Understand Cutting Edge
Useful when…
- Increase the Melee Damage bonus on an Archmelee weapon.
Effect and fit
Cutting Edge grants +10% Melee Damage at rank 0, +60% at rank 5, and +110% at rank 10. It is a standard Madurai-polarity Archmelee mod with base drain 6. The stated percentage is the mod's bonus, not a calculated final weapon damage value.
Rank costs
The listed cost for rank 0 to 1 is 20 Endo and 966 Credits; rank 5 to 6 costs 640 Endo and 30,912 Credits; rank 9 to 10 costs 10,240 Endo and 494,592 Credits. The final ranks are a steep investment, so weigh the incremental bonus against the capacity and resources you need elsewhere.
Different Archmelee functions
Extend adds +3 Melee Range and +100 Attraction Range in space. Astral Autopsy performs a Codex scan on fatal strikes, conditional on an equipped Codex Scanner with an available charge. Astral Slash adds +90% Slash. These options affect range, scanning, or damage type respectively; none duplicates Cutting Edge's general Melee Damage bonus.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Maximum rank is expensive in Endo and Credits.
- Uses base drain 6 in a standard Archmelee slot.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Installing it on a non-Archmelee weapon.
- Treating +110% as final damage or overlooking the sharply rising costs at high ranks.