Piercing Rounds
More targets pierced and extra rail damage.
The Security Director
Alexei Kozlov
Instant rail shots gain damage as they pierce enemies.
Play Alexei Kozlov →See the starting weapon ↓
Starting stats Full health · standing still · run start
- Health
- 100 HP
- Armor
- 0
- Move speed
- 106% base
- Regeneration
- 0.2 HP/s
Starting weapon
Shade Railgun
Fires a piercing shot. Each enemy pierced makes it stronger.
Rank 1
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Max Rank (8)
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Staged practice targets, chosen health and timed arrivals. Real attacks and defeats. Character passives apply; boosts, gear and signatures are excluded.
Line up healthy enemies to use your first-strike bonus.
Evolves into
Shade Railgun Barrage
Wide shots pierce all enemies. Each enemy pierced makes them stronger.
Reach weapon rank 8, own Crit Chip, then open a supply chest. Critical chance makes rail hits more likely to deal double damage.
Build the fantasy
Three boosts worth choosing
Projectile Accelerator
Projectile speed strengthens rail hits.
Crit Chip
Crit adds extra rail hit damage.
One possible build
Starting stats → Example Level 20 Build
Levels award choices. They do not raise base stats automatically. This example spends 19 choices.
| Stat | Start | Example level 20 |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 100 | 100 |
| Armor | 0 | 0 |
| Damage multiplier | 100% | 100% |
| Regeneration | 0.2 HP/s | 0.2 HP/s |
| Move speed | 159 px/s | 159 px/s |
| Starter base hit | 22 | 174.4 |
| Attack speed multiplier | 100% | 100% |
- Shade Railgun · Rank 87 choices
- Flechette Fan · Rank 33 choices
- Piercing Rounds · Rank 33 choices
- Projectile Accelerator · Rank 33 choices
- Crit Chip · Rank 33 choices
The starter’s first rank is free. Both columns use full-health, stationary, run-start conditions. No gear, permanent upgrades, protocols, shrines or signature bonuses. Base hits exclude critical hits, target effects and the damage multiplier shown above. Burst and combo sequences can vary per hit.
See the 19 choices in order
- Shade Railgun · Rank 2
- Shade Railgun · Rank 3
- Shade Railgun · Rank 4
- Shade Railgun · Rank 5
- Shade Railgun · Rank 6
- Shade Railgun · Rank 7
- Shade Railgun · Rank 8
- Piercing Rounds · Rank 1
- Piercing Rounds · Rank 2
- Piercing Rounds · Rank 3
- Projectile Accelerator · Rank 1
- Projectile Accelerator · Rank 2
- Projectile Accelerator · Rank 3
- Crit Chip · Rank 1
- Crit Chip · Rank 2
- Crit Chip · Rank 3
- Flechette Fan · Rank 1
- Flechette Fan · Rank 2
- Flechette Fan · Rank 3
Passive ability
Quiet Surveillance
Deal 50% more damage to enemies above 50% HP.
Signature ability
Through Shot
Railgun piercing bonus: +20% damage.
Earn 10 full mission wins with Alexei Kozlov. The signature activates 6 minutes into a mission.
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