Talk:Exodia Contagion/@comment-33680239-20171117214806

Seems actually decent, unlike the other zaw arcanes. It throws an image of your melee weapon in the color of the weapon's energy color that explodes on impact. Testing concluded: Its base damage is impact and viral Damage scales off of mods Damage does not scale off of combo meter, nor does it add to the combo meter Damage diminishes linearly with distance, down to less than 5% at edges of explosion Has a 100% status chance, favoring its own viral and impact damage, but is capable of proccing any extra elemental effects from mods Has a fairly large radius. The projectile deals separate damage from the explosion if you hit an enemy directly, can proc a separate status effect and deals roughly 25% of the explosion's damage. You can potentially proc two status effects if you hit an enemy directly, though the projectile's status chance doesnt seem to be 100% like the explosion's. Self damage is very minor, practically unnoticable. Overall, a decent tool for proccing status effects and staggering groups before moving into melee range. Can't really kill enemies effectively. Fun to use with radiation/gas procs.