In essence, the Marelok pistol is a shortened 
Grinlok that has a higher fire rate, at the cost of lower damage and accuracy, as well as reduced critical multiplier, status chance, and magazine size.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Impact damage. - Can use the Marelok-exclusive Shrapnel Rounds mod.
- Innate polarity.
Advantages:
- Very good ammunition efficiency.
- Normal Attack
- High damage
- High status chance
Disadvantages:
- Inaccuracy is noticeable over long range.
- High recoil.
- Normal Attack
- Below average crit chance
- Low magazine
- Very low effective fire rate
- Below average disposition
- Very low crit multiplier
Comparisons:
- Marelok (Normal Attack), compared to Vaykor Marelok (Normal Attack):
- Equal base damage, but different composition:
- Lower base critical chance (15.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Lower base status chance (30.00% vs. 35.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (172 vs. 176)
- Lower burst DPS (344 vs. 352)
- Lower sustained DPS (221.12 vs. 263.98)
- Smaller magazine (6 vs. 10)
- Less polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 10)
- Higher disposition (●●●●○ (1.20x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.10x))
- No innate Justice effect
Acquisition[]
The Marelok's blueprint can be researched from the Chem Lab in the dojo.
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 5,000 |
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Time: 24 hrs |
Rush:  30
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Chem Lab Research 3,000
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300 |
650 |
 120 |
Time: 72 hrs |
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Notes[]
- Due to the Marelok's low accuracy, additional bullets generated via Multishot will sometimes hit enemies behind or next to the main target, giving the illusion of Punch Through.
- For this reason, Magnum Force's accuracy penalty is very noticeable at higher ranks.
- For this reason,
Tips[]
- The Marelok is essentially a cut-down Grinlok, trading out accuracy for increased firepower and rate of fire. Like the Grinlok, its base stats are well-suited for builds that maximize the chance and damage of critical hits, and those that cause many status effects.
- The Marelok is a great sidearm for dealing with enemies at short to mid range for players who have a sniper or bow for their primary weapon. The Marelok's firepower is strong enough to be considered a sub-primary weapon.
- In order to reach the full fire-rate, one must fire the next shot just before the "lever-action" animation is completed.
Trivia[]
- The Marelok is likely named after the Mare's Leg, which refers to a lever-action rifle cut down to the size of a large pistol.
- Closer inspection reveals that the Marelok is indeed a Grinlok with its barrel and stock cut down to size and its magazine moved to the bottom of the gun.
- The Marelok's description initially misspelled it as Marelock. This was fixed shortly afterward.
- The Marelok is spun around the finger lever after every shot, which was mentioned in Devstream 22 to be a reference to a lever-action shotgun used in the movie Terminator 2.
- The Marelok was first showcased in Devstream 22 along with the Grinlok. It was supposed to be released alongside the Grinlok and come as a dual/akimbo weapon, but its release was delayed due to the additional coding required to handle the animations involved.
- The color scheme of the Marelok is darker compared to the Grinlok.
- Currently, the only Grineer units that use the Marelok are Shik Tal, and the Kuva Shield Lancer, with the former's Marelok having been modified to fire rockets rather than bullets.
Media[]
Marelok codex
Marelok Color
A Grinlok with an overlay of the Marelok, showing their similarities and differences.
Rhino with marelok
Marelok with 100% Status Chance
Warframe 12 ♠ Marelok - Powerful Sniping Pistol
Warframe Marelok
A Gay Guy Reviews Marelok, And The Horse Drama
A Hunt in Warframe Kela didn't expect a marelok
Warframe Grinlok & Marelok 100% Status Pro Builds 3 Forma Update 13.9.0-1
Warframe The MARELOCK Live Build Guide
Warframe - All Grineer Secondaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)
Warframe - All Grineer Weapon Reloads in 2 minutes (2012 - 2019)
Marelok Skins
Patch History[]
Update 25.8 (2019-10-01)
- October 2019 Riven Disposition Change
- Marelok: 0.9->0.95
Update 22.20 (2018-05-17)
- Received PBR treatment.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 5 to 7.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 4.2 (2016-09-30)
- Fixed duplicate Marelok appearing in the market. Players who purchased this item have automatically received a refund.
Update: The Silver Grove 4.0 (2016-09-29)
- Nightwatch skin added.
Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)
- Conclave skin added.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- The Marelok series is now available for use in Conclave.
Hotfix 14.0.11 (2014-07-30)
- Damage multiplier for the Marelok have been normalized (no more arbitrary multipliers).
Update 12.3 (2014-02-27)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.7.1 (2018-09-06)
See also[]
- Grinlok, the rifle counterpart.
- Vaykor Marelok, the Steel Meridian custom version.
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