Understand Pain Points
Useful when…
- Increase weak-point damage after weak-point hits with primary fire.
- Build and maintain up to ten stacks by continuing to hit weak points within the duration.
Effect and trigger
A weak-point hit with primary fire grants a weak-point damage bonus for 5 seconds, stacking up to 10 times. At rank 0 the bonus is 10% per stack; at rank 5 it is 60% per stack. The input identifies Athodai as the compatible weapon.
Rank investment
Pain Points has ranks 0 through 5. Ranking increases the bonus per stack without changing its five-second duration or ten-stack limit. The listed rank 4 to 5 step costs 480 Endo and 23,184 credits; that investment matters most if you can repeatedly land primary-fire weak-point hits.
Practical limitation
The effect requires weak-point hits with primary fire and lasts five seconds. It is therefore less useful if your attacks do not connect with weak points or if you switch away from primary fire; no effect for another attack mode is specified.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The bonus depends on weak-point hits from primary fire and has a short duration.
- It is a standard Athodai mod with Madurai polarity and base drain 2.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming secondary fire triggers the effect; the stated condition is primary fire.
- Expecting stacks to persist beyond the stated five-second duration.