Advanced Damage Categories

What you will learn

• Explain the difference between damage type and status effect.
• Identify Physical damage types: Impact, Puncture, and Slash.
• Identify primary Elemental damage types: Heat, Cold, Electricity, and Toxin.
• Create Combined Elemental damage types: Blast, Corrosive, Gas, Magnetic, Radiation, and Viral.
• Understand why element order and mod placement matter.
• Explain special and contextual damage types such as Void, True, Finisher, and Tau-related contexts.
• Choose damage categories based on enemy defenses, weapon behavior, status chance, mission type, and player goal.
• Avoid wasting Forma or mod slots on elements that do not support the build.

Lessons

1. 1.Damage Type vs Status EffectUnderstand the difference between a damage category and the status effect it may cause.Available
2. 2.Physical Damage: Impact, Puncture, and SlashLearn IPS damage and why physical weighting matters.Available
3. 3.Primary Elemental DamageUnderstand Heat, Cold, Electricity, and Toxin as primary elemental building blocks.Available
4. 4.Combined Elemental DamageLearn the six combined elemental damage types and their use cases.Available
5. 5.Element Combination Rules and Mod OrderUnderstand why mod order and innate elements affect final damage categories.Available
6. 6.Choosing Damage for Enemy DefensesChoose damage categories by enemy defense type.Available
7. 7.Special and Contextual DamageHandle Void, True, Finisher, and Tau-related damage contexts cautiously.Available
8. 8.Damage Categories, Weapon Mechanics, and Build RolesConnect damage categories to weapon behavior and loadout roles.Available
9. 9.Common Damage Build MistakesAvoid expensive and common damage category errors.Available
10. 10.Building a Damage Category Decision ProcessTurn damage knowledge into a repeatable build decision process.Available