Core Reactor Shot

Mech Command. Charge up and then release a powerful ball of jade energy at your target that explodes on contact. — In-game description

Core Reactor Shot

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Specialization

Mechanist

Slot

Profession mechanic

Trait

 Mech Frame: Variable Mass Distributor

Type

Mech Command, Tool belt

Game link

API

63345

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0.75¾  25  

Core Reactor Shot

Mech Command. Charge up and then release a powerful ball of jade energy at your target that explodes on contact.

 Damage: 4,155 (2.5)^?

 Damage: 17 (0.01)^?

 Launch: 240

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Explosion

 Defiance Break: 232

 Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Aim-Assisted Rocket — Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Inventions

• Soothing Detonation — Heal nearby allies when using a tool belt skill.
• Bunker Down — Create a proximity mine at your target's location and a med kit at your location when you disable an enemy.

Tools

• Optimized Activation — Using tool belt skills grants vigor.
• Static Discharge — Discharge a bolt of lightning whenever you use a tool belt skill.
• Mechanized Deployment — Your tool belt skills gain reduced recharge. Tool belt skills remove conditions. Engage Photon Forge cannot activate this trait.
• Lock On — Striking a stealthed foe triggers Invisible Analysis. Disabling a foe triggers Controlled Analysis. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Kinetic Battery — Gain Kinetic Charges when you use a tool belt skill. At maximum, charges gain a burst of speed.

Mechanist

• Mech Frame: Variable Mass Distributor — Unlocks the Mech Command skill Core Reactor Shot. Your mech gains a greater percentage of your own precision stats.
• Mech Core: Jade Dynamo — Unlocks the Mech Command skill Jade Mortar. Mech Command skills grant you quickness when used and have a reduced cooldown.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 28, 2022	This Mech Command skill's animation duration has been reduced from approximately 1.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Core Reactor Shot has been added to the game. (Undocumented) Reduced power coefficient from 3 to 2.5 in PvE but the Mech's base power has been increased, so the damage of the skill remains unchanged. The casting time has been increased from 1.25 to 1.5 seconds.
November 30, 2021	Core Reactor Shot was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 4.
October 26, 2021	Core Reactor Shot was available during the End of Dragons Beta Event 3.