Aniimo · Held Item
Lightning Needle
Base effect
+10% HP
Builds
0 recommended builds
Base effect · every attack
HP +10%
Core effect · what sets it apart
Continuously deals Lightning damage equal to 2% of max HP to enemies within 3 meters.
How held items work →What the Lightning Needle is for
The Core effect is a constant aura: Lightning damage worth 2% of max HP, ticking on everything within three metres. It reads the HP pool as a damage stat, so the HP Base effect feeds the Core effect, and it suits an Aniimo that fights in the middle of a group rather than at range.
The Lightning Needle in numbers
The Core effect is written as a share of max HP, so the HP Base effect on the same item raises the damage as well as the health: the two halves compound rather than sit side by side.
2.2%
Aura damage at Legendary, against an unbuffed HP pool
2% of max HP, with max HP 10% larger: 2 × 1.10.
2.4%
At enhancement level 15, where the track doubles the Base effect
The track takes the Base effect from +10% to +20% HP, and the aura follows it: 2 × 1.20.
3 m
Range the aura reaches
Everything inside it is hit and nothing outside it is. It is the only Core effect of the 24 written with a radius.
The game says the damage is dealt "continuously" and does not print a tick rate, so damage a second cannot be worked out from the item text. Everything above is damage a tick.
The Lightning Needle at each rarity
| Rarity | CP | Base effect | 10 energy | 15 energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | 50 | HP +3% | – | – |
| Epic | 100 | HP +5% | HP +2. | – |
| Legendary | 200 | HP +10% | HP +2. | After casting a skill, gains 10% DMG reduction for 5s and taunts all targets within 10m. |
What is unusual about the Lightning Needle
Ignitis and the Peculiar Held Item Pack
The same 3 held items sit behind both: Ignitis is the only Alpha listed as dropping the Lightning Needle, and the Peculiar Held Item Pack rolls one of the same 3 at a random rarity.
Shared with
How to get the Lightning Needle (4)
The game lists 4 sources for the Legendary Lightning Needle: defeating Alphas, an Other chest, Peculiar Held Item Pack and the Pawprint Shop.
Defeat Alphas
The Legendary Lightning Needle is listed as a possible reward at these player ranks:
III Wayfarer
I Trailblazer- II Trailblazer
- III Trailblazer
Also listed (2)
- Other chest
- Peculiar Held Item Pack
Named by the game, placed nowhere on the map.
Which Aniimo carries the Lightning Needle
Aniidex →No in-game recommended build names it, so there is nobody to list. Its Base effect points it at Aniimo built to stay standing.
Closest rivals for the HP slot
All 7 →| Item | Core effect | Builds |
|---|---|---|
 Giant Tortoise Shell | Equipped Aniimo gain 0.7 additional P.DEF and M.DEF per level. | 0 |
 Heritage Amulet | Grants a shield equal to 4% of max HP for 5s after taking damage 10 times. | 0 |
 Marching Flask | Restores 1.4% HP for every 10 meters moved. | 0 |
All 7 grant +10% HP at Legendary, so only the Core effect separates them. These are the 3 the in-game builds pick most often; the other 3 are on the hub.
Effects, rarities, CP and sources: the game’s own data files. Every figure in the numbers section is computed here from those strings and shows its working. Compiled by Lorenzo Bruno (Yieng): full provenance, about.