Hek

The Hek is a Grineer shotgun that deals very high damage, particularly known for its relatively narrow cone compared to other shotguns. Due to this relatively tight spread, the Hek is also able to perform with greater success at more moderate ranges, regardless of pellet/ projectile falloff. However, the Hek does trade its raw power and relative focused fire for its small magazine size, and generally limited crowd-control ability.
This weapon can be sold for .
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
==Acquisition==
The Hek's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
==Tips==
*Along with the and , the Hek is able to use more efficiently than other shotguns due to being its primary damage, which is uncommon among weapons in its class.
*Using the mod can help regain ammo when needed, although not as often as the full auto shotguns.
*The weapon's spread cone can be shrunk by zooming in, as with all shotguns.
*Equipping both and will give the Hek +320% Multishot, giving it an impressive 29 pellets per shot with a 40% chance of firing a 30th pellet. This greatly improves the Hek's damage and status chance.
**Along with 's multishot, the Justice effect can be used to restore health and deal area-of-effect damage.
==Trivia==
*This weapon seems to be modeled on the main weapon of Councilor Vay Hek's Terra Frame, which fires rockets as opposed to shotgun shells. This has caused speculation as to whether the Councilor himself is merely the shotgun's namesake, or otherwise responsible for designing/commissioning it.
**Additionally, Vay Hek's only weapon was the Hek shotgun before his rework.
**Vem Tabook uses a modified Hek that fires electric shells.
*The magazine for the Hek is the cylindrical 'handle' sticking out of the side of the bottom right barrel. This raises questions as to how the shells are actually loaded into each barrel.
**It is possible that the barrel it is attached to is a tubular feeding system and not for firing, and that the other three barrels actually fire.
*The Hek received a minor visual update in , which added weathering and other textures to the weapon to make it look more worn and aged, putting it in line with other Grineer weapons.
*The Hek was named during a livestream. When one of the developers asked what the shotgun should be called, the other developer on stream stubbed his toe and yelled 'Hek', which led to the naming of this shotgun.
*The Hek has a striking resemblance to a 1960s quad-barrel shotgun prototype.
*Kuva Liches have a chance of having a name very similar to the Hek (Hekk).
==Media==
HekCodex.png|Hek in Codex with Update 13.4.1 textures.
Hek 1.png|Hek as shown in the Arsenal
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Warframe - Hek Shotgun Spotlight - Beta 7.9.0
Warframe New Hek Reload Animation
Warframe HEK Review Gameplay (Hand Canon)
Warframe Hek Build Guide w Scattered Justice (U15.8.1)
Warframe Builds - HEK SCATTERED JUSTICE BUILD 3 formas - update 15.16
Lets Max (Warframe) E2 - Hek and Scattered Justice! (60fps)
Warframe Hek - Buffed & Forma
Warframe - All Grineer Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)
Warframe - All Grineer Weapon Reloads in 2 minutes (2012 - 2019)
==Patch History==
==See Also==
*Councilor Vay Hek, a Grineer boss who uses an oversized version of this weapon, and may have invented it.
*Vem Tabook, the leader of The Grustrag Three, uses a modified version of the Hek.
*, a Hek exclusive Syndicate mod.
*, the Steel Meridian counterpart of this weapon.
*, the Kuva counterpart of this weapon.
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