Ricochet Rafa

BUILD OVERVIEW: “Ricochet Rafa”

A fast, ricochet-focused gun build for Rafa, centered on Peacebreaker cannons, shotgun ricochets, and Overdrive scaling through the Dancer Class Mod.

Key strengths:

• Excellent mobbing—cannons clear rooms on their own.
• Strong boss damage via TOR stickies, infinite ammo windows, and Overdrive stacking.
• Works without bugs, but allows optional bugged setups.
• Nearly permanent Peacebreaker uptime through skill and augment synergy.

CORE MECHANICS AND DAMAGE SCALING

Overdrive Bonuses (Dancer Class Mod):

• Base: +10% damage, +25% movement speed.
• Dancer doubles this → +20% damage, +50% movement speed.
• Sult doubles again on kill → up to +40% damage, +100% movement speed.

Gun Damage Scaling:

• The Tamario node grants +70% gun damage.
• Doubled by Dancer and again by Sult → ~280% total.

Peacebreaker Cannons:

• Use Double Auto Autoshot mode.
• Treated as indirect projectiles, benefiting from the Ricochet tree.
• Ricochet + shotgun spread enables large-area clears.

SKILL TREE HIGHLIGHTS

Top Part

• Sitiar (5): +25% gun damage.
• Juerga (5): refreshes action skill via cannon kills.
• Resilience (2): flat damage reduction.
• Maestro (3): stable baseline damage.

Left Tree

• Asymetric Warfare (5): Indirect Projectiles: +45% damage to cannons.
• Errant Spark (4): adds incendiary damage bonus.
• Hostile Aquisition (1)
• Lateral Plinking (1): indirect projectiles get ricochet chance (guaranteed on crit).

Middle Tree

• Vitriol (5): boosts Hot Slugger.
• Pain Reaction (4): increases ricochet chance.
• Concentrated Build Up (1): Bonus Shock while aiming
• Inspirado (2): extends Peacebreaker uptime; essential for the build.

Right Tree

• Barrage (5) or Everdrive (5): More Splash Damage or increasee Overdrive Duration
• Temerario 5: critical gun damage node.

From Class-Mode

• Soltado: doubles Overdrive bonuses (activated by Class Mod).

ACTION SKILL AUGMENTS

Instinto	Bullet Buddy Deluxe

Instinto (Mobbing):

• Grants crit chance and crit damage, driving ricochet chains.
• On kill, refreshes action skill duration for constant cannon uptime.

Bullet Buddy Deluxe (Bossing):

• Provides infinite ammo for 8 seconds.
• Enables TOR sticky burst damage for fast boss kills.

WEAPONS

1. Hot Slugger (Primary Mobbing)

• Shotgun; exceptional ricochet performance.
• Blazing Barrel: +90% stacking damage.
• Works perfectly with Peacebreaker pacing and ignores Tamario’s handling penalty.
• Benefits heavily from Vitriol and ricochet nodes.

2. The BOD (Bossing)

• TOR stickies variant recommended.
• Scales enormously with Bullet Buddy Deluxe (infinite ammo window).
• Best roll: TOR stickies + sniper ammo.

3. Optional Alternatives

• Kickballer (Jakobs) — bugged instant boss kills.
• Disc Fragment Quincseex — bugged purple shotgun.
• Purple stickies + Taser underbarrel — sticky inheritance exploit.
• Spread Launcher + Amp Rep Kit — crit knife one-shot setup (inconsistent).
• Wombo Combo — usable but worse than Hot Slugger.

REP KIT (MELEE / KNIFE)

Recommended: Shiny War Paint

• Provides fire rate and movement speed.
• Optional variants: Enrage (more damage) or Accelerator (cooldown help).

Penetrator Knife:

• Guarantees crits for ricochet chains.
• Not mandatory but very strong.

CLASS MOD

Dancer Class Mod

Core bonuses:

• Doubles all Overdrive bonuses.
• +1 to Sult.
• Additional Tamario points recommended.

Ideal secondary stats:

• Action skill duration.
• Gun damage or damage reduction.

Avoid:

• Action skill cooldown (provides no real value).

SHIELD OPTIONS

1. Super Soldier (Recommended)

• Movement speed and fire rate bonuses.
• Generates +1 ammo/sec.
• Reliable for both mobbing and bossing.

2. Pandora Momento (Siphon)

• Siphon roll offers lifesteal and overshield.
• High-capacity version provides superb survivability.

3. Fireworks Shield

• Offers additional splash and crowd control for mobbing.

ENHANCEMENTS

Primary Enhancement

Bounce Pass (Jakobs)

• Adds ricochet to shotguns, perfectly matching Hot Slugger.
• Ideal rolls: gun damage + shotgun damage, or shotgun crit damage.

Firmware

• Trickshot: crits may refill ammo; works well with Super Soldier.
• 3-piece Dead Eyee: stacking crit damage.
• 2-piece High Caliber: improves projectile speed for smoother Slugger handling.

RECOMMENDED ORDNANCE

• Riddle You This — strong early option.
• Daredevil + Now With Caffeine — quick Rep Kit uptime.
• I Am a Gun — allows cannons to inherit gun damage; core synergy.
• Honed Vine — improves cannon crit chance and crit damage.
• Optional: In the Zone or Best Defense for boss DPS or defense optimization.

PLAYSTYLE SUMMARY

Mobbing:

• Maintain constant cannon uptime (Instinto + Inspado).
• Let ricochets handle groups; use Hot Slugger for targeted support.

Bossing:

• Switch to Bullet Buddy Deluxe for infinite ammo.
• Burst with BOD stickies during the infinite ammo window.
• Crit knife optional for faster kill sequences.

General Tips:

• Use Rep Kit when cannons expire.
• Avoid overspamming Instinto to prevent premature action skill drain.
• Pre-activate cannons before engagements to stack Overdrive early.

TL;DR — Recommended Loadout