The Bassocyst Build to let you feel powerful
To all dear readers, at the time of making this, I would have been an MR 18 scrub who's new to building, so any tips or comments to improve on this will be greatly appreciated.
I used to be someone heavily against shotguns, but [Coda Bassocyst] is the one shotgun that swapped my understanding and preferences to now have an newfound appreciation for them
Progenitor/Valence
Magnetic, as many other people tend to say, is probably the best bet in general for coda adversary weapons... But the fun comes with you have HEAT for this weapon's progenitor.
But don't let the progenitor stop you from getting the weapon, especially when Valence Fusions and an Elemental Vice can allow you to swap your elements.
The Coda Game Changer
This here Coda Bassocyst is a unique Coda boombox shotgun that shoots wide sonic projectiles, similar to [Arca Plasmor]. Sporting some tasty multi CO and infinite body punch through makes it one of the most impressive weapons I've ever had the pleasure of using.
Its Alternate Fire has to be the main appeal, as it launches 4-6 Infested mites that latches onto enemies, highlighting their heads for 5 seconds to inflict Impact and Magnetic status effects for 10 seconds. But that consumes 4 ammo per shot, so choose your shots wisely.
Additionally, there's a Unique Trait where alt firing while an enemy opened to a Parazon Mercy Finisher within 35 meters, will perform a teleporting execution that strengthens Damage and Multishot by 100% for 20 seconds.
Bonuses stack additively with respective mods.
CORE
[Galvanized Savvy] is a must, for the CO mechanic to proc.
[Galvanized Hell] and [Primed Point Blank] enables the start of some insane damage.
For the elemental procs, Innate Radiation damage already gives this a fun start.
I'm trying for Blast for the crazy good waveclear, Corrosive against the high armor opponents.
I use [Toxic Barrage] for a boost in status chance too, but using Contagious Spread is not bad.
[Blaze] is preferred, but Incendiary Coat will do just fine, even Scattering Inferno, anything that does heat to bring it all together.
SUBSIDIARY/EXTRA CONSIDERATIONS
Vigilante Supplies is not needed on this build, especially if you never have ammo issues, but I chose to forma the Exilus for style. The build works just as well with an unForma'd Exilus slot.
Just know that 5 Formas are needed to get this gun to the max rank of 40. If you want to switch out the Exilus to have Galvanized Acceleration to keep the polarity and complete the Galvanized set, you can use the 5th Forma elsewhere, with zero consequences.
For the primary arcane, Primary Deadhead synergizes well with the head highlighting from the alt fire, but Primary Merciless is also not a bad pick for how many kills this can rack up with its infinite Body Punch-Through. Primary Crux is preferred by some for this weapon as well for some additional Status chance and ammo efficiency, but that sacrifices some big damage potential.
A priming companion like [Diriga] can only buff this weapon even more, so have fun with it!!
Feel free to leave any comments and thoughts about this build, ways to improve it even more that I can add later, and I'll see you around as we all drift through the Stars <3