Any action RPG enthusiast will happily admit that ranged damage is better than risking life and limb in melee. But physical damage also tends to be more reliable. The Metal Technomancer gets the best of both worlds in Superfuse, bringing physical damage to the fight and dishing it out from a safe distance.
For gamers who are enjoying a different build in Superfuse, do not take this as a mandate. Even at the hardest difficulties, the Metal Technomancer has many different functional builds that are fun to play and effective against opponents. This guide is simply one way that the community is experiencing success with, other builds for the specialization are perfectly valid.
This article was written during the Early Access period. Updates and patches may have altered the overall experience.
Talent Tree
Metal Mastery | 12 |
Solidify | 5 |
Coating | 3 |
Quicksilver | 3 |
Trauma | 3 |
Metallurgy | 1 |
Critical Strike Chance | 1 |
Scrapper | 1 |
Spare Parts | 1 |
For the specialization to be viable, the hero is going to have to get some of the best Metal Technomancer talents involved. To have plenty of scrap on hand, grab the Spare Parts passive talent. This build only has one point in Scrapper but those who need better gear should consider putting a full five talents in it.
To make this one of the best specializations, players will want to make good use of the single-target Metal Shard skill and combine it with the strength of the area-of-effect Scrap Ball skill. These two skills cover any situation that comes up, creating tools to take care of both mobs and bosses.
Fuse Allocation
Skill | Fuse | Quantity | Effect | Fuse Cost |
Scrap Ball | Conjuration Length | 1 | Increases the length of your concave skill. | 10 |
Scrap Ball | Impact Radius | 1 | Increase the radius of your Area of Effect. | 10 |
Metal Shard | Shatter | 1 | On kill, you have a chance to shatter your enemies turning them into projectiles that hit more enemies. | 15 |
Metal Shard | Stun | 1 | Hitting an enemy with your skill will stun them. | 15 |
Metal Shard | Fork | 1 | Projectiles are split into multiple projectiles, the damage is split equally between each projectile. | 15 |
Metal Shard | Shrapnel | 1 | On end, your projectile shrapnels into many smaller projectiles. | 15 |
Metal Shard | Split | 1 | Hitting an enemy splits a projectile into multiple projectiles, the damage is split equally between each projectile. | 15 |
Metal Shard | Homing | 1 | Projectiles home in on nearby targets. | 15 |
Metal Shard | Add Lightning Damage | 1 | Add a percentage of physical damage as extra lightning damage. | 10 |
Metal Shard | Add Fire Damage | 1 | Add a percentage of physical damage as extra fire damage. | 10 |
Metal Shard | Add Poison Damage | 1 | Add a percentage of physical damage as extra poison damage. | 10 |
Metal Shard | Add Ice Damage | 1 | Add a percentage of physical damage as extra ice damage. | 10 |
It should be noted that Lucky Looter and Additional Credits are great new fuses to pick up, but once players have all the gear they need, these are the best fuses for actual combat. Also, beware of fuses like Pierce and Ricochet which have nice effects but decrease the skill's damage.
Metal Shard gets the bulk of the buffs since it's the primary attack. Fuse the skill to make it deal area damage, giving it some utility against clusters of enemies. Also, giving Metal Shard every type of damage assures it will be useful against any bosses or elites that might have some kind of immunity.
Scrap Ball only has a few buffs available but they're both critical. Since this is the main skill for applying Trauma and taking out stacks of enemies, increasing its size to hit anybody caught up in the vortex will give the Metal Technomancer top-of-the-line mob clearing capabilities.
Gear Stat Priority
S-Tier | Strength, Reflexes, Accuracy, Cast Speed |
A-Tier | Max Health, Energy, Health Regeneration, Energy Regeneration, Cooldown Reduction, Energy Restore On Kill, Energy Steal |
B-Tier | Power, Armor, All Damage Reduction, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage, Movement Speed, Loot Drop Chance, Credits Drop Amount, Experience On Kill, Luck |
C-Tier | Armor, Evasion, Elemental Resistance, Dodge Chance, Health Restore On Kill, Life Leech, Sight Range |
F-Tier | Block Chance, Block Amount, Attack Speed |
Superfuse is available in Early Access for PC.