Strain Infection

Strain Infection
UNTRANSMUTABLE
TRADABLE
Max Rank Description
Melee Attacks gain +20% Critical Damage per Cyst. ▭▭▭▭ Grows up to 2 Cysts over 6s that erupt every 25s to spawn a maggot.
Statistics
Type	Melee
Polarity	Madurai
Rarity	Rare
Trading Tax	8,000
Max Rank	3
Base Capacity Cost	6
Introduced	Update 24.2 (2018-12-18)
Internal Name	/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Sets/Strain/MeleeStrainInfectionMod
Sources
Missions Enemies Profit-Taker Bounty (Phase 3) Armaments Director 1.25% Sentient Research Director 1.25% Vivisect Director 1.25%

Strain Infection is a set mod that increases the critical multiplier of a melee weapon based on the number of grown Cysts.

Stats

Rank	Critical multiplier	Cost
0	+5%	6
1	+10%	7
2	+15%	8
3	+20%	9

Set Bonus

This mod is part of a set, whose set bonus increases with each additional mod equipped from that set.

Strain Set: The Helminth Charger grows cysts every X seconds that erupt every 25 seconds to spawn a maggot that seeks out and attacks enemies.

Mods Equipped	Cysts	Duration
1	2	6s
2	4	12s
3	6	18s
4	8	24s

Notes

• The amount of critical multiplier provided by Strain Infection is indicated by a “ Viral” icon in the buff UI.
• Provides the user with 160% critical multiplier, provided all set mods are equipped and the Helminth Charger has 8 cysts active.
  • This state only lasts for one second, then the process starts over from 0%.
• Critical multiplier bonus stacks additively with other Critical multiplier mods such as  Organ Shatter. A max rank Strain Infection and Organ Shatter will provide the user with +250% Critical Damage provided all set mods are equipped and all cysts are active on the Helminth Charger.  

Patch History

Hotfix 29.5.4 (2020-11-25)

• Fixed Nidus’ Virulence not benefiting from Volatile Maggot / Strain Maggots.

Update 25.1 (2019-06-05)

• Fixed Strain Mod Maggots Energy color persisting as default.

Hotfix 25.0.8 (2019-05-31)

• Fixed Maggots from Strain Mods not using the proper emissive colors.

Update 24.2 (2018-12-18)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 24.2.2 (2018-12-18)