Kuva Karak

The custom weapon of a fearsome Kuva Lich. It has greater reload speed, lower recoil and greater accuracy than the standard-issue Karak rifle.

The Kuva Karak is the Kuva variant of the Karak assault rifle, acting as a direct upgrade, most notably with additional innate 0.2 meter punch through, higher accuracy, and negligible recoil.

AcquisitionEdit

The Kuva Karak 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.

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon does primarily Slash damage.

Advantages:

High Slash damage – effective against health.
High critical chance.
Above average critical multiplier.
Very high status chance.
Extremely high accuracy and negligible recoil.
High fire rate.
Innate 0.2 meter punch through.
Innate polarity.
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.

Disadvantages:

Low Puncture damage – less effective against armor.

Comparisons:

Kuva Karak, compared to Karak:
- Lower base damage (23.0 vs. 29.0)
  - Lower Impact damage (7.1 vs. 13.0)
  - Lower Puncture damage (6.2 vs. 8.7)
  - Higher Slash damage (9.7 vs. 7.3)
- Higher critical chance (23% vs. 9%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.1x vs. 1.5x)
- Higher status chance (31% vs. 15%)
- Larger magazine (70 rounds vs. 30 rounds)
- Faster reload speed (1.7 s vs. 2 s)
- More accurate (80 vs. 29)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (13 vs. 1)
- Lower disposition (1 vs. 1.35)

Kuva Karak, compared to Karak Wraith:
- Lower base damage (23.0 vs. 31.2)
  - Lower Impact damage (7.1 vs. 14.1)
  - Lower Puncture damage (6.2 vs. 9.3)
  - Higher Slash damage (9.7 vs. 7.8)
- Higher critical chance (23% vs. 13%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.1x vs. 2x)
- Higher status chance (31% vs. 25%)
- Larger magazine (70 rounds vs. 60 rounds)
- Faster reload speed (1.7 s vs. 2 s)
- More accurate (80 vs. 29)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (13 vs. 7)
- Lower disposition (1 vs. 1.28)

NotesEdit

The weapon will have a prefix of the name of the Kuva Lich it was acquired from (e.g. Odizrigg Agekk Kuva Karak).
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 Mastery Rank Experience, giving 4,000 points in total.
- 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 Kuva Karak.
  - 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.
Comes with an additional bonus damage stat, dependent on the Warframe that summoned the Lich.

Element	Progenitor Warframe
Impact	Baruuk • Gauss • Grendel • Rhino • Wukong • Zephyr
Heat	Chroma • Ember • Inaros • Nezha • Vauban • Wisp
Cold	Frost • Gara • Hildryn • Revenant • Titania • Trinity
Electricity	Banshee • Excalibur • Limbo • Nova • Valkyr • Volt
Toxin	Atlas • Ivara • Khora • Nekros • Nidus • Oberon • Saryn
Magnetic	Harrow • Hydroid • Mag • Mesa
Radiation	Ash • Equinox • Garuda • Loki • Mirage • Nyx • Octavia