30XX:Sage Beam

Sage Beam
Charged shots activate Power 1 at -15 NRG Cost instead of firing.
Statistics
Type	Primary Weapon
Equip Cost	4 Core Points
Appears once per run.
Effects
Charged Shots fire Power 1 -15 Energy Cost Charged Shots no longer fire Primaries

Sage Beam is a Primary Weapon for Nina. When equipped, firing a fully charged shot will instead negate the shot and fire the weapon in the player's first Power slot instead. The Power will be fired at -15 Energy Cost, but will otherwise function as normal. If the player does not have a Power in their first Power slot, a regular charged shot is fired. Sage Beam cannot be used with Verity Beam.

Synergies

• When combined with Chaos Beam, three Powers can be fired at once.

Trivia

• As the energy reduction is additive, combining it with Power Efficiency effects like Owlhawk's Focus will reduce the cost of most Powers to zero.
• By using Dracopent's Fang, the player can rapid-fire multiple Powers at once, even when they would normally have a cooldown.
• When using Zen Mortar or its fusions, the Split effect will only occur when pressing the Power button. Firing another charged shot while a mortar is active will just fire an additional mortar. This allows the player to split multiple mortars at once, especially when combined with Dracopent's Fang.
• The energy cost of channeled Powers like File:Negation Barrier.png Negation Barrier is unaffected.

History

• Release 1.00.0: Fixed a bug where Sage Beam would not be able to use any Fusions involving Autodrone.
• Early Access 0.54.0: No longer functions when the first Power slot is empty. Also indirectly fixes a weird interaction with Juice Beam when the first Power slot is empty.
• Early Access 0.46.0: Now works properly with effects that modify or store charged shots, like Dracopent's Fang or Dracopent's Claw with the Resonant Buster.
• Early Access 0.45.0: Released.