[w/ Guide] SMRT Shock-Fire

by ML-Z on 25/03/2025

Salutes 2

LOK-1 Smart Rifle

LOK-1 Smart Rifle icon
+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).
SMЯT Trigger OS™

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
S.S.G icon

Loadout Guide

Short(er) Version:

Weapon Upgrades Overclock
LOK-1 Smart Rifle 1-X-2-2-2 Smяt Trigger OS™
Shard Diffractor 3-1-1-1-1 Volatile Impact Reactor
Weapon Notes
LOK-1 Smart Rifle The weapon you use to kill scattered or far away targets. Even with only 2 locks you’ll still trigger the LOK-1’s Tier 5 upgrade.
Shard Diffractor The all-arounder weapon. Draw lines to burn and kill Grunts or focus fire on heavier targets’ weakpoints (remember to shock them with the LOK-1 whenever possible).
Tool Upgrades Notes
Platform Gun X-1-X Build it in any way you see fit. I do like more ammo, though.
LMG Gun Platform 1-2-X-1 Gemini System is my choice here.
Any None Whatever suits you-- L.U.R.E. and S.S.G. are my personal favorites.
Engineering Suit X-X-1-3 Breathing Room is always a safe choice.

Detailed Explanation:

LOK-1 Smart Rifle

  • LOK-1 built this way is primarily used to kill singular targets or enemies that are far away (Spitters).
  • Tier 5 upgrade, Electric Generator Mod, will proc even with Smяt Trigger OS™ 2 max lock-ons. Consecutive hits will proc Tier 3, Electro-Chemical Rounds which gives a small damage boost to the LOK-1.
  • Macro Lens is my choice as I use this weapon to focus fire on lone enemies and I usually don’t want to target something close to an enemy by accident.
  • Still, if you feel like Tier 2 Macro Lens is overkill you can swap to Zoom Lens. I don’t recommend CCD Array Add-on since I use this weapon for picking single targets.
  • Aiming at the ceiling allows you to shoot Cave Leeches in the dark if the LOK-1 cursor finds one. However, Stalkers WILL NOT be auto-targeted until they uncloak.

Shard Diffractor

  • This is an all-purpose weapon that can be used either to kill lots of Grunts and Swarmers with Volatile Impact Reactor or focus fire against bigger targets.
  • Before blasting bigger enemies, try to tag them with a full lock-on burst fire from the LOK-1 to shock enemies to gain a damage boost from the Tier 5 upgrade, Hydrogen Rupturing.
  • To get the most out of Volatile Impact Reactor draw a line or circle around where enemies are going to walk on or are about to spawn.
  • The Shard Diffractor’s laser can ignite poisonous spores from Fungus Bogs.