Radioactive Gauntlet

> "*Fires a corrosive laser that auto-locks onto a nearby enemy.
> ? Activate it at the right timing will fire an Enhanced Laser. Enemies hit by the Enhanced Laser will refract the Laser to 3 nearby enemies within 6m.*"
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Primary fire will shoot a constant, instantly hitting ray of energy which has incredibly long effective range, following along a curved path in an attempt to target the enemy's center. Unlike  Rainbow, it can target breakable objects and the cracks of  Vaults. If no valid target is in range, holding down the trigger will create no ray and use no ammo until one is found.

The aiming reticle is flanked by two sets of timing bars that slide towards the reticle at a rate of once every ~0.8s (75 BPM). The Weapon Skill? will only activate if the bars are intersecting the timing zone, indicated by two grey rectangles. A successful activation will turn the rectangles green, indicating that the primary fire has become an Enhanced Laser. Using the  Weapon Skill? outside of the timing zone will invalidate the current timing bars, preventing spamming. The Enhanced Laser remains active long enough to allow two missed activations before the Enhanced Laser is deactivated.

The Enhanced Laser increases total damage by +100% and attacks up to 3 other enemies within 6m of the target (including the target itself if its physical shield is being hit instead). This is very effective at damaging and triggering effects on groups. It also targets enemy projectiles that can be destroyed, which can easily nullify threats such as  Ichthyosaurus Offspring's corrosion balls,  Yoruhime-Maru's large cannon shots and fireballs/corrosive bubbles from Fiery/Corrosive enhanced enemies.

While in combat, each time the perfect timing hits, a jingle can be heard. Weapon can use  Switch? to toggle the jingle on/off.

## Impactful Inscriptions

* **Elemental Procs** are very effective, it can inflict Corrosion on all targets hit at a 47% chance each second.
* **Rate of Fire** is a 1:1 damage increase if you do not miss your  Weapon Skill? timing.
* **Magazine Size** and **Reload Time** extend the usage time.

## Ineffective Inscriptions

* **Accuracy** and **Stability** are useless, it has no bullet spread and no recoil.
* **CritX** and **Critical Proc** are nearly useless as the beam will always target the center mass.

## Possible Exclusive Inscriptions

* ◈ Every time the Enhanced Laser is activated, +20% Lucky Shot Chance, up to 100%. Reset when Enhanced Laser ends is exclusive to Radioactive Gauntlet.

It may instead have a common inscription:

* ◈ *+65% DMG vs any elemental effect*(full text) is decently reliable. It can inflict Corrosion on all targets hit at a 47% chance each second.
* ◈ *+15% total DMG each elemental effect*(full text) stacks at a decent rate, stacking faster when hitting multiple enemies.
* ◈ +10% Lucky Shot Chance for 3s whenever hit an enemy (up to 150%). stacks very quickly, stacking faster when hitting multiple enemies.

## Notes

* With the unique nature of firing a constant beam, each time the fire button is held it is intentionally considered as only 1 attack. Due to this, many things can work in its favor or are disabled/don't work due to exploits and problems. Favorable effects include  Wait For Good and  Elemental Maestro (applies to the entire beam's duration), and ◆ *+50% Elemental Effect Chance on hit*(full text) and ◆ +0.2x CritX on each Crit Hit. (Up to +4.0x and will be reset on a normal hit/miss) (Only requires 1 hit or crit to prevent the bonus reset). Disabled things include  Energy Blade and  Lightning From Void, due to being far too powerful if they worked.
	+ However using the  Weapon Skill? will cause the beam to act as a new shot, resetting any potential effects in the process.
* Using  Weapon Skill? can trigger  Cautious Shot even if the weapon is not firing at all.

## Trivia

* Each time the timing bars enter the perfect timing area, the rune on Radioactive Gauntlet will pulse with light.
* While the enhanced laser is active, green smoke can be seen coming from the rune and the knuckles of the gauntlet.

## Update History

* 06/01/2023 update:
	+ Weapon range lowered from 40m to 35m.
	+ Magazine size lowered from 80 to 60.
	+ Weapon Skill? no longer refills magazine.
* Unknown update: Enhanced laser damage bonus reduced from +150% to +100%, and it no longer hits the main target twice.
* 11/24/2022 update: Added to the game.