Understand Kuva Hek
Useful when…
- Compare the separately listed Normal Attack and Alt-Fire values when deciding how to use the weapon.
- Consider the four-barrel capability as a described property, without assuming it maps to either named attack entry.
- Factor in its four-round magazine and 1.9-second reload when assessing its handling.
Normal Attack and Alt-Fire
Normal Attack is hitscan and lists speed 2.17, 23% critical chance, a 2.1× critical multiplier, and 13.3% status chance. Its listed damage components are 13.05 Impact, 56.55 Puncture, and 17.4 Slash. Alt-Fire is also listed as hitscan; it has speed 1.17, the same critical values and damage components, and 3.32% status chance. Both entries list falloff from 15 to 30, with reductions of 82.8% and 98.9%, respectively. The range units are not specified. The description says the weapon can fire from all four barrels simultaneously but does not map that capability to either entry.
Handling and requirements
Kuva Hek has a semi-automatic trigger, four-round magazine, 1.9-second reload, listed multishot of 7, and accuracy of about 9.09. It requires Mastery Rank 15 and has a rank cap of 40. Its build price is 10,000 and build time is 60 seconds. No polarity is listed in the supplied detailed properties.
Related shotgun descriptions
Arca Plasmor is described as a plasma shotgun whose blasts stagger targets and apply Radiation to survivors. Coda Bassocyst has an alternate fire that swarms enemies with mites, or performs a ranged execution against enemies vulnerable to Mercy Kills. Steflos Prime is described as Citrine Prime's signature shotgun for dealing death from farther away.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Alt-Fire has a lower listed speed and status chance than Normal Attack.
- The magazine holds four rounds.
- The falloff distances are listed without units.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Do not apply Normal Attack's 13.3% status chance to Alt-Fire, which lists 3.32%.
- Do not attach distance units to the listed falloff range.