Understand Basmu
Useful when…
- Use the automatic projectile attack when firing individual explosive bolts is appropriate.
- Use the held attack as its separate beam mode, and understand that the described health-leech period follows full battery drain.
Keep the attack modes separate
The Auto attack is a projectile traveling at a listed speed of 120 and deals 39 Electricity damage. A separate Radial Attack deals 19 Heat damage in a 1.7 m area, with 20% damage reduction at maximum falloff. The Held attack is hitscan and lists 12 Electricity damage, 2% critical chance, a 4.8× critical multiplier, and 30% status chance. Its critical profile differs sharply from the 15% chance and 2× multiplier listed for the other two attacks.
Battery, handling, and investment
The description says the rifle can barrage with explosive bolts or draw on its regenerative battery to create twin plasma beams that chain through targets; when fully drained, it leeches Health from nearby foes for a short period. The supplied detailed attack listing labels the modes Auto, Radial Attack, and Held, but does not quantify battery timing or the health-leech amount. It fires at a listed 12 rounds per second, has a 21-round magazine, and a 0.7-second reload. It requires Mastery Rank 11 and has one Madurai polarity.
Alternatives and limits
Nagantaka is a crossbow comparison with a precise bolt and alternate-fire barrage, rather than Basmu's described battery-and-beam behavior. Haalvu's alternate fire splits into rifles that track up to four targets while consuming more ammunition per shot. Shedu has an ammo-less capacitor and a fully discharged pulse with a stated Sentient resistance-stripping effect. Those are different mechanics; choose among them based on the particular behavior you want, not on critical chance alone.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Different listed attack modes have very different critical profiles.
- The detailed facts do not quantify battery duration or the amount of Health leeched.
- The radial damage area is limited to 1.7 m.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Conflating the projectile, radial, and held attack statistics.
- Assuming the health-leech effect occurs before the battery is fully drained.
- Assuming the held attack shares the Auto attack's critical chance.