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A two-pronged attack; the bone-grafted cocoon at the tip of this polearm rends flesh, while the viral mass living within spreads itself into the wounds of each new victim.

The Pupacyst is an Infestation w Infested polearm that innately deals DmgViralSmall64 Viral damage.

Characteristics[]

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Highest base damage of all polearms.
  • Heavy slam attacks have a chance to force DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin procs.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Very high total damage (284)
    • Above average attack range (2.70 m)
    • Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Tied with Orthos Orthos and Serro Serro for the second lowest critical multiplier of all polearms, after Cassowar Cassowar.
  • Tied with Kesheg Kesheg and Guandao Guandao for the slowest attack speed of all polearms.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Low crit chance (13.00%)
    • Very low attack speed (0.83x animation speed)
    • Very low crit multiplier (1.50x)

Acquisition[]

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


Manufacturing Requirements
📝 Edit blueprint requirements
Credits
30,000
MutagenMass
5
Salvage
8,750
Rubedo
2,250
Forma
1
Time: 1 Day(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 35
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge 150 Blueprint2 Blueprints Price:Credits50,000
Bio Lab ResearchClanAffinity643,000
Credits
5,000
MutagenSample
30
Plastids
650
NanoSpores
4,500
Ferrite
3,750
Time: 3 Day(s)
Prereq: Embolist
Ghost Clan x1   Shadow Clan x3   Storm Clan x10   Mountain Clan x30   Moon Clan x100

Tips[]

  • The Pupacyst is an excellent anti-Corpus weapon as its innate DmgViralSmall64 Viral damage increases damage done to the target's health but can also be modded to gain DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin damage to affect health, and DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic damage to devastate shields.
  • The slow attack speed can be mitigated by equipping Mod TT 20px Fury (Mod TT 20px Primed) alongside Mod TT 20px Berserker Fury and Mod TT 20px Gladiator Vice.

Trivia[]

  • Although the Pupacyst's description claims that its tip "rends flesh", it has no DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage whatsoever.

Bugs[]

  • Pupacyst gains 7 damage to Spin Attacks for equipping Stance Mods.
    • This damage is affected by Mods.

Media[]

Patch History[]

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

  • Fixed the Pupacyst description calling it a “staff” instead of a “polearm” as intended.

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

  • Damage increased from 90 to 284.
  • Range increased from 1.5 to 2.7.
  • Slam Attack increased from 90 to 852.
  • Slide Attack increased from 193 to 568.
  • Parry Angle set to 55.
  • Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.

Update 23.10 (2018-10-12)

  • Introduced.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

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