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Physical

Impact

Staggers the enemy, interrupting their action.

How it stacks: Each proc refreshes the stagger.

Best against: Good for control; bonus vs. shields.

Puncture

Reduces the damage the enemy deals.

How it stacks: Up to ~10 stacks, each further cutting enemy damage.

Best against: Bonus vs. armor (Ferrite and Alloy).

Slash

Bleed: damage over time that bypasses armor and shields.

How it stacks: Each proc is its own instance; they stack.

Best against: Excellent vs. flesh/health, ignores armor.

Base elements

Heat

Damage over time and strips armor while active; causes panic.

How it stacks: Stacks increase the DoT and the armor removed.

Best against: Infested and Cloned Flesh.

Cold

Slows the enemy; freezes at max stacks.

How it stacks: Up to 9 stacks; more slow with more stacks.

Best against: Shields and Machinery.

Electricity

Chains damage to nearby enemies and stuns them.

How it stacks: Stacks increase the chained damage.

Best against: Machinery and Shields.

Toxin

Damage over time that bypasses shields.

How it stacks: Each proc is its own instance; they stack.

Best against: Flesh and Corpus (bypasses shields).

Combined elements

Blast

Builds stacks that detonate as area damage.

How it stacks: Detonates on reaching the cap, then resets.

Best against: Machinery and Fossilized (Infested).

Radiation

Confusion: enemies attack each other.

How it stacks: Stacks increase the damage they deal to each other.

Best against: Alloy Armor, Sentients and Eidolons.

Gas

Creates a toxic cloud dealing area damage.

How it stacks: Stacks increase the cloud damage.

Best against: Infested.

Magnetic

Amplifies shield damage taken and depletes shields.

How it stacks: Up to ~10 stacks, each amplifying more.

Best against: Corpus (shields) and Alloy-shielded units.

Viral

Amplifies health damage taken (up to +325% at 10 stacks).

How it stacks: The first stack gives +100%; climbs to +325%.

Best against: Almost anything with health: Grineer and Corpus.

Corrosive

Strips enemy armor (up to 80% at 10 stacks).

How it stacks: Each stack removes more armor, up to 80%.

Best against: Heavy armor (Grineer).

What to use against each faction

Grineer

Armored. Strip armor first, then hit health.

Corrosive Heat Viral Slash

Corpus

Shields and flesh. Magnetic drops shields; Toxin ignores them.

Magnetic Toxin Viral

Infested

Infested flesh. Heat and Gas shine; Viral amplifies.

Heat Gas Viral

Corrupted

Grineer/Corpus mix. Viral + Heat is a solid all-rounder.

Viral Heat Radiation

Sentient

Adapt to repeated damage. Radiation hits hard; vary your damage.

Radiation

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