Understand Battacor
Useful when…
- Use the burst primary to engage enemies and build the charge described for the weapon.
- Use the charged secondary when a direct hit and small area burst are both useful.
Primary burst and secondary discharge
Normal Attack is a projectile mode listed at 2.5 attacks per second, dealing 24 Puncture and 42 Magnetic damage, with 32% critical chance, 2.4× critical multiplier, and 18% status chance. Secondary Fire is a separate hitscan attack with a 0.4-second charge time, 208 Radiation damage, 34% critical chance, 3× critical multiplier, and 8% status chance. Its separate AoE component also lists 208 Radiation damage, with 50% status chance and falloff from 0 to 3.4 m, reducing damage by 40% at the end.
Practical handling and investment
The weapon is labeled Auto Burst, with a 60-round magazine and 2-second reload. The description says charge builds the more it kills and that a full-capacity discharge is released through the secondary fire. The detailed properties do not quantify how many kills fill capacity, so treat the secondary as a conditional payoff rather than a shot that is always ready. It requires Mastery Rank 10; no starting polarity is listed in the supplied properties.
Related rifles
Higasa offers a different utility condition: aiming creates a shield, and kills and blocked shots charge an alternate-fire beam. Shedu's description focuses on thermal pulses, an electrical blast, and its capacitor pulse against Sentients. Tenora is described as combining machine-gun fire and a charged single shot, with a headshot-kill reload benefit for Octavia. These alternatives have distinct conditions and should not be treated as interchangeable Battacor mechanics.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The secondary payoff depends on building charge through kills.
- The secondary takes 0.4 seconds to charge and its AoE has 3.4 m falloff.
- Primary projectiles travel rather than hitting instantly.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the secondary discharge is always charged and ready.
- Treating the secondary's direct hit and AoE as one attack statistic.
- Expecting the primary projectile to behave like hitscan.