Charged Blaster Cannon



The Charged Blaster Cannon is a Hardmode, post-Golem magic weapon that fires electric spheres and beams. It has a chance to drop from all basic enemies in the Martian Madness event.

The Charged Blaster Cannon has multiple firing modes:


 * A single tap of the button fires a small non-piercing orb.
 * Holding rapid-fires the small orbs at a rate of 6 orbs per second with a max of 6 small orbs shot per charge. Mana is only consumed on the first orb that is fired.
 * After holding for one second, a larger orb with infinite piercing and 2.5× the damage ( base damage) will be fired.
 * Continuing to hold fires the larger orbs at a rate of 2 orbs per second up to a max of 3 large orbs per charge. Mana is only consumed on the first large orb that is fired. (The players mana would have only been drained of two times the listed mana cost upon reaching this point in the attack cycle)
 * Holding for two more seconds and continuing to hold it fires a large, solid beam. It deals 1.5× the damage ( base damage) and hits all enemies in its path repeatedly, about five times per second. Mana is consumed every time the weapon's damage ticks (five times a second) while channeling the laser.  The firing angle cannot be adjusted while the continuous beam is firing.

The attack is terminated when mana is depleted, the button is released, or 5 seconds of firing the beam have passed.

Trivia

 * The item is a nod to the classic video game character, who has a similarly shaped cannon called the Mega Buster. It can be similarly charged before firing, and the Charged Blaster Cannon's appearance as part of the player's arm when selected mimics the fact that Mega Man's robotic body has the gun built into his arm, along with the weapon's circular appearance.