Zhukov NUK17

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 — Item Description

The **Zhukov NUK17** is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a pair of machine pistols built entirely out of metal. The trigger guard encases the whole way around the user's fist. Uniquely, the magazines insert into the top of the weapon at an angle. When the Scout reloads the weapon the mags pop out and the guns disappear from view, reappearing with fresh mags and a confident spin. Both of the pistols have a separate ammo counter which is consolidated into one counter on the player's HUD.

Ammo will always be consumed in pairs, though only one bullet will be fired.

**Note:** Although the weapon's stats indicate that it is capable of firing 30 rounds per second, it is a common misconception that the weapon is capable of outputting as much damage as it describes. In actual gameplay, the machine pistols have half the effective amount of bullets; this means that for every 2 ammo the gun uses, only 1 bullet is fired out, and only 1 bullet's worth of damage is being dealt.

## Modifications

There are five tiers of modifications and each tier has two to three upgrades. Only one modification can be equipped per tier.

## Overclocks

Overclock calculations happen after modifiers.

## Stats Breakdown

### Unique Modifications

#### Conductive Bullets

 **Conductive Bullets** causes each shot fired from the Zhukovs to deal +30% more damage to any target that are under Electrocution. The Electrocution effect can be applied through the IFG, the Deepcore GK2 with the Electrifying Reload Overclock, from the M1000 Classic with the Electrocuting Focus Shots Overclock, or the DRAK-25 Plasma Carbine with the Overcharged PCF tier 4 Mod. The bonus is also applied if other players' weapons or Bosco's Overcharged Rounds make the target electrified. The damage bonus does not apply to enemies affected by the player armor's Static Discharge. The damage bonus does not apply to the internal damage of the Embedded Detonators Overclock nor the cold damage of the Cryo Minelets Overclock, but they will receive the damage bonus for direct impacts against electrified targets.

#### Get In, Get Out

 **Get In, Get Out** gives the player a +50% bonus movement speed for 2.5 seconds when they empty the magazine on the Zhukovs. It should be noted that the player must empty the entire magazine for the effect to activate; reloading halfway will not activate the effect.

### Unique Overclocks

#### Cryo Minelets

**Cryo Minelets** is an Unstable Overclock
Each Bullet that touches a surface automatically turns into a Minelet after 0.1 seconds, and is armed after 0.8 seconds. Creatures that go near it will trigger the Minelet and give 10 Cold in a 1.5m radius, Minelets autotrigger after
4 seconds, each Minelet can only be triggered once. By having the mod "Blowthrough Rounds" it is possible to shoot through Creatures to hit a surface.

#### Embedded Detonators

**Embedded Detonators** is an Unstable Overclock

When reloading each bullet fired that hit an enemy will explode, including enemies hit through penetration. Several enemies can be affected at the same time. The explosion does not have any AoE to it, only affecting the creature it explodes in.

* Damage: 38 Internal (per bullet that damages the target ; damage is not affected by hitting Weakspots or Armor ; unaffected by the T5 Conductive Bullets Perk)
* A reload via Born Ready does not activate Embedded Detonators. This makes it possible to store multiple ED magazines in an enemy at the same time.
* A full reload is not necessary to activate Embedded Detonators. It will trigger at the beginning of the animation. Canceling the reload, by switching weapon for example, will still activate the effect.

## Mastery

Each modification that is purchased advances a mastery bar by one unit.

Mastery unlocks:

* Three modifications – **First Stripe** Weapon Paintjob
* Seven modifications – **Deepcore** Weapon Paintjob
* All (12) modifications – **The Company Special** Weapon Paintjob

## Skins

Full gallery of skins can be seen at Weapon Skins.

## Trivia

* This weapon has a slightly different FOV than Scout's other weapons.
* The name of this weapon is likely a reference to Georgy Zhukov, a Soviet general during World War 2. The word "zhuk" or "жук" in russian translates to "bug", which could make sense in the context of the game.

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