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Class
Weapons
Riposte
+20% Critical Chance for 6s on successful Dodge.
Flesh Tearer
8 Bleed Stacks on Critical Hit.
Man-Stopper
Increased Cleave on Critical Hit and gain +25% Ranged Attack Stagger.
Surgical
+10% Critical Chance for every 0.33 second while aiming. Stacks 10 times. Discharges all stacks upon firing.
Curios
+1-3 Max Stamina
+13-17% Toughness
+13-17% Toughness
Talent Tree
Description
The idea here is to use various generic damage buffs along with crit chance and attack speed to scale the knife base damage and DoT from bleeding/electrocution. Ideally, you want to use Chordclaw Strike every 10 seconds or less to upkeep Moebian Conductor and get more value from Voltaic Restoration.
System Shock applies 10% brittleness per Electro-Strike Conduit proc up to 40% max. Combined with 7.5% rending from Foe-Render Creed and 15% from Branx Mk XI Phosphor Blast Pistol debuff, this gives you up to 62.5% rending and works on both your DoT and direct damage.
Entropic Transfer can be taken instead of Galvanized Coating if you don't want to lose capacitance when hit.
You can swap points around to invest in a blitz if you want. I think the default servo-skull is pretty good for no investment. The nodes I'd recommend swapping are Reactor Coil Recharge, Weakness Analysis Doctrine, and/or Enhanced Capacitance Protocols.
It's worth considering Smackdown instead of Flesh Tearer for higher crit chance. Electrocution from Electro-Strike Conduit stuns most targets you crit, making it easy to proc Smackdown. Flesh Tearer is better for fighting bosses and for finishing off wounded enemies, but the +20% crit chance from Smackdown would have better burst damage in most situations. The knife gets up to 64.5% crit chance with Riposte + Flesh Tearer and all buffs active, while Riposte + Smackdown would give up to 84.5% crit chance with all buffs.
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