Noctua

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• Dante expends 5 energy to equip his Exalted Weapon tome sidearm, the  Noctua, replacing his equipped secondary weapon. Press the ability key again (default 1 ) to deactivate and return his secondary weapon to the swap weapon cycle (default F ).
• Noctua has its own unique statistics:
  • Primary fire shoots fully automatic arcane energies.
    • Consumes 2 energy per shot.
    • Base damage is 175 / 200 / 225 / 250 pure  Slash.
    • Shots have a 30% critical chance, 2x critical multiplier, 25% status chance, 1.5 fire rate, infinite ammunition, and does not need to reload.
    • On impact with an enemy, the shot splits into 4 fragments that seek enemies within 20 meters at a 60 degree angle, inflicting damage with critical and status chance, as well as charging the alt-fire meter.
  • Alternate Fire hurls a wide projectile.
    • Requires a fully filled meter beneath the reticle in order to fire. The meter takes 60 seconds to completely recharge. Hitting enemies with the primary fire reduces recharge time by 1 second per hit. Picking up secondary or universal ammo reduces recharge time by 10 seconds.
      • Multishot will count as an additional hit.
    • Base damage is 2,000 / 2,250 / 2,500 / 2,750 distributed between 40%  Impact and 60%  Radiation.
    • Shots have a 45% critical chance, 3x critical multiplier, 45% status chance, 1.0 fire rate, infinite Punch Through against bodies, and 1.4 meter Punch Through against surfaces.
  • The Noctua's unique passive bypasses the one Canticle Mod ( Fass Canticle,  Jahu Canticle,  Khra Canticle, and  Lohk Canticle) and one Invocation mod ( Xata Invocation,  Netra Invocation,  Ris Invocation, and  Vome Invocation) restriction, allowing it to equip all Tome Mods simultaneously, if needed.
  • Damage is affected by  Ability Strength and most secondary weapon mods.
    • The mods that affect Noctua include:
      • damage (e.g.,  Pistol Amp and  Hornet Strike)
      • elemental (e.g.,  Convulsion)
      • multishot (e.g.  Barrel Diffusion)
      • critical (e.g.,  Pistol Gambit and  Target Cracker)
      • status chance (e.g.  Jolt)
      • fire rate (e.g.  Gunslinger)
      • faction damage (e.g.,  Expel Infested)
      • punch through (e.g.,  Seeker)
    • The increased damage from  Ability Strength is base damage, meaning Status Effects such as Noctua's innate  Slash or modded effects like  Heat gain increased damage.
  • Noctua can not be equipped with Acolyte Mods (e.g.,  Sharpened Bullets) or Amalgam Mods (e.g.,  Amalgam Barrel Diffusion).
  • Riven Mods are not generated for the Noctua.
• Casting and deactivating Noctua are full-body animations that allow uninterrupted movement and parkour Maneuvers.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Kills from Noctua passively scan enemies into the Codex. Noctua also gains 50% Status Chance against enemies that have been fully scanned.
  •  Final Verse's Wordwarden creates a spectral Noctua companion that floats beside Dante and his allies and attacks enemies struck by their weapons, inheriting 35% / 40% / 45% / 50% of the  Noctua's original damage, any modded stats, and splits page fragments on hit to charge the held Noctua's alt-fire.