New Saryn player. Confused about spores.

[Say]

So I just picked up this badass frame today. Followed as many youtube and wiki guides as I could. Got my Range up to 250% as is necessary. The only problem is in actually spreading the spores.

I'll infect one target, kill them and the spores spread fine, but after that, I find it extremely difficult to keep the epidemic going. I see enemies covered from head to toe in big green spore sacs and I strike them down but they don't spread.

Last mission I was on I killed a guy who looked like he had atleast 5 big green spore sacs on him. He was the last infected target but when I killed him, it didn't spread and virus began to decay.

What am I doing wrong?

[Shielded Raven]

From what I understand, once you infect them with spores, you need to use melee to attack so they can spread, using her four to help spread them. Though I am curious on seeing them as green, I am guessing I need to turn my visual settings (bloom or intensity) up higher.

[Kamen Kreuz]

You have to hit the spores. Both melee and range work. If you find them difficult to hit, cast your 3, it automatically pops spores on enemies you hit.
Also your 4 will spread spores, but it's more situational, as it tends to just kill everything when you may want to leave some survivors to spread to new enemies.

[HugsAndSnuggles]

Spores spread if you hit them, hit an infected enemy while having lash on, when infected enemy is killed by something other than spoers, or dies while affected by miasma.

[PoTaToMaTo]

Originally posted by Winter Phoenix:

So I just picked up this badass frame today. Followed as many youtube and wiki guides as I could. Got my Range up to 250% as is necessary. The only problem is in actually spreading the spores.

I'll infect one target, kill them and the spores spread fine, but after that, I find it extremely difficult to keep the epidemic going. I see enemies covered from head to toe in big green spore sacs and I strike them down but they don't spread.

Last mission I was on I killed a guy who looked like he had atleast 5 big green spore sacs on him. He was the last infected target but when I killed him, it didn't spread and virus began to decay.

What am I doing wrong?

You can hit those spores or you can just kill that enemy. But if you're playing in public matchmaking, don't spam 4.

[Pakaku]

Just keep your 3 active whenever you use your 1, that way any hits will burst your spores, not just the ones that hit the spores directly.

[Kaisty]

When using spores, there are a few things to pay attention to (sorry for repeating what others have said before in this post, but I figure put all the info together):

* Spores will spread when hit or if you cast 3 and then use a weapon on the enemy. Using 3 lets you not only spread the spores easier, but also adds extra toxin damage. 4 nukes the area around you, spreads viral damage, and hopefully kills what is causing you problems.

*Depending on how far you are into the game, there are weapons that can help spread spores since they give you a wider AOE damage box, Namely the Ignis and it's wraith variation. Flamethrower + 3 + 1 + large group of enemies = that's a lot of spores.

* Decay occurs when all the infected targets have died. If you are able, keep tabs on how many infected are left and try to keep at least two infected. If it looks like the numbers are dropping fast and you can find another group of enemies, cast 1 and then continue the spread.

You will have an easy time keeping the spread going at higher levels and when there is an Ancient around since they tend to have higher amounts of health than all the others. But once they pop, everything infected will die quick.

*If you are playing in a group with a Trinity, see if they can cast their skills on a higher health target and then cast Spore on it. Even if the spores are popped off of it, it will be a "spore damage bank" as long as it lives. I don't know if DE changed the mechanics of it yet, but if you get the right group build, your spore damage will hit in the 10's of thousands and keep going so long as the Well of Life target doesn't kill over.

It may make higher level survivals and other missions boring after a while, but at least your team won't have to worry too much about being swarmed by bullet sponge enemies.

[zhunGamerTTV (人^▽')～]

Actually, there is a chance that there is another Saryn on your team who's hogging up the spores. They don't stack, only 1 Saryn's spores exist on an enemy at a given time.

What I do is cast 1, shoot it in the face and kill it, then use 4. Epidemic spreads, or there is a Saryn most likely with a worse configuration ruining my efficiency.