Shock Coil
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| Shock Coil | |
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 The icon for the Shock Coil. | |
| Featured in | Metroid Prime Hunters |
| Damage | Low, but continuous. |
| Effect(s) | Slowly drain energy from targets. (a unique trait allows Sylux alone to absorb the energy.) |
| Special uses | Neutralize artificial obstacles colored as blue-green. (such as doors, force fields, etc.) |
| Obtained | Incubation Vault 02, Celestial Archives |
"The SHOCK COIL is a prototype federation weapon that emits a concentrated beam of high-density NEUTRINOS within a set radius." -Metroid Prime Hunters Logbook Entry
The Shock Coil was a prototype weapon under development by the Galactic Federation, but the project was shut down because it was too dangerous. It was later stolen by the bounty hunter Sylux, along with plans for its power suit and its ship, the Delano 7. The Shock Coil emits a short-ranged, continuous burst of concentrated, high density neutrinos, and seeks the nearest target. The Shock Coil's damage effect is highly similar to Metroid Prime's Wavebuster. The amount of damage done to the target increases with prolonged fire. When used by Sylux, any damage done to the target will be added to his own Energy Reserves. This weapon has no charge attack, instead being a sustained attack. The Shock Coil is strong against Trace, and affects Gorea when it turns blue.
Samus Aran acquires the Shock Coil at the Celestial Archives.
[edit] Multiplayer Role
In Multiplayer, the Shock Coil is ideal for close combat with a single enemy. If there are multiple enemies within range and close to each other, you may have trouble locking on to the intended target. Also, it is somewhat difficult to target enemies who are in their Alt forms, as they are smaller and harder to hit. It is even more difficult to target enemies in their alt form if they get very close to you. As this is Sylux`s affinity weapon, it can drain energy from opponents. All hunters can do this while they are a prime hunter. (This weapon is highly dreaded among online players-- most find it annoying to be constantly drained of energy by a single person. A small tip: if you face Sylux, the best hunter to escape with is Weavel, who can use his alt-form as a decoy to scare off the Sylux-player.)
The Shock Coil, upon initial attack, will do damage at a moderately slow rate, but if its beam does not break with its target, the rate at which it deals damage will increase to an impressive level that can make it almost hopeless to continue fighting with its user at close range. Therefore, as a target, it is best to make sure to take every opportunity to keep the beam out of contact with you, so as to keep the damage rate (and just the damage amount in general) low, because if the enemy's coil gains a high enough damage rate, it can become virtually impossible to deal damage faster than receiving it. The ideal method is to stay out of range of the Shock Coil completely. Alternatively, as the user of a Shock Coil it is best to try and make sure the beam breaks as little as possible with the target; as the rate of damage per second increases, it becomes increasingly costly to your enemy.
[edit] Trivia
- Certain objects will show the word "NEUTRINOS" in the description when scanned. The word "NEUTRINOS" always refers to the Shock Coil.
[edit] Behind the Scenes
In the Metroid world, the Shock Coil (as stated in the above quote) fires a concentrated beam of high-density neutrinos in order to damage the target. However, in the real world, it is safe to say that this weapon would more than likely do absolutely nothing to its target. Neutrinos have been known to exist since the mid-1900s, and in those early years, neutrinos were thought to possess no physical mass, leading to people thinking that they traveled near to or at the speed of light. Yet as studies progressed, it was found that they did in fact possess a small mass, so small even that they are practically on the brink of physical existence. Also found in further studies was the fact that neutrinos are completely harmless. It is known that well over a trillion pass through your body every second, they cause no damage because of their extremely low mass. Perhaps, Metroid being set in the future, a way has been discovered to somehow combine neutrinos into a single ionic mass, giving them some sort of mass, in order to cause harm to the target. Yet aside from this theory, the Shock Coil, in our real world, would be completely harmless.
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