Gray Zapinator

The Gray Zapinator is a Pre-hardmode magic weapon sold by the Traveling Merchant. Unlike the Zapinator, the Gray Zapinator is single shot. It's projectiles also behave erratically. Upon striking an enemy, the laser beam can do one of the following:


 * penetrating


 * changing speed, either moving dramatically faster or coming to a near stop


 * teleporting to a new location


 * changing orientation


 * create another beam


 * Massive knockback (enough to launch enemies offscreen)


 * Massive critical hit (upwards of 300-500 damage)

These can occur in seemingly any combination, creating the potential for enormous bursts of damage. Beams that are slow only do damage near the front and has a long delay before it can damage the same enemy again.

The Gray Zapinator is capable of getting the Mythical modifier.

It is affected by the Meteor armor set bonus, reducing the mana cost to 0.

Trivia

 * The erratic behavior of the projectiles along with the tool tip "It might be broken" maybe a reference to the fact that NES Zappers were notoriously faulty and inconsistent.