Understand Flawed Piercing Hit
Useful when…
- Add a modest Puncture bonus when mod capacity is constrained.
- Use the Flawed variant as a temporary Puncture option.
Effect and restriction
Flawed Piercing Hit is a Flawed standard-slot Rifle mod with Naramon polarity and base drain 2. It grants +3% Puncture at rank 0, +9% at rank 2, and +12% at rank 3. Its incompatibleNames field explicitly lists Piercing Hit, so the two variants cannot be equipped together.
Compared with the standard mod
Piercing Hit is a standard Common Rifle mod with the same Naramon polarity, base drain 4, and a listed maximum of +90% Puncture. Flawed Piercing Hit has lower drain and a much lower listed bonus. Aerial Ace is an Exilus rifle mod for refreshing Double Jump after a kill while airborne; Agile Aim is a Conclave Exilus mod that increases movement speed while aiming. Those are separate roles, not Puncture alternatives.
Investment
It reaches rank 3; the listed final step costs 40 Endo and 1,932 Credits. The standard Piercing Hit’s higher maximum is the relevant comparison if you have that mod and capacity for it. Do not treat the Flawed variant’s lower drain as a reason to equip both, since they are explicitly incompatible.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Lower drain than the standard version, but substantially lower listed maximum bonus.
- Cannot be equipped alongside Piercing Hit.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Trying to equip both Flawed Piercing Hit and Piercing Hit.
- Assuming the Flawed mod’s low drain comes with the standard version’s Puncture bonus.