Understand Tak & Lug
Useful when…
- Use normal attacks for the listed Slash-heavy damage profile.
- Use the unique Heavy Attack for the described thrown-shield area damage and Blast Status Effects.
- Read the Slam and Heavy Slam values as properties of those separate attack modes.
Unique thrown-shield Heavy Attack
The unique Heavy Attack throws the shield, deals damage in a wide area, and inflicts Blast Status Effects. This attack is distinct from the separately listed Heavy Slam mode.
Normal attacks and handling
Normal attacks deal 39.4 Impact and 157.6 Slash damage, with 21% critical chance, a 1.9× critical multiplier, and 31% status chance. Listed speed is 1, range is 2.5 m, follow-through is 0.6, and blocking angle is 70 degrees. The weapon requires Mastery Rank 9 and has a base Vazarin polarity.
Slam modes and other melee profiles
Slam Attack lists 394 Impact damage, with a 50% reduction at the 7 m endpoint. Heavy Slam lists 522 Blast damage, with a 30% reduction at the 8 m endpoint. These are the slam-mode values. Vastilok is a gunblade described as pairing high Slash damage with a heavy shotgun attack; Quassus is a warfan that scatters ethereal daggers. They have different weapon types and described attack profiles.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Normal attacks list a 1.9× critical multiplier.
- The weapon's listed melee range is 2.5 m.
- The unique Heavy Attack is described as a thrown-shield area attack that inflicts Blast Status Effects.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Do not attribute the Heavy Slam's 522 Blast damage to the unique thrown-shield Heavy Attack.
- Keep the slam figures associated with their separately listed Slam and Heavy Slam modes.