Kuva Seer

Grineer Weapons

Kuva Seer
Tradable (indirectly through Lich trading)
Innate Progenitor Bonus
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General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery Rank Requirement	15
Max Rank	40
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Accuracy	16
Ammo Max	27
Ammo Pickup	9
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.05x)
Fire Rate	2.500 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	9
Reload Time	2.30 s
Projectile Speed	500.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Spread	6.25° (0.50° min, 12.00° max)
Projectile Impact
26.2 ( 20%)
68.1 ( 51.98%)
36.7 ( 28.02%)
Total Damage	131 (51.98%  Puncture)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	21.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.90x
Fire Rate	2.500 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (131.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	6.25° (0.50° min, 12.00° max)
Status Chance	33.00%
Projectile Speed	500.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Explosion
69 ( 100%)
Total Damage	69 (100.00%  Corrosive)
Crit Chance	21.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.90x
Damage Falloff	0.0 m (100%) - 2.3 m (70.00%)
Fire Rate	2.500 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (69.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	2.3 m
Status Chance	33.00%
Projectile Type	AoE
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	PROJECTILE
Default Upgrades	InnateDamageRandomMod
Riven Family	Seer
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Kuva Seer  Seer
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CODEX

This variant pistol has higher fire rate and magazine capacity. Superior zoom capabilities plus projectiles have a small corrosive burst.

The Kuva Seer is the Kuva Lich variant of the  Seer, with higher damage, critical chance, critical multiplier, status chance, fire rate, and reload speed, but with a significant drop to ammo reserves. It also uniquely fires projectiles that burst on contact.

Acquisition

The Kuva Seer 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.

Characteristics

This weapon does primarily and damage.

Advantages:

• Innate damage – effective against Ferrite Armor and Fossilized.
• High damage – effective against armor.
• High critical chance.
• Very high status chance.
  • Can reach 100% status chance with  Scorch,  Frostbite,  Jolt, and  Pistol Pestilence.
• Fires projectiles that explode in a 1.9 meter radius on contact.
  • Explosion deals no self-damage.
• High zoom, excellent for long range.
• Very fast projectile speed.
• 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 , , , , , , or damage, based on the Kuva Lich's progenitor Warframe.

Disadvantages:

• Innate damage – less effective against Proto Shields.
• Low damage – less effective against shields.
• Below average critical multiplier.
• Fairly slow reload speed.
• Extremely low ammo capacity; requires just 3 reloads to fully deplete all ammo reserves.
• Projectiles have travel time.
• High zoom capabilities can make zooming in at close range a hindrance.
  • High zoom amplifies perceived recoil when aiming.

Comparisons:

•  Kuva Seer (Projectile Impact), compared to  Seer (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (131.00 vs. 101.01) (excluding any Progenitor bonus)
    • Lower  Impact damage ( 26.2 vs. 33.67)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 68.1 vs. 33.67)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 36.7 vs. 33.67)
  • Higher total damage (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (209.6 vs. 101.01)
  • Higher base critical chance (21.00% vs. 5.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (1.90x vs. 1.50x)
  • Higher base status chance (33.00% vs. 13.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (249.21 vs. 103.53)
  • Higher burst DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (623.03 vs. 207.07)
  • Higher sustained DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (380.15 vs. 121.80)
  • Higher fire rate (2.500 attacks/sec vs. 2.000 attacks/sec)
  • Larger magazine (9 vs. 8)
  • Smaller max ammo capacity (27 vs. 210)
  • Smaller ammo pickup count (9 vs. 40)
  • Faster reload time (2.30 s vs. 2.80 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (15 vs. 0)
  • Lower disposition (●●●○○ (1.05x) vs. ●●●●● (1.50x))

Notes

• The weapon will have a prefix of the name of the Kuva Lich it was acquired from (e.g. Odizrigg Agekk Kuva Seer).
• 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 Seer.
    • 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.

Main article: Lich System/Progenitor (edit)

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

Patch History

Hotfix 26.0.7 (2019-11-14)

• Fixed Kuva Lich weapons that do damage on both impact and explosion (Kuva Ogris, Kuva Ayanga, etc) doing significantly less overall damage than expected. This was due to the Elemental bonus only being applied to the "on impact" of the projectile itself and not the explosion.

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 26.0.7 (2019-11-14)

See Also

•  Seer, the normal counterpart of this weapon.