Shot-trait pairs
Five traits change how your auto-attack behaves: Endosomal Recycling (return), Neuraminidase Boost (pierce), Fomite Ricochet (bounce), Lytic Burst (burst) and Cell-to-Cell Spread (chain). Every pair has its own synergy, there's no limit, and each one switches on with a SYNERGY toast the moment you hold both. Extra projectiles and Lateral Budding darts aren't part of it.
Returning shots already pass through cells, so pierce becomes power.
Neuraminidase cuts through sugar chains so new virions can escape and spread.
Neuraminidase Boost in the Codex
Every bounce becomes an extra round trip: shots fly back out again instead of fading.
Cells recycle their endosomes back to the surface; some viruses hitch a ride both ways.
Endosomal Recycling in the Codex
Shots burst at the point where they turn around, right in the crowd.
Lytic viruses burst open their host cell, releasing a flood of new virions at once.
Lytic Burst in the Codex
Shots on their way back zap the nearest cell.
Influenza's M2 protein is an ion channel that pumps protons into the virion to trigger uncoating.
M2 Ion Channel in the Codex
Each bounce restores a pierce and adds damage.
Fomites are contaminated surfaces: virions bounce from doorknob to hand to face.
Fomite Ricochet in the CodexAfter passing through a cell, a shot's bursts get wider and stronger.
Lytic viruses burst open their host cell, releasing a flood of new virions at once.
Lytic Burst in the Codex
Chain jumps pierce like the shot that started them.
Many viruses pass directly from one cell to the next, never exposed to antibodies outside.
Cell-to-Cell Spread in the CodexEvery bounce off a wall sets off a burst where it hits.
Fomites are contaminated surfaces: virions bounce from doorknob to hand to face.
Fomite Ricochet in the CodexEvery bounce fires a chain jump at the nearest cell.
Many viruses pass directly from one cell to the next, never exposed to antibodies outside.
Cell-to-Cell Spread in the Codex
Every burst arcs to one more cell outside its blast.
Cytokine storms harm the virus and the host at the same time.
Chain Reaction in the Codex
