Understand Cestra
Useful when…
- Sustained automatic projectile fire from a 60-round magazine.
- Using the normal profile’s listed 20% status chance rather than relying on critical hits.
Normal attack profile
The Normal Attack is a projectile with 6% critical chance, a 1.6× critical multiplier, and 20% status chance. It deals 5.2 Impact and 20.8 Puncture damage per listed attack. Projectile speed is listed as 100. The base fire rate is 8.33 and the magazine holds 60 rounds, supporting sustained firing; the 2-second reload interrupts that rhythm once the magazine is spent.
Separate Incarnon Form
Incarnon Form has a different profile: fire rate 6.67, 50% critical chance, 3× critical multiplier, and 18% status chance. Its listed damage is 10 Impact and 40 Puncture per attack. Do not apply its stronger critical values to normal fire. The supplied details do not state how the form is activated or acquired. Cestra requires Mastery Rank 4 and has no listed polarity.
Other automatic or burst sidearms
Dual Cestra is described as wielding two Cestras for a dual torrent of bolts, while Quatz has automatic hip-fire and a four-shot aimed burst. Pyrana Prime is a shotgun sidearm with a described ethereal second pistol after three rapid kills. These have distinct firing behaviors; the comparisons do not show that they inherit Cestra’s Incarnon profile or provide a direct upgrade.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Normal fire has low critical chance, and the 2-second reload can interrupt sustained firing.
- Incarnon Form has distinct stats; its activation and acquisition are unspecified.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Do not use the Incarnon Form’s 50% critical chance for normal attacks.
- Do not mistake projectile fire for hitscan when tracking moving targets.