Channeling efficiency, and what does it do

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So, most mods that had "Charge speed" or "charge damage" have now been replaced with "Channeling efficiency" as a stat.

What does Channeling efficiency do? When it says "+30% Channeling Efficiency", what exactly is happening? Does it mean it costs less energy per melee hit while channeling, does it mean I get more damage out of channeling, does it have any other effect?

Best Answer

Channeling Efficiency reduces the cost per hit while channeling (holding left mouse button while having the sword equipped).

Base cost is 5 energy per hit (misses do not use energy), minimum energy cost is set to 1 Energy per strike, so even if you should get 100% channelig Efficiency, you can't get below that cap.

Also not that you can gain a damage multiplier while chanelling - ever 5 consecutive hits earns you a damage multiplier of 0.5 (I don't know if there is a cap).

Source: Warframe Wikia

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