Understand Gladiator Vice
Useful when…
- Increasing melee attack speed
- Using a Madurai-polarity melee mod
Effect and fit
Vice grants +30% Attack Speed at rank 5, +5% at rank 0, and +20% at rank 3. It is a standard melee mod with Madurai polarity, base drain 4, and maximum rank 5.
Investment and alternatives
Listed examples cost 30 Endo and 1,449 Credits for rank 0 to 1, 120 Endo and 5,796 Credits for rank 2 to 3, and 480 Endo and 23,184 Credits for rank 4 to 5. Berserker Fury grants up to +35% Attack Speed for 10 seconds on melee kill and stacks up to 2x, making it kill-conditioned. Amalgam Organ Shatter adds critical damage and heavy-attack wind-up speed, while Dispatch Overdrive is an Exilus mod that grants movement speed after a heavy-attack hit. Their conditions and effects differ from Vice's direct attack-speed bonus.
Limitations
Vice lists only attack speed. It does not require a kill or heavy-attack hit, but also provides no additional stat in its supplied effect.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- High-rank investment is steep.
- Conditional speed from Berserker Fury may suit sustained melee kills, while Vice has no listed trigger.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Confusing attack speed with movement speed.
- Comparing it to Berserker Fury without accounting for the latter's kill trigger and duration.