Driller Dreadnought Killer

by Kalkin on 09/07/2024

Salutes 1

Corrosive Sludge Pump

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x2 Magazine Size
+40% Projectile Velocity
x1.25 Sludge Puddle width, x1.1 Sludge Puddle height
+24 Charged Shot Area Damage
+4 Charged Shot Fragments
+8 Regular Shot Area Damage
x1.5 Corrosive DoT duration, x1.5 Sludge Puddle duration
+40 Max Ammo
-1 Ammo per Charged Shot
x0.4 Charge Time
Increases Corrosive DoT's Slow from 35% to 51.25%, and increases the Sludge Puddle's Slow from 45% to 72.5%
Increases the Corrosive DoT's average DPS by +8.8, and increases Sludge Puddle's average DPS by +4
Sludge Blast

Subata 120

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x0 Base Spread
+4 Magazine Size
+48 Max Ammo
+3 Direct Damage
-33% Spread per Shot, x0.5 Recoil
Changes the Subata to fire in bursts of 2 bullets at 20 RoF during the burst. If both bullets hit an enemy, the second bullet gets +350% Armor Breaking. Additionally, -0.25 Mass and -4 Rate of Fire.
-0.6 Reload Time
+75% Weakpoint Bonus
+3 Direct Damage
+48 Max Ammo
+50% Direct Damage dealt to Burning enemies. Bonus damage is Fire element and adds the same amount of Heat, extending the Burn duration.
+1 Blowthrough
Shooting an enemy that is afflicted with Corrosion, Sludge Puddle, or Neurotoxin will apply 2 Status Effects. The first one lasts 5 seconds, and each bullet that hits will increase the DPS by +3.2, up to a maximum of 30 stacks (96 DPS). After its duration expires, you must apply a new instance and start stacking it again. The second Status Effect lasts 4.5 seconds, and its duration can be refreshed. If an enemy dies while the second one is active, then they will explode and damage nearby enemies proportional to the number of active stacks of the first effect. The explosion does (60 + 20*stacks) Typeless Damage, and the radius is (0.5 + SqRt[stacks]) meters.
Explosive Reload

Reinforced Power Drills

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Satchel Charge

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Heavy Drill Suit

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Pickaxe

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Impact Axe
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Loadout Guide

Designed to quickly and effectively kill Dreadnoughts.

Spam full charge Sludge Blasts at any Dreadnought. For more Burst damage, swap to your Subata while your Sludge Pump is reloading and spam until Born Ready is triggered. There is synergy between Subata and the Sludge effect due to T5C on Subata. Sludge Pump does not need to hit weakspots, aim from any angle you have at the Dreadnought.

C4 for Hiveguard armor. A single sludge pump shot and 6 Subata bullets should kill Hiveguard spawn.

Explosive Subata for when the Twins are playing out of your range or on the ceiling.

Impact axes with axe canceling for additional burst damage.

Sludge Pump can alternatively take T4B for faster charge at cost of charge shot ammo efficiency.