ProcChainNerf

server-side mod - only the host needs it installed.

Some items deal a share of the TOTAL damage of the hit that triggered them, for every stack. In a proc chain those hits get huge, and every extra stack multiplies them again. With this mod, when an item is triggered by another item's hit, only its first stack counts the hit's total damage. Every extra stack adds damage based on your base damage instead. Items triggered by your skills keep all of their stacks, so survivors with big single hits aren't hurt more than others.

Motivation

There are many viable builds in Risk of Rain 2. You can build around bleed, attack speed, drones and many other variants. Among all of them, a few stand out in terms of damage output:

• Shaped Glass
• Lost Seer's Lenses
• Proc chain based builds

The former two have significant downsides which balance them out somewhat. But proc chain based builds have no downside and escalate much faster than any other kind of build.

This mod nerfs proc chains in a sensible way so that they stay strong but don't go off the rails as easily. This is done by having each additional item stack add to the base damage instead of the total damage, but only once an item's hit triggers the next item.

Similar mods

ProcSolver and ArtifactOfTheUnchained also nerf proc chains, with many more options. This mod is a server-side alternative: only the host needs it, and the other players can join with an unmodded game.

Examples

A proc chain

Your base damage is 100, and you have 3 of each of these green items: AtG Missile Mk. 1, Runald's Band and Kjaro's Band. A skill hit of 300% fires a missile. The missile hits for more than 400%, so it triggers both bands:

Your skill fires the missile, so it keeps all of its stacks. The bands are triggered by the missile, so their extra stacks count your base damage. In vanilla each step multiplies the last one by its stacks, so the chain ends about 3 times as strong.

Another one with 3 each of Luminous Shot, AtG Missile Mk. 1 and Charged Perforator. A primary hit of 200 sets off a Luminous Shot blast, the blast fires a missile, and the missile calls down lightning:

Here the vanilla chain ends about 5 times as strong. Luminous Shot's blasts count as an item's hit. Luminous Shot fires one blast for each charge it has, so a full charge starts this chain several times.

A very long proc chain

Each item can only trigger once in a chain, and only items that hit again keep it going. This chain uses many of them, again with 3 of each item and a primary hit of 200:

Here the vanilla chain ends about 46 times as strong. Ukulele, Sentient Meat Hook and Sticky Bomb deal the same share of the hit at any stack count, so the mod leaves them as they are. The chain still branches: each of the 3 magma balls carries on with its own rest of the chain.

Items

The damage is never higher than in vanilla. Each item can be turned off in the config. Everything else about them, e.g. their chance, stays as it is.