The Summoning Engineer

by Iggy The Incubus on 30/09/2023

Salutes 6

LOK-1 Smart Rifle

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+6 Direct Damage
+72 Max Ammo
x0.2 Acquire Lock Threshold, x2 Lock-On Range
+1.3° Acquire Lock Threshold, x1.5 Lose Lock Threshold
+10m Lock-On Range
+20% Damage to Electrified Targets and +20% Damage to Burning Targets
Lock-On now prioritizes low health enemies, and will only place as many Locks on an enemy as are required to kill it.
+3 Penetrations
x0.85 Lock-On Time
+6 Max Number of Lock-Ons
Targets with 3 or more Locks are Electrocuted by the first Locked-On bullet that damages them. The Electrocute DoT does 12 Electric-element Damage per Second, slows enemies by 80%, and lasts for 3 seconds.
Full Lock adds 20% more Direct Damage to all shots fired during the burst.
Every time you release a Lock-On burst, the last bullet fired emits an aura of Fear to all enemies near you. For every bullet fired during the Lock-On burst, add 0.15 Fear to the aura (ranges from 30% Base Fear Chance at 1 Lock to 375% Base Fear Chance at 24 Locks). The aura's radius starts at 2.4m and each bullet fired during the Lock-On burst increases it by +0.15m (ranges from 2.55m at 1 Lock to 6m at 24 Locks).
Seeker Rounds

Deepcore 40MM PGL

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+1m AoE Radius
+2 Max Ammo
+20 Area Damage
+2 Max Ammo
+20 Area Damage
Lose 50% of Direct, Area, and Armor Damage, and convert it to Heat that will ignite enemies
+500% Armor Breaking
+180% Projectile Velocity
Anywhere from x0.8 - x1.4 damage per shot, averaged to x1.1
+1m AoE Radius
Stuns creatures within the blast radius for 3 seconds
After 0.2 seconds of arming time, any grenade that passes within 2m of an enemy will detonate after a 0.1 second delay. After being armed, grenades will emit a green light. Grenades no longer explode upon impacting terrain, but instead automatically self-detonate 3.3 seconds after being fired or when they stop moving. Additionally, x1.1 AoE Radius.
+60 Direct Damage to any target directly impacted by a grenade.
Changes the PGL to add the player's current velocity to the grenades being fired, instead of using a flat velocity for every grenade.
Hyper Propellant

Platform Gun

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LMG Gun Platform

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Engineering Suit

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Pickaxe

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S.S.G
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Loadout Guide

This build's a little on the weird side, I'll admit. I looked at the Steeve. I looked at the SSGs. I looked at the LOK-1. I looked at the turrets. And my brain said "You know, I could make a psuedo summoner class build outta this". That's what this is centered around. Having a pocket army to deal with the glyphid army, even getting turncoat rivals and bugs to work for me as well. The Smart Rifle's purpose is to help mop up hordes alongside my turrets, swarmer grenades, and Steeve. The Hyper Propellant Deepcore is to snipe any big bastards that come your way. You can take more ammo for your sentries if you like, but being able to summon them quicker feels better to me.

Recommended Active Perks are Beast Master and Field Medic, so that you can even be a summoner for your allies!