Embolist

Infested Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Embolist
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery Rank Requirement	9
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Held
Utility
Accuracy	Very High
Ammo Max	210
Ammo Pickup	40
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●●● (1.40x)
Fire Rate	8.00 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	33
Reload Time	1.30 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Spread	0.00° (0.00° min, 0.00° max)
Normal Attack
35 ( 100%)
Total Damage	35 (100.00%  Toxin)
Ammo Cost	0.5
Crit Chance	3.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.50x
Fire Rate	8.00 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (35.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	9.0 m
Spread	0.00° (0.00° min, 0.00° max)
Status Chance	41.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	BEAM, AOE
Riven Family	Embolist
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 10.0 (2013-09-13)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Embolist
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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CODEX

A living weapon, the infested Embolist pistol kills its victims with an acidic venomous gas.

The Embolist fires a toxic stream of poison with a high chance to proc  Toxin.

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

Characteristics

• This weapon deals only  Toxin damage.
• Damage ramps up from 45% to 100% over 0.6 seconds when firing. After firing stops for 0.8 seconds, the damage decays back to 45% over 2 seconds.
• The zone of impact or maximum beam range produces a spherical blast radius of 1 meter, allowing it to hit multiple enemies at once.
  • The radial damage is not affected by multishot.
  • The radius is affected by ( Primed)  Fulmination.
•  Magnum Force's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
• Can use the Embolist-exclusive mods  Eroding Blight and  Vile Discharge.
• Innate polarity.

Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• Pinpoint accuracy.
• Consumes 0.5 ammo per tick of damage.
• Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
  • Above average magazine (33)
  • Above average ammo max (210)
  • Above average fire rate (8.00 attacks/sec)
  • Very high status chance (41.00%)
  • High disposition (●●●●● (1.40x))

Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• Limited range of 9 meters.
• Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
  • Very low crit chance (3.00%)
  • Below average total damage (35)
  • Very low crit multiplier (1.50x)

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.

Acquisition

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

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
30,000	Mutagen Mass 5	Salvage 15,000	Circuits 1,200	Forma 1	Time: 1 Day(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:50,000
Bio Lab Research3,000
5,000	Mutagen Sample 30	Circuits 400	Nano Spores 4,000	Polymer Bundle 800	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Prereq: Acrid
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Notes

• The projectile creates a toxin cloud on whatever surface it hits, this is purely cosmetic and does no additional damage, staying for less than a second.

Tips

• As the Embolist is primarily a close range weapon that benefits from area of effect,  Magnum Force can be beneficial in increasing both its damage and its spread.
•  Ruinous Extension will increase the range of the weapon by almost double (from a max range of 9m to 17m).
• Multishot affects the beam but not the small radial damage effect where the beam ends.
• Punch Through can be slotted but has no effect on the weapon.

Trivia

• An embolism refers to the lodging of an embolus, such as a blood clot or gas bubble. It can cause a circulatory blockage which affects a different part of the body away from the actual site of the blockage.
• The visual effect of the Embolist resembles the special attack of the Nauseous Crawler, indicating that this weapon may be a part of said Infested or derived from it. However, apart from the similar attack appearance there are no shared properties.
• The 'tail' on this weapon moves.
• Interestingly, the weapon's reload animation seems to involve pulling (or possibly twisting) the weapon's tail.
• Originally the weapon behaved exactly like the Ignis, having infinite body punch through and having the rare effect of proccing toxin on every hit even if the weapon's toxin was changed to a new element. Both of these mechanics were entirely removed for unknown reasons.

Known Bugs

• When given to a Rescue target, the cloud released when fired will be the Embolist's default energy color, as opposed to the customized one shown on the weapon itself.
•  Galvanized Shot is multiplicative to base damage sources on direct hits from alt-fire if using  Vile Discharge.

Media

Embolist in the Codex.

Embolist

An Embolist

Lets Max (Warframe) E31 - Embolist and Eroding Blight

WARFRAME EMBOLIST Advanced Guide

New Embolist Reload Animation

Warframe - All Infested Weapons - Animations & Sounds w Slow Motion

Warframe - All Infested Weapon Reloads in 30 seconds (2013 - 2019)

Patch History

Update 22.14 (2018-03-01)

• Fixed Beam weapons not being able to damage enemies (alive but in a ragdolled state) when being affected by certain ‘crowd control’ Abilities.
• Damage now ramps up over 0.6 seconds and after moving off target there is a delay of 0.8 seconds before it starts to decay over 2 seconds.
• All Beam weapons now start their Damage ramp up at 20% (instead of 10%) with the following exception:
  • Embolist starts at 30%.
• The Multishot chance should now apply more consistently with Beam weapons.
• Fixed Beam weapons continuously firing when quick Meleeing.
• Embolist ammo capacity increased to 50 in Conclave.

Hotfix 22.13.4 (2018-02-22)

• Increased the Beam weapon Damage ramp up time from 0.8 to 1 second.
• Fixed Beam weapon Damage ramp up not happening per target.

Hotfix 22.13.3 (2018-02-21)

• Perfect accuracy and high fire rate is balanced by limited range and damage ramping up from 10% to 100% over 0.8 seconds when firing and decays back to 10% over 1 second after stopping.
• Mastery Rank increased from 8 to 9.
• Damage increased from 18.5 Toxin per sec to 35 Toxin per tick.
• Fire Rate reduced from 10 to 8.
• Status chance increased from 10% per sec to 41% per tick of damage.
• Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 3%.
• Reload reduced from 1.5s to 1.3s.
• Range increased from 6m to 9m.
• Ammo consumption decreased from 1.0 to 0.5 per tick of damage.
• Aimed Zoom reduced from 2.23x to 1.1x.

Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)

• Embolist magazine reduced from 100 to 50 in Conclave.

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

• Embolist can now be used in Conclave!
• The Embolist has received the PBR treatment!

Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)

• Added custom weapon reload for the Embolist.

Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)

• Fixed the Embolist improperly using the Ignis' reload animation.

Hotfix 16.0.4 (2015-03-23)

• Improved the smokey particle effects on the Embolist's weapon fire.

Update 15.0 (2014-10-24)

• Added Embolist Syndicate mod.

Update 12.0 (2014-02-05)

• Embolist now has increased damage and forced poison proc.

Update 10.3 (2013-10-09)

• Fixed continuous fire AoE weapons (Embolist) from hitting the same target multiple times per shot when in ragdoll.
• Fixed Embolist that played reload sounds twice.

Update 10.1 (2013-09-20)

• Reduced Embolist crafting costs:
  • Mutagen: 7 to 5.
  • Forma: 2 to 1.

Update 10.0 (2013-09-13)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 22.20.6 (2018-05-24)

See also

•  Eroding Blight, an Embolist exclusive Syndicate mod.
•  Synapse, a primary that shares a similar aesthetic as the Embolist.
• ​ Phage , a beam shotgun that shares a similar aesthetic as the ​Embolist
•  Dual Ichor, a melee that shares a similar aesthetic as the Embolist.