Understand Enduring Bastille
Useful when…
- Extending Bastille during kills inside its area.
- Extending a Vortex by throwing additional Vortexes into it.
Two separate duration effects
Killing an enemy in Bastille extends its duration by 2 seconds. For Vortex, each additional Vortex thrown into it increases its duration by a fraction of its Maximum Duration: 50% at rank 0, 60% at rank 2, and 70% at rank 3. The Vortex effect requires an additional Vortex to be thrown into an existing one; it is distinct from Bastille's kill-triggered extension.
Compatibility and investment
This is a Zenurik-polarity standard mod for Vauban, with base drain 6 and maximum rank 3. Bastille's listed 2-second extension is constant across ranks, while the Vortex fraction improves with rank. The example rank 2-to-3 upgrade costs 120 Endo and 5,796 Credits; it raises that fraction from 60% to 70%.
Other Vauban augments
Tesla Bank modifies Tesla Nervos: an enemy's health when a Nervos first attaches is converted into an 8 m Electricity burst when that enemy dies. Photon Repeater modifies Photon Strike and, if a strike hits at least five enemies, makes the next cast cost no Energy and fire two additional strikes. These are distinct ability effects rather than duration extensions for Bastille or Vortex.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Bastille extension requires a kill inside Bastille.
- Vortex duration extension requires throwing additional Vortexes into it.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming Bastille's 2-second kill extension increases with rank.
- Applying the Vortex extension without throwing an additional Vortex into an existing one.