Shotgun Elementalist GUIDE
Understand Shotgun Elementalist
Useful when…
- Add status damage while increasing the number of shots between reloads.
- Use on a shotgun when the combined bonuses are more useful to your build than a single-purpose mod.
What it does
At rank 5, it provides +90% Status Damage and +60% Magazine Capacity. At rank 0, those bonuses are +15% and +10%, respectively. The listed Status Damage bonus is not a final-damage figure.
Fit and investment
This is a standard shotgun mod with Vazarin polarity, base drain 4, and a maximum rank of 5. Rank it when both effects earn a place in your build; the listed rank 4-to-5 fusion step costs 320 Endo and 15,456 Credits. Ammo Stock offers the same +60% Magazine Capacity without Status Damage, while Atomic Fallout combines that capacity with +60% Radiation. Those are different effect packages, not automatic replacements.
Practical limit
It is compatible with shotguns. Its capacity bonus does not itself increase damage, and the combined bonuses still take one standard slot.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Uses a standard slot for two bonuses, so it competes with other shotgun mods.
- The listed rank 4-to-5 step has a substantially higher fusion cost than earlier steps.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating +90% Status Damage as a stated increase to final weapon damage.
- Ranking it fully when one of its two bonuses is not useful to the build.