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With the release of Jade Shadows, all damage\h
has changed forever. The types that were\h\h

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good and bad have shifted, the nature of\h
various procs overhauled. Fair warning,\h\h

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talking about damage in full like this means\h
talking at times about quest locked content,\h\h

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so there will be spoilers\h
up to Whispers in the Wall.

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I'll walk you through how every damage type and\h\h

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its associated status proc works so\h
you can get the most out of them.

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I'm TheKengineer, let's solve a practical problem.

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a practical purchase. Right,\h
on with the damage types.

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The available types hasn't changed with\h
this update. There are still 15 ish types\h\h

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of damage you can deal across different weapons,\h
features, and abilities. However all enemy health,\h\h

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shield, and armor types are now gone.\h
Instead each enemy faction or subfaction\h\h

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has their own weaknesses and occasionally\h
resistance to a handful of damage types,\h\h

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affecting their entire hitpoint pool.\h
These damage types then can be broken\h\h

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down into the physical, basic element,\h
combined element, and exotic types.

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Physical comprises Impact, Puncture,\h
and Slash. Most weapons will contain\h\h

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some spread of these types, occasionally\h
having only one or two types but typically\h\h

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using all three with different weightings.\h
If a weapon lacks a physical damage type,\h\h

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that type cannot be added to the weapon\h
through ordinary modding by any means,\h\h

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including the physical mods. Physical\h
mods are in effect weaker elemental mods,\h\h

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acting identically except for only\h
enhancing their matching base damage type.

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Impact damage, a blunt force approach to killing,\h
offers a damage bonus against all Grineer enemies.\h\h

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This is a change from the past where it used to be\h
bonused against shields. Due to this bonus you'll\h\h

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deal 50% more damage with the impact portion of\h
a weapon than with other non bonused damage types\h\h

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against the Grineer. However, the old effect of\h
a damage bonus ignoring part of enemy armor has\h\h

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been removed. It's a simple 50% damage bonus\h
now. Pure impact damage will now kill Grineer\h\h

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twice as fast as it did before the update, while\h
dispatching some Corpus only slightly slower.

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The impact proc causes a stagger effect on most\h
enemies, effectively a brief stun. In addition,\h\h

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it increases the hitpoint threshold at which\h
heavy units like Eximus can be mercy killed\h\h

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as shown by the moving marker on their health\h
bar. You can therefore use impact procs to help\h\h

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dispatch of heavy units without needing\h
the damage output to quickly kill them,\h\h

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letting you punch above your weight. This also\h
makes it easier for you to get the benefits of\h\h

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mercy kills such as from Parazon mercy mods.\h
Impact procs are hard capped at 5 effects,\h\h

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with the 6th effect applied replacing\h
the oldest proc on the target.

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Puncture damage, a piercing stab or shot,\h\h

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offers a damage bonus against normal Corpus\h
enemies as well as Corrupted enemies,\h\h

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recorded in the UI as Orokin faction. This bonus\h
will apply against both shields and health,\h\h

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granting a 50% damage bonus to the puncture\h
portion. Special Corpus enemies, specifically\h\h

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the Corpus found on Jupiter, are not weak to\h
Puncture damage. Puncture will now kill some\h\h

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Corpus enemies substantially faster than before,\h
but is weaker against all Grineer, all Murmur,\h\h

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and some Infested and Sentients. Pure puncture\h
will take up to three times longer to kill\h\h

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enemies previously considered Ferrite Armored,\h
though the new armor cap will mitigate that.

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The puncture status effect is weakness,\h
causing the target to deal substantially\h\h

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lower damage. At its smallest this applies\h
a 40% damage reduction debuff and this is\h\h

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applied twice multiplicatively to status\h
effect damage. With a single proc then,\h\h

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on an enemy or a player, their status\h
effects will deal only 36% of the damage\h\h

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they were doing without the puncture effect.\h
Additional procs increase the penalty by 10%\h\h

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to a max of 80% with 5 procs, consequently\h
reducing status proc damage to just 4%.

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Puncture effects also apply a flat bonus to\h
critical chance for attacks against the target.\h\h

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Every puncture proc applies a 5% bonus to critical\h
chance for incoming attacks, calculated as a final\h\h

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value after all other bonuses. If the attacker\h
would normally have a 10% critical chance,\h\h

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and the target has the full 5 puncture procs\h
on them, the critical chance climbs to 35%.

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Despite being an increase to critical chance,\h
seeking to add puncture to a setup is likely to be\h\h

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worse for damage than focusing on other options.\h
You cannot add puncture to a weapon that lacks it,\h\h

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and investing in puncture where it already exists\h
is always at the expense of increasing something\h\h

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else instead. For that reason puncture shouldn't\h
be modded for, merely enjoyed when it exists.

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Last of the physical types is Slash, the cutting\h
and slicing approach. Slash damage has a bonus\h\h

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against ordinary Infested and the Narmer faction,\h
a threat after the New War quest. Classically\h\h

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Infested are not resilient, and Narmer are found\h
in exceptionally few places, making the slash\h\h

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bonus itself relatively weak. However, compared\h
to how things were before Slash has actually been\h\h

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buffed further than this. Slash damage used to\h
be massively reduced in effectiveness against\h\h

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all Grineer and Murmur faction enemies, as well\h
as a handful of Corpus enemies. All of those\h\h

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resistances have been wiped out, buffing pure\h
slash damage as a result. Pure slash against\h\h

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heavy Grineer units like Bombard for example\h
should kill them over twice as fast as before.

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Slash status effect is bleed, causing the target\h
to repeatedly take damage over time every second\h\h

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for six seconds, starting 1 second after the\h
proc lands. This damage over time is based on\h\h

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your weapon's damage with all bonuses included\h
except for any elemental and physical mods.\h\h

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The total value is then multiplied by 0.35,\h
further multiplied by any faction bonus you have,\h\h

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and damages the enemy for this value\h
every second while ignoring armor.

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As the calculation ignores your weapon's\h
physical mods, applying slash mods to\h\h

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your weapon will increase slash damage and the\h
chance a status proc you land is a slash proc,\h\h

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but it does nothing to increase the\h
damage of the slash status effect itself.

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On the flip side, it ignoring armor means that\h
with no elemental or physical mods involved,\h\h

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the slash status effect will deal more\h
damage every second than the direct hit\h\h

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of your weapon if the target has any more than\h
65% damage resistance, such as from 1409 armor.

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While slash procs usually only come from\h
slash weighted weapons, you can force them\h\h

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to occur in various ways, such as using the\h
Internal Bleeding mod, Hunter Munitions mod,\h\h

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or certain melee moves and stances. As slash proc\h
damage is based on your weapon's overall damage,\h\h

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not just the slash portion, a slash proc from\h
a non-slash weapon still works just fine.

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Out of all the physical types, the lack of\h
being able to mod for them directly means you\h\h

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cannot directly choose which type you're using\h
without choosing an entirely different weapon.\h\h

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The flattening of damage type modifers and capping\h
of high level armor also means that type selection\h\h

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for physical damage is even less important. While\h
a 50% damage bonus is noticeable, choosing it at\h\h

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the cost of an otherwise worse weapon for the\h
job will make the net effect relatively low.\h\h

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Whether that's a weapon that's less powerful,\h
or a weapon that's less fun, picking it up is\h\h

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not as important. The exception to this is Slash\h
weighted weapons as they remain the higher damage\h\h

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option in almost all circumstances due to having\h
the only damaging proc from physical damage.

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Onto the basic elements. Here we have\h
Heat, Cold, Electric, and Toxin. It's\h\h

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important to remember them in that order,\h
known as HCET, due to how they function in\h\h

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modding. I've covered HCET in its own video,\h
so let's just focus on what these types do.

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Heat damage has a 50% damage bonus against\h
normal Infested, but deals half damage to\h\h

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Kuva Grineer. At first glance this may seem like\h
Heat is overall lacking. After all, what use is\h\h

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a damage bonus against the weakest enemies and a\h
damage nerf against some of the tankiest? Well for\h\h

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heat damage itself that is the whole story. The\h
true power of heat is all in its status effect.

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The heat effect is unsurprisingly to\h
burn enemies. Burning causes targets\h\h

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to panic for a moment, effectively stunning\h
them. Burning also deals damage over time,\h\h

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based on your weapon damage similar to slash\h
but applying 50% of the value rather than 35%,\h\h

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plus it benefits from any modded heat bonus. The\h
burning effect also reduces the target's armor.

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"How much armor?" you might ask. Heat\h
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existing armor over the course of\h
two seconds. Existing armor here\h\h

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refers to whatever is left after\h
reductions such as from abilities.

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Historically enemies could have as low\h
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of thousands. In extreme cases you could even\h
face off against over 100,000 armor. That has\h\h

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changed. Now all enemies that spawn with armor\h
have a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 2700.

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Not only that but the way their armor\h
protects them has changed. Instead of\h\h

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using the Tenno formula which is\h
Armor divided by Armor plus 300,\h\h

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enemies have a brand new equation. For\h
them it's Armor times three, square rooted,\h\h

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then divided by 100. I've put the two curves\h
these equations produce side by side here.

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Basically enemies with really low armor,\h
like Butchers, now have merely low armor\h\h

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rather than functionally non-existent. Enemies\h
with really high armor, like Heavy Gunners,\h\h

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quickly reach a cap and just stop getting more\h
resistant, growing only in hitpoints. Enemies\h\h

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with middle ground armor between the two caps are\h
all weaker than before in the armor department,\h\h

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taking up to twice the damage they did\h
before at that same level of armor.

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Under this new system enemies will take as little\h
as 10% more damage if they have the minimum armor,\h\h

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and as much as 264% more damage if they have\h
the maximum armor. If you're on Steel Path,\h\h

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almost every Grineer unit – and I must\h
stress, almost – will have over 2000 armor.\h\h

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For them, heat will cause them to take\h
at least twice as much damage from all\h\h

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sources. In the majority of cases they'll\h
be taking over three times as much damage\h\h

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as without the heat proc. The downside\h
is you have to wait two seconds for the\h\h

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full bonus which in Warframe terms\h
is a long time to kill most enemies.

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Heat has some additional quirks that\h
further cement its power. Unlike every\h\h

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other status effect in the game, applying a\h
new heat proc will cause all existing heat\h\h

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procs to refresh their duration. This\h
means heat can be stacked indefinitely,\h\h

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at least on enemies which don't cap\h
the status effects they receive.

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This refreshing nature also causes something\h
strange in the damage calculation. The first heat\h\h

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proc on an enemy applies as I've explained, using\h
the heat mods of the source it came from. However\h\h

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all subsequent heat procs applied while that one\h
is running will use those same heat mod bonuses,\h\h

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even if they came from a different source, even\h
another player. This is a mechanic known as Heat\h\h

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Inherit. If the first heat proc comes from a\h
weaker source, such as an ability from Ember,\h\h

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then all following procs will be weaker too. If\h
the first proc comes from a stronger source, such\h\h

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as an ability from Lavos with Valence Formation\h
active, then all following procs will be stronger.

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To top it off, the owner of the first heat proc\h
also becomes the owner of all following heat\h\h

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procs until the whole stack is extinguished.\h
This means a player who ignites an enemy will\h\h

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get the kill credit for that enemy if\h
the enemy dies from heat proc damage,\h\h

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even if another player applies the\h
necessary power to secure the kill.

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We're getting into the really arcane details\h
here, but someone would be mad if I didn't at\h\h

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least point this out. The main thing is heat\h
burns all and laughs at armor in the process.

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The next basic element is Cold. Cold\h
damage has a 50% bonus against only\h\h

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Sentients and no damage penalties. This makes\h
it damage wise an exceptionally neutral type,\h\h

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dealing lower damage to some Grineer and\h
Corpus than it did prior to the update.

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Its status proc however is stronger than\h
ever before. Able to stack up to 10 times,\h\h

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it applies a series of scaling effects.

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Firstly it'll slow enemies down, inhibiting\h
their movement, attack speed, fire rate,\h\h

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and even ability animations. This starts\h
at a 50% slow and increases with every\h\h

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proc up to the 9th for a max of 90% slowing\h
effect. Overguarded enemies resist cold,\h\h

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preventing more than 4 stacks being applied\h
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The second effect is a critical damage bonus.\h
The first cold proc will increase the critical\h\h

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damage multiplier of incoming attacks by\h
0.1 x. This isn't a multiplicative bonus,\h\h

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but instead a flat increase to your critical\h
bonus after all mods are considered. Every\h\h

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extra proc up to the 9th will again increase this\h
effect by 0.05 x for a maximum of 0.5 x bonus.

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The third effect is a compound benefit on hitting\h
that 10th cold proc. The critical damage bonus\h\h

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jumps from 0.5 x to 1.0 x, the slow effect\h
is replaced with a full freeze of the enemy,\h\h

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and the enemy becomes unable to regenerate\h
their own shields while frozen. This effect\h\h

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wears off after only 3 seconds rather\h
than the usual 6 seconds for status\h\h

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effects. Once worn off, the enemy sheds\h
all but three of the cold procs on them.

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As the cold critical damage bonus is a fixed\h
flat value, it's comparatively less effective\h\h

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the more built for critical hits your weapon\h
is. However the defensive aspect never changes,\h\h

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slowing enemies to impede their attacks while\h
also making it much easier to aim at the enemy,\h\h

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especially at weak points. Cold is a\h
valuable support type to go alongside others.

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Electric is the third basic element, zapping\h
enemies. It has a 50% damage bonus against\h\h

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both the Murmur as well as the Corpus Amalgam,\h
unique to Jupiter missions. Just like with Cold\h\h

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it also has no penalties, making it a relatively\h
niche but useful element for damage purposes.

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The electric status effect can apply\h
significantly more damage. It deals\h\h

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50% of the weapon damage plus electric\h
mod bonuses every second for six seconds,\h\h

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similar to heat. Unlike heat however, electric\h
doesn't strip armor, doesn't self refresh,\h\h

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nor does it wait around. Instead its\h
damage over time starts straight away,\h\h

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damaging both the target it is applied to\h
and all other enemies within 3 metres. This\h\h

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can give it a lot of damage if used on a tight\h
cluster of enemies, potentially far exceeding\h\h

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the stated damage of the weapon or source\h
itself. However in anything but extremely\h\h

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high enemy density, such as grouping them or\h
tight chokes, the AoE will see limited value.

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Electric procs also briefly stun\h
most targets that receive them,\h\h

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causing them to shake as they're electrified.

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Finally toxin is the fourth basic element,\h
poisoning enemies. It has a damage bonus\h\h

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only against Narmer making it functionally damage\h
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it has the unique trait of bypassing\h
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Treasurers ignore this rule, but largely\h
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straight to their health allowing you to\h
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Toxin status effects are very similar to some\h
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every second for 6 seconds. This toxin damage is\h
half the weapon's damage before elemental mods,\h\h

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buffed by the toxin mods specifically\h
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dealing toxin damage, this too will\h
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Despite having no numerical bonus against the\h
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weapon against them for the shield bypass.\h
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as a damage dealer too, only losing favour due to\h
losing the opportunity for other elements instead.

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Beyond the basic elements we have the\h
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people cringing at the phrase combined\h
elements as elements are, by definition,\h\h

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supposed to be elementary but it's the\h
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All combined elements can be\h
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though they can each also be present natively on\h
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Corrosive, Gas, Magnetic, Radiation, and Viral.

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Blast is formed of Cold and Heat, producing\h
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really apply to Warframe's blast,\h
so forget what you think you know.

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Blast damage itself has a bonus against\h
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in the Cambion Drift, while having\h
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Jupiter. This makes it relatively neutral\h
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The blast proc is both brand new\h
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has only a 1.5 second duration instead of the\h
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The first form is if that 1.5 seconds expires\h
without the enemy dying. This activates the pop\h\h

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effect, dealing damage to that enemy equal to\h
30% of your weapon damage without any elemental\h\h

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mods from the triggering hit. Like all damaging\h
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faction modifiers you have too. As 30% with no\h
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far from the result you'll want. Further still,\h
once the damage is dealt the blast proc is gone.

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The second form happens should you either\h
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or the target dies while a blast proc is on them.\h
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DE didn't give the two effects names,\h
I'm just doing it for clarity. The boom\h\h

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effect deals 300% of the weapon damage of all\h
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30% if those blast procs would have timed\h
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this same damage is applied with no fall off\h
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In a way, this is similar to the Marked for\h
Death ability. The blast proc is the mark and\h\h

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killing the enemy in time is the explosion.\h
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damaging instances that procced blast, and there's\h
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be. If you shoot a 100 hitpoint enemy with a 1\h
million damage shot that procs blast – somehow\h\h

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with no elemental modifiers – then not only does\h
that enemy die, all enemies in that 5 metre range\h\h

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around it will take 3 million damage from the\h
boom effect immediately. Usually triggering\h\h

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blast requires modding blast into your weapon, and\h
usually you can't get a blast proc on every hit,\h\h

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so that will reduce both the reliability and\h
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To be very clear on the damage, and\h
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it is only reduced by armor on the target\h
taking a given instance of damage. If you\h\h

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hit and kill a target with 90% damage reduction\h
from armor, the explosion hitting other enemies\h\h

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with the same armor will be reduced by their\h
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armor. More or less armor on one enemy does\h
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The big downside for blast procs is the range.\h
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electric procs but still shorter than some melee\h
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the general effect can often be\h
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blast you need reliable status procs,\h
rapid kills, and clustered targets.

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Next up we have corrosive, formed of electric\h
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against all Grineer, but deals only half damage\h
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the older system where most non-boss Sentients\h
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a damage nerf against the Grineer in general.\h
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roughly half of Grineer units in a mission due\h
to their ferrite armor. This bonus also ignored\h\h

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75% of their armor. In higher levels this could\h
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the other half of Grineer units gave no bonus to\h
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times damage vs lesser types. In effect Corrosive\h
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Corrosive procs reduce a target's armor. The\h
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subsequent proc removes another 6%. Typically\h
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removal, though boss type enemies typically\h
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Emerald Archon Shards can raise these caps to\h
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Uniquely, corrosive procs last 8\h
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restoring enemy armor to\h
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With the rebalance to enemy armor,\h
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far more significant than before. Previously\h
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even run of the mill units like Elite Lancers\h
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proc on that unit would allow you to\h
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the front loaded curve on armor value.\h
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with max armor will provide you a 125% damage\h
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gets considerably smaller quickly due to the enemy\h
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already. Still, even against Elite Lancers level\h
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like Heavy Gunners by merely level 57 and above,\h
corrosive procs can provide that full power.

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For the same reason, using emerald archon shards\h
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system, removing 80% of the armor from a 5000\h
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granting still 76.9% damage resistance.\h
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more than quadruple your damage. Today against\h
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their damage reduction to just 40.2%. Removing\h
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two thirds damage increase. Effectively using\h
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procs has become at best 5 times less effective\h
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levels. Extra corrosive procs still grant you a\h
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Onto Gas, coming from heat and toxin. Gas damage\h
has a 50% bonus only against the Deimos Infested,\h\h

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specifically the ones in the Cambion Drift.\h
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anywhere. Previously Gas damage dealt more damage\h
to only basic infested units, the ones that didn't\h\h

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need help dying. It also did significantly lower\h
damage to Grineer and Corpus enemies. In effect\h\h

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Gas has been triple buffed in exchange for not\h
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The Gas status effect creates a lingering\h
poisonous cloud. I don't know how it chokes\h\h

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machinery but let's not worry about that.\h
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growing to 6 metres with additional procs.\h
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second equal to 50% of the weapon's base damage\h
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I must be very clear here, the damage is\h
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even when they work together to create gas.\h
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cloud damage are gas mods which currently do\h
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of such a buff is Lavos' Valence Formation\h
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Unlike electric procs which also cause area damage\h
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target dies. In exchange, gas procs can only scale\h
up to ten status procs on a target. If you apply\h\h

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an 11th proc, the oldest gas proc on the target\h
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damage one. Any source of extra gas procs will do\h
this, such that if you apply one big gas proc but\h\h

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then your allies apply ten more tiny ones to the\h
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As a result gas can be theoretically powerful\h
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shine. This means either grouping enemies\h
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enemies die in useful choke points with high\h
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The fourth combined element is Magnetic, formed\h
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against all Corpus units, but suffers a 50%\h
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50% bonus is lower than the previous 75% against\h
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to Corpus health. Where the Corpus unit has no\h
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this is a net damage buff. Magnetic also no longer\h
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The magnetic status effect\h
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Against us Tenno, it causes our\h
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prevents shields regenerating of their own accord,\h\h

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drains our energy at 30 energy per second for\h
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Against enemies, magnetic procs will not drain\h
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neither. Instead it still applies that damage\h
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Incoming damage will deal 100% more on\h
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for each subsequent proc up to the 10 proc\h
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What's more, when an enemy's shield or overguard\h
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effect, they will be immediately struck\h
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The amount of this damage is scaled based on\h
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The amount of damage according to the in game tool\h
tip is 3% of the enemy's max shield or overguard\h\h

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per magnetic stack. I would love to confirm\h
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it appears to be significantly bugged, such that\h
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overguard changes how much damage is actually\h
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target level, target type and so on, the\h
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I'll put a pinned comment on this video as\h
and when this is both fixed and clarified.

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Beyond the electric damage, it also guarantees\h
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overguard is broken. Just like an ordinary\h
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caused by the break as extra damage every second.\h
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be buffed by your equipped electric mods on the\h
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otherwise combined into a different damage type\h
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modded electric bonus on your weapon, the status\h
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than the initial hit itself. Still, how good\h
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Next then is Radiation, made of heat and electric.\h
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Sentients and Murmur, while dealing half\h
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Previously most Sentients were\h
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making this a slight improvement. Some\h
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took significantly more damage from\h
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of their armor. This portion of the effect is\h
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As for the Murmur, unarmored Murmur used\h
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making this slightly weaker than before.\h
Armored Murmur on the other hand took no\h\h

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extra damage from radiation, broadly levelling\h
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Of particular note though is that radiation no\h
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strongest Infested, allowing it to be used\h
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Cambion Drift. In some cases it will now deal\h
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before. In exchange however, radiation no\h
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alloy armored units making it much worse at\h
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Bombards. It's not 7 times worse than other\h
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Radiation's status effect causes enemies\h
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allies are and opening fire on whatever\h
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Confused enemies will also deal additional\h
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increasing by 50% per additional proc up to\h
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Generally speaking enemy on enemy damage is\h
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to balance against our comparatively\h
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enemies shoot each other is mostly about\h
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a crowd control effect. Do be aware that\h
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Radiation uniquely also has a 12 second status\h
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helping to keep enemies controlled\h
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The final combined element is Viral, formed from\h
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against Orokin faction, the corrupted enemies,\h
while uniquely having two penalties to damage.\h\h

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Viral damage is halved against both the Murmur\h
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Previously, Viral also used to have a damage\h
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enemies. With that removed, it's lost a\h
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However, that is not the important use of\h
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types in the game because of its status\h
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that target will take 100% additional damage to\h
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the enemy takes a further 25%\h
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Every single enemy in the game they are\h
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and dead when they do not. No amount\h
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an enemy on 0 health from being dead.\h
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one hitpoint type that every single\h
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The damage negative against the Murmur and\h
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with this bonus. So long as an enemy isn't\h
immune to viral procs – which many of them\h\h

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are because it's just that strong – it is always\h
going to be a powerful addition to your setup.

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Beyond these damage types there remains a few\h
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exotic to hype them up a bit.

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Void damage is, well, the power of the\h
Void. It has a 50% bonus against overguard,\h\h

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a 900% bonus against Thrax in their\h
spectral form, and unique interactions\h\h

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with various niche aspects of the game\h
such as resetting sentient resistances.

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Void damage is usually only\h
available through Operator Amps,\h\h

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though a discount version of it can\h
be applied through Xaku's ability\h\h

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Xata's Whisper. It's discount in that it\h
doesn't interact with some of those niche\h\h

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interactions including being unable to\h
damage Eidolon shields or spectral Thrax.

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The void damage status proc creates\h
an attraction bubble on an enemy,\h\h

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redirecting all projectiles that strike the bubble\h
towards the enemy's head, though not with perfect\h\h

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accuracy. This includes shots fired by that\h
enemy itself, causing them to harm themselves.

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Generally speaking, Void damage isn't\h
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it's attached to various features in the\h
game and you either have it or you don't.

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Tau damage is a unique damage type dealt by\h
many Sentients. It has no known status effect,\h\h

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no known strengths, is resisted\h
by the Umbral mod set, and is\h\h

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otherwise a fancy way of saying\h
they're different from you and I.

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Then lastly we have True damage. Well, kind\h
of. We have true damage, cinematic damage,\h\h

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and shield drain damage, all of which may be\h
referred to as true damage by the community.\h\h

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All three of these are typeless in that\h
they are unresisted by faction nor by armor,\h\h

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and all of them have no associated status effect.

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Cinematic damage is the one you may normally know\h\h

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as true damage. It applies damage\h
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whichever is the top layer at the time. Slash\h
status effects actually deal cinematic damage.

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True damage ignores shields as well as armor,\h
applying either to overguard or directly to\h\h

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health. Some abilities use this type such as\h
Trinity's Energy Vampire or Inaros' Dessication.

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Shield drain damage, as the name might\h
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only damage shields and overguard,\h
ignoring other health hitpoints.

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These three types are usually not a concern\h
as individuals so you do not need to memorise\h\h

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them. About the only frame they become relevant\h
on is Kullervo as his Collective Curse ability\h\h

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will deal damage to nearby targets based on the\h
hitpoints you damage directly to trigger it.\h\h

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I've covered that more in his specific guide if\h
you want to smash your mind against that. 31 16

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These are all the usable damage types for normal\h
Warframe gameplay. Some, like toxin and radiation,\h\h

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are more effective directly but have beneficial\h
staus effects. Others shine brightest as status\h\h

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effects without relying on damage, like cold and\h
viral. Yet others need a hybrid combo of damage\h\h

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and status chance to do their best work, like\h
heat and blast. Very broadly you want corrosive\h\h

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against the grineer, magnetic or toxin against\h
the corpus, heat against the infested, viral\h\h

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against the orokin, cold against sentients, and\h
electric against the murmur. However using other\h\h

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damage types is plenty acceptable, especially\h
if the status effect is more beneficial to you.

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Now while there are all the damage types you\h
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there is a selection of damage procs and modifiers\h
that exist in their own strange little bubble in\h\h

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Railjack. I would go into detail about those\h
except they don't matter, the turrets aren't\h\h

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moddable, and damage type isn't going to matter\h
for the space portions of all encounters there.

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So rather than waste your time explaining that\h
bundle of nothing much, you can spend that time\h\h

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instead hitting the subscribe button to catch more\h
videos as they go live or support the channel with\h\h

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the links down below. In any case, you're now\h
fully armed with all the details you'll need to\h\h

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tackle damage types in Warframe so as always,\h
mod types, land procs, and fight well Tenno.