Aureus Corrosive Manipulator

### Overview

Aureus Corrosive Manipulator is a weapon that summons a smaller copy of Aureus Orb. It has 50% of player's HP and immune to all corrosive attacks. Aureus Corrosive Manipulator shots homing projectiles that cannot be destroyed by nova weapons (Plasma flares and Flame spawns are capable to destroy them though). The projectiles deal relatively low damage and reduce target's corrosive resistance for up to 10% (at level 6) upon successful hit.

### Specialties

#### Absorption

Similarly to Corrosive aureus shapes, whenever Aureus Corrosive Manipulator receives corrosive damage - it heals itself. The absorption is 200%, means if Manipulator receives
1 000 Corrosive damage, it will restore 2 000 HP instead. Resistances **do have influence** on absorption - they reduce incoming damage and healing from it respectively.

 - The Manipulator heals itself by absorbing corrosive damage from Acid Spray.

If Manipulator receives damage from dual damage-type weapon (like Horror Nuke, with Corrosive + Energy damage type) when the damage is higher than the Manipulator's HP, it dies regardless if the damage values were equivalent or not. It happens because its healing from corrosive damage does not interact with 2nd damage type to cover or reduce it, therefore both types of damage apply in full value, and one of them destroys the Manipulator.

### Behaviour

Unlike other types of summons, Aureus Corrosive Manipulator is completely immobile. It uses teleportation to chase the enemies it attacks as well as for following its owner. The teleport takes 6 seconds to reload and the reload speed cannot be reduced by attack speed / speed / cooldown artifacts. If Manipulator has DoT or Burn component stacked on itself, these effects disappear after teleportation, however, any other status effect like Damage debuff or Resistance debuff remain on it.

### Obtaining

* Executor (19%)

* Aureus Judicator (3%)
* (X%)

### Strategies

* Manipulator's absorption ability is the key to utilize it in the best way. Enemies that deal pure corrosive damage won't be able to kill it at all. You can distract them with Corrosive Manipulator to avoid unnecessary fights or get rid out of chase.
* If you got low HP while fighting enemy that deals pure corrosive damage type, you can spawn Manipulator and retreat to heal up. Since the enemy isn't able to kill it, you can take as much time as you need and then come back to continue fighting.
* In PvP, Aureus Corrosive Manipulator serves a role of a shield. It can block non-piercing corrosive attacks (Corrosive Teeth, Acid Blaster) and corrosive homing weapons like Locust Hatchery or Missile Launcher (when it's used with corrosive DoT tech).

### Upgrades

Manipulates a Corrosive Orb!

Receives 50% of the player's Hp!

UPGRADES

1

* Increase Damage by 25%.

2

* Increase Range by 25%.

3

* Increase Damage by 40%.
* Reduces target's resistance by 5% for 5 seconds.

4

* Increase Damage by 35%.
* Increase Projectile Speed by 10%.

5

* Increase Rate of Fire by 20%.

6

* Increase Damage by 67%.
* Increase Projectile Speed by 10%.
* Reduces target's resistance by 10%.

Elite Techs (Lv. 100)

Adds extra 400% Corrosive Damage over 5 seconds.

Adds extra 600% Corrosive Damage over 10 seconds.

Reduces target's Corrosive Resistance by 30% for 5 seconds.

Increases Direct Damage by 50%.

Increases Range by 50%.

Increases Attack Speed by 50%.

Improves Guidance by 100% and Improves Projectile's Speed by 10%.

### Best Elite Techs

The list below shows the Elite Techs from best to worst ones.

### Trivia

1. Aureus Manipulators are the only summons in the game which don't have "HP + Engine" improvement tech.
2. Guidance tech fully upgraded will unable the orb to hit players that stay very close to it, as well as neglecting the homing function of the projectiles.
3. You can find Aureus Corrosive Manipulator in Alien Encounters despite it being not exactly an enemy (An entity that is spawned by another player).