Damage Lab/Damage mechanics
Damage mechanics

Bolt Charge

Bolt Charge behavior, scaling, and measured damage interactions.

SourceTested and bad: trace rifles, Riskrunner, Ticuu's Divination, Hierarchy of Needs, Outbreak Perfected, Microcosm, Tarrabah, Final Warning, Barrow-Dyad, Merciless, Telesto, Ager's Scepter, Choir of One, Queenbreaker, D.A.R.C.I., Leviathan's Breath, Winterbite, Grand Overture, Coldheart, Divinity, Bastion, The Fourth Horseman, Necrotic Grip
Modifiers (assume max reload)
per stackTime
per secondStacks
baseDPS
bolt chargeDPS
DPSincrease
FlashoverDPS
Flashoverincrease
Storm's Keep
six barricades, tested with gaps
0.092
10.914
N/A
61,557
N/A
153,893
N/A
Thunderlord
5x Storm's Keep, Ionic Sentry, Spark of Frequency
0.146
6.870Should in theory be ~16, hard cap?
N/A
38,746
N/A
96,866
N/A
Thunderlord
Spark of Frequency
0.170
5.900
N/A
33,275
N/A
83,188
N/A
Le Monarque
sustained hits, Volatile Rounds
0.176
5.677
36,487
32,020
87.76%
80,051
219.40%
Ergo Sum
Unplanned Reprieve, lightweight frame
0.19840 stacks in 5.95s with Storm's Keep
5.056
182,957
28,517
15.59%
71,292
38.97%
Ergo Sum
The Perfect Fifth, caster frame
0.20040 stacks in 6s with Storm's Keep
5.000
158,057
28,199
17.84%
70,498
44.60%
Wardcliff Coil
four allies, Spark of Frequency
0.214
4.678
81,182
26,387
32.50%
65,967
81.26%
Hezen Vengeance
Pack Hunter, consecutive rockets, no Bipod
0.21720 stacks in 3.183s with Storm's Keep
4.616
279,354
26,037
9.32%
65,093
23.30%
Ill Omen
Pack Hunter, 1H2L spam
0.219
4.567
161,937
25,757
15.91%
64,394
39.76%
Le Monarque
sustained hits
0.243
4.108
31,300
23,172
74.03%
57,931
185.09%
Wardcliff Coil
Spark of Frequency
0.285
3.509
81,182
19,790
24.38%
49,475
60.94%
Alethonym
maximum tick rate with repeated embeds
0.308
3.243
61,752
18,290
29.62%
45,725
74.05%
Cloudstrike
Spark of Frequency
0.308
3.243
154,630
18,290
11.83%
45,725
29.57%
Bequest
Pack Hunter, 1H2L spam
0.317
3.157
176,214
17,808
10.11%
44,521
25.27%
Goldtusk
Pack Hunter, light attack spam
0.360
2.778
132,700
15,667
11.81%
39,168
29.52%
Lost Signal
0.489
2.046
20,950
11,538
55.07%
28,845
137.68%
Witherhoard
ground pool
0.498
2.010
20,756
11,335
54.61%
28,339
136.53%
Ionic Sentry
Spark of Frequency
0.500
2.000
12,093
11,280
93.28%
28,201
233.21%
Dragon's Breath
0.515
1.943
174,682
10,960
6.27%
27,399
15.69%
Finality's Auger
Ruinscribe Turret, painted
0.561
1.783
41,842
10,054
24.03%
25,134
60.07%
Storm's Keep
one barricade
0.600
1.667
N/A
9,400
N/A
23,501
N/A
Anarchy
two traps
0.763
1.310
45,520
7,388
16.23%
18,471
40.58%
Witherhoard
direct stick
1.130
0.885
20,264
4,991
24.63%
12,478
61.58%
Lord of Wolves
hip-fire
1.150
0.870
275,615
4,905
1.78%
12,261
4.45%