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Psychic Bolts

Nyx launches a cluster of force bolts at enemies, using telekinesis to adjust flight paths and seek nearby targets. Hits strip some enemy defenses.


Introduced in Update 6.0 (2013-01-29)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:20 / 40 / 60 / 80 % (defense reduction)
5 / 10 / 15 / 20 % (Infested speed penalty)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:5 / 7 / 9 / 11 s
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 (number of bolts)
60 m (targeting range)
100 % (aura nullification)
100 % (defense reduction cap)

Info

  • Nyx launches 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 flying bolts of telekinetic energy toward her aiming reticle, which psychically seek out nearby enemies within her line of sight and 60 meters. Each psychic bolt dissipates and applies a RollingDroneAvatar Stagger on successful hit, weakening its target for 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 seconds. Affected enemies have 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% of their maximum Armor and Shields temporarily removed, while Infested enemies' movement speed are also slowed by 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% for the duration. Ancients also cannot emit their defensive auras while affected.
    • Defense reduction and Infested speed penalty are affected by Ability Strength. Defense strip is capped at 100% at 125% Ability Strength.
      • Shield strip removes a percentage of the current maximum value, as such it has diminishing returns on subsequent casts against the same enemies. Armor strip, however, is a percentage of an enemy's total.
        • Enemies can still gain bonus shield buffs (such as from Shield Ospreys), which are added after the shield strip value. This bonus shield buff can not be removed by Psychic Bolts.
    • Debuff duration is affected by Ability Duration.
    • Number of bolts, targeting range, and aura nullification are not affected by mods.
    • Auras disabled by Psychic Bolts include the Ancient Healer, Ancient Disruptor, Toxic Ancient.
    • Psychic Bolts can only do one of the following to an enemy at once, with the priority following the list order:
      1. Remove armor and shields
      2. Disable an Ancient's aura
      3. Disable an Eximus's aura.
    • Bolts phase through obstacles in the environment.
    • Bolts will disappear after traveling for a few seconds if they do not strike targets.
    • Number of bolts in flight is shown on the ability icon (e.g. 6x). Once the bolts expire, the number on the ability icon will indicate how many enemies are currently debuffed.
  • Psychic Bolts will not target enemies behind obstacles in the environment unless Nyx has line of sight, or unless the enemy is aware of Nyx within a short period of time (e.g., an enemy that spots Nyx and runs out of view can still be targeted by Psychic Bolts if the ability is used within a small time frame).
  • Can be recast while enemies are still debuffed. Recasting will cancel the effect on previous remaining target(s).
  • Targeted enemies will briefly radiate energy as a visual indicator, and an audio cue will be played.
  • Psychic Bolts is a one-handed action. As such, it can be used while performing various maneuvers and actions without interruption.

Augment

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Main article: Pacifying Bolts

Pacifying Bolts is a Warframe Augment Mod for NyxIcon272 Nyx that gives PsychicBolts130xWhite Psychic Bolts the ability to temporarily stun enemies and create 3 additional bolts.

Pacifying Bolts

Tips & Tricks

  • With one player using Mod TT 20px Corrosive Projection, 100% armor strip can be achieved at 103% Ability Strength.
  • Psychic Bolts synergizes well with damage types that are effective against health classes (e.g. Cloned Flesh and Flesh), like DmgSlashSmall64 Slash and/or DmgViralSmall64 Viral.
    • On the other hand, DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive or DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic, which is effective against armor/shield classes, gains less benefit from Psychic Bolts' full debuff.
  • A max rank Mod TT 20px Augur Secrets will put your Ability Strength at 124%, stripping defenses by 99% without removing their damage weaknesses to DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive, DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation, and DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic.

Maximization

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