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Photon Strike

Drop a targeting beacon that calls in a devastating laser artillery strike.


Introduced in Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on beacon hit)
1,000 / 1,500 / 2,000 / 2,500 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on explosion)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:4 / 4 / 5 / 5 m (blast radius)

Misc: ?% (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast status chance)
1.5 s (strike delay)
1.0x (damage multiplier per 10 enemy levels)
0.73s (grounded cast time)
0.94s (in-air cast time)

Info

  • Vauban throws a targeting beacon in an arcing trajectory toward the aiming reticle. On impact with an enemy, the beacon inflicts 15 DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage with a ?% status chance; on impact with an enemy, a surface or after 1.5 seconds has elapsed, an orbital cannon fires a powerful energy laser that penetrates through solid matter to strike the beacon, destroying it in the process, and inflicting 1,000 / 1,500 / 2,000 / 2,500 DmgBlastSmall64 Blast scaling damage to all enemies within a 4 / 4 / 5 / 5 meter radius.
    • Beacon damage on hit is affected by Ability Strength.
    • Explosion damage is affected by Ability Strength, Vauban's passive, and enemy level.
    • Photon Strike's explosion damage benefits from Ability Strength, Vauban's passive, and enemy level using the following expression:
      Total Explosion Damage = Blast Damage × (1 + Ability Strength) × (1 + Passive Damage Bonus) × Enemy Level Multiplier
      • Enemy Level Multiplier = ceil(Enemy Level ÷ 10). The multiplier only increases after 1 level past the per-10-levels mark (e.g. levels 11, 21, 31, 41, etc).
      • With a maxed Mod TT 20px Intensify and an incapacitated enemy at level 101, Vauban will deal 2,500 × (1 + 0.3) × (1.0 + 0.25) × (11) = 44,687.5 DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage.
    • Blast radius is affected by Ability Range.
    • Beacon hit status chance and strike delay are not affected by Mods.
    • Enemies that survive the strike are ragdolled away from the blast zone.
  • The targeting beacon will bounce off walls and enemies.
  • Photon Strike will damage units along the path of the beam.
  • If the beacon contacts a Guardian Eximus's rotating shields, the beacon will disappear and PhotonStrike130xWhite Photon Strike will not activate.
  • Ability Synergy:
    • Photon Strike's targeting beacon is attracted by Bastille130xWhite Bastille's vortex mode, pulling it to the center of the vortex and allow for easier targeting of enemies caught within.
      • If multiple vortexes are in range, Photon Strike's beacon will be pulled to the first vortex created.
  • If cast while in midair, the casting animation changes with Vauban hovering briefly as he spins to throw the beacon.

Augment

PhotonRepeaterMod
Main article: Photon Repeater

Photon Repeater is a Warframe Augment Mod for VaubanIcon272 Vauban that allows the next cast of PhotonStrike130xWhite Photon Strike to cost no energy and fire two strikes in succession if the previous cast hits a specified number of enemies.

Photon Repeater

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