The Lecta is a Corpus-made
Electricity whip.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Electricity damage.
Advantages:
- Innate
Electricity damage – effective against Robotic and Machine enemies.
- Good
Slash damage – effective against health.
- Very high status chance.
- Stance slot has a
polarity, matching the
Burning Wasp.
Disadvantages:
- Innate
Electricity damage – less effective against Alloy Armor.
- Low
Puncture and no
Impact damage – less effective against armor and shields.
- Damage cannot be increased with
Impact mods.
- Damage cannot be increased with
- Lowest critical chance of all whips.
- Tied with
Scoliac and
Secura Lecta for the lowest critical multiplier of all whips.
Comparisons:
- Lecta (Normal Attack), compared to Secura Lecta (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (101 vs. 176)
- Lower
Puncture damage (20 vs. 30)
- Lower
Slash damage (25 vs. 66)
- Lower
Electricity damage (56 vs. 80)
- Lower
- Lower total damage (101 vs. 176)
- Lower base critical chance (5.00% vs. 15.00%)
- Lower base status chance (25.00% vs. 30.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (103.52 vs. 189.2)
- Lower burst DPS (103.52 vs. 236.5)
- Lower sustained DPS (103.52 vs. 236.5)
- Lower attack speed (1 vs. 1.25)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (0 vs. 8)
- Higher disposition (●●●●○ (1.25x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.15x))
- Lower base damage per projectile (101 vs. 176)
Acquisition[]
The Lecta's blueprint can be purchased from the Market. Alternatively, it can be acquired from completing the Saturn to Uranus Junction.
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Time: 12 hrs |
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This weapon can be sold for 5,000.
Notes[]
- With maxed rank dual-stat event mods
Virulent Scourge,
Voltaic Strike,
Volcanic Edge and
Vicious Frost the Lecta can achieve a status chance of 85%. Adding
Melee Prowess increases this to 88.75%.
Trivia[]
- This is the first Whip-type weapon ever released, as of Update 11.0 (2013-11-20).
- It would seem that this weapon is deemed the successor to the Prova electric baton.
Media[]
Lecta Skins
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Damage increased from 45 Electricity to 101 (20 Puncture, 25 Slash, and 56 Electricity).
- Slam Attack increased from 90 to 303.
- Slide Attack increased from 96 to 202.
- Parry Angle set to 45.
- (Undocumented) Follow Through decreased from 0.8 to 0.5.
Hotfix 25.0.8 (2019-05-31)
- Fixed the Lecta Energy color persisting as default.
Hotfix 11.0.4 (2013-11-22)
- Fixed missing animations on knee slide with Lecta spin.
Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
Secura Lecta, The Perrin Sequence custom version.
Prova, the Clan-based baton predecessor of the weapon.
Scoliac, Infested based whip.
Atterax, Grineer whip.
Plasma Sword, Electricity based sword.
Serro, Electricity based polearm.