Understand Phantasma Prime
Useful when…
- Sustained fire with the beam against targets in its line of sight.
- Charged projectile use when an explosive impact and bomblet burst suit the encounter.
How do its two attacks differ?
The held beam is hitscan, fires at 12 per second, and deals 5 Impact plus 10 Radiation per listed beam hit. Its attack values are 11% critical chance, 1.9× critical multiplier, and 22.2% status chance. The separately listed plasma bomb is a projectile with a one-second charge time: its impact deals 15 Impact, and its explosion deals 73 Radiation with 50% damage reduction by 4.8 m. The bomblet impacts deal 3 Impact each and their explosions deal 18 Radiation each. Those attack entries have 3% critical chance and 37% status chance. These are distinct attack modes, so the beam's stats should not be applied to the bomb or bomblets.
What handling and investment should I expect?
The beam has a 12-round-per-second fire rate, 11-round magazine, and listed 0.5-second reload; the trigger is Held. The weapon requires Mastery Rank 14 and has three listed polarities: two Madurai and one Naramon. These give a practical starting point for fitting compatible upgrades, but no specific mod bonuses or final damage are established here. The description says Revenant increases its magazine capacity when wielding it; it does not provide the size of that increase.
What should I compare it with?
The standard Phantasma is described with the same beam-and-charged-bomb concept and Revenant magazine bonus, but its listed Mastery requirement is 9 rather than 14. Boar Prime is described as a shotgun with higher fire rate, magazine capacity, and per-shot damage than its standard version; Arca Plasmor is described as a plasma shotgun that staggers targets and deals Radiation to survivors. These are alternative handling or effect descriptions, not proof of direct performance equivalence.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Beam and charged explosive attacks have separate stats and handling.
- Requires Mastery Rank 14; Revenant's magazine increase is conditional and unquantified.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Do not assign the beam's critical or status values to the bomb and bomblet attacks; their listed values differ.
- Do not assume Revenant's magazine bonus applies to every wielder.