The Pupacyst is an Infested polearm that innately deals
Viral damage.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals both Viral and
Impact damage.
Advantages:
- Highest base damage of all polearms.
- Innate
Viral damage – effective against Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
- High
Impact damage – effective against shields.
- Innate
- Decent critical chance.
- Very high status chance.
- Stance slot has
polarity, matches
Shimmering Blight stance.
- Innate
polarity.
Disadvantages:
- Innate
Viral damage – less effective against Machinery and Infested.
- No
Puncture and
Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
- Tied with
Orthos and
Serro for the second lowest critical multiplier of all polearms, after
Cassowar.
- Tied with
Kesheg and
Guandao for the slowest attack speed of all polearms.
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
The Pupacyst's blueprint can be researched from the Bio Lab in the dojo.
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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![]() 30,000 |
![]() 5 |
![]() 8,750 |
![]() 2,250 |
![]() 1 |
Time: 24 hrs |
Rush: ![]() | |||||
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Bio Lab Research ![]() | |||||
![]() 5,000 |
![]() 30 |
![]() 650 |
![]() 4,500 |
![]() 3,750 |
Time: 72 hrs |
Prereq: Embolist | |||||
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Tips[edit | edit source]
- The Pupacyst is an excellent anti-Corpus weapon as its innate
Viral damage increases damage done to the target's health but can also be modded to gain
Toxin damage to affect health, and
Magnetic damage to devastate shields.
- The slow attack speed can be mitigated by equipping
Fury (
Primed) alongside
Berserker and
Gladiator Vice.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Although the Pupacyst's description claims that its tip "rends flesh", it has no
Slash damage whatsoever.
Bugs[edit | edit source]
- Pupacyst gains 7 damage to Spin Attacks for equipping Stance Mods.
- This damage is affected by Mods.
Media[edit | edit source]
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Fixed the Pupacyst description calling it a “staff” instead of a “polearm” as intended.
- 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.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0
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