Rakta Ballistica

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Rakta Ballistica
Tradable (unranked w/ no Forma or Catalyst)
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General Information
Type	Crossbow
Mastery Rank Requirement	6
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Burst
Utility
Accuracy	28.6
Ammo Max	210
Ammo Pickup	40
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.20x)
Fire Rate	3.330 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Magazine Size	20
Reload Time	2.00 s
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Spread	25.00° (0.00° min, 50.00° max)
Charged Shot
15 ( 5%)
270 ( 90%)
15 ( 5%)
Total Damage	300 (90.00%  Puncture)
Ammo Cost	1
Charge Time	1.0 s
Crit Chance	20.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.50x
Fire Rate	3.330 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (300.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Silent
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	25.00° (0.00° min, 50.00° max)
Status Chance	10.00%
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Trigger Type	Charge
Burst Shot
18.75 ( 25%)
37.5 ( 50%)
18.75 ( 25%)
Total Damage	75 (50.00%  Puncture)
Accuracy	28.6
Ammo Cost	1
Burst Count	4
Burst Delay	0.0500 s
Burst Fire Rate	20.00 attacks/sec
Bursts Per Second	3.33 bursts/sec
Crit Chance	5.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.50x
Fire Rate	6.670 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (75.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Silent
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	3.50° (2.00° min, 5.00° max)
Status Chance	5.00%
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Trigger Type	Burst
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	PROJECTILE
Riven Family	Ballistica
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 15.5 (2014-11-27)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Syndicate Effect	Blight
Users	Red Veil Operatives
Variants	Ballistica  Ballistica Prime  Rakta Ballistica
Vendor Sources
Vendors Red Veil (Rank 5: Exalted)  100000 for x1
Article Categories
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CODEX

This modified Ballistica is the weapon of choice used by Red Veil Assassins to take out high-priority marks.

The Rakta Ballistica is an exclusive version of the Ballistica available only from the Red Veil. The Rakta Ballistica has a higher portion of damage than its default version, and features a larger magazine as well as innate Blight effect.

Acquisition

• The Rakta Ballistica can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Exalted with the Red Veil, and spending 100,000 Standing 100,000 to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Rakta Ballistica cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Exalted rank.
• Syndicate weapons can be also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed.
• Players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 6 to acquire the Rakta Ballistica, either through trading or through the Syndicates themselves.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  damage.

Advantages:

• High base damage.
  • High damage – effective against armor.
• Charged shots have high critical chance.
• Charged shots consume 1 ammo.
• Silent.
• No projectile arcing.
• On kill, bodies will follow the bolt that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
• Innate Blight effect.
• Innate and polarities.

Disadvantages:

• Low and damage – less effective against shields and health.
• Projectiles have slight travel time.
• Burst-fire projectiles have very low critical chance.
• Low critical multiplier.
• Low status chance.
• Burst-fire consumes 4 ammo per shot, resulting in a 5-shot magazine.
• Burst-fire has low accuracy and spreads horizontally.
  • Has fairly strong horizontal recoil associated with this which players may be unaccustomed to compensating for.
• Has a slightly lower than average zoom.
• Burst-fire is linearly less efficient – sometimes a target may only die with five projectiles, which requires an entire second burst/charge to be fired.

Comparisons:

•  Rakta Ballistica (Burst Shot), compared to  Ballistica (Charged Shot):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (75.00 vs. 100.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 18.75 vs. 10)
    • Lower  Puncture damage ( 37.5 vs. 80)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 18.75 vs. 10)
  • Lower total damage (75 vs. 100)
  • Lower base critical chance (5.00% vs. 15.00%)
  • Lower base status chance (5.00% vs. 10.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (307.5 vs. 107.5)
  • Higher burst DPS (512.5 vs. 107.5)
  • Higher sustained DPS (307.5 vs. 95.55)
  • Higher fire rate (6.670 attacks/sec vs. 3.330 attacks/sec)
  • Larger magazine (20 vs. 16)
  • More accurate (28.6 vs. 4)
  • Wider first-shot spread (2.00° vs. 0.00°)
  • Tighter maximum spread (5.00° vs. 50.00°)
  • More polarities ( vs. )
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 2)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●○ (1.20x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.25x))
  • Innate Blight effect

•  Rakta Ballistica (Burst Shot), compared to  Ballistica Prime (Charged Shot):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (75.00 vs. 76.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 18.75 vs. 3.8)
    • Lower  Puncture damage ( 37.5 vs. 41.8)
    • Lower  Slash damage ( 18.75 vs. 30.4)
  • Lower total damage (75 vs. 304)
  • Lower base critical chance (5.00% vs. 20.00%)
  • Lower base critical multiplier (1.50x vs. 2.00x)
  • Lower base status chance (5.00% vs. 15.00%)
  • Lower average damage per tap (307.5 vs. 364.8)
  • Higher burst DPS (512.5 vs. 456)
  • Lower sustained DPS (307.5 vs. 384)
  • Higher fire rate (6.670 attacks/sec vs. 3.330 attacks/sec)
  • Lower multishot (1 vs. 4)
  • Smaller magazine (20 vs. 32)
  • Less ammo cost per shot (1 vs. 4)
  • More shots per magazine (20 vs. 8)
  • Slower reload time (2.00 s vs. 1.20 s)
  • More accurate (28.6 vs. 4)
  • Wider first-shot spread (2.00° vs. 0.00°)
  • Tighter maximum spread (5.00° vs. 50.00°)
  • Lesser projectile speed (100.0 m/s vs. 140.0 m/s)
  • Less polarities ( vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 14)
  • Innate Blight effect

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Notes

• The Rakta Ballistica has an innate Blight effect identical to that found in Red Veil Weapon Augment Mods. Upon accumulating sufficient affinity, the Rakta Ballistica will release an AoE radial blast that deals damage and proc, restores 25% of the Warframe's base maximum Energy, and temporarily buffs movement speed by 10% for 30 seconds.
• The innate polarity can somewhat limit elemental modding potential, thus making it a less desirable polarity for elemental modding. If you wish to focus more on elemental damage, then it is recommended to either ignore the polarity or use Forma to turn it into a more suitable polarity.
  • With Update 15.13,  Deep Freeze's elemental damage has been increased to 15% per rank, making it equal to that of the other elemental mods.
• Rolling when a shot is charged will actually fire the weapon, rather than reset the charge.

Trivia

• This is the second item in the game with the "Rakta" prefix, the first one being the Rakta Syandana.
  • Rakta is derived from the Sanskrit word rakta , meaning blood.
• Prior to Update 16.0 (2015-03-19), the Rakta Ballistica could not be recolored, with only its energy color being customizable.
  • Its appearance prior to Update 16 appeared to be based on Wraith weapons. The weapon's current inventory icon shows what the Rakta Ballistica formerly looked like.
• When the Rakta Ballistica was first introduced, its charged attack dealt primarily damage instead of damage. The primary damage type changed in Update 15.16 (2015-02-25) (along with several other improvements to the weapon) to be more consistent with the regular version.

Media

• Rakta Ballistica in Codex in Update 16.
• Rakta Ballistica in Codex pre-Update 16.
• Rakta Ballistica Colour Customisation

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Rakta Ballistica Skins

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Dali

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Tekelu

Patch History

Update 17.8 (2015-10-21)

• Fixed enemies becoming alert to players using a charged Ballistica shot.

Hotfix 16.8.1 (2015-06-10)

• • Grineer Forest Camo now works on the Rakta Ballistica.

Hotfix 16.3.4 (2015-04-16)

• Fixed the Rakta Ballistica not sitting on Chroma when holstered.

Update 16.0 (2015-03-19)

• Fixed Red Veil allies in Syndicate Missions using the incorrect skin on their Ballistica.

Update 15.16 (2015-02-25)

• Increased charged bolt damage of Rakta Ballistica from 100 to 300.
• Increased uncharged bolt damage of Rakta Ballistica from 25 to 75 per bolt.
• Rakta Ballistica is now a fully Silent weapon.

Hotfix 15.15.0.1 (2015-02-18)

• Rakta Ballistica now deals 30 damage per uncharged bolt. The damage type is broken down to 15 Puncture, 7.5 Impact and 7.5 Slash.

Update 15.13 (2015-02-05)

• Rakta Ballistica's crit chance has been buffed from 15 to 20 on charge.
• Ratka Ballistica's damage on charge has been changed to 5 Slash, 5 Impact, 90 Puncture.

Update 15.5 (2014-11-27)

• Introduced.

Last updated:Hotfix 22.20.9.2 (2018-06-07)

See also

• Ballistica, the original version.
• Red Veil, the Syndicate that offers this weapon.
• Syndicate Weapons