Secondary Deadhead is a Secondary Arcane that increases secondary weapon damage on headshot kill for 24 seconds and stacks up to 3 times. At max rank, it also passively increases headshot damage multiplier and reduces recoil.
Effect[]
Rank | Damage per Stack | Total at 3 stacks | Headshot Multiplier | Recoil |
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0 | 20% | 60% | - | - |
1 | 40% | 120% | - | - |
2 | 60% | 180% | - | - |
3 | 80% | 240% | - | - |
4 | 100% | 300% | - | - |
5 | 120% | 360% | +30% | -50% |
Acquisition
Awarded for defeating Acolytes in The Steel Path.
Item | Source | Chance | Expected | Nearly Guaranteed |
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Mania | 16.67% | ~ 5 Kills | 37 ± 12 Kills |
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Angst | 16.67% | ~ 5 Kills | 37 ± 12 Kills |
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Violence | 16.67% | ~ 5 Kills | 37 ± 12 Kills |
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Torment | 16.67% | ~ 5 Kills | 37 ± 12 Kills |
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Misery | 16.67% | ~ 5 Kills | 37 ± 12 Kills |
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Malice | 16.67% | ~ 5 Kills | 37 ± 12 Kills |
All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables.
See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
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Notes[]
- When the buff times out, one stack is lost and the buff duration resets.
- Headshot bonus stacks additively with similar buffs, such as
Prowl.
- Kills from some status procs on the target's head do not count as a headshot kill.
Electricity and
Gas procs are able to trigger the effect when aimed at the head however, as they are able to land headshots themselves.
Tips[]
- Can be used on weapons which normally have a 1.0x multiplier to headshots (such as the
Catchmoon (Primary)) to give them a 1.3x headshot multiplier and actually provide a benefit.
- Since Electricity and Gas procs are able to independently land headshots, they benefit twice from the headshot multiplier bonus. Both of these procs will have 1.69x headshot damage from the bonus.
Patch History[]
Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)
- Fixed Titania’s Razorflies triggering the effect of the Secondary Deadhead Arcanes.
Update 30.6 (2021-08-04)
- Fixed inability to equip the Secondary Deadhead Arcane on the Athodai.
Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)
- Introduced.
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4 comments
What exactly counts as precision headshot kill? From intuition, I would assume a headshot kill while aiming, but I'm not quite certain.
On wich weapons does this work
For whatever reason, cant be equipped on Athodai
I really hope this is a bug, please fix this DE
This is not a bug. It is intentional
After the "logic" they used in disallowing Scattered Justice on Kuva Hek I was inclined to believe that this was another intentional nerf to the guns they're trying to buff with the update, but in a comment on the forum post for the most recent hotfix (30.5.5 I think) they said they were still investigating this issue, so with any luck, we'll actually be able to equip it on Athodai soon.
This was just fixed in 30.6. I have no idea why so many people thought it was intentional.
The arcane says while aiming. I understand the headshots have to be made while zooming to trigger the bonus but is the damage bonus also only applied when you zoom in or also when you just shoot normally after the headshot?
Once active applies to all shots from secondary (or primary in case of the other deadhead)