Conclave:Bronco

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The Bronco is a small-scale shotgun that can be wielded with one hand. Only effective at close range, it has a limited clip size.

The **Bronco** functions like a cross between a shotgun and handgun, that comes in a handy package to complement long range primary weapons.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000File:Credits64.png‍ **5,000**; it is also a requisite ingredient for Akbronco (x2).
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## Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  damage.

**Advantages:**

* High base damage.
	+ High  damage - effective against shields.
* High status chance.
* Good fire rate.
* Fast reload speed.
* Very ammo efficient.

**Disadvantages:**

* Low  and  damage - less effective against armor and health.
* Linear damage falloff from 100% to 75% from 7m to 14m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
* Very low critical chance.
* Before 100% status chance, the listed status chance is the base chance per shot that at least one pellet will proc a status; the actual base status chance per pellet is ~3.49%.
* Extremely small magazine size of just 2 rounds; requires frequent reloading.
* Wide pellet spread cone makes the weapon ineffective beyond medium range.

**Comparisons:**
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## Weapon Loadouts

* See Category:Conclave:Bronco Build to see how players mod this weapon.
* See Category:Conclave:Bronco Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
* For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

## Tips

* The weapon's spread cone can be shrunken by zooming in.
* It is surprisingly effective at dealing damage over groups of enemies, in close to mid range fights.
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## Notes

* The damage listed is actually the combination of all seven pellets' damage values. The actual damage per pellet is **12** impact, **1.5** puncture, and **1.5** slash

## Trivia

* The word *Bronco* is a term in Spanish Language meaning "*rough*".
	+ It is also a common term for *wild horse* in Western culture.

## Media

* Broncodefaultcolour1.jpg
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## Patch History

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 22.12 }}{{#var:Update}}
* Damage increased from 38 to 40 (per pellet).
* Status chance increased from 20% to 22%.
* Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 6%.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 21.0 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Damage increased from 15 to 38.
* Damage fall off added starting from 7m and ending at 14 with a minimum damage of 10.
* Status Chance increased from 14% to 20%.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 18.0 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Bronco series are available for use in Conclave.

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 8.3.1 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Sound tweak to Bronco.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 8.3 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Sound changes.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 7.11 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Market changes: was 35,000 credits, now blueprint and 190 platinum.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 7.x Weapon Balance }}{{#var:Update}}

* Tweaks to Recoil feel and Accuracy, generally sharper Rotation and Translation Springs, added Noise & better spread control when firing while aimed. Added force feedback to all firing sounds.
* Total number of pellets now 7, was 8.
* Reload time now 1.05, was 1.
* Crit Chance now 2.5%, was 5%.

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* Introduced with game release.
*Last update: {{#vardefine:Update|Update 22.15 }}{{#var:Update}}*
## See also

* Akbronco, the akimbo counterpart of this gun.
* Bronco Prime, the prime counterpart of this gun.
* Akbronco Prime, the primed akimbo counterpart of this gun.
* Pyrana, another Tenno-made pocket shotgun sidearm.

* Secondary
* Melee
* Archwing
* Research
* Prime
* Sentinel

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