Blast Assault

Blast Assaults are a type of Ground Weapon. Their primary fire method shoots a bolt of energy at a target.

They also have a secondary fire mode that shoots a concentrated bolt of energy at a single target, which explodes causing damage to enemies within a certain radius with a good chance to knock back. These shots have the chance of causing targets to become exposed, which can be useful if someone else is armed with an Exploit weapon.

Blast Assault weapons possess the lowest DPS potential among all ground weapons of a given Mark and rarity. They do, however, fire only one high-damage shot a time, whereas high DPS weapons fire in volleys of two or more; this makes this type of weapon a bit more reliable against Borg, but not so much as to be considered a definitive advantage over a higher DPS weapon which Borg will adapt to quickly. However, the secondary fire mode is rather useful, being both a long-range (30 meters) high-damage area-of-effect knockback and an expose attack, though the overall chance of exposing a given enemy in one blast is much lower compared to the Assault Minigun's secondary fire mode.

Depending on the type of energy used, these weapons have different secondary effects, as shown in the table below.

Blast Assault Types[]

Blast Assault
Damage Types	Icon	Effect
Phaser		2.5% chance: +2 Stun and -50% Runspeed
Disruptor		2.5% chance: -10 All Damage resistance for 10 sec
Plasma		2.5% chance: __ Plasma Damage
Polaron		2.5% Chance: Weapons Malfunction for 5 sec
Tetryon		2.5% chance: -__ All Shields
Antiproton		+20 Critical Severity Bonus

Special Weapons[]

• [Sompek Blast Assault]

There is also a rifle that has a similar secondary fire ability to a Blast Assault.

• [Hirogen Tetryon Blast Rifle Mk XI [CritD] [CrtH]]

Modifiers[]

There are four factors that can affect personal weapons. These are Modifier suffixes, spent Player Skill Points, Personal Armor and weapon rarity.

Weapon Rarity[]

As of Season 5, the rarer the weapon, the more base damage it would do, regardless of suffixes.

Modifier Suffix[]

Uncommon Blast Assaults will have one modifier suffix, Rare will have two and Very Rare will have three. The same modifiers may appear multiple times (e.g. [Acc]x2, [Cap]x3, etc.).

Skills[]

Player Skills
Skill	Rank	Effects
Weapon Proficiency		Increases the base damage of your ground weapons.
Weapon Expert		Increases the base damage of your ground weapons.
Weapon Criticals		Increases both your chance of landing a Critical Hit, as well as your Critical Severity, for all weapons.
Improved Weapon Criticals		Increases both your chance of landing a Critical Hit, as well as your Critical Severity, for all weapons.
Weapon Penetration		Increases the damage dealt by your weapons by penetrating your enemies' Resistances.
Improved Weapon Penetration		Increases the damage dealt by your weapons by penetrating your enemies' Resistances.

Personal Armor[]

Icon	Armor	Effects
	Energy Harness Armor	+5% All Energy Damage
	Recoil Compensating Armor	+40% Critical Severity
	Integrated Targeting Armor	+5% Critical Chance
	Physical Augmentation Armor	+10% Physical Damage strength

v · d · e Ground Weapons
Damage Type	Pistol		Rifle		Assault	Melee & Other
	Expose	Exploit	Expose	Exploit	Expose
Standard Weapons and Special Weapons
Antiproton
Disruptor
Phaser
Plasma
Polaron
Tetryon
Non-Standard
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Elite Fleet Ground Weapons (standard + extra proc)
Damage Type	Pistol		Rifle		Assault	Melee Physical damage
	Expose	Exploit	Expose	Exploit	Expose
Phaser
Disruptor
Plasma
Tetryon
Polaron
Antiproton

Reputation and Lock Box (dual-proc and new proc)
Damage Type	Pistol		Rifle		Assault	Set Items & Other
	Expose	Exploit	Expose	Exploit	Expose
Antiproton -based
Disruptor -based
Phaser -based
Plasma -based
Polaron -based
Tetryon -based
Non-Standard