Artificer (2024)

How to Unlock[]

The Artificer is unlocked upon completing the Challenge "Pause". (Free the survivor suspended in time.)

Collect 11 Lunar Coins and find a Newt Altar. Pay one coin so the blue portal spawns upon charging the teleporter to 100%. Use the blue portal instead of the teleporter and head to the shop. To the right of Newt is Artificer suspended in time. Pay 10 coins to unlock Artificer.

Skills[]

ENV Suit[]

ENV Suit

	Type	Passive
	Description	Holding the Jump key causes the Artificer to hover in the air.

Flame Bolt[]

Flame Bolt

	Type	Primary
	Cooldown	1.3s
	Proc Coefficient	1
	Description	Fire a bolt for 220% damage that ignites enemies. Hold up to 4.
Notes
Burns 8 ticks for 25% damage each

Plasma Bolt[]

Plasma Bolt

	Type	Primary
	Cooldown	1.3s
	Proc Coefficient	1
	Description	Fire a bolt for 220% damage that explodes in a small area. Hold up to 4.
Notes
Unlocked via the "Artificer: Massacre" Challenge. (As Artificer, perform a multikill of 20 enemies.)

Charged Nano-Bomb[]

Charged Nano-Bomb

	Type	Secondary
	Cooldown	5s
	Proc Coefficient	Explosion: 1 Sparks: 0.3
	Description	Charge up a nano-bomb that deals 400%-1200% damage and stuns all enemies.
Notes
Can sprint while charging The damage will increase during the initial animation, causing the minimum damage to be 600% (increased with Attack Speed) Takes 2s to fully charge with an Attack Speed of 1. The orb fires bolts at nearby enemies on the fly.

Cast Nano-Spear[]

Cast Nano-Spear

	Type	Secondary
	Cooldown	5s
	Proc Coefficient	1
	Description	Charge up a piercing nano-spear that deals 400%-1200% damage and freezes all enemies.
Notes
Unlocked via the "Artificer: Chunked!" Challenge. (As Artificer, fully defeat the teleporter boss in a one-second burst of damage.)

Snapfreeze[]

Snapfreeze

	Type	Utility
	Cooldown	12s
	Proc Coefficient	1
	Description	Create a barrier that freezes enemies for 100% damage. Enemies at low health are instantly killed if frozen.
Notes
Frozen enemies with 30% or less health are instant killed. Can't freeze bosses. Can burn while frozen.

Flamethrower[]

Flamethrower

	Type	Special
	Cooldown	5s
	Proc Coefficient	1
	Description	Burn all enemies in front of you for 1700% damage.
Notes
Pierces through enemies If crit procs, all hits will crit Takes 3s to fire and another 5s to cooldown. Deals damage 22 times. Each hit deals 100% damage, has a Proc Coefficient of 1 and half of them will set the target on fire. That means Flamethrower deals a tremendous 4400% damage to anything in front. The fire beam has a decent max reach of ~25m.^[Verify] At the distance, the damage falls by less than 2%.

Ion Surge[]

Ion Surge

	Type	Special
	Cooldown	8s
	Proc Coefficient	1
	Description	Burst into the sky, dealing 800% damage and stunning nearby enemies.
Notes
Unlocked via the "Artificer: Orbital Bombardment" Challenge. (As Artificer, kill 15 enemies before touching the ground.) Can be used while airborne, making you more or less fly

Tips[]

Getting multiple Backup Magazine in conjunction with Ocular HUD can help Artificer deal massive amounts of damage to bosses or common enemies alike.
Flamethrower has a Proc Coefficient of 1.0, allowing it to quickly apply item effects such as Tri-Tip Dagger and AtG Missile Mk. 1 multiple times, stacking these items will allow you to deal huge bursts damage.
Higher Attack Speed will increase the speed of all attack animations and increases the charge speed of Charged Nano-Bomb, however, it does not affect the duration nor the tickrate of Flamethrower.
Artificer's other abilities cannot be activated in the duration of Flamethrower, however, sprinting will cancel the attack instantly.
While initiating the charge up will cancel sprint, sprinting while charging a Charged Nano-Bomb will not cancel the charge and she will be able to fully charge and launch the attack without breaking sprint.

Gallery[]

Artificer model with Chrome skin equipped. Unlocked by completing the Artificer Mastery challenge.

History[]

Build ID #3731106	Increase proc coefficient of Flame Bolt from 0.2 to 1.
	Increase proc coefficient of Snapfreeze (each pillar) from 0 to 1.
	Increase Snapfreeze's explosion radius from 1.5m to 2.5m.
Build ID #4233443	Updated proc coefficient, travel speed, and fire rate of Plasma Bolt to match that of Flame Bolt.

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