Fallout 76: Onsaught Mechanic, explained

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Benefits and effects affecting onsaughught

There are many ways to increase your damage to the exit Fallout 76, From consumables and weapons effects to perk cards and campresurs articles. With the latest Ghoul in the update, players have been able to test a new damage-boosting mechanic, Attack. This feature enables new and creative buildings that are centered around pushing so little more damage from each shot.

When used with the correct set of benefits and effects, attacks can be a devastating tool that can be used to take down some of the toughest enemies in the game. This guide will go through everything there is to know about attack.

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What is attack?

Onsaughught is a buff that you can use thanks to some perk cards and a legendary effect. It is a stacking buff that helps increase your injury. There are two different types of attacks in the game.

Standard attacks

The default version means you Get stacks of attacks by getting consecutive hits on an enemy. Each hit gives you another stack until you reach the maxlock, which will depend on your benefit choice. Each stack will increase your damage by a small amount. The more stacks you have, the higher the injuries.

However, the usual way that attacks works means that your accumulated bars begin Reduce by a second that you do not hit an enemy. To see your current stack value, there is an icon in the lower right corner of the screen that pops up when you start beating enemies. It will also have a number next to the icon that indicates how many bars you have.

Master

The second way to use stacks is the same as the first way, only in the reverse direction. Instead of collecting stacks by beating enemies in succession, You start with stacks, and then they go down with every successful hit on an enemy. Your stacks generate passively at a speed of 1 stack per second. This second attack style is called Master Onsruught.

Whatever type of attack you use, you make a Additional 5% damage per stack. So if you go for a standard building, you start with 0% and your injury production will increase when you collect stacks. With a Master Onslaught building, you start with a fixed number of bars depending on your charge, which means that your damage will start higher. For example, if you have 10 bars, your first shot will do +50% damage. But after the first shot, you lose a bundle so that your injuries will decrease by 5%.

Benefits and effects affecting onsaughught

There are a handful of benefits that can be used to get stacks, as well as a legendary prefix that gives you some extra bars.

Object type	Item name	Staple effect
Legendary prefix	Furious	+9 stacks
Neck cards	Armskpert	+3 stacks
Neck cards	Guerrilla expert	+3 stacks
Neck cards	Guerrill master	+5 stacks
Neck cards	Gunslinger Master (Master Onslaught only)	+10 stacks

Due to how this effect works, There are a couple of combinations that you can use, depending on your building type. Standard attacks are best used by those who enjoy fast-shooting weapons, while master attacks are best used by those who prefer slow weapons. When it comes to Melee weapons, there are no benefit cards that affect the attack, just the furious effect.

For standard attacks on fast -fired weapons, there are two core building options:

Option 1

Guerrilla expert
Guerrill master
Armskpert

Option 2

Furious arms effect
Guerrilla expert
Guerrill master
Armskpert

If you want to use the Master Onslaught system, you must equip Gunslinger Master Perk card. When you are equipped, your bars will start counting up to 10. To increase this maximum stack number, you can add all the benefits mentioned for a standard building.