Shock & Awe (The Stars Above)

Shock & Awe

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	56 (Ranged)
Knockback	14 (Insane)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	48 (Extremely slow)
Velocity	16
Tooltip	'Ka-Boom!'
Rarity	03*
Sell	1

'The Shock & Awe is a craftable Pre-Hardmode Spatial ranged weapon obtainable after either the Eater of Worlds or the Brain of Cthulhu have been defeated.
Its best modifier is Unreal.

In Game Description

Attacks with this weapon fire a powerful rocket that explodes upon impact with heavy knockback.
Rocket contact damage and explosion damage occur separately.
Direct hits on airborne foes will guarantee a critical strike.
Rocket explosions will launch players and non-boss enemies and explosion proximity increases travel distance.
Launching yourself will deal 5% Max HP in self damage, but grants the buff Death from Above for 4 seconds (Buff is removed upon landing).
During this time, rocket explosions deal 20% increased non-critical strike damage and 40% increased critical strike damage.
Right click to swing the Bargain Gardener , dealing damage to nearby foes (Critical strikes are disabled).
Striking foes with the Bargain Gardener while airborne under the effect of Death from Above will guarantee a 200% damage critical strike.
It fires rockets that explode on impact, dealing damage to all enemies and knocking back all entities (including players) caught in the blast.

Crafting

Recipe

Result Ingredients Crafting station Shock & Awe Bomb (5) Silver Bar or Tungsten Bar (18) Dynamite Essence of the Soldier Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil total: 1 row(s)

Trivia

• This weapon is a reference to the character Soldier' from Team Fortress 2's stock weapon, the 'Rocket Launcher'
  • The shovel is an another reference to Soldier's usable melee weapon, the 'Market Gardener' in which will deal a crit to an enemy after hitting them after rocket jumping while in mid-air.