Twin Vipers

Grineer

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Twin Vipers

Statistics

Utility

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Normal

10.2

1.7

5.1

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Range

300 m

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Hotfix 7.7.3 (2013-04-12)

Variants

Internal Name

/Lotus/Weapons/Tenno/Akimbo/AkimboViperPistols

CODEX

A Viper pistol equipped in each hand.

The Twin Vipers are akimbo Viper Viper machine pistols of Grineer design, featuring a very high rate of fire, but poor accuracy and extremely poor ammo efficiency. Vipers are the smallest firearms manufactured by the Grineer and boast a simplified magazine design.

Can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Characteristics[]

This weapon deals primarily Impact Damage Impact damage.

Advantages:

High Impact Damage Impact damage – effective against shields.
Tied with Twin Vipers Wraith Twin Vipers Wraith for fastest fire rate of all secondaries.
Good critical chance.
Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

Low Puncture Damage Puncture damage – less effective against armor.
Below average critical multiplier.
Low status chance.
Low accuracy at anything past close range.
Extremely ammo inefficient.
- Very fast fire rate results in frequent reloading.

Comparisons:

Twin Vipers (Normal), compared to Viper (Normal):
- Higher burst DPS (456.87 vs. 262.79)
- Higher sustained DPS (164.01 vs. 152.88)
- Higher fire rate (25 round(s)/sec vs. 14.38 round(s)/sec)
- Larger magazine (28 round(s) vs. 14 round(s))
- Slower reload time (2 s vs. 0.7 s)
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 4)

Twin Vipers (Normal), compared to Twin Vipers Wraith (Normal):
- Lower base damage per projectile (17 vs. 18)
  - Lower Impact Damage Impact damage (10.2 vs. 14.4)
  - Lower Puncture Damage Puncture damage (1.7 vs. 1.8)
  - Higher Slash Damage Slash damage (5.1 vs. 1.8)
- Lower total damage (17 vs. 18)
- Lower base critical chance (15% vs. 19%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (1.5x vs. 2x)
- Higher base status chance (11% vs. 9%)
- Lower average damage per shot (18.27 vs. 21.42)
- Lower burst DPS (456.87 vs. 535.5)
- Lower sustained DPS (164.01 vs. 238)
- Smaller magazine (28 round(s) vs. 40 round(s))
- Smaller max ammo capacity (420 round(s) vs. 440 round(s))
- More accurate (15.4 vs. 11.1)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 7)
- Higher disposition (1.45 vs. 1.41)

Acquisition[]

The Twin Vipers's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	1	1	1	Time: 12 hrs
20,000	1	1	1	Rush: 25
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:15,000

Tips[]

Using the Pistol Ammo Mutation Pistol Ammo Mutation mod can help regain lost ammo when needed. Alternatively, use Pistol Scavenger Pistol Scavenger aura or bring along Squad Ammo Restore.
Using short bursts of fire greatly improves accuracy and makes the weapon viable at medium medium-long distances, although it is still advised to be used at close quarters.