Balefire Charger

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The Balefire Charger is 's and 's signature Exalted Weapon, summoned by activating . This pistol launches bolts of that deal area-of-effect damage in a large area, and can be charged to deal more damage. Its massive damage is offset by its low critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance.
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
*Innate two polarities.
*Can benefit from ().
Advantages
*Highest base damage of all Exalted Weapon secondaries.
*Releases shots that explode in a 1/2/3 meter radius.
**Does not inflict self-stagger.
**No damage falloff.
*Pinpoint accuracy.
**'s accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
* augment allows fully charged shots to replenish shields and overshields, as well as destroy nullifier shields.
*Does not use ammunition and does not need to reload.
Disadvantages
*Very low critical chance.
*Low critical multiplier and status chance.
*Slowest fire rate of all secondaries in the game.
*Projectile has travel time.
*Requires shields to activate and consumes shields per shot.
*As an Exalted Weapon it cannot contribute towards the Set Bonus of any Set Mods.
*Cannot equip Acolyte Mods (e.g., ) or Amalgam Mods (e.g., ).
**This includes mods based on Acolyte mods, such as .
*Does not have an Exilus slot.
*Cannot equip Secondary Arcane Enhancements.
==Notes==
*The Balefire Charger uses Pistol Mods.
*The Balefire Charger is the only weapon that can be used while using the ability.
**The Balefire Charger cannot zoom in when used with Aegis Storm.
**While Hildryn holds two Balefire Chargers instead of one while Aegis Storm is active, this is a purely cosmetic feature and has no effect on the weapon's effectiveness.
*The Balefire Charger's explosion radius scales with ability rank and is affected by Ability Range mods and () .
**Range mods and Fulmination bonuses multiply. A fully ranked Balefire with Fulmination and Stretch will have: 3m × (1 + 24%) × (1 + 45%) = 5.4m, but Fulmination's effect will not be reflected on the ability card.
*Shield cost to activate and cost per shot is affected by Ability Efficiency mods.
*When Hildryn has Overshields, Balefire Charger shots will enemies.
*While charging, the increased damage and shield consumption scales with the amount charged. At full charge, the Balefire Chargers deal 100% more damage and consumes 450 shields.
*As an Exalted Weapon, this weapon comes with an pre-installed.
==Tips==
*While Balefire Charger's low base Status Chance make and procs less effective at removing shields and armor, it synergizes well with Hildryn's , as this ability can drain shields and permanently remove armor.
==Trivia==
*The Balefire Charger is the first Exalted Weapon to not be channeled via Warframe's fourth ability, and is the first Exalted Weapon to be a first ability.
*The Balefire Charger is the third secondary Exalted Weapon, after and .
*On , the pistol is named . Their stats are, however, identical to Balefire Charger.
==Patch History==
==See Also==
*, the ability that summons the weapon.
*, the weapon's user.
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