Understand Lacerten
Useful when…
- Equip as a Hound melee weapon.
- Use when an Impact and Slash damage profile is preferable to the alternate Puncture and Slash or Impact and Puncture Hound weapons.
Attack properties
Lacerten has one listed normal attack with a speed of 1. It deals 300 total physical damage: 150 Impact and 150 Slash. The attack has 10% critical chance, a 3× critical multiplier and 15% status chance. Its blocking angle is listed as 90 degrees.
Choose the damage mix
The listed damage is split evenly between Impact and Slash. Akaten instead is described as dealing Puncture and Slash, while Batoten is described as Impact and Puncture; both share Lacerten’s listed 10% critical chance and 3× multiplier. Choose between them based on the physical damage types you want from the Hound’s weapon rather than assuming the shared critical stats make their attacks identical.
Investment and limits
The 3× critical multiplier can make critical chance a relevant consideration, but the base chance is 10%; it does not guarantee frequent critical hits. The weapon’s 15% status chance is a separate property. Mod choices should reflect which of those effects you intend to support; no specific mod behavior or upgrade bonuses are provided here.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Its evenly split Impact and Slash profile differs from the named Hound alternatives.
- A 3× critical multiplier is paired with a 10% listed critical chance, so critical hits are not assured.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the 3× critical multiplier means the weapon frequently lands critical hits.
- Confusing Lacerten’s Impact and Slash damage with the alternate Hound weapons’ damage mixes.