The Certus Brace is a brace used in Amp construction that increases the Critical Hit Chance of your Amp by 20%, directly improving burst damage for your Operator.
This bonus is especially effective when paired with Prisms or Scaffolds that have high Critical Damage, allowing critical hits to deal significantly more damage in Eidolon or Void Angel fights.
Because it only affects critical chance, builds that rely on single high-damage shots benefit the most, making the Certus Brace a common choice for focused DPS Amp setups.
How To Get Certus Brace?
The blueprint for the Certus Brace is sold by Little Duck in Fortuna once you reach the Instrument rank with Vox Solaris, costing 3,000 standing to purchase.
You can also receive it as a rank-up reward when advancing to Instrument, making it accessible either through direct purchase or progression through faction missions and bounties.
After acquiring the blueprint, the Certus Brace can be crafted in your Foundry using Sola Toroids, Marquise Thyst, Repeller Systems, and Tromyzon Entroplasma, with a crafting time of one hour.
Certus Brace Uses
The Certus Brace functions as the brace component of an Amp, modifying the weapon’s critical hit statistics rather than base damage or status chance.
Increasing the Critical Hit Chance by 20%, it allows the Amp to generate more critical hits per shot, which directly boosts total damage output when paired with high-critical multipliers.
This makes it particularly effective for Operator combat situations that rely on quick, high-damage bursts, such as fighting Eidolons, high-level Corpus, or Steel Path enemies.
Good Combinations
A classic setup is Raplak Prism with Propa Scaffold and Certus Brace, often referred to as the 177 build, which maximizes burst critical damage for Eidolon hunting.
Another effective combination is with Cantic Prism and Phahd Scaffold, which provides versatility by increasing both single-target critical hits and consistent damage against small groups.
For players who prioritize close-range Operator combat, pairing this brace with Klamora Prism with Phahd Scaffold creates a build with strong critical scaling and solid overall damage per shot.
Verdict
The Certus Brace is a must-have for Amp builds that focus on maximizing critical hits, as it directly improves critical chance without affecting other stats like status or base damage.
Although it requires reaching Instrument rank with Vox Solaris, this progression ensures you have access to a brace that scales well with high-damage Prisms and Scaffolds.
For any Operator build intended for Eidolon hunting, Void Angels, or other high-damage content, the Certus Brace remains one of the most effective options for increasing critical hit output.
