Talk:Excalibur (Warframe)/@comment-50.38.80.247-20150709102032/@comment-6796496-20150710161936

Same way channeling works. Period. Only hits consume energy. That said, if you're doing a survival camp, replacing Life Strike with Reflex Coil is pretty nice to utilize channeling around the 40 minute mark when you're not instantly slaughtering everything.