question about robot

[Peter The Hymen Eater]

If the robot gains damage from junk, is it a viable strategy to destroy every chest you see and just stack damage?

[Timbermaw]

Not really, a good gun is infinitely better than your arm cannon, and you'd also be lacking some sort of room clearing weapon.

Keep in mind that the robot's arm does 5 damage and with 10 junk (+50% damage) it will do.... a whooping 7.5 damage.

[Rachel Wulf]

But if you get a good gun, is it viable? like, say, you get super lucky and find the Black hole gun on floor 1 or something? ((i know there are better guns, it's just an example.))

[Timbermaw]

Originally posted by Deathdealer:

But if you get a good gun, is it viable? like, say, you get super lucky and find the Black hole gun on floor 1 or something? ((i know there are better guns, it's just an example.))

Well i haven't tried but i guess all that's stopping you is the obvious risk of running outta ammo

[Immortan Johann]

I wouldn't depend too heavily on smashing every chest you find just for a slight damage boost that may only assist you in boss fights. Brown and blue, sure. Red and black, definitely don't break. Green is kind of in the middle, depends if you feel comfortable with your setup or have keys to toss away.

[Nai]

I typically smash Brown, and think about smashing Blue. Problem is, you're not guaranteed to get the Junk, so it's not amazing.

And yes, if you get a great gun you could consider it. But you typically want a Room Clear and a Boss Clear gun. There's also caps on how much damage you can do to bosses per second (broken by a few guns like Yari Launcher), so there's a max you really want.

I'd go for it if you get Ser Junken, but that's about it. I'd still open the chests if I have the keys.