Conclave:Amprex

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The Amprex rifle fires a continuous beam of high voltage electricity that arcs among nearby enemies. This weapon excels at crowd control.

The **Amprex** is a Corpus rifle that is unlockable through the Energy Lab in the Dojo after researching the Dera. The Amprex can easily destroy large crowds of enemies by firing multiple  shocks that can chain between units. It functions similarly to the Synapse, however Synapse is limited to attacking a single target.

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## Characteristics

This weapon deals  damage.

**Advantages:**

* Innate  damage – effective against Machinery and Robotics.
* Second highest critical chance of all continuous and automatic primaries, behind Synapse.
* Above average critical damage multiplier.
* High status chance.
* Electric current chains between enemies.
* Multiple shots hits enemies in all directions.
* Consumes 0.5 ammo per tick of damage.

**Disadvantages:**

* Innate  damage – less effective against Alloy Armor.
	+ Damage cannot be increased with ,  or  mods.
* Damage ramps up from 20% to 100% over 0.6 seconds when firing. After firing stops for 0.8 seconds, the damage decays back to 20% over 2 seconds.
* Slow reload speed.
* Main beam has a limited range of 18 meters.
* Chain beam has a limited range of 10 meters.
	+ Chain beam range cannot be increased with {{#vardefine:Name|Sinister Reach}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found.

## Weapon Loadouts

* See Category:Conclave:Amprex Build to see how players mod this weapon.
* See Category:Conclave:Amprex Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
* For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

## Notes

* Resource-heavy to craft, requiring 8 Fieldron and 3 Argon Crystals, as well as 9000 Ferrite.
	+ However, the Amprex is one of the few Clan Tech weapons that does not require Forma to craft, along with Anku, Dual Raza, Nami Skyla, Lacera, and Serro.
* The Amprex fires a single beam of electricity which then chains to nearby enemies.
	+ The beam will chain to the closest living enemy in range dealing half damage to it. From there it will chain additional times (3 to 4 times total), halving the damage each time.
	+ Headshotting the original target does not affect damage from chain lighting.
	+ Chain lightning will also be emitted if an enemies corpse is chosen as original target.
	+ Additional electrical arcs are also emitted, striking randomly around the player. However, these stray arcs are purely visual effects.
* Compared to the Synapse, the Amprex deals more damage and it continuously arcs to other enemies, making it more effective against crowds. Use the Synapse for single targets and the Amprex for crowd control.
	+ The fire rate of Amprex is the same as Synapse, and it deals slighty more damage, however it has a 2.6s reload speed, nearly double the 1.5s reload speed of the Synapse.
* The listed 22% status chance is per damage tick.

## Tips

* This weapon's high critical chance and damage make it ideal for critical builds using {{#vardefine:Name|Point Strike}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found and {{#vardefine:Name|Vital Sense}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found.
* The Amprex's high fire rate and its low base damage make it highly ammo inefficient, consuming ammo at an alarming rate. It is recommended to use {{#vardefine:Name|Rifle Ammo Mutation}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found, {{#vardefine:Name|Ammo Case}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found, or {{#vardefine:Name|Rifle Scavenger}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found to ensure a steady supply of ammo. Alternatively, bring Team Ammo Restores to help replenish lost ammo.
* Alloy Armor is highly resistant to electricity damage. To counteract this, consider pairing it with  or  damage to respectively create  or  damage.
* {{#vardefine:Name|Critical Delay}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found can be used to reduce ammo consumption, increase time between reloads, and increase damage per hit, but at a cost to the weapon's DPS.
* Although it is preferred to mod the weapon to other damage types, base  damage paired with its high status chance makes for a good stun chance among groups, and the added damage through electrical procs that chain to other enemies. Infested have no weakness or resistance to electrical damage, making base electrical damage work well for that faction. Forma is often required to change the damage type to match the amount of damage done by pure electrical damage, however.
* {{#vardefine:Name|Metal Auger}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found will allow the Amprex to hit multiple targets with its main beam. Each target hit with the main beam causes a separate set of chained damage to nearby enemies, causing this weapon to deal significantly more damage the more enemies you are able to hit. Hitting multiple enemies at one time may be difficult in practice due to the Amprex's short range. On the other hand, this mechanic has good synergy with abilities like Vauban's Vortex, which allows the main beam to easily penetrate multiple grouped targets.
* Using with Mirage gives you two more beams that also chain to other targets, providing much more crowd control than before.

## Trivia

* After the clan obtains the Energy Lab, it will take exactly 12 days to research this weapon.
* The Amprex's name is a portmanteau of the words Ampere (the base unit of the International System of Units used to quantify electric current) and the word *Rex*, which is the Latin word for king.
	+ The word ampere itself is named after a French mathematician and physicist, André-Marie Ampère, who's also considered to be one of the fathers of classical electromagnetism, most commonly known for Ampère's Circuital Law.
	+ Like the Flux Rifle and Detron, Amprex does not conform to the common Corpus weapon name scheme; two syllables ending in 'a'.
* The weapon shares its similarities on its battery components with Tetra.
* This is the third Primary weapon that deals purely  damage, after the Lanka, and Synapse.
* This is the second clan weapon that does not need a Forma in its construction.
* Hatches on the side of the Amprex slowly open up during firing, spreading vanes underneath. This animation is a visual indicator of the weapon's magazine capacity, with the vanes spreading out more the closer the magazine is to empty. The hatch closes upon reloading.
* This is the first weapon in Energy Lab whose duplication costs 50,000 credits.
* After {{#vardefine:Update|Update 15.13 }}{{#var:Update}}, the chained beams were changed to be affected by {{#vardefine:Name|Sinister Reach}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found as well. As of {{#vardefine:Update|Update 22.14 }}{{#var:Update}}, this is no longer the case.

## Media

* AmprexCodex.pngAmprex in Codex
* AmprexColors.jpgDemonstration of Amprex color customization
* 2014-04-23 00014.jpgFrost standing at the end of the Amprex's beam length. Took approximately 4.5 forward rolls to reach him from this distance.
* AmprexDarthmufin.pngVauban Has A New Toy
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## Patch History

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 22.14 }}{{#var:Update}}
* Fixed Beam weapons not being able to damage enemies (alive but in a ragdolled state) when being affected by certain ‘crowd control’ Abilities.
* Damage now ramps up over 0.6 seconds and after moving off target there is a delay of 0.8 seconds before it starts to decay over 2 seconds.
* All Beam weapons now start their Damage ramp up at 20% (instead of 10%).
* The Multishot chance should now apply more consistently with Beam weapons.
* Weapon Range Mods (like Sinister Reach) no longer affect the distance of chains for chainable Beam weapons (like the Amprex). Main Beam distance is still affected by them.
* Fixed Beam weapons continuously firing when quick Meleeing.
* Chain Range increased from 7.5m to 10m.
* Damage reduced from 24 to 22.

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 22.13.4 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Increased the Beam weapon Damage ramp up time from 0.8 to 1 second.
* Fixed Beam weapon Damage ramp up not happening per target.

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 22.13.3 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Perfect accuracy and high fire rate is balanced by limited range and damage ramping up from 10% to 100% over 0.8 seconds when firing and decays back to 10% over 1 second after stopping.
* Mastery Rank increased from 5 to 10
* Damage increased from 7.5 to 24
* Fire Rate decreased from 20 to 12
* Status Chance changed from 20% per sec to 22% per tick of damage
* Critical Chance decreased from 50% to 32%
* Critical Damage increased from 2.0x to 2.2x
* Max ammo capacity increased from 540 to 700
* .5 Ammo consumption per tick of damage
* Aimed Zoom reduced from 2.23x to 1.4x

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 19.5 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Magazine size in Conclave reduced from 100 to 40.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update: The Index Preview }}{{#var:Update}}

* The Amprex can now be used in Conclave.

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 18.8.2 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Decreased the rumble amount on controllers when continuously firing the Amprex.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 17.4 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Fixed some lingering visual FX from Amprex when used with Mirage’s Hall of Mirrors

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 16.5.3 }}{{#var:Update}}

* PBR material has been added to the Amprex!

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 16.4.1 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Fixed Amprex not chaining to nearby enemies.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 15.13 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Sinister Reach will now extend the Amprex’s chain lightning effect.

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 14.0.11 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Damage multipliers for the Amprex normalized.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 13.3 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Fixed an issue with the reload animation for the Amprex not properly coinciding with when the magazine was refilled.

{{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 13.1.2 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Improved the performance of the Amprex on low end machines.
* Fixed the visuals on the battery component of the Amprex rifle.

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 13.1 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Introduced.

## See Also

* Synapse, the Infested equivalent of this weapon.

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* Melee
* Archwing
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