Blast Damage

Blast Damage is one of the six secondary elemental damage types, composed of Cold and Heat elements. The violent force of this damage is highly destructive to Grineer Machinery and brittle Fossilized Infested creatures, but performs poorly against the Ferrite Armor worn by many Grineer units.

Status EffectsEdit

Blast damage's status effect is an explosive Knockdown (as opposed to Impact's knockback), forcing all enemies with a 5-meter radius to stumble and fall, however Ospreys, Bosses and Tenno are immune to this. This effect can be applied against victims attempting to stand back up, causing them to flip in their recovery.

Enemies killed by a Blast proc will be ragdolled and then quickly disintegrate. This makes this element effective in stealth as no body will be left behind.

Type EffectivenessEdit

Grineer Health	Blast Modifier	Corpus Health	Blast Modifier	Infested Health	Blast Modifier
Cloned Flesh		Flesh		Infested
Ferrite Armor	–25%	Shield		Infested Flesh
Alloy Armor		Proto Shield		Fossilized	+50%
Machinery	+75%	Robotic		Sinew	–50%

Blast SourcesEdit

WeaponsEdit

Carmine Penta

Lenz

Ogris

Penta

Quanta (Alternate Fire)

Quanta Vandal (Alternate Fire)

Secura Penta

Tonkor

Vaykor Hek (Justice effect)

Zarr Primary Fire

Angstrum

Kulstar

Prisma Angstrum

Talons

Vaykor Marelok (Justice Effect)

Glaive (Throw Attacks)

Glaive Prime (Throw Attacks)

Halikar (Throw Attacks)

Jat Kittag (Slam Attack)

Kestrel (Throw Attacks)

Magistar (innate chance to proc)

Sancti Magistar (innate chance to proc)

Orthos (Slam Attack)

Orthos Prime (Slam Attack)

Redeemer (Charge Attack)

Serro (Slam Attack)

Sydon (Slam Attack)

EnemiesEdit

Bombard wielding the AT Ogris

Lancer can throw Plasma Grenades

Elite Lancer can throw Plasma Grenades

Trooper can throw Plasma Grenades

Hellion can launch a rocket barrage when airborne

Shik Tal is armed with a modified Marelok that fires rockets

Hellion Dargyn can launch homing rockets

Shield-Hellion Dargyn can launch homing rockets

Darek Draga wielding the Kulstar

Sikula can deploy sea mines

Crewman can throw Plasma Grenades

Jackal can fire Plasma Grenade Clusters

Penta Ranger wielding Penta

Corrupted Bombard wielding AT Ogris

Corrupted Crewman can throw Plasma Grenades

Corrupted Lancer can throw Plasma Grenades

Explosive Barrels rupture when struck

ModsEdit

AbilitiesEdit

	ENERGY 25 KEY 4	Sound Quake Channeling all of her acoustic energy into the environment, Banshee uses ultrasonic reverberations to violently shake the ground. Energy Drain: 25 / 18 / 15 / 12 s-1	Strength:125 / 150 / 175 / 200
			Duration:N/A
			Range:12 / 15 / 18 / 20 m

	ENERGY 50 KEY 2	Magnetize Creates a magnetic field around a target, ensnaring nearby enemies and dealing damage over time. The field reacts to bullets and shards created from Polarize to increase the damage.	Strength:1.25x / 1.5x / 1.75x / 2x (multiplier) 50 / 150 / 200 / 300 (explosion damage)
			Duration:10 / 12 / 13 /15 s
			Range:2 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 m (field radius) 5 / 10 / 12 / 15 m (explosion radius)
			Misc:10% / 15% / 20% / 25% (absorption)

	ENERGY 100 KEY 4	Molecular Prime Primes all enemies in a radius with anti-matter.	Strength: 150 / 300 / 500 / 800 (explosion damage) 10% / 20% / 25% / 30% (slow)
			Duration: 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 s (wave duration) 5 m/s (wave speed) 10 / 15 / 20 / 30 s (prime duration)
			Range: 6 / 7 / 8 / 10 m (explosion radius)
			Misc:2x (damage multiplier) 15 / 20 / 25 / 35 m (wave radius)

	ENERGY 100 KEY 4	Rhino Stomp Rhino stomps with force sufficient to disrupt time, tumbling enemies around him in stasis.	Strength:150 / 300 / 500 / 800 (damage)
			Duration:3 / 4 / 5 / 8 s
			Range:15 / 18 / 22 / 25 m
			Misc:80% / 90% / 95% / 97.5% (slow)

The Blast damage comes from projectile used to launch these abilities, not the abilities' main effects:

	ENERGY 25 KEY 1	Tesla Launches a grenade that holds an electrical charge, zapping enemies that come within range.	Strength:80 / 100 / 120 / 150 (arc damage) 15 (contact damage)
			Duration:5 / 6 / 7 / 10 (charges)
			Range:7 / 8 / 10 / 12 m
			Misc:40 s (duration) 10% (uncharged status) 100% (charged status)

ENERGY 50 KEY 2

Minelayer Cycle through four deployable trap mines: Bounce, Trip Laser, Shred and Concuss.

Bounce Strength:75 / 100 / 125 / 175 (damage) Misc:300 s (mine duration) 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 (number of bounces) Trip Laser Duration:20 / 25 / 30 s Misc:10 m (laser length) Shred Strength:200 / 400 (damage) 30 / 40% (armor reduction) Duration:4 s (armor debuff duration) Range:4 / 6 m (explosion radius) Misc:300 s (mine duration) Concuss Duration:8 s (deafen duration) Range:6 m (explosion radius) Misc:300 s (mine duration)

	ENERGY 75 KEY 3	Bastille Creates an energy-based containment field in which captives are held suspended in stasis.	Strength:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 (affected enemies) 15 (contact damage)
			Duration:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 s
			Range:5 / 7 / 8 / 10 m

	ENERGY 100 KEY 4	Vortex Creates a whirling mass of energy that violently attracts nearby enemies, crushing their atoms into a tiny spec of matter.	Strength:50 (damage) 2x (initial damage multiplier) 15 (contact damage)
			Duration:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 s
			Range:6 m

TipsEdit

• Having Blast damage on a melee weapon with high status chance will allow the player to consistently perform Ground Finishers on knocked down enemies.

TriviaEdit

• The Blast property of the mixture of Cold and Heat is likely a reference to the thermite ice bomb; where thermite can burn so hot that it will melt the ice, boil the water, and ultimately decompose the vapor into hydrogen and oxygen. This in turn fuels the fire and cues the explosive property.
  • It could also be thermal shock, a fracturing that happens when cold items are rapidly heated or hot things are rapidly cooled. On the molecular level, solid objects expand when heated and contract when cooled, and if subject to a huge temperature change in a short period of time, many materials break down from the energetic motion. This phenomenon commonly occurs (violently) when rinsing a hot glass in a cold sink.

MediaEdit

• The visual effect of Blast as shown. Instead of burning, it actually smolders your melee in lava-like embers, pouring sparks of embers.
• Dual Heat Swords + Blast Damage
• Sancti Magistar with Blast and Corrosive effects

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See alsoEdit

• Justice

Damage Mechanics
Offense	Critical Hit • Damage • Enemy Body Parts • Multishot • Punch Through
Defense	Armor • Health • Shield
Damage Types
Physical	Impact • Puncture • Slash
Elemental	Cold • Electricity • Heat • Toxin
Combined	Blast • Corrosive • Gas • Magnetic • Radiation • Viral
Unique	Tau • True • Void