Warframe: A Complete Guide To The Hek
Warframe features hundreds of weapons for players to craft or find. Automatic rifles, explosive bows, throwing knives, and a wide range of melee weapons are just a few things you can get your hands on. Newer players might feel intimidated by the number of options available.
Related: Warframe: A Complete Guide To Incarnon Weapons
That's why most newer players should set their sights on the Hek, a quad-barreled shotgun with a tight pellet spread and excellent base damage. A Hek with the right Mods can clear the entire Star Chart, while its upgraded variants are capable of slaying Acolytes and other endgame foes. Here's how you can obtain every Hek weapon in Warframe and the best builds for each of them.
There are three versions of the Hek that come from different sources:
Most players can get the Hek as early as MR4, making it a fantastic early game shotgun. The Vaykor Hek is tied to a lengthy, time-gated reputation farm, while the Kuva Hek is tied to an endgame activity.
The standard Hek requires the following materials to craft:
Related: Warframe: The Best Companions, Ranked
The default Hek is a powerhouse of a shotgun and ideal for newer players. Each shot rips through your targets with incredibly high base damage and solid fire rate. The best part about the Hek is its Scattered Justice Mod, an augment sold by the Steel Meridian Syndicate. While equipped, the Hek gains an extra 200% multishot and will occasionally trigger the Justice effect, releasing a wave of Blast damage around you that replenishes a portion of your Health.
You can stack Scattered Justice with Hell's Chamber and other multishot effects to deal some absurd damage per shot, allowing the Hek to scale through the entire Star Chart and even Sortie-level
Read more on thegamer.com
