Hello everyone,

My name is UltimoFive and today we are going over the [Cernos Prime], The Bludgeon Shortbow.

Weapon Information

• [Cernos Prime] is the Prime Version of [Cernos] and was released alongside Venka Prime and [Valkyr Prime]. In order to obtain [Cernos Prime] one must open a variety of relics that contain the Upper Limb, Lower Limb, Grip, and String in order to make it at the foundry.

• Cernos Prime Requires a mastery rank of 12.

• [Cernos Prime] comes with 2 "V" Polarity Slots and alongside this a "Dash" Exilus Slot, because of this the builds on this weapon require 2 forma.

• [Cernos] Prime excels in Close to Medium Range Combat and deals with high leveled enemies of all factions in Small to Large Crowds.

• [Cernos Prime] has an Alternative Fire that switches the weapon from Horizontal Spread Shots to Vertical Spread Shots.

Comparison to Original Cernos

The Cernos Prime has a lot of buffs when compared to the original Cernos in different areas. These stats would be:

• Higher Base Damage at 276.0 Vs. 190.0

• Higher Status Chance at 30% Vs. 18%

• Higher Charge Attack Damage at 552.0 Vs. 380.0

• The only nerf the prime received compared to the original is the Lower Critical Chance at 35% Vs. 36%

Advantages Vs. Disadvantages

Advantages:

• Very High Critical Chance at 35%

• Very High Status Chance at 30%

• Deals 50% bonus Damage on Headshots

• Charged Shots have innate 1 meter Punch Through

• Innate Multishot of 3 arrows

• Pinpoint Accuracy while Aiming

Disadvantages:

• Low Puncture and Slash Damage at 13.8 / 5% Uncharged and 27.6 / 5% Charged Each

• Very Wide Spread

Builds

Corpus: Suggested up to Level 145

The Elements for the Cernos Prime against the Corpus will be Viral/Electricity. Viral amplifies health damage by 100% for 6 seconds and stacks up to 10 times for a total of 325%, meanwhile Electricity stuns the target for 3 seconds and deals 50% base damage per second for 6 seconds. The Build's Flex Slot is [Hammer Shot] and is really good. Impact helps against Shields, so Magnetic isn't needed for this weapon and Electricity helps against Robotic enemies. Viral is simply on the build to help amplify Electric DoT and Damage in general, so there isn't much more to say about this build.

Corrupted & Grineer: Suggested up to Level 145

The Elements for the Cernos Prime against the Corrupted and Grineer will be Viral/Slash. Slash's status effect is Bleed and after 1 second it deals 35% of the base damage per second for 6 seconds, which bypasses armor. The Build's Flex Slot is [Hammer Shot] and is so much fun to use. [Internal Bleeding] is on this build instead of [Hunter Munitions] due to the higher status chance. Even though it is only a 3% difference between Status and Critical Chance, [Internal Bleeding] has a 40% more chance to get Slash Procs, due to the Charge Rate being above 0.40. Which ends up working great against the two factions.

Infested: Suggested up to Level 145

The Elements for the [Cernos Prime] against the Infested will be Gas. Gas deals 50% base damage per second for 6 seconds in a 3 meter radius and stacks up to 10 times to a total of 6 meters. The Build's Flex Slot is [Hammer Shot] and work great! There isn't much to say about the Infested to be honest, cause all it does is annihilate them. Just simply stack [Split Flights] and once you get to 3 or 4 stacks you can one shot most infested enemies without an issue.

Recommended Alternative Mods

• Vigilante Supplies - In place of having no Exilus mod. This will cost two more Forma in order to have though.

• Arrow Mutation - In place of having no Exilus mod. This will cost one more Forma in order to have though

• Split Chamber - In place of [Split Flights] if you can't handle the Accuracy Loss or would rather just prefer it instead of Split Flights. This will increase the Combat Range, but decreases damage as well.

• Hunter Munitions - In place of Internal Bleeding if you don't have it.

Non-Recommended Alternative Mods

• Primed Bane Mods - They aren't bad per say, just not necessary in order to [Reach] optimal damage. However, if one chooses to incorporate them into the build replace Hammer Shot.

Synergy with Cernos Prime

There are several ways to enhance stats for this weapon:

Damage:

• Rhino's Roar adds bonus damage.

• [Nova]'s Molecular Prime makes all sources of damage increase by 100% against primed enemies, on top of that they will detonate upon death dealing blast damage.

• Mirage's Eclipse mixed with her Hall of Mirrors adds a massive damage bonus during the day or in light.

• Equinox's Rest & Rage in Day Form makes targets more vulnerable to Damage.

• Banshee's Sonar gives a huge damage Multiplier.

• Saryn's Toxic Lash mixed with her Spores abilities.

Critical Stats:

• Harrow's Covenant can add up to 50% Critical Chance and 200% on headshots.

• Volt's Electric Shield when shot through adds a 200% Critical Damage Multiplier.

• [Zephyr]'s Passive increases Critical Chance by 150% while airborne. Although I suggest switching to Split Chamber for her.

• Adarza Kavat with Cat's Eye can give a 60% Critical Chance boost.

• Smeeta Kavat with Charm can give a 200% Crit Chance.

Arcane Synergy

• Arcane Rage - Upon getting Headshot, 15% chance for 180% Damage to Primary Weapons for 24 seconds.

• Arcane Avenger - Upon being damaged, 21% chance for 45% Critical Chance for 12 seconds.

• Arcane Primary Charger - On Melee Kill, 30% chance for 300% damage to Primary Weapons for 12 seconds.

Riven Synergy

When you get your hands on a Riven for this weapon the Flex Slot to replace will be [Hammer Shot] and will only require 1 more Forma. In order to maximize Damage output with Cernos Prime, one will need to get lucky and get some nice stats. These stats would be:

• Ideal Stats - The Ideal Stats would be; Damage, Critical Damage, Critical Chance, and Negative Zoom or Weapon Recoil.

• Secondary Ideal Stats - The Next Best Stats would be; Damage, Critical Damage, Impact, and Negative Zoom or Weapon Recoil.

• True Balance Stats - True Elemental Balance would be; Toxin, Damage, Impact, and Negative Zoom or Weapon Recoil.

Other Good Stats:

• Negative Decreasing Physical Stats, other than Impact

• Fire Rate if you want Critical Delay instead of Point Strike to get the critical chance over 100%. (Don't go under a Charge Rate of 0.40)

• Toxin, as long as the Impact Riven stat is present.

• Negative Magazine Capacity

Bad Stats:

• Negative Impact

• Punch Through, unless you are using Split Chamber instead of Split Flights.

• Reload Speed

• Elemental increasing stats, other than Toxin

Ending

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