Zeushammer

For the persona variant of this weapon, see Persona zeushammer.

The Zeushammer is a DLC melee weapon that emits an EMP upon hitting a target.

Acquisition

Zeushammers cannot be crafted, instead they can only be purchased from Outlander and Empire combat suppliers and faction bases, or received as a quest reward.

They can also be obtained from the following raider types:

Raider Kind	Chance	Average Quality	Health
Champion	?%	?	70-230%
Nobles (All)	?%	Excellent	100%

Summary

For a full exploration of the effects of EMP damage, see EMP.

When a zeushammer hits with its head, its deals 9 EMP damage in addition to its base damage. No EMP damage is inflicted by the handle attack. Unlike its normal damage, the EMP damage does not scale with quality. EMP damage does not deal physical damage. Instead, it stuns turrets, mechanoids, and mortars for 4.5 seconds. After being stunned, mechanoids become "Adapted" and gain immunity against further stuns for 2,200 ticks (36.67 secs). Immunity is applied on stun, and the duration is not extended by stunning an already adapted mechanoid. EMP also disables shield belts, causes brain shock on humanoids with brain implants, and vomiting on those with certain stomach implants.

Analysis

As a zeushammer deals blunt damage, it can be better than the monosword against armor, as most enemies have much better Sharp % rating than Blunt. However, the sword will completely ignore even a centipede's Sharp armor. Zeushammers only start to surpass them when against humans with marine armor and cataphract armor. Even then, a monosword's raw damage will not be far behind.

Due to adaptation, a zeushammer can actually become counterproductive when fighting mechs along with EMP grenades or another source of EMP. All other sources of EMP stun for much longer, but the first stun causes adaptation immediately, so it prevents other sources of EMP from applying their longer stun. The zeushammer retains its niche against turrets, as well as certain other uses of EMP (like breaking shield belts). However, the localized nature of the EMP from the zeushammer allows you to retain your shield belts to protect your melee fighters as they engage in melee.

Attack table

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Attacks

Zeushammer			Handle (Poke)					Head (Blunt)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
Quality	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
Awful	7.62	31.07%	12	2s	17.6%	6	8.33%	24.8	3s	36.8%	8.27	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	100	1000
Poor	8.52	34.7%	13.5	2s	19.8%	6.75	8.33%	27.9	3s	41.4%	9.3	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	100	1500
Normal	9.41	38.33%	15	2s	22%	7.5	8.33%	31	3s	46%	10.33	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	100	2000
Good	10.3	41.97%	16.5	2s	24.2%	8.25	8.33%	34.1	3s	50.6%	11.37	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	100	2500
Excellent	11.78	48%	18	2s	26.4%	9	25%	37.2	3s	55.2%	12.4	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	3000
Masterwork	14.24	58%	21.75	2s	31.9%	10.88	25%	44.95	3s	66.7%	14.98	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	4000
Legendary	16.2	66%	24.75	2s	36.3%	12.38	25%	51.15	3s	75.9%	17.05	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	5000

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder