Caustacyst

Infested Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Caustacyst
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Scythe
Mastery Rank Requirement	7
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Block Angle	60°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.30x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	2.90 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.20 m
Normal Attack
17 ( 6.54%)
71 ( 27.31%)
69 ( 26.54%)
103 ( 39.62%)
Total Damage	260 (39.62%  Corrosive)
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Crit Chance	9.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	1.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	37.00%
Corrosive Wave
225 ( 100%)
Total Damage	225 (100.00%  Corrosive)
Charge Time	1.0 s
Crit Chance	9.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Damage Falloff	0.0 m (100%) - 35.0 m (0.00%)
Fire Rate	1.000 attacks/sec
Forced Procs	Blind
Noise Level	Silent
Range	35.0 m
Status Chance	10.00%
Projectile Speed	10.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Trigger Type	Charge
Corrosive Pool
5 ( 100%)
Total Damage	5 (100.00%  Corrosive)
Charge Time	1.0 s
Crit Chance	0.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.00x
Fire Rate	1.000 attacks/sec
Forced Procs	Blind
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	0.00%
Projectile Type	AoE
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,560
Slam Damage	1,300
Radial Damage	1,300
Slam Radius	9.0 m
Wind-up	1.0 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	780
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Radial Damage	260
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	260
Slide Element	Corrosive
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	SCYTHES_STANCE
Riven Family	Caustacyst
Introduced	Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Caustacyst
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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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 available through clan research. Aside from dealing damage, its heavy attacks create a trail of sludge that damages and staggers enemies who walk into it.

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Characteristics

This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:

• Tied with  Reaper Prime for the highest base damage of all scythes.
  • Innate damage – effective against Ferrite Armor and Fossilized.
• Very high status chance.
  • Can reach 100% status chance with  Volcanic Edge,  Vicious Frost,  Voltaic Strike, and  Virulent Scourge.
• Heavy attacks throws a wave of up to 20 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. The residual trail does not proc status effects but has a very high chance to get a stealth multiplier effect.
• stance polarity matches  Stalking Fan.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Innate damage – less effective against Proto Shields.
• Very low critical chance.
• Small jump attack radius.

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 20 meters, dealing damage to all enemies it hits. The wave will also leave behind a temporary trail on the ground that deals damage to enemies that stand on it.
  • Wave range is not affected by  Reach or  Primed Reach.
  • Wave has infinite Punch Through.
  • 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 and to be used at the same time, as well as additional to attack their health or for extra stunning capabilities.
  • Alternatively, it can be paired with for bonus damage against Alloy Armor, pairing with 's innate armor-peeling to allow for more general use against Grineer enemies.
• The slow attack speed can be mitigated by equipping  Fury ( Prime) alongside and  Gladiator Vice.

Trivia

• This is the first melee weapon with innate  damage.

Media

• Caustacyst in Codex.

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Warframe Caustacyst

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Caustacyst Skins

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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.

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

• Introduced.

See Also

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