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Braton Prime (Patch 35.0)

PATCH VERSION 35.0
MASTERY REQUIRED 8
FORMA REQUIRED 6
ENDO REQUIRED 186,220106,130

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[Braton Prime] VS VANDAL

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YouWe can usesee it[Braton Prime] is the overall winner and is also easier to obtain.

EVOLUTIONS:

UPDATE OCT 2023
Prelude of Might as Meatnow Slicerbeen fixed to not be active at all critical chance values. This makes Critical Parallel the best choice.

Evolution II: Daring Reverie - increases base damage (pre-mod), with a much bigger boost when using a chanelled ability (e.g. Gloom) and also gives +50% ammo efficiency (which only applies to non-incarnon mode ammo). Chanelled Abilities that work with Daring Reverie include the following: Gloom but only when enemies are in range (Sevagoth/Subsumable), Effigy (Chroma), Immolation (ember - but only at 90% heat), Prowl ([Ivara]), Prism ([Mirage]), Absorb with [Assimilate] augment ([Nyx]), Renewal ([Oberon]), [Exalted Blade] ([Excalibur]), Hysteria ([Valkyr]), Mend and [Maim] ([Equinox])

Munitions Grit causes your [Nekros]'s [Despoil] skill. Remember,multishot to tearconsume theammo enemy'swhich bodygives apart,a higher potential DPS boost, but makes you needlose toall killyour themammo withand Slashexit damage,incarnon notmode Slashextremely proc.quickly, reducing your overall available damage while in incarnon form, so don't choose that one.

Evolution III: Void's Guidance- increases accuracy and reduces recoil by 60%. This is my test videoexcellent for thea abovehigh concept:fire rate spamming weapon like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xsnoq_973Q[Braton], and stacks with Steady Aim to become zero recoil. Mercenary Chamber is also decent if you have ammo issues, but this can be circumvented with vigilante supplies/ammo mutation + Daring Reverie's ammo efficiency perk. Gunsmoke Pick up doesnt seem worth it at all.

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Critical Parallel - increases PRE MOD base CC by 18%/16% (prime/vandal) and base CD by 0.2/0.4 multiplier, making the new base CC 48% and base CD 3.2 on Prime and 54%/3.6 on Vandal. After Crit Delay and [Vital Sense], we end up with final CC of 144% and final tier 1 crit multiplier of 7.04 and tier 2 crit multi of 13.08 on Prime and 162% CC with Tier 1 multi of 7.92x and Tier 2 multi of 14.84x on Vandal.

Prelude of Might increases your base CD by at flat 3x to a lookwhopping 6x, meaning after [Vital Sense] you get 13.2x CD, however, this is at mythe buildcost forof Nekrosrunning <50% cc, which actually reduces total average damage to half of Critical Parallel.

Update

22 Aug 2022:

ChangeSurvivor's Edge - increases CC by less than Critical Parallel and boosts status chance so final SC is roughly 80-100% All this means is slightly more consistent viral procs and more heat procs but does not result in higher DPS ceiling since Viral is capped at 10 and status chance does not affect slash procs created by Hunter Munitions.

MOD BREAKDOWN

    Galvanized Chamber : +230% multishot, absolutely essential

    Amalgam Serration/Serration: This is the FLEXIBLE SLOT. Serration provides additive base damage to Primary Merciless, becausebut thedoes stacknot willrequire drainramp-up oneand bystacks one,so -is 30%nice dmg doesn't matter.
    I stillto keep Vigilanteon modfor setquality of life. The Amalgam version also gives bonus sprint speed at a negligible loss of additive base damage. Note, we do NOT use [Galvanized Aptitude] because 50% of the 10%Incarnon forms damage is a radial heat component which does NOT benefit from [Galvanized Aptitude]. If you are happy with just relying on Primary Merciless arcane for base damage, you should swap this out for Primed Bane of Grineer/Corrupted for absolute highest slash proc DPS (just note many new enemies currently have no faction eg Thrax, Dax, Narmer).

    Critical Delay: Pushes crit chance to increase144% on prime and 162% on vandal afer Critical Parallel.

    Vital Sense: Pushes crit tierdamage (Ifto you7.04x dealon yellowprime critand ->7.92x 10%on vandal after Critical Parallel.

    [Hunter Munitions]; This is a FLEXIBLE SLOT. [Hunter Munitions] gives a chance to proc slash status which BYPASS armor and it's damage reduction. Only use this against factions with many armored enemies e.g. Grineer/Corrupted/Duviri, when you do NOT have orangean crit)Armor Strip ability on your warframe. If you are running armor strip, you can drop this for a Bane mod, Primed Firestorm or more fire rate.

    Update

    12 May 2023:

    ChangePrimed Shred/Vile Acceleration: Boosts firerate helping offset the -20% from [Critical Delay], to Primarydirectly Deadhead,increase DPS. This could also be flexible if you run external fire rate buffs. Note Primed Shred means that while the AOE will explode only on the first enemy hit, the non-aoe hitscan component will continue to puncthrough to hit other enemies behind (which accounts for faster50% dmgof bufftotal stacking and also for Incarnon Genesis.
    Equip Vigilante Mod set on Sentinel weapon for crit tier buff.damage).

    Update

    22 Sep 2023:

    We[Rime will use Rank 9 ()
    The final crit chance is: Base 12% + Max
    So we can still get benefit from Incarnon Evolution IV:
    Perk 2: Prelude of Might
    With Critical Chance Below 50%Force]    : IncreaseCreates Critical Damage Multiplier by +3.4x (Braton) / +3.3x (MK1) / +3x (Prime) / +3 (Vandal).
    And, have a decent value of crit chance.

    Evolution II:
    Perk 2: Munitions Grit
    Multishot consumes ammo directly from CapacityViral and increases Damagethe status chance so Viral status is easier to proc. Viral status boosts all damage to health, including from slash procs, up to 4.25x multiplier at 10 stacks.Viral damage also has a 75% dmg bonus against cloned flesh possessed by +60%many (Braton)enemies.

    / +48% (MK1)

    Exilus /: +54%personal (Prime)preference. /[Vigilante +58%Supplies] (Vandal).gives +20%ammo Multishot.for base form and has a chance to boost crit tiers. Stabilizer reduces recoil to zero if you really dislike recoil.

    Arcane: Primary Merciless is the best for weapons that deal AOE and slash, since neither effect can consistently headshot and proc Deadhead which is the alternative. Merciless also provides a reload bonus.

    FLEXIBLE OPTIONS
    Primed Bane of Corrupted/Grineer: Gives 1.55x more damage to raw damage and 2.40125x more damage to DoT like slash, and is multiplicative to serration/merciless. This is the ideal min-max option for highest bleed DoT DPS.

    Or,[Primed Firestorm]: Increases the 3m AOE to 4.32m, thereby increasing the total blast RADIUS from 9m2 to 18.5m2. This is a sizeable increase but is difficult to slot, so this is up to you.

    [Primed Cryo Rounds]: This gives the most 'raw' viral damage but against armor at very high levels we value slash procs and viral status MORE than raw viral damage. This would be a good option if you full stripped enemies. Replace [Rime Rounds] with this.

    [Galvanized Aptitude]: While this gives effectively half its effect on the incarnon mode since it doesn’t apply to the AOE component, it gives its full effect on the base mode, and can be useable particularly if you are focusing more on single targets (e.g. demolysts in disruption). You can replace [Serration] with this.

    [Galvanized Scope]: Requires direct headshot kills to activate and only works on aiming down sight. This doesn’t work well with a slash focused build, but can be used to [Reach] red crits if you prefer. For a RAW damage build, you can choosedrop [Hunter Munitions] for this.

    PerkELEMENTAL 1:VARIATIONS
    Red DaringCrit ReverieCorrosive: fromYou Evolutioncan IIdrop [Hunter Munitions] for [Galvanized Scope], whenand swap the Viral mods out for Tox 90 and Elec 90 mods to make Corrosive damage. This will let you havehit Gloomred orcrits playingand technically kill things quicker in lower levels and base SP, but will begin to struggle as AOElevels increase without armor strip. This is also best used in Deimos Cambion drift against infested.

    Red Crit Toxin: Drop [Equinox]Hunter Munitions] and [Rime Rounds] for [Infected Clip] + [Galvanized Scope]. This is best used against Corpus enemies since toxin bypasses shield.

    IDEAL RIVEN:=
    Has +tox and +firerate with either CD/MS/DMG.
    This allows you to replace both [Malignant Force] and [Vile Acceleration] for some combination of Riven + Faction Mod or [Oberon]Primed Fulmination].
    Channeled Abilities

    Evolution III
    I choose Perk 3: Gunsmoke Pick Up for Ammo [Regen]

    Evolution IV
    Perk 2: Prelude of Might
    With Critical Chance Below 50%: Increase Critical Damage Multiplier by +3.4x (Braton) / +3.3x (MK1) / +3x (Prime) / +3 (Vandal).
    The Vigilante mod set bonus will upgrade crit tier of critical hits, so u can still deal orange crit and have the above CD bonus.

    Update 13rd Nov, 2023:
    Use rank 1 Point Strike to get 45% crit chance when Incarnon mode is active, to take advantage of Perk 2: Prelude of Might

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