Discharge

	4 100	Discharge Paralyze nearby hostiles with a damaging electric charge, this also shocks approaching enemies. Introduced in Update 18.13 (2016-05-27)	Strength:500 / 750 / 1000 / 1200 ( Electricity damage/second)
			Duration:3 / 4 / 5 / 6 s (stun duration)
			Range:20 m (electric pulse range) 8 m (electric arc radius)
			Misc: 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 s (electric pulse duration) 4.5 s (damage delay)

• Info
• Augment
• Tips & Tricks
• Maximization
• Bugs

Info

• Volt expends 100 energy to emit a powerful electric pulse over 20 meters. Any enemies that are hit with the initial pulse or that enter the pulse's area in first 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 seconds after the cast will become stunned for 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 seconds and emit arcs of electricity, shocking hostiles who come within 8 meters to inflict 250 / 375 / 500 / 600  Electricity damage per half second.
  • Does not require Line of Sight and bypasses the environment.
  • Affected targets that are not in range of other hostiles will begin to damage themselves after the first 4.5 seconds of Discharge.
    • If affected targets die but one is left alive, it will begin to damage itself after another 4.5 seconds.
    • If total stun duration or remaining duration is shorter than 4.5 seconds, affected target will take no damage.
    • At the casting point, the Discharge damage, electric arc damage, and stun duration remain at 100%, linearly decreasing until all reach 50% of their respective values at the maximum range from the cast point.
      • Electric arc damage does not falloff over the electric arc radius from individual enemies, only over the Discharge range.
  • Loot crates can also undergo the Tesla effect, but can only be charged once.
  • Volt's passive does affect Discharge, but the bonus damage is not simply added onto the ability's total damage output. Instead, the current bonus damage value is divided by the damage per tick value, rounded down to the nearest whole number, then multiplied by 0.5 seconds. This new value is then subtracted from the 4.5 second damage delay phase of Discharge, meaning Discharge will begin damaging the target sooner.
    • For example, a rank 3 Discharge with a max rank  Intensify and 1,000 bonus damage from Volt's passive will deal:

      ${ \textbf{1,200} \times \textbf{1.3} \times (\textbf{6s} - \textbf{4.5s} + \textbf{0.5s} \times \left\lfloor\frac{\textbf{1000}}{\textbf{600} \times \textbf{1.3}}\right\rfloor) = \textbf{3,120} }$

      • This bonus will be applied only to the first enemy/object Discharge's propagation hits, meaning any other targets hit by Discharge will follow the normal damage calculation without Static Discharge's effects.
• Ability Synergy: Casting  Shock against a target under Discharge's effect will result in an overcharge, creating an area of effect burst emitted from the target.
• Has a cast time of ~1 second, affected by Casting Speed.
• Cannot be recast during the pulse's duration, and recasting will not refresh or stack the effect on already affected enemies.

Augment

Main article: Capacitance

Capacitance is a Warframe Augment Mod for  Volt that converts a percentage of damage dealt by  Discharge into shields, split between himself and allies.

Capacitance

Tips & Tricks

• Casting Discharge when targets are in a close proximity to one another and/or to yourself will ensure that enemies take more damage during the Effect Duration.

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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Bugs

• Can proc Arcanes that trigger off of Critical Hits such as  Arcane Fury.
• Damage delay is longer than 4.5 seconds. Further testing needed.

See Also

•  Volt