ReapeeRon's Flexible Versatile Driller

by GreenBeardedMiner on 13/12/2022

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CRSPR Flamethrower

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+25 Tank Size
+5m Flame Reach
+4 Damage per Particle
+10 Heat per Particle
+3 sec Sticky Flames duration
+1.8 Flow Rate
Increases Sticky Flames' slow from 10% to 55%
+75 Max Fuel
Every particle fired by the Flamethrower (ammo consumed) deals 0.2 Fear to all enemies it passes through
+3 sec Sticky Flames duration
+75 Max Fuel
Deal 80 Fire Damage per second and 80 Heat per second to all enemies within 4m of you. The Heat/sec stacks with the direct stream and Sticky Flames' heat sources as well.
If the direct stream kills a Burning enemy, there's a 50% chance that they will explode and deal 55 Fire Damage and 55 Heat to all enemies within a 3m radius.
Compact Feed Valves

Experimental Plasma Charger

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+5 Regular Shot Direct Damage
+24 Battery Size
+15 Charged Shot Direct Damage, +15 Charged Shot Area Damage
x0.4 Heat per Second when fully charged
+25% Regular Shot Velocity
-2 Ammo per Charged Shot
x2.5 Charge Speed
+50% Cooling Rate
+1m Charged Shot AoE Radius
+24 Battery Size
+15 Charged Shot Direct Damage, +15 Charged Shot Area Damage
Charged Shots now deal their Direct Damage to enemies hit by the projectile while in-flight, but it no longer explodes upon impact (functionally removing Area Damage). Deals x3 damage vs Frozen targets. Additionally: x0.3 AoE Radius. Regular Shots do [5 plus 25% of their Direct Damage] Heat per shot which can ignite enemies, and 70% of the Charged Shot's damage is converted to Fire-element + Heat.
Shoot the Charged Shot with a Regular Shot before it impacts anything to make it detonate for 240 Damage and carve terrain within a 3m radius. Additionally: x0.8 Heat per Regular Shot and x0.8 Heat per Charged Shot.
Regular Shots now do 10 Fire-element Area Damage in a 1.5m Radius in exchange for -10 Direct Damage.
Energy Rerouting

Reinforced Power Drills

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Satchel Charge

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Heavy Drill Suit

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Impact Axe
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Loadout Guide

Source:

ReapeeRon's Build Video

Note:

Extremely ammo efficient close-medium ranged build

Flamethrower Upgrades:

T2 - Flexible T3 and T4 - Flexible as well but recommended to have at least one of the extra ammo upgrades T5 - Either works

EPC Upgrades:

Completely flexible depending on what you prefer, this build has the EPC specced for normal use and mining

Pros

  • Extremely ammo efficient across both weapons
  • Very versatile since most upgrades can be adjusted to meet the situation

Cons

  • Bad against really far enemies like Menaces and Sniper Turrets
  • No real gimmicks or insane upsides