Wrecking Ball

The Wrecking Ball is a melee weapon exclusive to the Queen and the Sea DLC. It ignores shields, has various attacks in its 4-hit combo and deals critical damage on the last hit.

Details

• Special Effects:
  • Slow 4 hit combo that deals massive damage.
  • Second attack in the combo hits behind the player.
  • Third attack in the combo throws the wrecking ball forward a medium distance.
  • Last attack recalls the wrecking ball dealing critical damage.
  • Can break through shields.
• Breach Bonus: 3 / 2 / 1 / 1
  • Base Breach Damage: 800 / 540 / 240 / 1000)
  • Base Breach DPS: 724
• Combo Duration: 3.57 seconds
  • First Hit: 1.1 (0.7 + 0.4 + 0)
  • Second Hit: 0.87 (0.62 + 0.25 + 0)
  • Third Hit: 0.8 (0.7 + 0.1 + 0)
  • Fourth Hit: 0.8 (0.6 + 0.2 + 0)
• Tags: HeavyWeapon, ForceAmmoDrop, HasBullets, AmmoDoNotStickToVictims, LongerComboWindow
• Legendary Version:
  • Forced Affix: Speed Ball
    • "Attacks have less pause."

Synergies

• Synergizes with Point Blank because the 3rd and 4th attacks count as ranged.
  • Point Blank can be taken off-colour due to its high base scaling.
• Kill Rhythm can be used in combination with support weapons such as Ice Shards, Frost Blast, or Ice Bow to speed up the attacks while slowing or freezing enemies.

Notes

• The description does not mention the critical hit on the Wrecking Ball's fourth (recall) hit, or its ability to ignore shields.
• After performing the third (throw) hit, though moving is possible as soon as the control lock expires, the fourth (recall) hit cannot be initiated for an additional 0.35 seconds.
• If the Wrecking Ball's fourth (recall) hit is cancelled at any point, the recall projectile will drop from its current position, continuing to deal damage until it touches a solid surface.
• It's possible for the fourth (recall) hit to damage a single enemy twice if that enemy is close enough to the player, greatly increasing the damage output of the weapon, reaching a staggeringly high base 420 DPS. This happens because the Wrecking Ball's fourth (recall) hit consists of two projectiles.
• It's possible for the Wrecking Ball's third (throw) attack to go through thin walls if done when hugging the wall.
• Similar to the Lightning Rods^FF, it is possible to position oneself in a way that would allow for the Wrecking Ball to strike an unlimited number of enemies when recalling the ball.

Trivia

• The flavor text is a reference to Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus.

History

2.7: Introduced. 2.8: Increased the attack speed of the first two hits. 3.0: Reduced charge & lock and added a Legendary Affix: Increased Base DPS from 154 (206) to 210 (280). First hit charge speed reduced from 0.8 to 0.7. Third hit lock reduced from 0.83 to 0.1. Fourth hit charge speed reduced by from 0.8 to 0.6 and lock reduced from 0.46 to 0.2. Added the Legendary Affix "Speed Ball".

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