Throwing Knife

Throwing Knife Ammo: 8 Causes bleeding (20 DPS for 2 seconds). Automatically targets the nearest enemy. Item ID 97 Internal name ThrowingKnife Type Ranged Weapon Scaling Combo Rate 1 shot per 0.35 seconds Leveled Item Yes Damage Base DPS 14 First Hit 5 Blueprint Location N/A (always unlocked)

Throwing Knife is a kunai-type ranged weapon which inflicts bleeding on enemies hit.

Details

• Ammo: 8
• Special Effects:
  • Knives inflict bleeding (20 base bleeding DPS per effect for 2 seconds) on enemies they damage.
  • The player character auto-aims at the closest enemy within range when using Throwing Knife.
• Breach Bonus: -1
  • Base Breach Damage: 0
  • Base Breach DPS: 0
• Tags: No Critical, Has Bullets, Ranged, Bleed, Limited Ammo
• Legendary Version: Contagion
  • Forced Affix: Bleed Propagation
    • "If the victim dies from bleed damage, surrounding enemies begin to bleed as well"

Notes

• Though Knives can only be thrown once every 0.35 seconds, the player regains control 0.1 seconds after the start of each throw, resulting in a net 0.25-second wait between the end of one throw and the start of the next.
• The fire rate of this weapon allows for up to 6 bleeding stacks to be maintained at a time on an enemy, resulting in an optimal instantaneous DPS of 134 (14 from direct hits and 120 from six bleeding stacks).
  • An alternate method, used to calculate sustained DPS, adds the total damage done by a bleed stack to hit damage, then recalculates DPS. Using this method, an optimal sustained DPS of 129 is predicted.