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Lightning Rod is a weapon classified under the Volt Caster category. Since Lightning Rod is used during combat, it is considered a Combat Equipment. These items are used to damage and defeat enemies or break destructible objects.
Note: All numeric values (except the power level) mentioned are only applicable to the default state of the weapon. It may be possible to increase or decrease the net values using inscriptions, but they will not be shown.
Description and Alternative Items
Lightning Rod is a unique weapon introduced during Echoes of Reality.
Lightning Rod is a Volt Caster. It uses seal technology to focus ambient electricity. It releases a purple sphere and calls down lightning on the point where the sphere lands. On its own, it can do a lightning blast damage. If the purple ball hits an enemy weak point, the weak point multiplier is applied to the net damage.
Its masterwork perk also lets it detonate primed targets using a different combo effect depending on the type of javelin equipping this weapon.
This item has a special ability, which is a procedural perk that can be activated by performing an action mentioned in its masterwork perk.
Masterwork Perk: Calls down lightning on a specific location.
Obtaining Methods
Lightning Rod can be obtained in the following ways:
- War Chest
- Regulator Store (When available)
Cortex Entry
Cortex Entries are small pieces of lore attached with the particular weapon found in Anthem and accessed through the Cortex. All weapons have at least one entry associated with them. All Masterwork and Legendary weapons' cortex entries directly add to the narrative of the world.
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For a Collection of similar Cortex Entries, See: Volt Caster (Armory) |
Blueprint and Crafting
Currently, this item cannot be crafted.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- Lightning Rod is one of the few weapons whose design was is shown in The Art of Anthem. Although, the yellow is much brighter in the book that the ochre seen in-game.
- Lightning Rod on its own without any additional inscriptions has the highest base value among weapons in the game. However, its damage is affected by the type of health of the enemies.
- It was introduced along with other Volt Casters during Echoes of Reality.
- In the game the Magazine size (also known as the clip size) is incorrectly referred to as Ammo within the statistics of a weapon.
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