Dual Cestra

Corpus Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Dual Cestra
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Dual Pistols
Mastery Rank Requirement	7
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Auto
Utility
Accuracy	20
Ammo Max	480
Ammo Pickup	40
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●●● (1.35x)
Fire Rate	18.750 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	120
Reload Time	3.50 s
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Spread	5.00° (2.00° min, 8.00° max)
Normal Attack
5.2 ( 20%)
20.8 ( 80%)
Total Damage	26 (80.00%  Puncture)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	6.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.60x
Fire Rate	18.750 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (26.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	5.00° (2.00° min, 8.00° max)
Status Chance	20.00%
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	PROJECTILE
Riven Family	Dual Cestra
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 12.0 (2014-02-05)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Users	Darvo Jen Dro
Variants	Dual Cestra  Secura Dual Cestra
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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CODEX

Wield two Cestras to unleash a dual torrent of high energy bolts.

The Dual Cestra is the dual-wield variant of the Cestra, a rapid-fire Corpus sidearm. Compared to its single-handed counterpart, the Dual Cestra sports even faster fire rate and a larger magazine size and ammo capacity, at the expense of slower reload speed and lower accuracy.

It can be sold for 5000 Credits 5000.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000	1	1	2	1	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 25 Platinum 25
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:  15,000
Energy Lab Research • 3,000
8,000	10	400	200	150	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Fieldron
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• High damage – effective against armor.
• High status chance.
• Tied with Secura Dual Cestra and Twin Grakata for the second highest magazine size of all secondaries, behind Synoid Gammacor.
• High accuracy.
• Fast fire rate.
• Has one polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Low and no damage – less effective against shields and health.
  • Does not benefit from mods.
• Has a short spool-up time before reaching optimal fire rate.
• Projectiles have travel time.
• High recoil when fully spooled.
• Poor ammo economy.
• Very low critical chance.
• Below average critical damage multiplier.
• Very slow reload speed.

Comparisons Comparisons:

•  Dual Cestra (Normal Attack), compared to  Cestra (Normal Attack):
  • Equal base damage
  • Higher burst DPS (505.05 vs. 224.37)
  • Higher sustained DPS (326.49 vs. 175.61)
  • Higher fire rate (18.750 attacks/sec vs. 8.330 attacks/sec)
  • Larger magazine (120 vs. 60)
  • Larger max ammo capacity (480 vs. 420)
  • Slower reload time (3.50 s vs. 2.00 s)
  • Less accurate (20 vs. 33.33)
  • Wider first-shot spread (2.00° vs. 1.00°)
  • Wider maximum spread (8.00° vs. 5.00°)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 4)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●● (1.52x))

Comparisons:

•  Dual Cestra (Normal Attack), compared to  Secura Dual Cestra (Normal Attack):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (26.00 vs. 28.00)
    • Lower  Impact damage ( 5.2 vs. 5.6)
    • Lower  Puncture damage ( 20.8 vs. 22.4)
  • Lower total damage (26 vs. 28)
  • Lower base critical chance (6.00% vs. 16.00%)
  • Lower base status chance (20.00% vs. 28.00%)
  • Lower average damage per tap (26.93 vs. 30.68)
  • Higher burst DPS (505.05 vs. 383.6)
  • Higher sustained DPS (326.49 vs. 281.11)
  • Higher fire rate (18.750 attacks/sec vs. 12.500 attacks/sec)
  • Faster spool-up (0 rounds vs. 5 rounds)
  • Less polarities ( vs. )
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 10)
  • Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))
  • No innate Sequence effect

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Notes

• Dual Cestras can carry only up to 100 pistol rounds as a virtual magazine, despite a single Cestra carrying 60 rounds per magazine.
• Mastery 4 is not needed to build the Dual Cestras but is needed to build the single Cestras.

Tips

• Due to the high recoil of this weapon,  Steady Hands is recommended for better accuracy.

Trivia

• The Cestras' barrels rotate slowly clockwise when not in use and spin faster as they are fired.
• Released February 5, 2014 in Update 12.0 (2014-02-05).
• Color of projectiles is colored by the weapon's energy color.
• This is the first akimbo-type weaponry that has a spin-up feature.
• This is also the first dual-wield Corpus sidearm.

Bugs

• Continuing to hold down the fire button while the Dual Cestra has no ammo in its magazine will not trigger the reload animation. Instead the two will intertwine while the reload icon is being displayed.
• Currently the Dual Cestra and its counterparts (Cestra and Secura Dual Cestra) cannot increase the damage of Antimatter Drop.

Media

• Dual Cestra in Codex.

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Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 7
• Increased the speed fire rate ramps up
• Status chance increased from 5% to 20%
• Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 6%
• Critical damage increased from 1.5x to 1.6x
• Increased mag size from 100 to 120
• Ammo capacity increased from 210 to 480

See also=

• Cestra, the single counterpart of this weapon.
• Supra, the rifle counterpart of the regular Cestra. 
• Secura Dual Cestra, The Perrin Sequence custom version.