Understand Mandonel
Useful when…
- Using the partially charged horizontal spread attack.
- Creating the Radiation field with the fully charged attack and using the described projectile-field interaction.
Spread and charged attack
The horizontal spread entry is a projectile attack with listed speed 3, 25% critical chance, a 2× multiplier, and 15% status chance. Its damage lists 25 Impact, 10 Slash, 15 Puncture, and 40 Radiation. The fully charged attack has a listed charge_time of 1.5 seconds and is a hitscan attack described as a beam; it lists 200 Puncture, 300 Heat, and 400 Radiation, with 30% critical chance, a 2.5× multiplier, and 20% status chance. Its description says the beam dissolves into a Radiation field and projectiles passing through the field are empowered, without specifying a numeric bonus.
Magazine and fitting
Mandonel has a 30-round magazine, 3-second reload, and one base Madurai polarity. The attack entries list different critical and status values for spread and charged attacks. The listed multishot value does not specify a numeric field bonus.
Other firing patterns
Corvas is described as a fully charged flak-cannon shot suited to taking down fast-moving interceptors. Fluctus is described as a semi-automatic Archwing energy weapon that sends plasma waves. Cortege is described as a heavy flamethrower with an explosive secondary. These have different described firing patterns; Mandonel’s field interaction is specific to its description.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The fully charged attack has a listed 1.5-second charge_time.
- The field interaction has no numeric effect specified.
- Spread and charged attack entries have different listed damage and critical/status values.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating spread and charged attacks as the same entry.
- Calling the listed charge_time a guaranteed full-charge duration.
- Inferring a numeric field bonus not specified in the description.