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Pathocyst: Thrown (Heavy Attack Detonation)

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Each strike of this infested glaive infects its target with viral pathogens. Occasionally, it discharges the spores of rabid, enemy-seeking maggots, either in-flight or on contact with the enemy.

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ITEM RANK

30

60 / 60

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FIRE MODE

MELEE
ATTACK SPEED
0.67
CRITICAL CHANCE
15%
CRITICAL MULTIPLIER
2.1x
RANGE
1.30m
RIVEN DISPOSITION
1.30
STATUS CHANCE
30%
DAMAGE
 IMPACT
57.0
 PUNCTURE
55.0
 SLASH
61.0
 VIRAL (❄ + 🕱)
89.0
TOTAL Damage
262.0
AVERAGE HIT
305.2
SUSTAINED DPS
203.5
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Pathocyst: Thrown (Heavy Attack Detonation)

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Build by The Simulacrum Warriors

Build Notes

Damage is significantly increased by detonating the [Glaive] with your heavy attack key after each throw. This is not a bounce focused build.

[Power Throw] requires very precise timing to chain consecutive throws.
This timing changes based on several factors including the distance to the enemy and when you manually detonate the [Glaive].
It can be replaced at a significant cost to your average damage per second.

[Volatile Quick Return] can make the timing for consecutive throws significantly more difficult in close range combat.
It can be replaced at a significant reduction in total range on the thrown explosions.

Tips for learning to use [Power Throw]:

  • Practice chaining throws without detonating the [Glaive]. Do this until you've built enough muscle memory to consistently keep the buff.
  • After detonating the glaive, immediately hold down the melee key to queue up another throw and keep the Power Throw buff.
  • Change your keyboard/controller bindings so that throwing then detonating the [Glaive] can be done quickly and seamlessly.
  • Use the "Melee with Fire Weapon Input" option in the game settings if you're struggling to aim the [Glaive] on controllers.
    (Caution: This setting has several bugs and can lock you out of certain mechanics in new updates.)
  • Try detonating the [Glaive] slightly behind enemies to give yourself more time to chain the next throw.
  • Once you've mastered detonating the [Glaive] at various ranges, the final thing to learn is instant detonations. This requires you to throw the [Glaive], detonate it instantly, and then chain another throw to repeat the process. This is very difficult and can't be done on reaction. This skyrockets the damage per second.

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