The MK1-Braton is the MK1 variant of the Braton and is the standard issue rifle for new Tenno recruits. The damage is sub-optimal, but the strongest point lies in the accuracy and stability, allowing easy handling of the weapon.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage.
Advantages:
- Low recoil.
- Normal Attack
- Above average magazine
- Above average effective fire rate
- Above average max ammo
- Above average disposition
Disadvantages:
- Normal Attack
- Very low crit chance
- Very low damage
- Very low status chance
- Very low crit multiplier
Comparisons:
- MK1-Braton (Normal Attack), compared to Braton (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (18 vs. 24)
- Lower total damage (18 vs. 24)
- Lower base critical chance (8.00% vs. 12.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (1.5x vs. 1.6x)
- Lower base status chance (5.00% vs. 6.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (18.72 vs. 25.72)
- Lower burst DPS (140.4 vs. 225.12)
- Lower sustained DPS (112.32 vs. 162.08)
- Lower fire rate (7.5 vs. 8.75)
- Larger magazine (60 vs. 45)
- More accurate (40 vs. 28.6)
- MK1-Braton (Normal Attack), compared to Braton Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (18 vs. 35)
- Lower total damage (18 vs. 35)
- Lower base critical chance (8.00% vs. 12.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (1.5x vs. 2.0x)
- Lower base status chance (5.00% vs. 26.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (18.72 vs. 39.2)
- Lower burst DPS (140.4 vs. 375.53)
- Lower sustained DPS (112.32 vs. 294.62)
- Lower fire rate (7.5 vs. 9.58)
- Smaller magazine (60 vs. 75)
- Smaller max ammo capacity (540 vs. 600)
- Faster reload time (2 vs. 2.15)
- More accurate (40 vs. 28.6)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (0 vs. 8)
- Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.25x))
- MK1-Braton (Normal Attack), compared to Braton Vandal (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (18 vs. 35)
- Lower total damage (18 vs. 35)
- Lower base critical chance (8.00% vs. 16.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (1.5x vs. 2.0x)
- Lower base status chance (5.00% vs. 16.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (18.72 vs. 40.6)
- Lower burst DPS (140.4 vs. 304.5)
- Lower sustained DPS (112.32 vs. 241.18)
- Larger magazine (60 vs. 50)
- Smaller max ammo capacity (540 vs. 550)
- Slower reload time (2 vs. 1.75)
- More accurate (40 vs. 33.33)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (0 vs. 4)
- Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))
Acquisition[]
During Awakening, the MK1-Braton is one of two primary weapons offered to the player, the other being the MK1-Paris.
The weapon can also be purchased from the Market for 15,000.
Tips[]
- Sell the weapon after acquiring around
25,000 and reaching rank 30, as the
Braton is much more useful for missions after Mercury.
Trivia[]
- Update 14.0 (2014-07-18) buffed the MK1-Braton's damage and rate of fire to make it closer to the Braton in terms of performance.
- Originally, the MK1-Braton was unable to equip skins. This was eventually fixed in Hotfix 16.3.3.1 (2015-04-15)
Media[]
MK1-Braton Skins
Patch History[]
Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
- Braton model reworked.
Update 7.7 (2013-04-03)
- Reduced fire rate to 5.9 from 8.3.
Update 7.x Weapon Balance (2013-03-22)
- Decreased damage from 20 to 18.
- Decreased reload time from 2.37 to 2.2.
Vanilla (2012-10-25)
- Introduced with game release.
See Also[]
Braton, the normal variant.
Braton Prime, the Prime variant.
Braton Vandal, the Lotus-branded variant.