Dual Toxocyst

Infested

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Dual Toxocyst

Statistics

Utility

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Normal

7.5

60

7.5

Projectile Type

Hit-Scan

Range

300 m

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)

Internal Name

/Lotus/Weapons/Infested/Pistols/InfVomitGun/InfVomitGunWep

CODEX

Brain-strikes excite this bioweapon, causing it to rapidly release toxic munitions.

The Dual Toxocyst is a pair of Infested sidearms oriented towards Puncture Damage Puncture damage. Successfully achieving a headshot with this weapon temporarily grants it increased fire rate, additional Toxin Damage Toxin damage, reduced recoil and infinite ammo. However, its initial recoil is very high and initial fire rate is very slow.

This weapon can be sold for 7,500 Credits 7,500.

Characteristics[]

This weapon deals primarily Puncture Damage Puncture damage.

Advantages:

High Puncture Damage Puncture damage – effective against armor.
Very high status chance.
Very good ammunition efficiency.
Landing a successful headshot grants the "Frenzy" buff, increasing fire rate by 150%, increases Ammo Efficiency by 100%, reduces recoil, and gains a bonus of 100% of its base damage as Toxin Damage Toxin damage. The buff lasts 3 seconds and can be refreshed on subsequent headshots.
Innate and polarities.

Disadvantages:

Low Impact Damage Impact and Slash Damage Slash damage - less effective against shields and health.
Very low critical chance.
Very low base fire rate.
Low ammo capacity.
High recoil without the innate buff active.

Acquisition[]

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

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	4	6,500	1,100	1	Time: 24 hrs
30,000	4	6,500	1,100	1	Rush: 35
Market Price: 175			Blueprints Price:15,000
Bio Lab Research 3,000
5,000	20	200	750	400	Time: 72 hrs
5,000	20	200	750	400	Prereq: Acrid
x1 x3 x10 x30 x100

Notes[]

Frenzy buff increases fire rate by 150%, doesn't consume ammo while firing, significantly reduces recoil, and gains a bonus of 100% of its base damage as Toxin Damage Toxin damage. The buff lasts for 3 seconds and can be refreshed.
- The buff triggers only on headshots, and not other weakspots, such as the backpacks of most MOA variants. Similarly, shooting weakspots generated by either Sonar Sonar or Detect Vulnerability Detect Vulnerability in places other than heads will have no effect either.
  - Headshots on corpses will not grant the buff.
- The fire rate bonus stacks multiplicatively after any equipped fire rate mods or fire rate bonuses. This can also be considered as applying to the base fire rate first before any additions.
- The bonus Toxin Damage Toxin damage can combine with other elemental mods equipped on the weapon, ex. having Heated Charge Heated Charge or Scorch (Mod) Scorch equipped will make the Dual Toxocyst deal Gas Damage Gas upon activating the buff.
- If the Dual Toxocyst is modded with a combined element such as Corrosive, the bonus toxin damage will be added to that element's damage.
- If the bonus is triggered or if it disappears, this weapon makes a noise that will alert nearby enemies. This noise cannot be reduced with Suppress Suppress or Hushed Invisibility Hushed Invisibility.
- Triggering the buff with the last bullet of the magazine does not require the user to reload the weapon before shooting again because it stops consuming ammo, and therefore is an effective candidate for Synth Charge Synth Charge.
- The bonus Toxin Damage Toxin damage is applied toward the "Toxin Mod Multiplier" for Toxin Damage Toxin damage-over-time, as opposed to the base damage of the weapon where both initial damage and damage-over-time would simply double.
  View Status Proc Math List▾▾

A toxin mod multiplier determines Toxin Damage Toxin proc damage per tick by Base Damage × (Toxin Mod Multiplier ÷ 2). For example, with Hornet Strike Hornet Strike, Pathogen Rounds Pathogen Rounds, Pistol Pestilence Pistol Pestilence, Expel Grineer Expel Grineer and the +100% "Frenzy" toxin bonus:

Base Damage = 75 × (1 + 2.2) × (1 + 0.3) = 312

Toxin Mod Multiplier = (1 + 0.9 + 0.6 + 1) × (1 + 0.3) = 4.55x

Toxin Damage per tick = 312 × (4.55 ÷ 2) = 709.8

Tips[]

The headshot buff can completely counter the weapon's low innate fire rate and max ammo capacity.
Use of the increased zoom module Hawk Eye Hawk Eye can make gaining the headshot buff easier, thus significantly increasing the weapon's damage outputs and versatility.
While under the effects of the triggered buff, the fast fire rate and unlimited ammo, combined with the low critical chance and average critical multiplier make rapid fire bodyshots more viable than aimed headshots.
Hydraulic Crosshairs Hydraulic Crosshairs can be triggered at the same time as the buff, though the low base critical chance makes this mod of limited utility.
Installing Steady Hands Steady Hands completely negates recoil while buff is active.

Trivia[]

The Dual Toxocyst is the first infested dual pistol added to the game.
Triggering the innate headshot buff or reloading the weapon will cause the Dual Toxocyst's barrel to open up like jaws, connected by infested tissue between its upper and lower parts.