In Freedom Wars Remastered, each Abductor comes equipped with a visible health bar on its torso, making it a target for players wielding an array of combat items and weapons. The game's diverse damage types play a crucial role in combat strategy. While Light Melee weapons are adept at severing specific parts of an Abductor, Impact Damage serves a different yet equally vital function, enhancing your overall approach to defeating these formidable foes.
Mastering Impact Damage can dramatically expedite the process of taking down Abductors. This guide delves into the mechanics of Impact Damage and offers strategies for its effective use in Freedom Wars Remastered.
Impact Damage, primarily associated with Heavy Melee and some Ranged Weapons, enhances your attacks by increasing non-elemental damage. The percentage shown next to Impact Damage indicates its potential to amplify your normal attacks, which in turn boosts the Abductor's stagger rate. When the stagger meter, though invisible, reaches its threshold, the Abductor will stagger, providing a window for you to unleash significant damage while it's vulnerable.
The unpredictability of when an Abductor might stagger can be both a strategic advantage and a challenge. Offline, you can prepare to deliver a powerful blow during this moment. However, in online multiplayer, this can disrupt teammates' attack patterns. Certain Abductors, such as Ramosa, react uniquely to staggering, like moving backward, which can complicate precise binds or solid hits.
To enhance Stagger Damage, you'll need to access the Weapon Development Facility. This facility is key to crafting and customizing your arsenal, offering various enhancement options. Navigate to the Manufacture Modules section to create a Stagger Damage Up Module, requiring Glassy Carbon, a resource obtainable from Basic Operations.
Once you have the necessary materials, utilize the Synthesise Modules option to combine multiple modules of the same type, thus upgrading their effectiveness. After crafting your Stagger Damage Up Module, equip it to your weapon to boost its Impact Damage, thereby improving your capacity to stagger Abductors in combat.
Given that Impact Damage is non-elemental, prioritizing physical over elemental upgrades is crucial for maximizing stagger efficiency. This makes the Stagger Damage Up Module especially beneficial for players leveraging heavy melee or certain ranged weapons designed to excel at inducing stagger.