Kuva Brakk

Kuva Brakk
Statistics
Type	Shotgun Sidearm
Mastery	13
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Accuracy	7.7
Ammo Type	Pistol
Disposition	●●○○○ (0.85x)
Fire Rate	5.83
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	11
Max Ammo	221
Reload Time	1.1 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Normal
5.85
3.25
3.9
3.25
Total Damage	162.5 (36%)
Crit Chance	29%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Damage Falloff	100% damage up to 10 m 4% damage at 20 m 96% max reduction
Fire Rate	5.83
Multishot	10 (16.25 damage per projectile)
Punch Through	0.5 m
Range	300 m
Status Chance	11.1%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Grineer/KuvaLich/Secondaries/Brakk/KuvaBrakk
Introduced	Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Polarities
Variants	Brakk

CODEX

This Lich-variant semi-automatic hand cannon delivers a lot of punch in a small package. Higher fire rate, magazine capacity and reload speed.

The Kuva Brakk is the Kuva variant of the  Brakk shotgun pistol, featuring higher critical chance, status chance, fire rate, magazine capacity, and innate punch through, at the cost of overall base damage and heavy damage falloff at long ranges.

Characteristics

This weapon does primarily  Impact damage.

Advantages:

• High  Impact damage – effective against shields.
• Very high critical chance.
• Highest overall status chance of all secondary shotguns.
• Very fast reload speed.
• Innate 0.5 meter punch through.
• Innate multishot of 10 pellets.
• Ammo efficient.
• Innate and polarities.
• Polarizing the weapon increases its max rank by 2, capping at rank 40 after 5 polarizations, granting the weapon additional mod capacity.
• Comes with an additional bonus  Impact,  Heat,  Cold,  Electricity,  Toxin,  Magnetic, or  Radiation damage, based on the Kuva Lich's progenitor Warframe, which increases the listed base damage of the weapon by 25%-60%.

Disadvantages:

• Low  Puncture and  Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
• Has linear damage falloff from 100% to 4% from 10m to 20m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
• Wide pellet spread cone makes the weapon ineffective beyond medium range.
• High recoil.

Comparisons:

• Kuva Brakk (Normal), compared to Brakk (Normal):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (16.25 vs. 20)
    • Lower  Impact damage (5.85 vs. 9)
    • Lower  Puncture damage (3.25 vs. 5)
    • Lower  Slash damage (3.9 vs. 6)
    • Higher  MinProgenitorBonus damage (3.25 vs. 0)
  • Lower total damage (162.5 vs. 200)
  • Higher base critical chance (29% vs. 17%)
  • Higher base status chance (11.1% vs. 5.1%)
  • Higher average damage per shot (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (268.32 vs. 234)
  • Higher burst DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (1,564.31 vs. 1,170)
  • Higher sustained DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (988.19 vs. 570.73)
  • Closer starting damage falloff distance (10m vs. 11m)
  • Closer ending damage falloff distance (20m vs. 22m)
  • Greater max damage reduction at ending falloff distance (0.96x vs. 0.6x)
  • Higher fire rate (5.83 round(s)/sec vs. 5 round(s)/sec)
  • Larger magazine (11 round(s) vs. 5 round(s))
  • Larger max ammo capacity (221 round(s) vs. 210 round(s))
  • Slower reload time (1.1 s vs. 1.05 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (13 vs. 6)
  • Lower disposition (0.85 vs. 1.25)

Acquisition

Kuva Brakk is obtained by vanquishing a Kuva Lich who generated with one equipped. After the Lich is vanquished it will be in the player's Foundry ready to claim.

While the weapon itself is not tradeable, a converted Kuva Lich generated with the weapon can be traded to another player. The trade is performed inside a Clan Dojo's Crimson Branch room, and the recipient must not have any active Lich. Once traded, the recipient must fight and vanquish the Lich to claim its weapon.

Notes

• As with all Kuva and Tenet weapons, the player does not have to meet the Mastery Rank displayed to obtain this weapon. It can simply be claimed from the foundry after the Kuva Lich or Sister carrying it has been vanquished.
• The weapon will have a prefix of the name of the Lich/Sister it was acquired from (e.g. Odizrigg Agekk Kuva Kohm).
• The weapon's max rank caps at 40 after 5 polarizations (max rank increases by 2 per Forma added).
  • Additional polarizations can be added when the weapon reaches its new max rank at that polarization level.
  • Each additional rank also gives 100 Mastery Rank experience, giving 4,000 points in total at level 40.
  • Mod capacity scales with the additional ranks, and can reach a total of 80 at rank 40 with an Orokin Catalyst installed.
    • Without an Orokin Catalyst, the max is 40. Combined with the five polarized mod slots required to reach that point, an Orokin Catalyst might not be required to finish modding the weapon.
    • After polarizing a weapon, any additional mod capacity above 30 (60 with an Orokin Catalyst) will not take effect until the weapon's rank reaches 31 and above.
      • Legendary Mastery Rank increases the minimum mod capacity for such weapons, without the weapon needing to be rank 31 and above. For example, Legendary 1 increases the minimum capacity to 31 (62 with an Orokin Catalyst).
• Comes with an additional damage stat, dependent on the Warframe that summoned the Lich/Sister.
  • This damage stat ranges between 25%-60%, and is randomly generated by the Lich/Sister. It can be brought up to its maximum value with Valence Fusion using another copy of the weapon.
  • This bonus stat is considered a base damage type that is added after all elemental mods.

  View detailed explanation about element merging  ▾▾

• • If the weapon innately has a primary element type ( Heat,  Cold,  Electricity,  Toxin) AND has a different primary element as its bonus stat, the elements on the weapon will combine in a unique way: Whichever of the two primary elements comes first in this element order -  Heat >  Cold >  Electricity >  Toxin, or "HCET" for short - will be placed second to last in the element combine order, while the other primary element will be placed last in the combine order. This order can be subsequently shifted based on the order of the equipped mods.
  • For example, if the weapon innately has  Cold, using an  Electricity progenitor Warframe to add base  Electricity damage to the weapon will change the weapon's base element to  Magnetic.
    • Because  Cold comes before  Electricity in the HCET element order,  Cold will be placed second to last in the element combine order, and  Electricity will be placed last.
    • If the weapon is then modded with only  Heat, the elements will be arranged in the order  Heat,  Cold,  Electricity, resulting in the weapon having  Blast +  Electricity. If the weapon is instead modded with only  Toxin, the elements will be arranged in the order  Toxin,  Cold,  Electricity, which will create  Viral +  Electricity.
    • If modded with  Electricity and  Heat, the  Electricity will be moved earlier in the combine order due to now being a modded element, so the new combine order will be  Electricity,  Heat,  Cold, resulting in  Radiation +  Cold. If modded with  Heat and  Toxin, the combine order will be  Heat,  Toxin,  Cold,  Electricity, resulting in  Gas +  Magnetic.

HCET Damage Priority Results

Bonus Element + Modded Element / Innate Element	Innate  Heat ( Tenet Spirex)	Innate  Cold ( Tenet Envoy)	Innate  Electricity ( Tenet Agendus)	Innate  Toxin
Bonus  Heat + Modded  Cold	-	-	Blast +  Electricity	Blast +  Toxin
Bonus  Heat + Modded  Electricity	-	Radiation +  Cold	-	Radiation +  Toxin
Bonus  Heat + Modded  Toxin	-	Gas +  Cold	Gas +  Electricity	-
Bonus  Cold + Modded  Heat	-	-	Blast +  Electricity	Blast +  Toxin
Bonus  Cold + Modded  Electricity	Radiation +  Cold	-	-	Magnetic +  Toxin
Bonus  Cold + Modded  Toxin	Gas +  Cold	-	Viral +  Electricity	-
Bonus  Electricity + Modded  Heat	-	Blast +  Electricity	-	Radiation +  Toxin
Bonus  Electricity + Modded  Cold	Blast +  Electricity	-	-	Magnetic +  Toxin
Bonus  Electricity + Modded  Toxin	Gas +  Electricity	Viral +  Electricity	-	-
Bonus  Toxin + Modded  Heat	-	Blast +  Toxin	Radiation +  Toxin	-
Bonus  Toxin + Modded  Cold	Blast +  Toxin	-	Magnetic +  Toxin	-
Bonus  Toxin + Modded  Electricity	Radiation +  Toxin	Magnetic +  Toxin	-	-

*Note that the Primed or Umbra version of a Warframe share the same element

Tips

• It is recommended to bring a long-range primary, so you have an option for long-range engagements.
• Fire close to the enemy for maximum damage.
• This weapon is suitable for status and critical hybrid build
• When hunting for Kuva Larvlings make sure to bring the right Warframe for which element you want.
• Being projectile-based,  Lethal Momentum and  Zephyr's  Turbulence with the  Jet Stream augment can be used to extend the fall-off distance, giving it more range before losing damage.

Trivia

• This and the other Kuva weapons are the only weapons in the game which are built automatically without player input. 
• The characteristic to reach past the normal level cap of 30 is only shared with the other weapons in this set and the  Paracesis.

Media

Kuva Brakk Build 2020 (Guide) - The Buckshot Wonder

Kuva Brakk Skins

Nightwatch

Nusku

Perla

Patch History

Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)

Greater than 100% Status having meaning

Shotguns have a unique Role here based on a very patch-work history with how they interact with Status Chance. A Shotgun that shoots 99% Status Chance would give you 35% (roughly) status per pellet. 100% Status Gives you 100% Status per pellet. This huge jump in performance happens with just a 1% gain - why? Well, to answer that we have to look at our choice to make what the UI conveys reality. It would feel broken to shoot a Shotgun with 100% Status and not see a perfect spread of Effects. In reality, to make Status consistent we have to treat Shotguns as a special case.

Shotguns as a special case means we have buffed the Status Chance of all Shotguns by x3 or greater. The UI now behaves to show the reality that you are determining Status Chance per pellet.

• (Undocumented) Status chance per projectile increased from 3.7% to 11.1%.

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Introduced.

See also

•  Brakk, the normal counterpart of this weapon.
•  Tenet Detron, the Tenet equivalent of this weapon.