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Basic Gauss

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Take charge with the Saint of Altra. Gauss is fast, deals high damage, and has strong survivability. Movement charges his powerful battery, so never stop moving.

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ITEM RANK

30

60 / 60

APPLY CONDITIONALS

ENERGY
225
HEALTH
370
SHIELD
555
SPRINT SPEED
1.4
DURATION
100%
EFFICIENCY
100%
RANGE
100%
STRENGTH
100%
ARMOR
185
Damage Reduction
38.1%
EFFECTIVE HIT POINTS
1,338
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Gauss builds
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Basic Gauss

Basic [Gauss] is built for average functions across all his abilities, simple to use and capable of taking on a lot of content.

Redline lasts for 62 seconds, this should be always on. Recast it every time.

Kinetic Plating also lasts for 62 seconds, this should be always on. Recast it every time.

Using Mach [Rush], the Cold cast of Thermal Sunder, and using Melee will charge your Battery, and a fully charged Battery will unlock a metric tonne of functions while using Redline.

Please note: Redline charges based on how much Battery you have, but once you [Reach] 100% Redline Charge, you stop draining your Battery and can use 100% of all Gauss' abilities.

While at maximum Redline and with Kinetic Plating active, the following things happen:

  • Kinetic plating grants 100% damage reduction to Heat, Cold, Blast, Impact, Puncture and Slash.
  • 5% of all damage taken (even while you're immune) is converted to Energy.
  • You gain 100% melee damage and stagger enemies on melee hit.
  • All abilities that would drain the Battery (such as the Heat cast Thermal Sunder or taking damage with Kinetic Plating) do not drain the Battery.
  • Thermal Sunder will instantly freeze enemies in range with the Cold side (default is Tap 3)
  • Thermal Sunder will apply maximum damage to enemies in range with the Heat side (default is hold 3)
  • If you cast the Cold and Heat Thermal Sunder in succession, you strip 100% Armour from enemies in range.
  • Mach Rush costs 50% less
  • You gain massive bonuses to Reload Speed, Holster Speed, Attack Speed and Fire Rate.

What this all means is that Gauss is an amazing frame to use as a hybrid Melee/Gun frame. To build up his Battery, Melee will be your friend, but while its active the fire/reload/holster buffs make him fantastic for Guns too.

With two Augur mods in your build, you can exploit the Shield Gate and the damage reduction from Kinetic Plating to survive almost anything, and anything he can't survive you can freeze solid with Thermal Sunder and ignore.

Remember to tap 1 often, it will get you places faster, but it will also smash into scenery and knock down enemies around you. It will also apply Bleed to enemies while you have Kinetic Plating active.