Astroforecast

Summoning cards that ready themselves to attack nearby enemies.

"Randomly gain Astroaspects and summon cards for protection. Cards can track enemies automatically and deal DMG."

Astroforecast is Zi Xiao's Secondary Skill. Using it summons 3 cards that ready themselves near Zi Xiao, each dealing 500 normal damage, and will automatically home in on enemies he is looking at or those that get within 7 meters of him. These cards however do not penetrate the terrain and may hit short walls.

Additionally, each use of Astroforecast will create an Astroaspect randomly, for use in the Astrohouse that Falling Star and certain ascensions make use of. The chance of different quality Astroaspects changes based on the quality of Occult Scrolls currently held, with higher chance for a certain quality based on number of scrolls of the same quality held.

Despite looking like projectiles that would be blocked by physical shields, cards can still hit enemies through them.

Card Holding Capacity

Up to 10 cards can be held out at once, with Under Control further increasing this capacity. Any cards that exceed this capacity are destroyed.

Reserve cards (shown as a number below the secondary skill icon, if any exist) will quickly replace cards after they're used. Reserve cards can stack up to 999, but will be removed after 30 seconds of not gaining more cards.

Reserve cards can be obtained from the following:

• Under Control level 3 will move cards that exceed the card holding capacity into reserve cards.
• Mirror Hand grants reserve cards when summoning a certain amount of cards. Level 2 and 3 grant a chance that cards which miss will be added to reserve cards.

Frequent Use

Astroforecast has no cooldown, but uses ammunition which is replenished with Supplies. The base capacity is 3.

• Expert Proficiency increases base capacity to up to 8.
• Battlefield Support grants Secondary Skill uses as ammo is consumed.
• Under Control increases card holding capacity by up to +10. Level 3 lets excess cards be added to reserves instead of being destroyed.
• Card Printer increases capacity by up to +12 and grants up to 100% chance to gain a Secondary Skill use when obtaining and Astroaspect.
• Double Exhilaration increases capacity by +100%.
• No Retreat increases weapon damage by 50% when Secondary Skill uses are 0.
• Extra Surprise increases the chance that enemies drop supplies.
• Untold Effort has a 50% chance to double Secondary Skill consumption.
• Capacity Overdraft allows use of Secondary Skills even when Zi Xiao has no supplies, however doing so deals damage to yourself instead.
• Ancient Timer restricts the Secondary Skill with a 3 second cooldown.
• Endless Assault grants 1 Secondary Skill use every 3 seconds and increases capacity by +100%.
• Expert Proficiency increases capacity by 5.
• Sustainable Fight grants 1 Secondary Skill use for every 3 enemies killed.
• Internal Circulation grants 5 Secondary Skill uses after using Primary Skill.
• Solid Supplier grants 1 Secondary Skill use every 3 seconds.

Offensive Use

Without upgrades, Astroforecast deals 500 damage per card, for a total of 1500 damage.

• Skill Enhancement increases skill damage by up to +50%.
• Card Practice increases the number of cards fired within one attack by up to 8, based on the number of cards used during the run.
• Under Control increases number of cards summoned per use.
• Lucky Day increases skill damage by +10/15/20% for every normal/rare/legendary Astroaspect you have. Wild Astroaspects grant a random bonus.
• Perfect Deck increases card base damage by up to +240/360/480% based on what Astroaspects were obtained. Wild Astroaspects grant a random bonus.
• Mirror Hand adds up to 8 reserve cards after summoning a certain amount of cards. Level 2 and 3 grant a chance that cards which miss will be added to reserve cards instead.
• Card Storm grants a chance that shooting enemies summons extra cards.
• Brutal Gloves increases damage dealt by +35%.
• Energy Sandals increases damage for every dash since the last primary/secondary skill use or trigger.
• Skill Booster increases damage for every Critical Hit since the last primary/secondary skill use or trigger.
• Sucker Punch increases skill damage by +45% if the enemy has at least 70% Health.
• Enduring Caster increases skill damage by +1% for every 5 Health and Shield you have.
• Vindictive Nature increases skill damage by +40% for some time after taking damage.
• Untold Effort has a 50% chance to double Secondary Skill damage.
• Surprise Bonus grants a 15% chance to double the damage of any skill.
• Rational Consumption increases skill damage by +80%, but lowers it by 5% for every item purchased from a Peddler.
• Dual-edge increases damage by +1% for every enemy killed.
• Deadly Curse increases skill damage by +75%.
• Spirit Bible increases skill damage by +120%.
• Rich's Privileges deals extra damage after hitting with skill damage based on how much copper you currently have.
• Skill Freak grants a 75% chance to deal double damage and 25% chance to deal triple damage.
• Overconsumption increases damage dealt by up to +300%.
• Armed Caster increases skill damage by +50% for every 1x CritX your held weapon has.
• Explosive Hand allows cards to trigger a 5 meter explosion. Additionally it causes all Astroaspects obtained to match, and clears the Astrohouse when it is full (with a chance to not clear it). Clearing the Astrohouse grants +80/160/320% total skill damage for 7 seconds when clearing a normal/rare/legendary Astrohouse, respectively.
• Skill Enhancement increases skill damage by +6% for every level up.
• Golden Touch increases skill damage by +10% for every occult scroll recycled, up to +100%.
• Rich Accumulation doubles damage of the next Secondary Skill hit after dealing damage 4 times with Secondary Skills.
• Skill Specialist increases total skill damage by +100%.

Defensive Use

Astroforecast has no defensive functionality by default, besides automatically attacking enemies that get too close.

• Star Protection recovers up to 7 Shield^? when obtaining Astroaspects. Level 2 and 3 also recover Shield when consuming Astroaspects. Level 3 also starts Shield recovery immediately.
• Solid Supplier recovers 20% Health^? and ammo reserves after casting Secondary Skill 5 times.

Notes

• If Perfect Deck has not been taken yet, all cards will only be normal quality.

Update History

• 06/01/2023 update: Added to the game.