Phaser

Phaser
Internal name	BackBlink
Type	Power
Scaling
Recharge	2 seconds
Base price	2000
Damage
Base hit	70
Blueprint
Location	Drops from Runners
Drop chance	0.4%
Unlock cost	50

Phaser is a power skill which teleports the player behind a nearby enemy and empowers the next attack.

Details

• Special Effects:
  • Teleports the player behind a nearby enemy.
    • If no enemies are nearby, the skill fails and goes on a half-second cooldown.
    • If the teleport completes, the targeted enemy is inflicted with a status effect causing it to take a scaling amount of extra damage on the next hit, and the skill goes on its normal cooldown.
    • Upon teleporting, the enemy is rooted in place and cannot turn around.
• Tags: ShortCooldown, MoveHero, UnlockInPublicEvent
• Legendary Version:
  • Forced Affix: Poison on Use
    • "Release a cloud of poisonous gas around you."

Synergies

• Pairs well with the Assassin's Dagger and the Blowgun as it enables the player to easily deal critical damage.

Notes

• Bonus damage from affixes such as "+60% damage on bleeding targets" is calculated when the affected enemy is attacked.
  • Because of this, the root effect applied by Phaser is able to trigger the affix "+75% damage to rooted targets", effectively giving the item a +75% damage buff.
• The debuff applied by Phaser is recognized as a melee attack and will therefore trigger relevant effects from mutations like Open Wounds and Ripper.
• The root effect applied by Phaser can trigger the mutation Heart of Ice, instantly resetting the skill's cooldown.
• Due to how the game qualifies what counts as a ranged kill, killing an enemy using Phaser immediately followed by a ranged weapon will not activate the mutation Hunter's Instinct. However, it will activate the mutations Predator and Killer Instinct. Other ranged and melee mutations will work normally.

Trivia

• Phaser was the name for the Runner enemy prior to an update. The skill also mimics their teleportation ability.
• Prior to v1.4, Phaser had a bug where it caused the Thorny to damage the player when used, even though the player didn't melee the Thorny.
• After the Swarm rework in v2.1, Phaser now has the shortest cooldown of all skills.

History

0.0: Introduced. 0.1: Unlock cost increased from 30 to 35 cells. Added tag "NoDamage". 0.4: Cooldown increased from 1.8 to 3.6 seconds. Now scales with Brutality/ Tactics. 0.6: Bonus damage changed from 150% to 70 base damage. Increased distance from 9 to 11. Removed tag "NoDamage". Changed description. 0.7: Added starred affix "PoisonOnUse". Added tag "ShortCooldown". 1.1: Cooldown decreased from 3.6 to 2 seconds. 1.2: Added tag "UnlockInPublicEvent". 1.4: No longer triggers Thorny back damage on use. Added tag "MoveHero". 2.9: Unlock cost increased from 35 cells to 50. 3.0: Added the Legendary Affix "Poison on Use".

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