Against the Flow

Recover 15% ammo to the magazine every second for 4s after dealing DMG to an enemy. When the effect ends, instead lose 1 random type ammo from reserves every second.

Enhanced ( 60?): Recover 15% ammo to the magazine every second for 4s after dealing DMG to an enemy.

### Unlock

Unlocked by default.

Against the Flow is an Occult Scroll.

Hitting an enemy will apply the Against the Flow effect for 4s, refilling 15% (rounded up, minimum 1) of your magazine every second. Hitting an enemy again during that time will refresh the effect to 4s duration.

When the effect ends, you instead lose 1 ammo from your reserves every second. The ammo type lost is chosen between all ammo types, no matter which weapon is currently equipped.

**Enhanced**: Removed the ammo drain when not hitting enemies. However this benefit is questionable, since unless you use  Special Ammo weapons that require reserve ammo often or weapons that automatically reload, the downside is often negligible.

## Effect on Damage Output

The ammo restoration will allow most weapons to shoot more bullets before having to reload, increasing damage output. If the ammo restoration is faster than the weapon's rate of fire, the magazine becomes Infinite?.

[0R] Has zero reload time, which makes magazine size irrelevant.

[SM] Has small magazine capacity, gaining high benefits from 1 ammo restoration.

[DL]  Demonlore linearly increases damage when shooting, which only resets on a reload. Shooting at the same rate as ammo is restored enables it to max out its damage per shot.

[TC] Due to  Tiger Cannon having a magazine capacity of 1, firing will often cause a reload before ammo can be recovered. Careful timing is needed to recover ammo before a reload can happen.

## Synergies

### Positive

* Any weapon with  Normal Ammo type, since its large reserve ammo is barely affected by the ammo loss.
* Any weapon with a large magazine, which will have more ammo restored each second.
* Any weapon with low rate of fire compared to its magazine size, which will restore magazine fast enough to need no reload.
* Ao Bai's  Ammo Expert and  Ammo Recoverer counter the ammo loss.
* Tao's  Swords Out slowly stacks Blade Heart from the ammo drain when not hitting enemies, including from ammo types Tao doesn't have a weapon for.
* Battlefield Support will slowly recover secondary skill uses as ammo is drained.
* Improved Clip bonus will last longer with less need to reload.
* Ammo Belt doubles ammo capacity, helping to counter the negative effect.
* Arms Dealer triggers more often due to each magazine lasting longer from ammo recovery. Ammo consumed when not firing at enemies also counts towards Arms Dealer which lets it trigger even more often, however it may also cause it to trigger when you don't want it to.
* Cautious Shot can trigger the recovery effect when you miss a shot.

### Mixed

* Any weapon with  Special Ammo type. While the magazine will usually be refilled at a higher percentage compared to others, reserve ammo will quickly deplete when not shooting enemies.

### Negative

* Any weapon that automatically reloads itself instantly will almost never recover ammo, while still allowing ammo to drain when not hitting enemies.
* Advanced Depot uses ammo from reserves instead of the magazine, preventing ammo recovery while still allowing ammo to drain when not hitting enemies.

## Notes

* During Reincarnation Level 8 event "Increase movement speed, but take damage whenever using  Dash", dashing will trigger Against the Flow.

## Update History

* 11/18/2021 update: Enhanced version added.