SS58 Plasma Charger

The SS58 Plasma Charger is a special plasma assault rifle with high headshot damage, 100% armor penetration and massive ammo regeneration.

The abbreviation for this weapon is 'CRGR.'

SS58 Plasma Charger

20 / 40

Auto

A plasma assault rifle for advanced users. Weak against shielded enemies.

damage

1x

heat / cool

0.45x / 0.25x

firerate

472

deviation

6

recoil / ctrl

20 / 120

R/E time

2.50s / 1.20s

perks

Fast Plasma Recharge

Reload Burns

Last Shot Spray

Characteristics

Advantages:

• High damage per shot
• Extremely fast ammo regeneration
• Each plating on an enemy gets converted to 300 damage
• Ignores all armor

Disadvantages:

• Accuracy quickly degrades with prolonged firing
• High heat generation and poor cooling
• Reloading is extremely risky - ejecting will overheat the weapon, removing shields while also setting the player on fire
• Very poor against shielded enemies
• Recovers ammo very slowly from pickups; only 5 per pickup

Ammo

• Pickup: 5
• Plasma Ammunition
  • Fluid Plasma Chamber

Perks

• Fast Plasma Recharge
  • While there is ammo in the magazine, the ammunition quickly recharges after a short delay
  • Affected by user ammo gain and increased by ammo regen
• Reload Burns
  • Ejecting the magazine overheats the weapon, damaging the player
• Last Shot Spray
  • Last shot fires 2 additional projectiles

Notes/Tips

• Counts as a both an Assault Rifle and Special weapon for class bonuses/Custom Fitting attachment.
• The delayed ammo regeneration of the SS58 will also delay ammo regeneration effects from other sources.
• The Reload Vent attachment will still cause the weapon to overheat on ejection. This is because the running weapon heat is dumped on ejection first, then set above 100%, thus triggering the overheat.
• Unjamming the SS58 will immediately trigger its ammo regeneration with no delay.
• Base weapon heat is at 30%.
• Given the unique ammunition mechanics of the SS58, anything that can increase its magazine capacity in one way or another is a worthwhile investment, such as the Short Spring magazine attachment, which also prevents accidental ejections. It also has fairly high deviation, so anything that can offset that is a worthwhile investment as well.
• Due to plasma weapons being weak against shields, having a fusion weapon will help erode shields so you can open fire with this weapon at the now unshielded target(s).

Trivia

• This weapon is based off the SA58 OSW, which is a modernized variant of the FN FAL.
• This weapon was formerly named SS58 Plasma Mod.
• A previous version of the weapon's model and texture had "WIP" (Work In Progress) written on the side of the magazine.