Best All-Around Engineer Build (AlarmClock314)

by AlarmClock314 on 30/03/2025

Salutes 3

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).
Explosive Chemical Rounds

Shard Diffractor

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+2 Area Damage
+2 Direct Damage
+100 Total Capacity
+33% Weakpoint Bonus
+0.8m AoE Radius
+50 Charge Capacity
-0.8 Recharge Time
Increases the amount of Direct Damage added as Heat from 25% to 100%
+400% Armor Breaking
When damaging an enemy that is either Electrocuted or affected by an IFG, add an additional +33% Direct and Area Damage as Electric-element.
Killing a medium-or-larger enemy refunds 3 ammo to the current Charge Capacity, prolonging the firing duration. This can only happen once every 0.25 seconds.
All enemies damaged by the AoE have their movespeed slowed by 80% for 1 second.
Volatile Impact Reactor

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

Build Pros:

-High damage, long range

-Can kill all enemies efficiently, for large bugs use 3 locks then target the weak spot with the SD

-Versatile, use on every mission

Build Cons:

-Lacks some self-defense, make sure you're proactively killing bugs and kiting

-Can burn through ammo relatively fast, use all equipment equally

Side Options:

-Lok can use 2a, 2b or 2c, this is mostly prefrence and difficulty dependent

-Turret 1a or 1b is personal preference, 3b is an option if you prefer some stun at the cost of more recalling/refilling

-Pickaxe 2a or 2c

Perks:

-Resupplier, Vampire, Born Ready (Born Ready can be changed out for Thoorns, Sweet Tooth, Deep Pockets, Elemental Insulation)

-Dash, Iron Will