Understand Verglas
Useful when…
- Apply repeated Cold status effects while a Sentinel accompanies you.
- Use a beam weapon with reliable hit-scan accuracy and a large magazine.
What does Verglas do?
Verglas has one listed attack: a held, hit-scan beam dealing 26 Cold damage per shot. It fires at 12 shots per second, has 100 accuracy, and carries 80 rounds before a 2.2-second reload. Its attack has 8% critical chance and a 2× critical multiplier; status chance is 34%.
When should you consider it?
Consider Verglas when you want a companion weapon that repeatedly applies Cold rather than relying on a slow, single-shot attack. Its rapid fire and sizable magazine support sustained firing between reloads. The listed damage is entirely Cold, so its damage profile does not include Impact, Puncture, or Slash.
How does it compare?
Artax is another Sentinel ice-beam weapon, but the available comparison only establishes its companion-weapon role and lower listed critical chance and multiplier; it does not provide Artax's attack details. Deconstructor is specifically described as Helios's self-launched projectile weapon, while Multron is described as a MOA weapon that embeds bomb darts before they explode. Those descriptions indicate different weapon concepts, not direct performance comparisons.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- All listed normal-attack damage is Cold.
- The stated reload is 2.2 seconds after an 80-round magazine.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating the listed 34% status chance as critical chance; the normal attack's critical chance is 8%.
- Assuming the comparison descriptions establish Artax's or other candidates' firing statistics.