
Lightning Breath
Lightning Breath is a small weapon component in Stellaris 4.5.2. It deals 1–6 damage every 1.9 days (19 combat ticks) at range 30, accuracy 100% and tracking 90%. It costs 1 Food, 1 Minerals and uses 0 power. Unlocked by Cloud Lightning Conduits.
Weapon stats
From weapon_components.csv (in common/component_templates), base values before technologies and modifiers.
How it's counted
Damage multipliers against hull, shields and armor are shares of the damage. Cooldown and windup are combat ticks in the CSV, 10 a day (our reading of the defines); damage a day = (min + max) ÷ 2 ÷ cooldown in days.
- Damage
- 1–6
- Cooldown
- 1.9 days (19 ticks)
- Damage a day
- 1.84
- Range
- 30
- Accuracy
- 100%
- Tracking
- 90%
- Hull damage
- 100%
- Shield damage
- 100%
- Armor damage
- 100%
- Shield penetration
- 100%
- Armor penetration
- 100%
Cost and upkeep
- Cost
1Food
1Minerals- Upkeep a month
0.07Energy Credits
0Food
0Minerals
Other sizes and versions
How to get it
In the game
Modifying existing respiration systems with bio-electrical conduits gives a creature the ability to "breathe" arcs of piercing lightning.
ID
LIGHTNING_BREATH_SMALLSource: common/component_templates/01_mutation_weapon_components.txt and weapon_components.csv, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).