Light Flux Pauldron

Survivors of the Void - DLC Content Light Flux Pauldron is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run. Click for more info.Light Flux Pauldron
Halve your cooldowns.. BUT halve your attack speed.
Decrease skill cooldowns by 50% (+50% per stack). Decrease attack speed by 50% (+50% per stack).
Rarity	Lunar
Category	Utility
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Skill Cooldowns	50%	Exponential	-50%
Attack Speed	100%	Reciprocal	+1

The Light Flux Pauldron is an lunar item in Risk of Rain 2, added in the Survivors of the Void expansion.

After all other cooldown reduction and attack speed modifiers are applied to the holder, this item reduces both their final attack speed and final cooldowns. Cooldowns are reduced by 50% (-50% per stack), while attack speed is multiplied by 1/(stacks + 1).

Notes

• Correction: The in-game description of halving attack speed per stack is incorrect. Only the first stack reduces attack speed by half; subsequent stacks have a lower penalty.
• Because the Light Flux Pauldron's modification applies after all other changes, it makes attack speed bonuses less effective, and offers less of a cooldown reduction in the presence of other items that provide cooldown reductions.
• After applying the attack speed penalty, the game checks whether the value is less than 0.1 and sets it to that. Therefore, 9+ stacks will have the same effect on attack speed, assuming a starting value of 1.0.

Tips

• AcridAcridAcrid is a melee-range hybrid who uses powerful poisons to melt tanky enemies.
  Class: Melee / Ranged
  HP: 160 (+48 per level)
  Damage: 15 (+3 per level)
  Armor: 20
  Umbra: Test Subject can make good use of this item, as its utility skills ( Caustic LeapCaustic Leap (Utility)Poisonous. Stunning. Leap in the air, dealing 320% damage. Leave acid that deals 25% damage.
  Survivor: Acrid/ Frenzied LeapFrenzied Leap (Utility)Stunning. Leap in the air, dealing 550% damage. Reduce the cooldown by 2s for every enemy hit.
  Survivor: Acrid) and EpidemicEpidemic (Special)Poisonous. Release a deadly disease that deals 100% damage. The disease spreads to up to 20 targets.
  Survivor: Acrid are not affected by attack speed. With a couple Light Flux Pauldrons, these skills can be rapidly used to great effect.
  • However, Vicious WoundsVicious Wounds (Primary)Maul an enemy for 200% damage. Every 3rd hit is Regenerative and deals 400% damage.
    Survivor: Acrid, NeurotoxinNeurotoxin (Secondary)Poisonous. Spit toxic bile for 240% damage.
    Survivor: Acrid, and Ravenous BiteRavenous Bite (Secondary)Poisonous. Slayer. Regenerative. Bite an enemy for 320% damage.
    Survivor: Acrid fire much more slowly, making them much less reliable.
• ArtificerArtificerThe Artificer is a high burst damage survivor who excels in fighting large groups and bosses alike.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 110 (+33 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Herald of the House Beyond is an excellent candidate for a Light Flux Pauldron because she is mostly cooldown-based. Her primary skills ( Flame BoltFlame Bolt (Primary)Ignite. Fire a bolt for 280% damage. Hold up to 4.
  Survivor: Artificer/ Plasma BoltPlasma Bolt (Primary)Fire a bolt for 280% damage that explodes in a small area. Hold up to 4.
  Survivor: Artificer) see great benefit from this item: just one stack will nearly allow for continuous firing of either primary skill. Both SnapfreezeSnapfreeze (Utility)Freezing. Create a barrier that hurts enemies for 100% damage.
  Survivor: Artificer and Ion SurgeIon Surge (Special)Stunning. Burst into the sky, dealing 800% damage.
  Survivor: Artificer also benefit profoundly from cooldown reduction.
  • FlamethrowerFlamethrower (Special)Ignite. Burn all enemies in front of you for 2000% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer is severely weakened because attack speed determines its number of damage ticks per second, making it the lesser choice over Ion SurgeIon Surge (Special)Stunning. Burst into the sky, dealing 800% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer when carrying any stacks of Light Flux Pauldron.
  • Both secondary skills ( Charged Nano-BombCharged Nano-Bomb (Secondary)Stunning. Charge up a exploding nano-bomb that deals 400%-2000% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer/ Cast Nano-SpearCast Nano-Spear (Secondary)Freezing. Charge up a piercing nano-spear that deals 400%-1200% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer) charge much more slowly. The Charged Nano-BombCharged Nano-Bomb (Secondary)Stunning. Charge up a exploding nano-bomb that deals 400%-2000% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer is hurt worst, since Cast Nano-SpearCast Nano-Spear (Secondary)Freezing. Charge up a piercing nano-spear that deals 400%-1200% damage.
    Survivor: Artificer still provides the utility of freezing foes and executing low-health foes without needing to be fully charged.
    • Arguably, despite lowering their charge rate, a Light Flux Pauldron makes these abilities easier to use because they can be held for much longer without fully charging and automatically firing. To see any regular benefit from either secondary ability, it is recommended to take no more than one Light Flux Pauldron, as the charge rate and firing animation can become intolerably slow.
• BanditBanditThe Bandit is a high-skill combo character that can dish out devastating backstabs while weaving in and out of stealth.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 110 (+33 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Desperate Outlaw sees mixed results with this item. His primary skills ( BurstBurst (Primary)Fire a shotgun burst for 5x100% damage. Can hold up to 4 shells.
  Survivor: Bandit/ BlastBlast (Primary)Fire a rifle blast for 330% damage. Can hold up to 4 bullets.
  Survivor: Bandit) fire as quickly as the player can click, but are still negatively affected since they will take longer to reload with lower attack speed. Although Smoke BombSmoke Bomb (Utility)Stunning. Deal 200% damage, become invisible, then deal 200% damage again.
  Survivor: Bandit can be used to give a nearly permanent uptime of stealth with just one stack of this item, it does not deal much damage. His secondary skills ( Serrated DaggerSerrated Dagger (Secondary)Lunge and slash for 360% damage. Critical Strikes also cause Hemorrhage.
  Survivor: Bandit/ Serrated ShivSerrated Shiv (Secondary)Throw a hidden blade for 240% damage. Critical Strikes also cause Hemorrhage.
  Survivor: Bandit) and specials ( Lights OutLights Out (Special)Slayer. Fire a revolver shot for 600% damage. Kills reset all your cooldowns.
  Survivor: Bandit/ DesperadoDesperado (Special)Slayer. Fire a revolver shot for 600% damage. Kills grant stacking tokens for 10% more Desperado damage.
  Survivor: Bandit) can be used more often, but the reduction in attack speed hampers their usefulness by making the firing animations of all of these abilities much slower.
  • The cooldown of his special skill ( Lights OutLights Out (Special)Slayer. Fire a revolver shot for 600% damage. Kills reset all your cooldowns.
    Survivor: Bandit/ DesperadoDesperado (Special)Slayer. Fire a revolver shot for 600% damage. Kills grant stacking tokens for 10% more Desperado damage.
    Survivor: Bandit) is paused while he is firing it, meaning that the benefit of reducing their cooldown is offset by the drawback of delaying the start of their cooldown.^{(This needs testing)}
  • Lights OutLights Out (Special)Slayer. Fire a revolver shot for 600% damage. Kills reset all your cooldowns.
    Survivor: Bandit already fully resets itself and all of his abilities (and fully reloads his primary skill) when it executes a target, making Light Flux Pauldron especially ineffective with this skill.
• Similarly to Bandit, HuntressHuntressThe Huntress is an extremely mobile but fragile survivor with a high damage output.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 90 (+27 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Judge, Jury, Executioner' kit changes drastically with this item. While it does hamper both StrafeStrafe (Primary)Agile. Quickly fire a seeking arrow for 150% damage.
  Survivor: Huntress and FlurryFlurry (Primary)Agile. Draw back a volley of 3 seeking arrows for 3x100% damage. Critical Strikes fire 6 arrows.
  Survivor: Huntress's rate of fire significantly and slows down Laser GlaiveLaser Glaive (Secondary)Throw a seeking glaive that bounces up to 6 times for 250% damage. Damage increases by 10% per bounce.
  Survivor: Huntress's startup animation, it does allow the player to spam their secondary, utility and special (particularly BallistaBallista (Special)Teleport backwards into the sky. Fire up to 3 energy bolts, dealing 3x900% damage.
  Survivor: Huntress) abilities much more often. Taking this item essentially sacrifices the effectiveness of proc coefficient-dependant items and sustained damage for extra mobility and a more bursty damage output.
• This item is excellent for Captain'sCaptainThe Captain is a unique survivor that can control the battlefield with utility and damage - with help from the UES Safe Travels.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 110 (+33 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Tired Veteran OGM-72 'DIABLO' StrikeOGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike (Utility)Stunning. Request a kinetic strike from the UES Safe Travels. After 20 seconds, it deals 40,000% damage to ALL characters.
  Survivor: Captain, as just a single Pauldron will reduce the cooldown from 40s to 20s. The cast time of his Orbital Supply BeaconOrbital Supply Beacon (Special)Request a permanent Supply Beacon. Can only be requested twice per stage.
  Survivor: Captain will increase slightly, but is not that detrimental due to its limited use.
  • Keep in mind that Captain's Vulcan ShotgunVulcan Shotgun (Primary)Fire a blast of pellets that deal 8x120% damage. Charging the attack narrows the spread.
    Survivor: Captain will charge slower and have longer ending lag, however.
• This item is difficult to use effectively on Survivors that scale heavily with attack speed.
  • Assuming CommandoCommandoThe Commando is a jack-of-all-trades character that is reliable in all situations of the game.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Cornered Gunslinger has no attack speed increases and a single Light Flux Pauldron, his Suppressive FireSuppressive Fire (Special)Stunning. Fire repeatedly for 100% damage per bullet. The number of shots increases with attack speed.
    Survivor: Commando bullet count is reduced to a measly 3 bullets.
  • EngineerEngineerThe Engineer is a unique class that requires planning and positioning to be successful.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 130 (+39 per level)
    Damage: 14 (+2.8 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Fortification Expert's Bouncing GrenadesBouncing Grenades (Primary)Charge up to 8 grenades that deal 100% damage each.
    Survivor: Engineer, Pressure MinesPressure Mines (Secondary)Place a two-stage mine that deals 300% damage, or 900% damage if fully armed. Can place up to 4.
    Survivor: Engineer, Spider MinesSpider Mines (Secondary)Place a robot mine that deals 600% damage when an enemy walks nearby. Can place up to 4.
    Survivor: Engineer, and Thermal HarpoonsThermal Harpoons (Utility)Enter target painting mode to launch heat-seeking harpoons that deal 500% damage each. Can store up to 4.
    Survivor: Engineer are all affected by attack speed.
    • Just one Light Flux Pauldron allows for permanent uptime of Bubble ShieldBubble Shield (Utility)Place an impenetrable shield that blocks all incoming damage.
      Survivor: Engineer.
    • Although his special skills ( TR12 Gauss Auto-TurretTR12 Gauss Auto-Turret (Special)Place a turret that inherits all your items. Fires a cannon for 100% damage. Can place up to 2.
      Survivor: Engineer/ TR58 Carbonizer TurretTR58 Carbonizer Turret (Special)Place a mobile turret that inherits all your items. Fires a laser for 200% damage per second that slows enemies. Can place up to 2.
      Survivor: Engineer) can be placed or replaced much more frequently with the reduced cooldown, they will inherit this item and suffer from the poor attack speed. This makes them better candidates for strategies that rely on their disposability, such as using the Fuel ArrayFuel Array
      Looks like it could power something. EXTREMELY unstable....
  • Heretic'sHereticThe Heretic is a powerful character who can only be accessed through extraordinary means.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 440 (+132 per level)
    Damage: 18 (+3.6 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Unorthodoxy Risen Hungering GazeHungering Gaze (Primary)Fire a flurry of tracking shards that detonate after a delay, dealing 120% base damage. Hold up to 12 charges (+12 per stack) that reload after 2 seconds (+2 per stack).
    Survivor: Heretic gets a longer cooldown and more bullets by stacking Visions of HeresyVisions of Heresy
    Replace your Primary Skill with 'Hungering Gaze'.
    Replace your Primary Skill with Hungering Gaze.
    
    Fire a flurry of tracking shards that detonate after a delay, dealing 120% base damage. Hold up to 12 charges (+12 per stack) that reload after 2 seconds (+2 per stack).. While it may seem useful to reduce the cooldown again using the Light Flux Pauldron, the decreased attack speed makes it more practical to just use one stack of Visions of Heresy instead.
  • Mercenary'sMercenaryThe Mercenary is a high skill melee survivor that uses his many dodges to weave in and out of combat.
    Class: Melee
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 20
    Umbra: Hired Blade signature ExposeExpose (Debuff)
    Hitting exposed enemies reduces skill cooldowns and increases damage.Hitting exposed enemies reduces all skill cooldowns by 1 second and deals an additional 350% damage. debuff leaves little use for this item, as hitting exposed enemies reduces skill cooldowns by 1 second. Even without this item, a skilled Mercenary player can constantly cycle through skills.
    • Using Slicing WindsSlicing Winds (Special)Fire a wind of blades that attack up to 3 enemies for 8x100% damage. The last hit Expose enemies.
      Survivor: Mercenary isn't affected by the negative attack speed, unlike EviscerateEviscerate (Special)Target the nearest enemy, attacking them for 110% damage repeatedly. You cannot be hit for the duration.
      Survivor: Mercenary; making Slicing Winds more preferable if you are getting Pauldrons.
    • Interestingly, by using more Light Flux Pauldrons, Mercenary will stay in his Blinding AssaultBlinding Assault (Utility)Stunning. Dash forward, dealing 300% damage. If you hit an enemy, you can dash again, up to 3 total.
      Survivor: Mercenary and Focused AssaultFocused Assault (Utility)Stunning. Dash forward, dealing 700% damage and Expose enemies after 1 second.
      Survivor: Mercenary state for a much longer amount of time than normal.
  • Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
    Railgunner is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info. Railgunner'sSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
    This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
    Click for more info.RailgunnerThe Railgunner is a long-range, single target survivor that can instantly kill any high priority target - and from any range.
    Class: Ranged
    HP: 110 (+33 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 0
    Umbra: Forgotten Nomad XQR Smart Round SystemXQR Smart Round System (Primary)Fire aggressive tracking rounds for 100% damage.
    Survivor: Railgunner, M99M99 (Primary)Launch a heavy projectile for 1000% damage.
    Survivor: Railgunner, and HH44HH44 (Primary)Launch a light projectile for 400% damage.
    Survivor: Railgunner all fire much slower. SuperchargeSupercharge (Special)Fire a piercing round for 4000% damage and 150% Weak Point damage. Afterwards, all your weapons are disabled for 5 seconds.
    Survivor: Railgunner not only takes longer to charge, but also disables her weapons for longer.
    • Active ReloadActive Reload (Primary)Perfectly time your reload to recover faster and to boost the damage of your next shot by +100%.
      Survivor: Railgunner scales with attack speed, changing the size of the perfect reload zone.
• LoaderLoaderThe Loader is a slow but powerful bruiser that can use her grappling hook to uniquely navigate the environment.
  Class: Melee
  HP: 160 (+48 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 20
  Umbra: Bionic Powerhouse isn't a bad pick with this item, as her Grapple FistGrapple Fist (Secondary)Fire your gauntlet forward, pulling you to the target.
  Survivor: Loader and Spiked FistSpiked Fist (Secondary)Stunning. Fire your gauntlet forward, dealing 320% damage. Pulls you to heavy targets. Light targets are pulled to YOU instead.
  Survivor: Loader do not scale with attack speed, enabling incredible mobility. However, her barrier gain is significantly impacted, as Charged GauntletCharged Gauntlet (Utility)Heavy. Charge up a piercing punch for 600%-2700% damage.
  Survivor: Loader and Thunder GauntletThunder Gauntlet (Utility)Heavy. Charge up a single-target punch for 2100% damage that shocks enemies in a cone for 1000% damage.
  Survivor: Loader take longer to charge and KnuckleboomKnuckleboom (Primary)Swing at nearby enemies for 320% damage.
  Survivor: Loader attacks slower.
• MUL-T'sMUL-TMUL-T is an aggressive survivor who has the tools necessary for any job!
  Class: Melee / Ranged
  HP: 200 (+60 per level)
  Damage: 11 (+2.2 per level)
  Armor: 12
  Umbra: Right Tool for the Wrong Job Blast CanisterBlast Canister (Secondary)Stunning. Launch a canister for 220% damage. Drops stun bomblets for 5x44% damage.
  Survivor: MUL-T scales with attack speed, but can be immediately fired by sprint cancelling. Transport ModeTransport Mode (Utility)Heavy. Zoom forward, gaining 200 armor and 220% movement speed. Deals 250% damage to enemies.
  Survivor: MUL-T does not scale with attack speed, so the Light Flux Pauldron allows using both in quick succession for a very high damage rate.
• REXREXREX is a half robot / half plant that uses HP to cast devastating skills from a distance. The plant nor the robot could survive this planet alone – but thankfully they have each other.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 130 (+39 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 20
  Umbra: Symbiotes with just one Light Flux Pauldron can achieve greater damage per second early on with DIRECTIVE: DrillDIRECTIVE: Drill (Secondary)Launch a series of seed bullets into the sky, raining down for 450% damage per second.
  Survivor: REX. Tangling GrowthTangling Growth (Special)25% HP. Fire a flower that roots for 200% damage. Heals for every target hit.
  Survivor: REX can be maintained 100% of the time with ease thanks to the Pauldron's cooldown reduction, enabling excellent crowd control and healing.
  • However, the firing speed of DIRECTIVE: InjectDIRECTIVE: Inject (Primary)Fire 3 syringes for 3x80% damage. The last syringe Weaken and heals for 60% of damage dealt.
    Survivor: REX is reduced, which hampers its damage and self-healing over time.
  • With enough Light Flux Pauldrons, the cast time for their utility skills ( DIRECTIVE: DisperseDIRECTIVE: Disperse (Utility)Fire a Sonic Boom that Weaken all enemies hit.
    Survivor: REX/ Bramble VolleyBramble Volley (Utility)20% HP. Fire a Sonic Boom that damages enemies for 550% damage. Heals for every target hit.
    Survivor: REX) becomes high enough that REX can walk around during the delay between activating and actually firing the skill.
• Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Void Fiend is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Void FiendSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Void FiendThe Void Fiend is a corrupted survivor that fluctuates between a controlled and corrupted form, each with different strengths and weaknesses. Managing this curse has become its fate.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 110 (+33 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Corrupted Amnesiac is terrible with the Light Flux Pauldron, as all its damaging skills are affected by lower attack speed. SuppressSuppress (Special)Crush 25% Corruption to heal yourself for 25% maximum health.
  Survivor: Void Fiend and Corrupted SuppressCorrupted Suppress (Special)Crush 25% maximum health to gain 25% Corruption.
  Survivor: Void Fiend also take longer to cast, and have no cooldowns to begin with.

Math

Skills' new cooldowns are determined by the formula cooldown ⋅ 0.5 ^ amount. Note that the minimum cooldown for most skills is 0.5 seconds.

The holder's final attack speed, however, is determined differently, with the formula attackSpeed ⋅ 1/(amount + 1).

Amount	Skill Cooldown	Attack Speed
1	50%	50%
2	25%	33.33%
3	12.5%	25%
4	6.25%	20%

Lore

"The wind guides us all. Listen to the song of the wind, and dance according to its instruction. You will find yourself dodging every blow, countering every strike. You will find that the wind will lift you up, making you as free as a fallen autumn leaf. But heed, and do not lose yourself to the wind. Running is a viable option, though eventually you will find yourself with nowhere left to run to."

-Will of Combat, Second Excerpt

Trivia

• The item's lore entry seems to refer to its function. Its reduction of firing rate will make fights generally take longer, but since the majority of survivors have at least one movement-related skill with a cooldown, the cooldown reduction will often make it easier to dodge attacks, and perhaps more notably, flee from unfavorable fights that may result from the player's reduced offensive capabilities. The last line of the lore seems to caution against relying on this hit-and-run style too much, as the limited size of each stage naturally means that the whole map could eventually fill up with all the enemies a player keeps running from.

Version History

Survivors of the Void

• (Undocumented) Added New Item: Light Flux Pauldron