Brakk or Vaykor Marelok as overall secondary weapon ? ?

[Matxer]

If I use only 1 secondary weapon for multi purpose should it be Vaykor Marelok or Brakk ?

Brakk seems to me more allrounder with 3 plysical damages but shorter range.

[DaftMeat]

Situational. Vaykor if you need to hit something at range, Brakk if you want to want to play close-up or in stealth (which is ruined by Vaykor's syndicate effect).

[Latiac]

Both are great, Brakk seems better if you plan to use it casually for fun

Vaykor Marelok I imagine would fare better in the late game, Longer range, Crit, and a proc.

[Echorion]

Marelok, and pretend you are a western sharpshooter- use mesa or something and play the theme from "The good, The bad, and the ugly" on loop in your browser while you play.

[Rolunde]

15 minutes ago, Matxer said:

If I use only 1 secondary weapon for multi purpose should it be Vaykor Marelok or Brakk ?

Focusing on the "for multi purpose" part I say Vaykor Marelok is the winner.

Sure Brakk does buckets of damage, but this is at extremly close range. Which doesn't seem at all "multi-purpose" to me.

Vaykor Marelok does a very fine amount of damage at any range.

It's functional as a pocket sniper and works perfectly fine up close.

It's a nice package of accuracy, status, crit chance, damage, syndicate proc, rate of fire and reload speed.

It's one of the best.

Brakk's claim to fame is zomg-massive-damage at point blank.

To each their own, but I'm saying Vaykor Marelok.

Cheers.
~R~

Edited March 14, 2017 by Rolunde

[Xzorn]

Marelok is a much better weapon.

It's more ammo efficient, Better status, better accuracy for head-shots, viable long-range, better handling.

Also, Despite what the wiki claims, having three evenly distributed damage types isn't always a good thing or an "Advantage" as they call it.

You mostly want Slash weight, esp on a status weapon. Puncture can do alright on non-status weapons but eventually starts to cap out.  In case of V. Marelok Vs Brakk they both have 30% base Slash weight but Marelok actually has the status trigger to proc Slash on occasion while Brakk will hardly proc status effects at all since it uses shotgun mechanics. The status trigger is important as that's whats going to help a weapon stay viable through Corrosive procs without a group running Corrosive Projection.

Edited March 14, 2017 by Xzorn

[lukinu_u]

Vaykor Marelok because Brakk only a raw damage pocket-shotgun, so great for low/mid tier but fall off rapidely at high level where marelok still viable with its high status and crit stats.

[ashrah]

vaykor is way better cz have utility can heal u...100% stats great wepon.... i have brakk with 7forma and i am not impresed really

[CelticMoss]

Lex prime

[LSG501]

1 minute ago, CelticMoss said:

Lex prime

I was thinking this as well although personally I take the vaykor marelok at present (I've spent time adding forma etc)

[Kierlak]

1 hour ago, Matxer said:

If I use only 1 secondary weapon for multi purpose should it be Vaykor Marelok or Brakk ?

 If you want an actual general purpose secondary, the Aksiletto Prime is your best choice. It beats up nullifiers, it strips armor, and it will just flat out kill things for a long time. It's simple, effective, and doesn't rely on any gimmicks. It's straightforward and reliable, and is one of the few primes that's actually worth the effort of gathering the parts other than for MR.

[hatchetman]

Out of those 2 choices I'd go with vaykor marelok but if I had any to choose any I'd go with Aksiletto Prime.

[kyori]

Brakk has limited range of 25m if I am not wrong. You cannot hit anything beyond that range.

[(PSN)deadbeef001]

7 hours ago, Kierlak said:

 If you want an actual general purpose secondary, the Aksiletto Prime is your best choice. It beats up nullifiers, it strips armor, and it will just flat out kill things for a long time. It's simple, effective, and doesn't rely on any gimmicks. It's straightforward and reliable, and is one of the few primes that's actually worth the effort of gathering the parts other than for MR.

^^, true that.

Its a beast. I'll drop most primaries any given day in favor of the akstiletto.

[Kierlak]

51 minutes ago, kyori said:

Brakk has limited range of 25m if I am not wrong. You cannot hit anything beyond that range.

 I think it will technically hit things beyond 25 meters, but the damage drop off and the spread are so severe that it's almost like you didn't shoot them. if I remember right, the damage falls off a cliff past 10 meters, meaning it's basically a melee weapon that uses ammo.

[(PSN)maso_sage-mode]

both guns are amazing though. Id say brakk if you use a burst or 1 shot weapon and marelok if you play a shotgun as primary...at least i play like this xD

[(PSN)lhbuch]

V Marelock is straight up better. also since you mentioned overall, V marelock is a more " complete" gun, you can shoot at range, close, it heals, it can work nicelly with status... 

[Sloan441]

Totally different guns that serve different purposes.

Personally, the Brakk is my most used secondary, so I tend to prefer it, but it's not for every situation.

If I wanted a more accurate secondary to offset a bullet hose primary, I might choose the VMarelok. If I wanted the healing effect or the AC buff, I might choose the VMarelok.

If I wanted a close range sledgehammer to offset a slow firing primary, I might choose the Brakk. If I wanted a fast reloading secondary for skirmishing, I might choose the Brakk.

Which I actually choose will depend on what other stuff I'm using and what I plan on doing. Need drives the gear train.

[(XBOX)SLIM PR1ME]

vaykor marelock is much better and has syndicate proc as a bonus.  I always tend to use my 7 forma'd sonicor FTW.