Plasma Sword GUIDE
Understand Plasma Sword
Useful when…
- Use its normal attack profile when considering its physical damage mix.
- Consider the separate Electricity damage and falloff of its slam modes.
Normal attack
The normal attack has speed 0.667, 18% critical chance, a 2× critical multiplier, and 18% status chance. It deals 34 Impact, 88 Slash, and 12 Puncture damage. Listed range is 2.5, follow-through 0.6, and blocking angle 55 degrees.
Slam modes
The Slam Attack deals 400 Electricity damage in an AoE, has 10% status chance, and falls off to 7 m with 50% reduction at the endpoint. The Heavy Slam Attack deals 600 Electricity damage, has 10% status chance, and falls off to 8 m with 30% reduction at the endpoint.
Requirement and recipe
The sword requires Mastery Rank 4. Its listed build price is 20,000 credits and build time is 43,200 seconds. The recipe also lists Ferrite, an Orokin Cell, Polymer Bundle, and Salvage.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Normal attacks and slam attacks have different damage profiles.
- The normal attack's 18% status chance does not apply to the slam modes, which each list 10%.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Confusing slam damage with normal attack damage.
- Applying the Normal Attack status chance to the slam modes.