Mallet

"Requires unobstructed line of sight between enemy and Mallet in order to deal damage." - Remember when it didn't and actually functioned LOGICALLY AND UNBROKEN, stupid morons putting line of sight requirement on this didn't stop and think for a god damn second to realize this would be broken on a upper level (ramp) where it can't damage enemies below

It should probably be noted that mallet can capture the cases in case capture in Fortuna bounties.

I have a question. how do i recast the mallet without it losing its stored potential damage?

Does acolytes affect by this skill?

Question: Does mallet pulses look smaller to the player who cast it or is it the same size all around? When I cast this ability my mallet seems to be much smaller compared to others.

I've been testing Octavia's abilities and thought this page could use a bit more info.

Things I've learned from my testing: The total damage stored seems to be dealt every half second with the size of individual packets of damage being based on the time between beats in of the mandachord's percussion. (lvl 145 infested charger hit my Hildryn's shield twice for 1283 damage on each hit. Mallet spec'd for 40% power strength mallet with 1x multplier and a half second between ticks. The charger swings twice at it followed by a short delay before damage starts. The first tick is 2405) The damage seems to decay at a rate of approximately -6% per half second, so the damage has a halflife of about 10s. The decay rate does not appear to be affected by duration or power strength (tested with 100% vs 207% vs 306% duration, as well as 10% vs 40% vs 315% strength). Damage does not drop off with range. Mallet will absorb less damage while being carried by resonator, despite it having a higher threat level, because charmed enemies don't attack as much. Using just mallet and amp will result in vastly greater damage output, at the cost of enemies being more likely to attack players. Also, I'm not sure if it's a simulacrum bug or not, but chargers (and afaik only chargers) seem to get slashed into pieces when they're killed by mallet as if they'd been killed by a slash weapon.

Idk if this requires verification by a moderator or something, but I think this is all relevant information that could be added to the page, especially the stuff regarding DPS and total damage stored and its rate of decay.

Does this work on most bosses? I never really used Octavia for boss fights, and have been wondering.

Does Madurai boost this?

grinners from the plains of eidolon doesn't seem to care about the mallet, they ignore it and don't get damage, is it a bug?

What affects the color of the part of Mallet’s tip of the visual that moves with beat (The one not affected by energy color)?

Does anyone know what type of damage this deals? Is it just based on whatever the enemy dealt? 

This skill seems to have both a limit to how much damage it will convert, and diminishes damage absorbed over time when it isn't under fire.

Dmg seems to diminish over time. I keep seeing dmg numbers at for instance 1000ish to eventually 0 throughtout the time of a single cast.

Why, DE? Why implement a frame with one reliable source of damage and have it restricted by line of sight and elevation. Near as I can tell this thing stops hurting enemies if they're behind a piece of paper or more than 2 feet above or below the AOE graphic.

Sound bounces around corners. You can hear things between rooms. Why does the bass of this not do damage if a tiny cardboard box is between you and the enemy....