Radiation Siphon Targeting

[SemanticAntics]

Is there a slash command or something that can prioritize targets affected by Contaminate? My eyes aren't what they used to be and picking out a contaminated foe amongst a crowd is pretty hit and miss by hand, leading to a lot of wasted opportunities for Radiation Siphon's heal. 

 

If not, are there any tricks that help with singling out contaminated targets?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Erratic1]

Atomic Smash has the highest chance of your attacks to apply Contaminated at 35%. Always follow Atomic Smash with Radiation Siphon.

 

Not as effective as picking the advertised target but requires no evaluation.

 

 

 

[Psyonico]

Unfortunately, no.

[ZemX]

Contaminate is, all around, not something you should pay much attention to because of its somewhat unpredictable (or at least difficult to follow) nature.   It feels kind of like an argument I was having recently in /help about Scourge.  Someone was deeply concerned they couldn't "make" a Corruptor work because they were annoyed by the unpredictability of Scourge.

 

Instead of trying to make the most of Contaminate (or Scourge on a Corruptor) just forget about it.  Let it, statistically, do its thing and it will provide some benefit.  Slot Siphon as an attack and treat it like a low-tier attack that just sometimes has a little bonus of healing you tacked on.  I wouldn't slot it or use it primarily as a heal.  Just put it in your rotation and it will sometimes heal you.

[Sovera]

As ZemX said just forget that it exists. It will pop often as you use your ST skills and Irradiated Ground drops, but, more importantly, it is forced when you use Fusion. So you can start a fight, use Fusion, drop Atom smasher and now EVERYONE is Contaminated. Use Siphon, heal, use any ST skill, use Siphon again. It can recharge in as much as 3-4 seconds so you can force at least two if not three hits every 30 seconds at the start of a fight which is when you're taking more hits.

 

 

 

Edit: meandering ramblings incoming.

 

Though, IMO, you'd be better served in keep Siphon to the last skill being used so you can milk the Contaminated mechanic. At the risk of overexplaining something already known the Contaminated mechanic does a small explosion if an ST skill hits a Contaminated victim (but it doesn't do ST damage, only damage to nearby foes). So Fusion, Contaminated Strike, Radioctive Smash, Contaminated Strike will do more AoE than Fusion - Atom Smasher - Radiation Siphon who immediately eats the Contaminated and now the next skills will need to reapply it (which is not the end of the world since Fusion is still running and forcing it).

 

 

I was actually trying to make a build work without Siphon to make an AoE machine but it's difficult to have an ST rotation without Radiation Siphon. The only other skill is Proton Sweep but because it is a cone it does not apply or trigger Contaminated so the only way I found was with Fire Armor and using Burn in the ST rotation. It won't apply or use Contamined but it IS an AoE skill so it would fit in the AoE machine idea. Something like Burn, Radioactive Smash, Devastating(ly slow) Blow, Radioactive Smash. There would still be still a gap and since leveling/exemplaring under 23 would be horrible with just Burn and RS Contaminated Strike could be worked in. But it started becoming too convoluted so I dropped it.

[Uun]

16 hours ago, Sovera said:

The only other skill is Proton Sweep but because it is a cone it does not apply or trigger Contaminated

While it doesn't trigger Contaminated damage, Proton Sweep has a 21% chance of granting Contaminated status.