Blaze Artillery

	2 50	Blaze Artillery Deploys an artillery unit to blast plasma charges at enemies it faces. Each enemy hit increases the power of subsequent plasma attacks. Introduced in Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)	Strength:100 / 150 / 200 / 500 ( damage per shot)
			Duration:6 (plasma ammo)
			Range:30 m (targeting range)
			Misc: 130° (firing arc) 3/s (shots per second) 3 (limit of active turrets) 100 % ( status chance) ? m (area of effect) +50% (damage bonus per hit)

• Info
• Tips & Tricks
• Maximization

Info

• Protea launches the plasma turret attached to her utility belt, expending 50 Energy to deploy it to hover in the air facing toward the aiming reticle. Once deployed, Blaze Artillery hovers in place and acquires enemy targets within direct line of sight, a range of 30 meters, and a 130 degree cone in front of it. Each turret comes loaded with 6 plasma charges with a fire rate of 3 charges per second. Blaze Artillery lasts until all of its plasma charges are depleted or the time required to fire all charges elapses; up to 3 plasma turrets may be active at once.
  • Energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency.
  • Targeting range is affected by Ability Range.
  • Plasma ammo is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Deploying animation speed is affected by casting speed, from mods such as  Natural Talent and  Speed Drift.
  • Firing arc, shots per second, and limit of active turrets are not affected by mods.
  • Artillery duration is shown on the ability icon, as well as displayed on the rear of the turret as a holographic circle.
• When an enemy is targeted, the turret fires a plasma stream to inflict 100 / 150 / 200 / 500 damage with 100% status chance within a ? meter radius around its target; plasma streams can pierce through all enemies in their path. Blaze Artillery's overall damage increases by 50% for each successful hit against all enemies caught in a plasma stream, stacking for subsequent plasma charges.
  • Damage per shot is affected by Ability Strength.
  • Damage bonus per hit, status chance, and area of effect are not affected by mods.
  • The amount of the damage multiplier from enemies hit is shown on the rear of the turret.
  • Plasma turret will attempt to fire at different targets in range throughout the artillery's lifetime.
  • Enemies within coverage of a Nullifier Crewman's bubble will not be targeted by the turret.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Blaze Artilleries contribute damage to Temporal Anchor's recorded damage pool for the implosion on rewind.
• Can be recast while active to deploy multiple turrets.
• Casting Blaze Artillery is an upper-body animation that allows movement.
• Blaze Artillery is an invulnerable object that hovers in front and above Protea as she deploys it.
  • Once deployed, the compact state of the plasma turret disappears from Protea's utility belt.
• Blaze Artillery turret uses a custom model that resembles a floating flak turret with dual cannons. Cannons visually recoil when firing plasma charges, as particle effects pour out from the firing cannon followed by the plasma stream surging through the air at high speed.
  • On expiration, the turret collapses in on itself in a warping effect; if the expiring turret is the last active instance, it will instantly reappear on Protea's utility belt in the compact state.

Tips & Tricks

• Face toward a crowd of enemies then place a turret. To maximize the plasma ammo count, engage the turret against a number of enemies or heavy units that require several attacks to kill.
• Preemptively place turrets toward directions where enemy forces are likely to come into view.
• Mod for Ability Duration to increase both the plasma ammo count and the time a turret remains active.
• Damage bonus is based on the number of enemies hit by a single plasma stream. Blaze Artillery quickly raises its damage multiplier when used in crowded hallways and tight corridors, where plasma streams can pierce through multiple enemies aligned with the shot.
• Plasma turrets prefer to target the closest enemies and switch between targets in range. Use this behavior to your advantage to spread the damage around and apply status effects to stun enemies with a lingering damage over time.
• Arrange lines of Shrapnel Vortexes with  Grenade Fan parallel to each other, creating a funnel to push enemies into the center lane. Deploy turrets to strike the enemies in single file, helping raise each plasma turret's damage multiplier.
• Activate  Temporal Anchor and place multiple turrets. Direct damage from plasma turrets, including the damage over time from status effect are recorded to fuel the temporal implosion.
  • Energy spent on the turrets are returned once Protea rewinds.
  • Alternatively, use the temporal implosion to pull enemies to the center, then deploy turrets to increase their damage multipliers quickly.

Maximization

This calculator feature is sunsetted on the wiki. It may not see further updates, but will be present on articles for the time being since some people still find use for them. See User blog:Cephalon Scientia/Sunsetting of Maximization Calculators for more details.

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See Also

•  Protea