Understand Zhuge
Useful when…
- Sustained automatic fire when projectile travel is manageable.
- Building around its listed 20% critical chance or 35% status chance.
- Using its puncture-heavy 100-point damage profile as the basis for mod choices.
How does it fire?
The single listed attack is automatic and projectile-based, with a projectile speed of 90. Its damage is 5 Impact, 75 Puncture, and 20 Slash, for 100 listed total. The attack lists 20% critical chance, a 2× critical multiplier, and 35% status chance. The weapon fires at a listed rate of about 4.17, holds 20 bolts, and takes 2.5 seconds to reload. Unlike a hit-scan shot, its bolt travel means moving targets can require leading your aim.
What should guide a build?
The listed Madurai polarity can help fit compatible mods. Zhuge's substantial Puncture share, 20% critical chance, and 35% status chance offer several possible build considerations; mod selection should match the way you use the weapon and the slots available. Its mastery requirement is 10. Its 20-round magazine and reload time also make sustained firing and reload downtime relevant handling factors.
How do the alternatives differ?
Zhuge Prime is described as firing bolts that explode shortly after embedding, an added behavior absent from the supplied description of Zhuge. Mutalist Quanta is described as an automatic rifle that can deploy an irradiated airborne Infested mass, while Trumna is described as a heavy automatic rifle with a secondary arcing projectile attack fueled by primary-fire hits. Those descriptions point to distinct mechanics; they do not establish that any one is a direct upgrade for every purpose.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not treat the bolts as hit-scan: their projectile speed is listed as 90, and travel time affects shots against moving enemies. The 2.5-second reload can also interrupt firing after the 20-round magazine is spent. Zhuge Prime's embedding explosion belongs to that alternative's description and should not be assumed for Zhuge.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Projectile travel requires accounting for target movement.
- A 20-round magazine is followed by a 2.5-second reload.
- Its listed attack is a single mode; Zhuge Prime's described embedding explosion is a separate weapon property.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Aiming as if bolts were hit-scan shots.
- Ignoring the reload pause after spending the 20-round magazine.
- Assuming Zhuge has Zhuge Prime's described embedding explosion.