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An old design! Mimics! Sentient Mimics! These haven't been seen since the Old War...
Ordis, talking about Mimics in The Sacrifice

Mimics are Sentient units which are first encountered in The Sacrifice quest and can later be found on the Murex which occasionally appears in Veil Proxima. They take the form of normal environmental objects to catch enemies off guard.

Damage Adaptation[]

As a Sentient, Mimics have the ability to adapt up to 4 damage types from attacks: a Sentient's health is gated such that upon its hit points falling below a fixed percentage, it will grant resistance to the damage type it has received the most. The Sentient will adapt to damage once per health gate, at the percentages listed below:

  • First gate: 25% Health lost.
  • Second gate: 45% Health lost.
  • Third gate: 65% Health lost.
  • Fourth gate: 80% Health lost.

Subsequent adaptation will be done in descending order of damage proportion for each health gate. A single Sentient can adapt against a maximum of 4 damage types even if another Sentient transfers their adaptation, and Sentients will still receive full damage from any damage that exceeds their health gate before adapting.

On adapting to a damage type, the color of the glowing core on their chest changes to the corresponding damage type they recently adapted to, along with displaying the icon of said damage type below their health gauge.

The adaptation decreases in effectiveness the more damage types it resists.

  • For the first adaptation, the Mimics will resist the damage type by 90%.
  • For the second adaptation, the Mimics will resist the damage type by 80%.
  • For the third adaptation, the Mimics will resist the damage type by 75%.
  • For the fourth adaptation, the Mimics will resist the damage type by 70%.

Using the Operator's Void Beam, Excalibur UmbraIcon272 Excalibur Umbra's RadialHowl130xWhite Radial Howl, a rank 40 Paracesis Paracesis, Shedu Shedu's pulse on expending all ammo, or XakuIcon272 Xaku's Xata'sWhisper130xWhite Xata's Whisper will remove and rest all their acquired damage resistances. Sentients can still regain their resistances, however, the aforementioned abilities and weapons will always be able to remove them.

The Mimics also receive another 40% resistance to the damage type at each adaptation, which stacks multiplicatively with the previously listed ones. These resistances cannot be removed by any of the methods listed above.

The damage gating also prevents Mimics from being killed in one shot, as the maximum percentage of health removable in one instance is:

  • 25% at full health
  • 20% between 75% & 55% max HP
  • 20% between 55% & 35% of max HP
  • 15% between 35% & 20%, after which there is no limit and the Mimics will take damage normally at every instance


Behavior[]

  • Mimics disguise themselves as environmental objects such as Storage Containers, resources, consoles, Ayatan Sculptures, etc. staying still until a player approaches, where they will reveal themselves to attack. When their health drops low enough they will attempt to flee and hide in order to reactivate their disguise.
    • Helios equipped with its Mod TT 20px Investigator precept can scan Mimics even while disguised, as long as the player's codex entry for Mimics is not complete. This can alert the player to a nearby Mimic's location if the player failed to spot them.
    • Their disguises can be distinguished from the real ones due to their slight imperfections, noticeable as a constant slight blur or flicker to the object. Additionally, they may disguise themselves as objects that look out of place in the surrounding area, such as an Orokin Death Orb beside a console.
    • When they retreat and turn back into an object, they will gain some of their health back.
    • If they are disguised as a resource node or storage container, they will be displayed on the map as a lootable container and will then be displayed as an enemy on the map when they transform if mods such as Mod TT 20px Animal Instinct are equipped.
    • Mimics can still be damaged and staggered when in their disguise, the latter of which will cause their appearance to glitch as they transform, though otherwise they still behave as usual.
  • Mimics will fire two laser beams from their arms at a random direction. They can also fire homing missiles.

Strategy[]

  • Unlike Conculysts, they keep their distance, and do not possess explosive projectiles like Battalysts, nor they can defend themselves with shields like Symbilysts. Taking cover is enough. However, their habit of retreating, disappearing, and ambushing , united with their innate Sentient adaptability can be a major nuisance when they are supported by other Sentient types.


Trivia[]

  • As suggested in the event of Jovian Concord, Mimics can impersonate a person.
    • Alad V was tricked to enter into a contract by a Mimic impersonating Regus, Alad's old acquaintance.
  • Excluding Railjack fighters, and one-of-a-kind Sentients such as Hunhow or Erra, Mimics are the only Sentient fighters whose name doesn't end with the "lyst" suffix.

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Patch History[]

Hotfix 31.7.1 (2022-07-28)

  • Fixed Sentient Mimics dropping their arm pieces when destroyed.

Update 30.7 (2021-09-08)

  • (Undocumented) No longer drop their health and energy restoring cores.
  • (Undocumented) No longer immune against status effects.

Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)

  • Introduced.
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