Understand Zhuge Prime
Useful when…
- Using an automatic crossbow with a 30-round magazine and 5.5 fire rate.
- Considering both the projectile and separate explosion attack when evaluating its listed damage.
What are the two attack entries?
Arrow Impact is a projectile with listed speed 80. It deals 10 Impact, 22.5 Puncture, and 17.5 Slash, with 26% critical chance, a 2× critical multiplier, and 30% status chance. Arrow Explosion is a separate AoE entry dealing 11.2 Impact, 24.8 Slash, and 4 Puncture; it lists the same critical chance, multiplier, and status chance. The weapon description says the bolt explodes shortly after embedding; the attack entries themselves do not specify that timing. The explosion's listed falloff ends at 2.6 m, with 30% damage reduction at the end.
What are its handling and access requirements?
Zhuge Prime has an automatic trigger, a 30-round magazine, a listed fire rate of 5.5, and a 3-second reload. Its Mastery requirement is 14. The recipe lists a build price of 15,000 and a build time of 43,200 seconds.
How does it compare with these primaries?
The standard Zhuge has a Mastery requirement of 10, compared with 14 for Zhuge Prime; the supplied comparison does not include its detailed handling or damage figures. Fulmin Prime is described as switching between lightning beams and short-range bursts. Latron Prime is listed as a rifle, with a 10 Mastery requirement, 22% critical chance, and a 2.8× critical multiplier. These facts describe different requirements and weapon formats, not a damage ranking.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The explosion's listed falloff ends at 2.6 m, with 30% reduction at the end.
- The magazine holds 30 rounds and the listed reload time is 3 seconds.
- Mastery requirement is 14.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating the projectile and explosion as a single attack entry.
- Attributing a specific status outcome to the listed status chance.
- Reading the falloff reduction as applying across the entire range rather than at its listed end.