Penta's Damage, Or Probably New/expanded Armor-Types

[faustias]

Been reading wiki and trying to tinker Penta with the correct mods at most effect against Corpus (farming Split Chambers on Pluto)

 

here's the current loadout stats:

 

176 Impact

899 Toxin  (+50% to Flesh, +25% to Proto Shield, -25% to Robotic)

823 Blast (no bonus or reduced damage to all Corpus armor-types)

1798 Magnetic (+75% damage to Shield and Proto-Shield)

 

Overall, loadout's very effective versus most Corpus especially Techmen and Crewmen, ignoring the reduced damage to MOAs and Drones.

 

 

my problem here is I keep seeing 2 or 3-digit damage when detonating Penta's grenade at some occassion, even at airburst, resulting headshots. Even at point blank between the 'nade and target/s, it deals very very low damage.

 

normally, it deals 1300~2600 depending on where I hit them, but I am not sure why I deal damage.

 

 

Any idea why I'm having a dud-damage? Am I missing something about Corpus, Shield, or whatever that's giving me hard time blasting stuffs?

[Carillon]

box heads have massive damage reduction on their box heads.

this reduction extends to their headshields. (presumably a bug; don't think I've seen DE say anything about it tho)

 

best chance is to explode it at their feet. or direct body hits.

[koolen]

head of the crewmen don't take full dmg

[faustias]

ahh forgot about that head resistance.

 

been doing lots of airbursts on grineer and infested because head means x2 damage.

 

 

alright... doing more Narcissus then.

[Keetsune]

Crewmens is most OP enemies at high if you using explosive type damage sources.