Understand Stinging Thorn
Useful when…
- Consider it for a compatible dagger stance slot if its described slash-and-stab style suits your preference.
- Compare its broad style and Madurai polarity with Homing Fang’s broad style and Naramon polarity.
Attack style and slot
Stinging Thorn is a standard Daggers stance mod with Madurai polarity, maximum rank 3, and listed base drain -2. Its description says “Vigorous slashes with forceful stabs”; it does not specify attack sequences, damage multipliers, or conditions.
Fusion ranks and costs
The listed fusion costs are 30 Endo and 1,449 Credits from rank 0 to 1, 60 Endo and 2,898 Credits from rank 1 to 2, and 120 Endo and 5,796 Credits from rank 2 to 3. The supplied information does not specify rank-dependent changes to attacks or drain.
Comparing dagger stances
Homing Fang is another standard dagger stance, described as “Fast strikes, many hits,” and has Naramon polarity. This gives a different broad attack description and polarity; it does not establish that the stances are interchangeable or quantify their attack properties. Piercing Fury is identified as a Conclave stance.
Listed sources
Listed sources include Eidolon Vomvalysts and Narmer and Tusk Thumpers. Their associated chance values are 0.03 for Eidolon Vomvalysts and 1.88 for each named Thumper entry; no unit is specified for these values.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Stinging Thorn has Madurai polarity; Homing Fang has Naramon polarity.
- Stinging Thorn’s description gives a broad style rather than individual attack details.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Inferring damage multipliers or attack conditions from the broad slash-and-stab description.
- Treating the chance values for listed sources as percentages when no unit is specified.
- Assuming the descriptions establish that Stinging Thorn and Homing Fang are interchangeable.