Zymos

Infested Weapons

Zymos is an Infested pistol that releases explosive spores. On headshots, the spores burrow into the target, stunning and dealing continuous damage before exploding to release 6 additional spores that seek nearby enemies.

AcquisitionEdit

Zymos are acquired by reaching the Rank of Stranger with the Entrati. Father sells the main blueprint for 2,000‍2,000 and component blueprints for 1,000‍1,000; a total of 4,000‍4,000 is needed for all parts. The main blueprint is also offered as a rank-up reward.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	1	1			Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 190			Blueprint Price: 2,000
Barrel
20,000	20	5	8	4	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25
Receiver
20,000	30	5	8	5	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.

Advantages:

• High Puncture and good Impact damage – effective against armor and shields.
• Above average critical multiplier.
• Very high status chance.
• Shots have a guaranteed Impact proc.
• Shots explode in a 3.3 meter radius upon impact with a surface or enemy, inflicting Toxin damage.
  • Innate Toxin damage – effective against Flesh and bypasses Shielded and Proto Shields.
  • Headshots stun targets for 1 second and deals continuous damage before exploding for 953 Toxin damage and knocking down the initial target, then scattering 6 spores that home-in on nearby enemies, dealing 333 Toxin damage each.
  • Explosion can benefit from  Fulmination
• Innate and polarities.

Disadvantages:

• No Slash damage – less effective against health.
• Explosion has innate Toxin damage – less effective against Machinery, Robotics, and Fossilized.
• Very low critical chance.
• Very low fire rate.
• Very slow reload speed.
• All projectiles have travel time.
• Explosions inflict self-stagger.
• Explosion has linear damage falloff from 100% to 70% from central impact.
• Headshot explosion delay allows enemies to move out of the explosion range.
• Extremely low ammo capacity; requires just 3 reloads to fully deplete all ammo reserves.

NotesEdit

• One main blueprint is required to reach the Rank of Clearance: Agnesis with the Necraloid.
• Multishot affects the number of spores released on a Headshot.

TriviaEdit

• The Zymos was first seen and wielded by the Zealot Proselytizer in the third episode of Nightwave: Series 2 – The Emissary.

MediaEdit

• Zymos wielded by Ember and Keratinos wielded by Excalibur

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See AlsoEdit

• Keratinos, the melee counterpart to this weapon.

Patch HistoryEdit

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