Weapon evolutions

A second barrel joins the first and doubles the stream.

Heavier rounds pass through one enemy and strike the one behind.

Heavier rounds briefly stun what they hit. Bosses are immune.

Every sixth volley adds a piercing fan of rounds.

The rifle fires faster, with a bigger magazine to match.

Heavier rounds burst into shards when spent. The shards fly on through the pack.

Hits on one target ramp damage up to sixty percent more. A new target resets it.

Every tenth round bursts in a blast that hits the pack.

Rounds shove what they hit backward. Bosses do not budge.

Every few seconds one round fires as a line that pierces everything.

Rounds rebound twice, seeking the nearest enemy they have not hit.

Shocked enemies take more damage from every source for a short time.

Long bursts double the rifle's fire rate briefly. Once per magazine.

Every fourth volley becomes a wide fan of piercing rounds.

Shocked enemies arc to each other. Stun time is capped and bosses are immune.

Faster fire from bigger magazines. Lighter rounds rebound once to a second target.

Faster fire from bigger magazines. Lighter rounds pass through to the enemy behind.

Faster fire from bigger magazines. A tighter cone that carries further.

Each kill refreshes a surge of fire rate. Keep killing to keep it.

Rounds rebound once more, off walls and off enemies.

Drum magazines hold far more rounds and reload quicker.

Critical hits come more often and deal far more damage.

A round that hits forks into two smaller rounds.

Firing while moving speeds you up and tightens the spread.

Every eighth round per barrel is a sure critical that pierces on.

Each barrel picks its own target, and fire rate climbs while both have one.

A dash cancels your reload and refunds a load of rounds.

Fire rate builds to double while you hold the trigger, then fades.

Rounds rebound three times, each hit stronger. Wall hits split the round.

A kill can refund a full magazine. It cannot happen often.

The shell bounces on impact and crushes a second line of enemies.

A heavier shell punches through two more enemies instead of bouncing.

A heavier shell that stuns every enemy it hits. Bosses are immune.

On impact the shell splits into piercing shrapnel.

On impact the shell detonates and throws the pack back.

The cannon fires faster and holds more shells.

The first body a shell hits takes far more damage, and the shell pierces on.

Where the shell is spent, a ring of force knocks everything outward.

Each shot braces the cannon, cutting damage taken for a moment.

Stand still and the cannon hits harder and reaches farther. Moving releases it.

Shells bounce farther, and each bounce leaves a shockwave line that burns.

On impact the shell pulls nearby enemies into its centre.

Every sixth shell calls in three more shells on the same target.

Every bounce and split sets off a blast, up to a limit per shell.

Each kill shortens Earthshaker's cooldown, up to a cap.

A heavy slug rides the center of the spread, with longer reach.

More pellets in a wider cone that carries further.

One heavy slug replaces the pellets and punches through a line of enemies.

Pellets ignite. Burning enemies keep taking damage after the blast.

Every pellet chills its target and slows it down.

Every pellet briefly stuns its target. Bosses are immune.

The two centre pellets hit far harder and ignore range loss.

Pellets split into two at the end of their flight.

Point-blank hits knock back hard and stun briefly. Bosses are immune.

Each trigger fires two blasts in quick succession from one charge.

Pellets pierce one more body, and the cone spreads wider.

A point-blank shot kicks you back, a free dash on a short timer.

The slug finishes off a weakened Nihil outright. Strains and bosses are not finished.

Twenty-four pellets fan across a wide arc at reduced damage.

An empty magazine releases a nova that knocks back and hurts everything near.

The beam passes one target and refracts off walls along a new line.

The beam ramps faster and higher on a held target.

A wider beam that cuts through several enemies in its band.

A prism splits the beam in three, covering a wide arc.

A hotter beam that burns everything it touches.

A charged beam that stuns what it touches. Bosses are immune.

The beam's ramp climbs much higher on a held target.

At its first target the beam forks into two lesser beams.

The beam holds more heat and cools much faster.

Hold the beam, then release a lance that hits hard and pierces all.

The beam sweeps across the aim, cutting a wider arc.

The beam deflects enemy rounds it crosses.

The ramp survives a retarget, and at full heat the beam hits much harder.

Five beams fan across a wide arc, each one weaker.

An overheat vents a blast that stuns nearby enemies. Bosses are immune.

Each blast scatters bomblets that detonate a moment later.

A heavier charge with a bigger, harder-hitting blast.

Blasts chill everything they hit and slow the pack.

Each kill by a blast detonates again on the next enemy, in a chain.

Each trigger lobs two grenades in a fan, each with a lighter blast.

Grenades curve toward the nearest enemy in flight.

Grenades stick to the first body and detonate harder after a short fuse.

Each blast scatters more bomblets.

Blasts knock back much farther and stagger whatever they reach.

Every fourth grenade is a much wider, far harder blast.

Three grenades land in a line on one charge.

A grenade that hits nothing stays behind as a mine for a while.

Every fifth grenade is a huge blast at far greater damage.

Chained blasts reach much farther and link through more targets.

A blast kill returns a charge to the launcher, up to a limit.

Rockets steer toward the nearest enemy after launch.

A bigger warhead widens every blast, a little weaker at the center.

A faster motor: rockets land before the pack can move.

Each shot launches a salvo of rockets in a tight fan.

A heavier rocket that scatters bomblets where it bursts.

A heavier rocket whose blast chills everything it hits.

A second warhead follows the first onto the same target.

Each salvo adds two small rockets alongside the main ones.

Impacts knock back far harder.

Hits harder against Gristle, strains and bosses.

Each trigger fires a swarm of small homing rockets.

Rocket impacts draw nearby enemies to the blast for a moment.

Every fourth trigger fires one huge rocket.

A salvo repeats again and again on one charge.

Firing pushes you backward, counting as a dash.

Sub-munitions split once more in flight, widening the flak field.

Heavier shards pass through one enemy to the one behind.

A tighter burst whose shards fly further.

The last shards steer toward the nearest enemies.

Heavier shards that stun what they hit. Bosses are immune.

Every shard ignites what it hits.

The centre shard hits much harder.

Each second split shatters again into three.

Shards shove enemies aside and interrupt their attacks. Bosses are not interrupted.

Shards seek out the toughest target in range.

Every shard homes in on the nearest enemy.

Shards destroy enemy rounds they pass through.

All shards converge on one target.

The burst repeats along its path, sweeping the pack.

A trigger grants a brief shield, on a long cooldown.

The needle reaches much farther down the lane.

A thicker needle that catches the whole pack in its lane.

The charge builds faster, so the needle fires sooner.

The needle passes three walls and ignores armor.

The needle splits into two forks that spread wide of the aim.

Each hit shoves the pack back. Bosses are immune.

Shots on one target build damage, up to forty percent more.

The needle is a much wider line, cutting a broad band.

Each shot skids you backward a short way, out of the crowd.

Hold longer for a far stronger needle. You move slowly while charging.

Each kill throws a short spark line that hits the pack behind.

The afterimage lingers and erases enemy rounds it crosses. Not boss fire.

A needle that lands on a badly hurt Nihil finishes it. Never a boss.

Three needles fan out from each shot, each one weaker.

A brief cloak cuts damage taken by a quarter, then recharges.

The return pass cuts harder than the way out.

The disc flies much farther before it turns.

Two discs fly side by side on two lanes.

The return curves wide, sweeping the pack from the side.

The disc rebounds off walls up to three times, cutting each time.

On the way back the disc pulls nearby enemies inward.

Each hit heats the blade, adding damage up to fifty percent more.

The blade is wider, so it cuts a broader band of the pack.

Catching the disc speeds you up for a moment.

The disc pauses at each turn and cuts the pack there.

Each wall bounce throws out shards that cut the pack nearby.

Each cut shoves the enemy back. Bosses do not budge.

The disc orbits a struck Nihil and keeps cutting it. Not bosses.

Each throw sends three discs out in a fan.

Catching the disc raises a brief shield, on a long cooldown.