Helix Cannon

Hold to charge a plasma bolt, let go to fire. The longer the charge, the harder it hits and the bigger the blast. The Helix Cannon is a prototype-grade heavy in Squadbreak that any class can use as a primary.

A tier95 DPS5 rounds2s reloadUsable from level 19Made by Ironhide Foundry−18% move speedAutomatic

Stats

As it drops, and with every upgrade part at its Prototype cap (10 levels, before Augment Cores). Your level, skills, mods and boosts add more damage and fire rate on top.

Stat	As found	Fully upgraded
Damage per shot	45 + 90 blast	81 + 90 blast
Shots per second	0.9	1.35
Magazine	5	15
Reload	2s	0.6s
Range	950	1,710
Bullet speed	950	1,710
Spread	0.01	0.001
Crit chance	0%	30%
Damage per second (with reloads)	95	657

Traits

−18% move speed while in your hands
Hold to charge (1.6s), let go to fire: up to 2.3x damage
The blast grows with the charge
Overheats after 5 shots in a row, then cools for 2.7s
Explodes (130 radius)

How to get it

The Helix Cannon only drops in missions, from gun cases (amber) dropped by enemies, bosses and mission wins. It can drop once you’re level 17 or higher (gear more than 2 levels above you never drops), and you can equip it from level 19: until then it waits in your Inventory, locked. It belongs to the character who found it.

Prototype is the grade rolled on 0% of drops on tier-1 maps, 0% of drops on tier-2 maps, 8% of drops on tier-3 maps, 20% of drops on tier-4 maps, and 35% of tier-4 boss drops. See loot and drops.

A gun you already own is scrapped for gold when it drops again.

Upgrades

Spend gold in the Inventory to upgrade each part up to its grade’s cap. Taking every part to the cap costs about 201,540 gold. An Augment Core plus gold then pushes a capped part 2 levels further at 1.5× strength.

Part	Group	Per level	Max levels
Heavy Barrel	Damage	+8% damage	10
Precision Optics	Damage	+3% crit chance	10
Hollow Points	Damage	+20% crit damage	10
Hair Trigger	Damage	+5% fire rate	10
Stabilizer	Handling	+12% less spread	10
Long Barrel	Handling	+8% range and bullet speed	10
Extended Mag	Handling	+20% ammo capacity	10
Speed Loader	Handling	+10% faster reload	10
Burst Chamber	Rounds	+1 extra round per shot	3
Penetrator Rounds	Rounds	+1 more enemy pierced	10
Phase Rounds	Rounds	+1 wall passed through	3
Seeker Module	Rounds	+1 homing strength	3
Shrapnel Tips	Effects	+8% of each hit splashes nearby	10
Vampiric Rounds	Effects	+2% of damage heals you	10
Arc Coil	Effects	+6% chance to arc to another enemy	10
Elemental Core	Effects	+10% elemental effect chance	10
Blast Radius	Effects	+12% explosion radius	10
Cluster Payload	Effects	+1 bomblet scattered by every explosion	4
Serrated Rounds	Effects	+6% chance to make enemies bleed	10
Terror Rounds	Effects	+4% chance to make enemies flee in fear	10

Other heavy

Gun	Type	Grade	Level	Damage	Shots/s	Mag	Reload s	Range	Move	DPS
Rotary Cannon	Heavy	Elite	11	12	9	60	2.4	620	−20%	77
Minigun	Heavy	Elite	14	10.5	16	240	4.5	640	−25%	125
Railgun	Heavy	Prototype	18	142.5	0.8	4	1.8	1,400	−18%	80

All heavy · Every gun in Squadbreak · Weapon tier list

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