Understand Kuva Kraken
Useful when…
- Using the described three-shot normal trigger.
- Considering the alt-fire described as bursting the magazine remainder.
Normal and alternate attack entries
Normal Attack lists speed 2.83 and Alt-Fire lists speed 4.17. Both are hit-scan, with a listed damage profile of 32.25 Impact, 5.38 Slash, and 5.38 Puncture. Each entry lists 21% critical chance, a 2.3× critical multiplier, and 29% status chance.
Handling and rank requirement
Kuva Kraken has a 21-round magazine, a 1.5-second reload, and listed fire rate 6.77. It requires Mastery Rank 15 and has a rank cap of 40. The base Kraken is described as firing two quick shots per trigger pull; the Kuva variant's description specifies three.
Other firing styles
Kuva Brakk is a semi-automatic shotgun sidearm with listed multishot 10. Cyanex fires homing, ricocheting projectiles and has an alt-fire that releases the whole magazine without homing as a single burst. These descriptions distinguish their firing behavior from Kuva Kraken's hit-scan attacks.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The normal trigger is described as a three-shot burst, but the listed damage profile is not mapped to individual shots.
- The alt-fire is described as bursting the magazine remainder; its ammunition behavior is not further specified.
- It requires Mastery Rank 15.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating the listed damage profile as per-shot or per-burst damage.
- Assuming the alt-fire spends the magazine remainder in one action.