Editing Kuva Nukor

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{{Codex|A highly-optimized Nukor that allows for the weapon’s microwave field to hit up to two additional targets.}}
The '''Kuva Nukor''' is the [[Kuva (Variant)|Kuva]] variant of the {{Weapon|Nukor}}, with improvements to its already high [[critical multiplier]] and [[status chance]], and increased [[critical chance]], magazine, and range, but with marginally lower damage. Its beam has also gained the ability to chain between multiple enemies.

==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily {{D|Radiation}} damage.
*Highest [[critical multiplier]] of all weapons in the game.
*Shoots a beam with a range of '''29''' meters. Consumes 0.5 ammo per tick of damage. Damage ramps up from 30% to 100% over 0.6 seconds when firing. After firing stops for 0.8 seconds, the damage decays back to 30% over 2 seconds
**Beam can chain up to '''2''' nearby enemies within '''9''' meters from the initial target, each doing '''50%''' of the main beam's damage.
***Enemy corpses will still allow the beam to connect to nearby enemies.
*Comes with an additional bonus {{D|Impact}}, {{D|Heat}}, {{D|Cold}}, {{D|Electricity}}, {{D|Toxin}}, {{D|Magnetic}}, or {{D|Radiation}} damage, based on the Kuva Lich's progenitor Warframe, which increases the listed base damage of the weapon by 25%-60%.
*[[Polarization|Polarizing]] the weapon increases its max [[rank]] by '''2''', capping at rank '''40''' after '''5''' polarizations, granting the weapon additional mod capacity.
*Pulsing weapon effect blocks the reticle, making it harder to make consistent headshots with the weapon shooting at moving targets.

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*Pinpoint [[accuracy]].
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==Acquisition==
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==Notes==
*The Kuva Nukor can proc an invisible [[Status Effect]] called Microwave that causes the part of the enemy hit to become larger.
**Microwave procs have infinite duration, but the visual effect does not.
**Microwave counts as an individual status for {{M|Condition Overload}}, {{M|Galvanized Aptitude}}, {{M|Galvanized Savvy}}, and {{M|Galvanized Shot}}.
*Upon striking an enemy, the beam chains up to '''2''' enemies within '''9''' meters of the main target. Each chain beam does '''50%''' of the main beam's damage.
**Headshotting the original target does not affect the chain damage.
**The beam '''will not''' chain to a [[Nullifier Crewman|Nullifier]] through its shield should it connect with a target outside or partially enclosed by it.
**The beam can also continue to chain to enemies even if targeting a dead enemy or an enemy who is dead but in a dying animation.
**Compared to its Tenet counterpart, the {{Weapon|Tenet Cycron}}, that chains within '''7''' meters at '''60%''' of its main damage, the Kuva Nukor generally deals less damage albeit at a longer range. But this is not considering the critical stat differences between the two weapons, as while the former got a far higher critical chance stat (20% against 7%), the latter has a far superior critical multiplier stat (1.8x against 5x).
*[[Punch Through]] will cause the main beam to chain independently from each additional target hit, potentially doubling or tripling the total damage output when fired into a crowd. The chain from the target hit after the Punch Through can deal damage to the first target, and vice versa. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q7joP80Y1U Youtube : Warframe | Kuva Nukor and Punch Through]</ref>
*The beam can damage [[Rampart]] from the front.
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==Tips==
*While its base critical chance is low, {{M|Primed Pistol Gambit}} will allow the weapon to critically hit '''~20.1%''' of the time.
*You can shoot corpses to use them as "conduits" that can chain the beam to other enemies.

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==Patch History==
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{{ver|32}}
;Ammo Changes

We understand the power fantasy of these weapons is very popular for some, so our first approach was to keep them powerful, but limit how often they can be used by making changes to ammo pick-up.

'''''Ammo Pickup Overrides'''''<br/>
The following weapons now have ammo pickup overrides, meaning they gain less from picking up ammo. This mostly applies to AoE weapons, in hopes that players will become more deliberate with their aim to make the most of their Ammo pools. The following lists the specific ammo pick up overrides per weapon category.

'''Secondary Weapon Ammo Pick Up Overrides'''

20 Ammo per Pick Up: 
*Kuva Nukor

{{ver|30.5.2}}
*Changed the Kuva Nukor description from "hit up to four" to "hit up to two" as it now hits two additional targets.

{{ver|30.5}}
;MELEE / PRIMARY BALANCE CHANGES

We are indeed touching 1 non-Melee item in the series of Nerfs, and likely to no one’s surprise it’s the Kuva Nukor. It’s a dominant Secondary with incredible power, which is warranted given its acquisition. It’ll keep all of its signature behaviour, but the general output is being notched down slightly with the following change:

*Chains targets reduced to 2 from 4
*(Undocumented) Chain damages changed from [75%, 42.2%, 17.8%, 5.6%] to [50%, 50%]
*(Undocumented) Now chain to 2 enemies from the main target, instead of chain from the previous target in the chain.


{{ver|29.5.2}}
*Fixed the Kuva Nukor Critical hits doing more damage to chained targets than the initial target.

{{ver|27.2}}
*Fixed the Kuva Nukor weapon progression showing as complete in the Codex when at Rank 30 instead of it’s true completed Rank of 40.
*Optimized the Kuva Nukor’s FX.

{{ver|27.1}}
*Introduced.
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==References==
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==See Also==
*{{Weapon|Nukor}}, the normal counterpart of this weapon.
*{{Weapon|Tenet_Cycron}}, a Tenet weapon with a similar chaining beam.
*{{Weapon|Atomos}}, a Grineer particle cannon with a different chaining beam.
*{{Weapon|Amprex}}, a Corpus rifle with a different chaining beam.
*{{Weapon|Larkspur}}, an [[Archgun]] with a different chaining beam.

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