Captain Katanga and the Phalanx Soldiers! Aliens FTE 4-3 Intense Triple Melee Phalanx

Publicado 2022-10-03
Our first attempt at a triple melee phalanx run. Using the Let's Make A Ruckus card you, you can your melee damage up to about 20x.
I'll break that math down shortly.

Build:
Perks:
Best Defense and Shield Bash mods on shield
Adrenaline Surge mod on Bulwark
Aftershock, Shell Shock, Batteries Included, and Rapid Deployment on Shock Pulse

Take a Stand , Combat Inertia , Hazard Seals , Resilience , Fitness Training core perks

Weapons:
Type 76 Burst Pistol w/C36B5 Karachi Overwatch, Heavy Loaded Spring Mag, and Laser Sight
Heirloom Standoff (I accidently used the Flechette SMG which is fine but you miss out on 50% melee damage) w/C32D6 Nagpur Shroud, Launch Accelerator, Reinforced Barrel (for 50% melee damage bonus)

On X36 it's Karachi, Inhibitor Rounds, and Holo Sight. Flechette has stronger CC than the Heirloom in this case but this is melee focus so you want the Reinforced Barrel on a weapon. You could also use the Plasma Discharger and use Anti-material brake for occasional knock downs but you're already really loaded up on CC with three shock pulses and you're not shooting very often, shield stuns, cryo and static grids, etc.

Melee Math:
Best Defense 100%
Combat Inertia Up to 5 stacks of + 100% each (500%)
Take a Stand 3% per each enemy near you (we guessed 12-15% during swarms)
Bulwark up to 15%
Shell Shock 10%
Reinforced Barrel 50% melee
=690% melee damage
Let's Cause A Ruckus Triples all melee damage, so I believe that takes your 690% and triples it but I didn't test it closely.

Take a Stand perk could go up and down easily, so it could easily be like...3%x10 or x20 for short periods.

-- Let's Cause A Ruckus Challenge Card triples melee damage, -75% weapon damage, 2x health, melee kills restore health, stamina regen speed doubled, hazard damage halved, player speed doubled. With the hazard reduction from Shield (35%), Hazard Seals, and this card, you take zero damage from ground acid at least on Intense.

Anyway watch the video. Unfortunately it didn't record the voices from Wolf and Auromis but we will do more of these missions and I'll have that fixed!

With a little practice we easily cleared the mission without anyone going down, as well, but I used this version because the ending was more dramatic. Props to my teammates for being awesome, and props to Wolf for making the build.

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  • @artosbear
    I suppose you could also use the Conversion as your handgun, it has Reinforced Barrel as well.