Caustacyst

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Actual stats of heavy attack projectile + trail

Infested Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Caustacyst
Statistics
Type	Scythe
Mastery	7
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	60°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.30x)
Attack Speed	1
Follow Through	60%
Range	2.9 m
Noise Level	Alarming
Projectile Speed	10 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Normal
17
71
69
103
Total Damage	260 (39.62%)
Crit Chance	9%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Attack Speed	1
Status Chance	37%
Corrosive Wave
192
Total Damage	192
Charge Time	1 s
Crit Chance	9%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Damage Falloff	100% damage up to 0 m 0% damage at 35 m 100% max reduction
Attack Speed	1
Forced Procs	18px Blind
Range	35 m
Status Chance	10%
Projectile Speed	10 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Trigger Type	Charge
Corrosive Pool
5
Total Damage	5
Charge Time	1 s
Crit Chance	0%
Crit Multiplier	1x
Attack Speed	1
Forced Procs	18px Blind
Status Chance	0%
Projectile Type	AoE
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,560
Slam Damage	1,300
Radial Damage	1,300
Slam Radius	9 m
Wind-up	1 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	780
Slam Radius	8 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	Corrosive520
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Infested/Melee/InfEmbolistScythe/InfestedScythe
Introduced	Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)
Polarities
Stance Polarity

CODEX

Charge attacks from this scythe unleash a wave of acid that mutilates enemies and leaves a trail of corrosive sludge.

The Caustacyst is an  Infested scythe that deals  Corrosive damage, and its heavy attacks create a trail of sludge that damages and staggers enemies who walk into it.

Characteristics

This weapon deals  Corrosive damage.

Advantages:

• Highest base damage of all scythes.
  • Innate  Corrosive damage – effective against Ferrite Armor and Fossilized.
  • High  Puncture and  Slash – effective against armor and health.
• Second highest status chance of all scythes, behind  Tenet Grigori.
• Heavy attacks throws a 5m wide  Corrosive wave of up to 30 meters in the direction of the player's aim. The wave leaves a temporary trail on the ground, damaging and staggering enemies standing in it.
• stance polarity matches  Stalking Fan.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Innate  Corrosive damage – less effective against Proto Shields.
• Lowest critical chance of all scythes.

Acquisition

The Caustacyst's blueprint can be researched from the Bio Lab in the dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	10	15,000	4,000	5	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 230			Blueprints Price:50,000
Bio Lab Research 3,000
5,000	30	600	4,000	1,200	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Embolist
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Notes

• When performing a heavy attack, the Caustacyst throws a toxic wave in the direction of the player's aim. This wave will travel up to 35 meters, dealing  Corrosive damage to all enemies it hits. The wave will also leave behind a temporary 4 second 20x2m trail of  Corrosive pools on the ground that deal 5  Corrosive damage every second to enemies that stand on it.
  • Wave has base damage of ~192  Corrosive.
  • Wave has Damage Falloff, reducing its damage by 100% at the end of wave.
  • Wave range is not affected by  Reach or  Primed Reach.
  • Wave has infinite Punch Through.
  • Corrosive pools will deal damage the moment it contacts the enemy, so enemies may be dealt up to 25  Corrosive damage at base.
  • The wave inherits any elemental damage from mods and can proc their status effects, having an approximated 10% base status chance.
• Enemies hit by the wave are also staggered, making them vulnerable to melee finishers (default E ) and susceptible to stealth damage multipliers.
  • Enemies stunned by these pools do not have their alert status changed; enemies can be damaged by the pools and still be killed for stealth kills as long as their stun animation is still playing.
  • This allows players to launch a pool, then launch up to 3 more charge attacks before the enemy can become alerted.

Tips

• The Caustacyst is an excellent weapon against the Grineer, allowing for  Corrosive and  Viral to be used at the same time, as well as additional  Heat to attack their health or  Electricity for extra stunning capabilities.
  • Alternatively, it can be paired with  Radiation for bonus damage against Alloy Armor, pairing with  Corrosive's innate armor-peeling to allow for more general use against Grineer enemies.

Trivia

• This is the first melee weapon with innate  Corrosive damage.

Media

Caustacyst in Codex.

Warframe Caustacyst

Warframe - Caustacyst (Quiet Shy)

Warframe Caustacyst, EFFECTS PLAYTESTED! thequickdraw

Warframe Insane damage Caustacyst

Warframe - Caustacyst (OriginalWickedfun)

Caustacyst Skins Edit

Spearmint
Seasonal

Thanatos

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Damage increased from 75 Corrosive to 260 (17 Impact, 71 Puncture, 69 Slash, and 103 Corrosive).
• Range increased from 1 to 2.9.
• Status Chance increased from 30% to 37%.
• Critical Chance increased from 5% to 9%.
• Slam Attack increased from 150 to 780.
• Slide Attack increased from 150 to 520.
• Parry Angle set to 60.
• Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.

Update 20.5 (2017-05-17)

• Fixed Spearmint Scythe skin hand positions being offset on the Anku and Caustacyst.

Hotfix 20.0.7 (2017-03-30)

• Fixed the Caustacyst’s Corrosive acid projectiles not pausing in Limbo’s Stasis. 
• Fixed the Caustacyst’s Corrosive acid projectiles from Mirage’s Hall of Mirror clones not being inside Limbo’s Rift when cast and not being affected by the Rift Stasis mechanic.

Hotfix: The Index Preview 4 (2016-10-25)

• Potential fix for the Caustacyst causing game hitches.
• Fixed (for real this time) attaining free health by channeling as enemies pass through the Caustacyst goo with Life Strike equipped. Also fixes similar issue with the Zenistar’s charge disc. 

Hotfix: The Index Preview 1 (2016-10-20)

• Fixed Chat linking the Caustacyst causing a crash.
• Fixed attaining free health by channeling as enemies pass through the Caustacyst goo with Life Strike equipped. Also fixes similar issue with the Zenistar.
• Fixed Limbo being able to damage enemies while remaining invincible in the Rift with the Caustacyst or the Zenistar charge attack.

Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)

• Introduced.

See also

•  Embolist, a secondary pistol which shares the same theme.