Akarius

The Akarius are 's signature burst-fire dual launchers that fire a pair of homing rockets with high status chance and a large 7.2-meter explosion radius. Uniquely, this weapon reloads faster while sprinting, and reloads even faster when wielded by Gauss.
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
*Rockets homes in on enemies within 15° degrees.
**Homing mitigates 's accuracy penalty.
*Rockets explode in a 7.2 meter radius after impacting a surface or enemy.
**Initial hit and explosion apply status separately.
**Explosion does not need direct line of sight to deal damage and will penetrate walls.
**Can benefit from ().
*Reloading while sprinting gives a +50% reload speed bonus (+100% when used by ).
*Innate two polarities.
*Demolisher Infested are unaffected by ' , 's , 's , 's , 's , or Chesa Kubrow's .
==Notes==
*While sprinting, reload speed is increased by 50%, or 100% when used by . Without other mods, sprinting reload speed is 2.55 seconds, or 1.7 seconds with Gauss.
**Reload speed bonus while sprinting is additive with other reload speed mods.
*The rockets this weapon fires home towards the center of enemy hitboxes. In the case of humanoid enemies, this often means the rockets will target the groin region, making it difficult to achieve headshots with the projectiles. However, the area of effect blasts can also count as headshots if they happen above the enemy, which the initial arcing of shots via can actually make easier to achieve.
*Though the description states that rockets arm after reaching a safe distance, this refers to the old behavior of the weapon prior to . Currently, rockets will detonate at any range, damaging enemies and staggering the player as normal.
*When used by Rescue and Defense NPCs, the reload frequency of the NPC does not predictably follow the magazine size of the Akarius, and may reload after having fired anywhere between just over half of to nearly double the magazine size of the weapon.
== Known Bugs ==
* is multiplicative to base damage sources on direct hits.
==Tips==
*Although the Akarius reloads faster while sprinting, it's recommended to install () to improve its reload speed.
*Due to its low ammo reserves and faster reload while sprinting, the player should always be on the move to keep the weapon firing at a consistent pace, or install ().
*The Akarius benefits very greatly from use of the Energized Munitions ability available from the Helminth.
* can be used to enhance this weapon's damage potential, as the homing rockets and their AoE splash damage makes the accuracy penalty minimal when shooting.
* is very powerful when paired with the Akarius; it can be toggled by enemies killed by an AoE blast above them, so as long as there are enough enemies a maxed Arcane Pistoleer will trigger quite frequently.
==Trivia==
*The mechanics of both the Akarius and the are similar to Gyrojet firearms, which were developed in the 1960s and also fired small rockets that armed themselves as they traveled out of the gun. In real life, accuracy and reliability issues meant that the Gyrojets never entered mass production.
*With the visual and audio mechanics around how the Akarius reloads, the weapon appears to be at least semi-organic. The Tenno does not reload a clip; from all appearances the Tenno instead feeds energy into the weapon and the ammunition is "grown" back onto it, with the 5 base rounds per gun visible on the upper "arms" of the guns, which have also been seen moving.
==Media==
File:U25.7 Akarius.jpg
File:Liger-inuzuka-gauss-pistols-concept-art-for-uplox.jpg|Concept art
Where to farm Acceltra & Akarius! (Warframe)
Warframe - All Tenno Secondaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)
Warframe - All Tenno Weapon Reloads in 3 minutes (2012 - 2019)
==Patch History==
==See Also==
*, ' signature rocket launcher.
*, another secondary with homing projectiles.
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