Understand Amalgam Serration
Useful when…
- Increase rifle damage.
- Gain sprint speed from a rifle mod.
Effects and fit
At maximum rank, this Standard Rifle mod provides +155% Damage and +25% Sprint Speed. It has Madurai polarity and base drain 6. It is incompatible with Serration, Higasa Serration, Flawed Serration, and Spectral Serration.
Rank costs and priorities
The mod has ten ranks. At rank 0 it provides +14% Damage and +2% Sprint Speed; rank 5 gives +85% and +14%, and rank 10 reaches the listed maximum. The last rank step costs 15,360 Endo and 741,888 credits, so compare the final gain against that steep investment. The listed standard Serration value is +165% Damage; Amalgam Serration trades some listed damage for sprint speed.
Different conditions
Flawed Serration has a lower +40% Damage value, while Spectral Serration lists +330% Damage while Invisible. That invisibility condition differs from Amalgam Serration's unconditional listed damage and sprint-speed package.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The maximum listed damage bonus is below the listed standard Serration bonus, with sprint speed as an added benefit.
- The final rank has a substantial Endo and credit cost.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the sprint-speed benefit compensates for the damage difference in every build.
- Ignoring the major cost of the final rank.