Gauss

• Gauss sprints into action, propelling himself forward at supersonic speed toward the aiming reticle and instantly charging his battery by 10%. Tap the ability key to dash forward 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters. Hold down the ability key (default 1 ) to rush forward continuously; while rushing, Gauss can also sustain Mach Rush by holding down the forward movement key instead (default W ). Release the hotkeys for Mach Rush to halt Gauss in his tracks.
  • Battery charge on cast and dash distance are not affected by Mods.
  • Rushing speed is affected by Sprint Speed.
  • While rushing, Gauss is able to run across large bodies of water, commonly found on the Plains of Eidolon and Orb Vallis.
  • While rushing, Gauss's maneuverability is greatly reduced.
  • While rushing, Gauss can jump from the ground, but not double jump.
  • Rolling, meleeing, aiming or firing/charging a weapon will also cancel the rush.
• When Gauss dashes or rushes past enemies within 2 / 3 / 3 / 4 meters from him, they suffer a knockdown and will charge his battery by 1% per enemy hit. If Gauss crashes into a solid obstacle, he stops on impact and generates a powerful kinetic shockwave that expands to a 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 meter radius explosion, inflicting 200 / 400 / 600 / 800 Impact damage and blasting away all enemies within range.
  • Knockdown and explosion radii are affected by Ability Range.
  • Explosion damage is affected by Ability Strength.
  • Battery charge per enemy hit is not affected by mods.
• Ability Synergy:
  • While Kinetic Plating is active, Mach Rush shockwave instead inflicts Slash damage and proc on enemies caught in its explosion radius.
  • Mach Rush through a Thermal Sunder area to add its Cold or Heat damage to Mach Rush's knockdown and shockwave explosion.
  • Mach Rush energy cost is halved during Redline.
• Mach Rush drains 12.5 energy per second while active and will remain active until Gauss's energy is depleted, or the ability is deactivated.
  • Activation energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency, and the energy drain is affected by Ability Efficiency and Ability Duration.
  • Gauss cannot replenish energy using  Energy Siphon, Energy Vampire, Rift Plane's energy regeneration, Energizing Dash or Squad Energy Restores while Mach Rush is active but can replenish energy using Energy Orbs, Orokin Void Death Orb energy restores, Arcane Energize,  Rage, or  Hunter Adrenaline.
  • Mach Rush's energy drain is not converted into shields by Augur Mods.
• Mach Rush is a one-handed action. As such, it can be used while performing various maneuvers and actions without interruption.

• Tap Mach Rush to dash a set distance for quick repositioning.
  • In crowded hallways full of enemies, chain several Mach Rush dashes aimed at objects or walls to damage and blast away enemies clearing a path for your team. Dash in a zigzag pattern to create multiple shockwaves and reposition yourself behind the crowd.
• Players can release the ability key when holding down the forward key while rushing to keep Mach Rush active. Release both keys to stop.
• Mach Rush can be used to dash through Corpus Laser Barriers without getting knockdowned.
  • However, this will still trigger an alarm in Spy vaults.
• Use Cold Thermal Sunder to slow enemies knocked down or ragdolled by Mach Rush from recovery.
• As the energy cost is halved during Redline, Mach Rush is a more economical option to charge the battery compared to Thermal Sunder.
• To avoid a lockdown, do not use Mach Rush in some areas of Corpus Ship tileset as kinetic shockwave, generated from crashing into solid objects, can break a cracked Reinforced Glass within the radius.
• Using Mach Rush while aim-gliding and blocking will wall-latch onto the point of impact.

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• Gauss shields himself in a barrier of kinetic energy with one swift motion, protecting himself against incoming Impact, Puncture, Slash, Cold, Heat, and Blast damage types, while also becoming immune to stagger and knockdown effects for 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 seconds. While active, Kinetic Plating drains 1.28% battery power per second and 1.0% to 6.5% battery power per hit received, to reduce affected damage by a minimum of 14% / 16% / 18% / 20% at empty battery, up to a maximum of 70% / 80% / 90% / 100% at full battery. 2% / 3% / 4% / 5% of damage absorbed per hit is converted into extra Energy for Gauss. Melee attacks while Kinetic Plating is active will restore ?% battery. Kinetic Plating deactivates on duration end or by manually pressing the ability key again (default 2 ).
  • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Damage reduction scales with battery level and is affected by Ability Strength. Maximum damage reduction cannot exceed 100%. Minimum damage reduction cannot exceed 50%.
    • Damage reduction is calculated as:
      Min Damage Reduction + (Max Damage Reduction - Min Damage Reduction) × Current Battery Level
    • For example, with Kinetic Plating at rank 3, 100% Ability Strength, and battery level at 80%, the damage reduction will be: 20% + (100% - 20%) × 80% = 84%
  • Battery drain per second, battery drain per hit, energy restore per hit, and battery charge per melee attack are not affected by Mods.
  • Battery drain per hit is dependent on the damage of the attacker up to a cap of ~6.5%. Melee hits blocked generally drain less battery.
  • Both damage reduction and energy restoration still function even when the battery is empty.
• Ability Synergy:
  • While Kinetic Plating is active, Mach Rush's shockwave instead inflicts Slash damage and proc on enemies caught in its explosion radius.
  • While the battery level is boosted during Redline, Kinetic Plating also grants Gauss a 100% base melee damage bonus and 100% chance to stagger enemies on hit.

• Kinetic Plating stacks and synergizes well with  Adaptation.
  • Kinetic Plating provides initial protection while Adaptation builds up damage resistance from 0% to 90%.
  • Though Kinetic Plating's damage resistance can reach 100% at full battery, it cannot cover all damage type and the battery would't be full for most of the time.
  • On the other hand, Adaptation can reduce only one damage type for each particular attack.
• Kinetic Plating stacks with  Hunter Adrenaline and, when combined, can quickly restore energy while under heavy fire.
• Kinetic Plating synergizes well with  Quick Thinking as it reduces energy drain upon fatal hit, and also compensates with its energy restoration.
• Kinetic Plating does not require high Ability Strength to be viable as its damage reduction is primarily scaled with battery level.
  • Damage reduction will be 84% with 100% Ability Strength at 80% battery level.
  • This can be scaled up to 90%, which requires 250% Ability Strength.
  • However, at full battery, damage reduction will reach 100% regardless of Ability Strength.

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• Gauss manipulates the kinetic energy around him to create an area of extreme temperatures with an initial radius of 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters, which quickly shrinks to a final radius of 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 meters and lasts for 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 seconds.
  • Tap the ability key (default 3 ) to absorb kinetic energy, charging battery power by 10% to inflict a Cold proc on all enemies within range, lasting for a minimum duration of 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 seconds on empty battery, up to a maximum duration of 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 seconds on full battery. Enemies caught in the area creation receive a minimum of 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 Cold damage on empty battery, up to a maximum of 375 / 500 / 625 / 750 Cold damage on full battery; enemies lingering inside the area also receive damage per second, which diminishes in amount with the size of the area. When cast on enemies already affected by Cold proc, they are instantly frozen solid for the full status duration.
  • Hold down the ability key to expend kinetic energy, draining battery power by 10% to inflict a Heat and proc on all enemies in range, lasting for a minimum duration of 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 seconds on empty battery, up to a maximum duration of 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 seconds on full battery. Enemies caught in the area creation receive a minimum of 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 Heat damage on empty battery, up to a maximum of 750 / 1000 / 1250 / 1500 Heat damage on full battery; enemies lingering inside the area also receive damage per second, which diminishes in amount with the size of the area. When cast on enemies already affected by Heat proc, they are set ablaze by scorching flames, taking 100% extra damage over time, which can be stacked multiplicatively by recasting.
  • Initial and final radii are affected by Ability Range.
  • Area duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Initial damage and damage per second are affected by both Ability Strength and battery power level.
  • Damage per second has a moderate chance to stagger light enemy units within the area.
  • Status duration is affected by both Ability Duration and battery power level.
  • Battery charge on cast, battery drain on cast, and ignite damage bonus are not affected by Mods.
  • Enemies already afflicted with a status effect of the same type will have it reapplied; its status duration uses the battery power level at the time of the new Thermal Sunder cast.
• Casting Thermal Sunder of the opposite damage type on enemies already afflicted with Cold or Heat procs, combines the damage type into Blast. Affected enemies first have the initial status effect removed, receive the new status effect, then also receive a Blast proc and deals damage based on the mode being used plus the damage of the cancelled status.
  • Blast damage is affected by both Ability Strength and battery power level.
  • The order in which the elemental procs are combined changes the direction in which enemies within the ability area are knocked back by the Blast proc. Casting Cold first then Heat will knock enemies outwards, while casting Heat first then Cold will pull enemies in towards the player.
  • When casting both elements, the elemental proc cast second will override and replace the first element already present, e.g. if enemies were affected by the Cold area first, casting Heat proc on them will remove the Cold proc and replace it with Heat.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Mach Rush through a Thermal Sunder area to add its Cold or Heat damage to Mach Rush's knockdown and shockwave explosion.
  • Thermal Sunder gains bonuses to its status effects when Redline is active and above the redline battery charge (>80%):
    • The Cold proc freezes enemies solid instantly.
    • The Heat proc deals full damage-over-time against enemies.
    • The Blast proc permanently strips away the enemy's current amount of armor based off of battery power level, up to a maximum of 100% with a full battery charge, before inflicting its damage.

• Thermal Sunder does not affect cracked Reinforced Glass in Corpus Ship tileset and can be used to safely clear a corridor without causing a lockdown.

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• Gauss overclocks his Electrokinetic Battery, blasting away enemies within ? meters around him and gaining access to 100% of his battery for 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 seconds. During Redline, Gauss grants himself bonus weapon fire rate by a minimum of 6% / 9% / 12% / 15% at empty battery to a maximum of 30% / 45% / 60% / 75% at full battery, melee attack speed by a minimum of 5% / 6% / 7% / 8% at empty battery to a maximum of 25% / 30% / 35% / 40% at full battery, reload speed by a minimum of 4% / 6% / 8% / 10% at empty battery to a maximum of 20% / 30% / 40% / 50% at full battery, and holster speed by a minimum of 8% / 12% / 16% / 20% at empty battery to a maximum of 40% / 60% / 80% / 100% at full battery. While active, Redline drains 2% battery power per second. Redline deactivates on duration end or by manually pressing the ability key again (default 4 ).
  • Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
  • Passive battery drain is not affected by Mods.
  • Fire rate, reload speed, holster speed, and melee attack speed buffs are affected by both Ability Duration and battery power level.
• Redline introduces a new counter onto the battery gauge, shown as a percentage value between 0% and 100%. While the battery level is above 80%, the Redline counter gradually increases. The speed of the increase is based on battery level, with the counter decreasing if the battery level drops below the Redline limit. When the Redline counter reaches 100%, battery drain from abilities will be completely negated.
  • Redline counter maximum growth scales inversely with Ability Duration (e.g. more duration reduces growth), calculated as: 100% / ( Duration × 1/3 ). This means the Redline counter cannot be maxed earlier than 1/3rds of its duration.
  • While battery power level is above the Redline limit release, damaging projectiles of arcing electricity will periodically shoot out from Gauss and home in on nearby enemies with 50% accuracy, dealing 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 Impact and Puncture damage with a moderate status chance and guaranteed stagger effect. On deactivation, a variable number of projectiles are simultaneously released from Gauss and explode on impact with enemies.
    • Damage is affected by Ability Strength.
    • Number of projectiles released during Redline and on deactivation are affected by battery power level above the redline battery charge (>80%).
    • Projectiles will become more accurate and strike enemies more frequently, with the higher the battery power level beyond the redline limit.
  • When Redline expires, battery drains to amount displayed on Redline counter (e.g. if the counter is at 20%, the battery will decrease to 20%).
• Ability Synergy:
  • Mach Rush energy cost is halved when cast during Redline.
  • While the battery level is boosted during Redline, Kinetic Plating also grants Gauss a 100% base melee damage bonus and 100% chance to stagger enemies on hit.
  • Thermal Sunder gains bonuses to its status effects when Redline is active and above the redline battery charge (>80%):
    • The Cold proc freezes enemies solid instantly.
    • The Heat proc deals full damage-over-time against enemies.
    • The Blast proc permanently strips away the current amount of armor based off of battery power level, up to a maximum of 100% with a full battery charge, before inflicting its damage.

• To avoid a lockdown, do not activate Redline in some areas of Corpus Ship tileset as its projectiles can break a cracked Reinforced Glass.

Maximization is a form of specialization: mods may be blended to result in values that vary between the top-end limits listed here. Click any maximized link to learn how to build it. To view an individual ability's interactive maximization, visit the ability's main page.