Charged Blaster Cannon



The Charged Blaster Cannon is a Hardmode, post-Golem magic weapon that fires electric spheres which travel at slow speed and cannot pierce enemies.

Holding the key charges the weapon, with longer charges firing larger, more damaging projectiles with added piercing ability. Holding the key for longer than 3 seconds causes it to fire a large solid beam with even more damage (~175) and infinite piercing &mdash; any enemy in its path will take its full damage, though it does not fire through blocks. A player firing the beam will not be able to change firing angle until mana runs out, The Six-Second Beam time ends, or the key is released.

The Charged Blaster Cannon has a 11.11% (1/9) chance to be dropped by the Martian Saucer during the Martian Madness event.

Its best Modifier is Mythical.

Trivia

 * The idea of a cannon for an arm may have been taken from the Mega Man series of video games, in which the titular character wields a cannon arm.
 * The idea of a very small weapon firing an extraordinarily large blast of energy was likely taken from the noisy cricket weapon used by Agent J in the Men in Black franchise. The Charged Blaster Cannon, however, lacks the significant recoil of that weapon when fired on full power.

History
Canon Blaster Chargé