc of the selected element.
High critical chance.
Above average critical multiplier.
High fire rate.
Fairly quick reload speed.
On kill, bodies will follow the quill that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

Low Slash and Impact damage – less effective against health and shields.
Low status chance.
Small magazine size.
- Coupled with its high fire rate, results in frequent reloading.
Projectiles have travel time.

Acquisition[edit | edit source]

The Hystrix's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	1	1	9,750	15	Time: 12 hrs
20,000	1	1	9,750	15	Rush: 25
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:25,000

Notes[edit | edit source]

Using the Alternate Fire button will cycle between the four quill types, each quill characterized by the four main elements ( Toxin, Heat, Electricity, Cold). The selected quill has a guaranteed chance to proc the element of its name. For example, the Poison Quill will deal 36.1 base physical damage and proc Toxin.
The Hystrix by default does not deal any elemental damage, only elemental procs.
Quill elements are not affected by elemental mods of different elements. For example, using Jolt with the Fire Quill will not combine to either deal Radiation damage or a Radiation proc, even when both the Heat and Electricity procs occur simultaneously.
- However, elemental mods of the same type will combine. For example, using Scorch with the Fire Quill will add to the guaranteed Heat proc's damage over time as if Scorch were a base damage mod.
  - Elemental mods of the same type will still combine even when paired with a different elemental mod too. For example, using Scorch and Jolt with the Fire Quill will add to the guaranteed Heat proc's damage over time as if Scorch were a base damage mod, though Jolt will not be factored into the damage.

Tips[edit | edit source]

Because elemental mods are not combined with the quill's element, this weapon synergizes well with Condition Overload, allowing players to potentially get up to 9 separate proc types on a target (three physical damages, four primary elements, and two secondary elements).
- This can be further improved by incorporating elemental weapons like a Zenistar's disc, or Torid's gas clouds to provide the remaining secondary elements.
Using Augur Pact over any of the +90% elemental mods may be preferable, when expecting to use several of the weapon's elemental effects.
- The former will increase the weapon's physical base damage types, and the damage-over-time component of its Toxin, Heat or Electricity status effects.
- The latter will add its elemental damage type to all hits, but any damage-over-time effects from the primary elemental procs, will only be boosted when they match the elemental mod's type.
- It should be noted that, while the bonus given by both mods seems the same, the elemental damage mods will give much more benefit, as Augur Pact does the calculation alongside base damage mods (e.g. Hornet Strike), while the +90% elemental mods perform the calculation after base damage mods. This can be a significant deciding factor when trying to maximize damage output.