Exoprimal: Alpha Variant Exosuit Guide

Jun 09, 2023

If you're trying to understand Alpha Variant Exosuits in Exoprimal, this guide can help explain.

With 10 new Alpha variant Exosuits joining Exoprimal, it can be difficult figuring out the exact differences between each one and their base versions. It can also be a little confusing when it comes to figuring out how to unlock them since they're also available in game stores for real money.

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Alpha Variants are unique derivatives of the original 10 base suits. Each Alpha Variant brings a new main weapon and two unique modules that will change how that main weapon performs. This guide will go over what the new Alpha Variants bring to the table and how they differ from the base suits.

There are two ways to unlock Alpha Variant Exosuits:

The first option is always the best one. Exoprimal is generous game when it comes to Bikcoin and suit levels. You'll get to level 20 in about 20 games or so.

Unlike the regular suits which will unlock bonuses up to level 20, the Alpha variants will only give unlocks up to level 10.

Be aware that it will feel slow at first because the first few runs don't reward that much EXP. Later levels and later raid bosses will reward far more EXP.

Along with the variant suits themselves, each variant also has two modules unique to them in Slot 1 and a third new module that can be applied to both the Alpha variant and the base suits. Each unique Slot 1 module will be unlocked at level 4 and level 6. The third module will be unlocked at level 8.

Deadeye Alpha trades 100 HP from base Deadeye to get a much better rifle. When shot from the hip, Deadeye Alpha's rifle fires a 10-pellet shotgun blast, but when the player looks down its sights, the rifle fires a 5-round burst.This combination of firepower sets it apart from base Deadeye. The shotgun blasts function as both an efficient horde clearing tool thanks to its spread pattern and damage, and it functions as a large dinosaur slayer because it's a strong burst of DPS up close where Deadeye can unload blasts into a target's weak spot. Its burst fire mode in comparison allows Deadeye Alpha to lay down an impressive amount of precise damage at longer ranges than the base Deadeye is able to.

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Fans of Quake and Team Fortress 2's Soldier will feel right at home with Rocket Hop.

Barrage Alpha trades its iconic Grenade Launcher for a rocket launcher. As the name suggests, the rocket launcher fires rockets that travel in a straight line instead of the arc of its regular grenades. These rockets can also be charged for a short duration to increase their damage, explosion radius, and also allow Barrage Alpha to rocket jump. Charged rockets will also launch enemies up to Rocket Hop's rocket jump height, making them easy pickings for air shots.

Compared to base Barrage, Barrage Alpha struggles with hordes early on since the rockets won't insta-kill raptors. However, once you unlock its modules, Rocket Hop becomes a worthy substitute to the sheer amount of damage base Barrage and blast out.

Each rocket jump costs 50HP, so don't do it too often. However, it makes for a great escape tool or as a means to reach perches far above your targets.

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Zephyr Alpha swaps its usual electric tonfas for electrified energy chakrams. This changes it from being a close combat specialized suit to more of a midrange fighter. Each chakram is able to pierce through small dinosaurs, but they stop on the first enemy hit against players and large dinosaurs.

The chakrams also have a sweet spot distance to get their maximum damage output - too close or too far away and you'll start losing damage. This sweet spot range is about 1 Turbine Step away from your target. Compared to base Zephyr, Zephyr Alpha will want to use its vast mobility tools to stay at this distance and out of harm's way.

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Vigilant Alpha uses a semi-automatic DMR instead of its usual charge sniper rifle. While base Vigilant focuses on carefully placing each shot into its target's crit spots, Vigilant Alpha focuses more on just slamming as many bullets as it can into its target. To encourage this, every fifth bullet is empowered and deals an additional 150% more damage. Reloading the gun will reset the 5 bullet counter.

Additionally, to help her fit more into a mid-range gunslinger role, Vigilant Alpha also has 50 more HP and retains its rifle's semi-automatic fire rate when firing from the hip. As a result, it's not a bad idea to rattle off shots from the hip against hordes or enemies that are too close to you because your 5th bullet is still empowered, and the only downside is an increase in spread with each shot. Just make sure you aim down your sights when you need to keep accuracy at a longer distance and prefer to compensate for recoil with each shot instead of dealing with increased spread.

One option you can do In situations where you want to hip fire your rifle is hip fire four bullets then aim down your sights to carefully aim your 5th bullet. This is best used when you need to spend 4 bullets to keep a horde away and then put 1 empowered bullet into something with an HP bar.

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Instead of being a mobile shield for its team like base Roadblock can be, Roadblock Alpha is able to plant its shield into the ground and provide mobile fire support for its team. To pair with its new role, Roadblock Alpha is given a small, wrist-mounted shotgun to shoot enemies with and its shield can be recalled to deal damage to enemies.

Dinosaurs will usually prioritize attacking at the shield instead of other Exofighters, but if you taunt behind your shield you can ensure they will attack the shield first.

What makes Roadblock Alpha an amazing suit is the increase in damage it has over its base self. For example, against enemy Exofighters, Roadblock Alpha's shotgun deals 60 damage if all 5 pellets land. Base Roadblock's Haymaker in comparison only deals 40 damage. This can lead to faster wave clears since the alternative is Roadblock just holding its shield up and doing no damage, or punching and both dealing less damage and knocking dinosaurs away from your damage dealers.

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Krieger Alpha loses its counterpart's minigun and instead gets a massive shotgun. Charging a shot increases its damage and knockback, easily melting through HP bars and blasting hordes apart.

But what sets Krieger Alpha apart from its base counterpart is just how much knockback and damage is built into this suit. Full charged shots will send dinosaurs and enemy Exosuits flying across the stage. This is especially satisfying when you're fighting Gas Neosaurs who are about to explode, and you get the chance to knock them back into a swarm of raptors, effectively solving two problems with one shot. The charged shot is also able to clear entire sections of horde waves by itself, a feat that Krieger's minigun struggles to accomplish on its own.

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After this content update, both Kriegers have become tanky beasts. Thanks to Reload Dash, base Krieger is able to cool off its gun while also dashing away. Since Thruster Dash is on a 13-second cooldown and Krieger's base minigun can fire for 15 seconds before it overheats, there is almost no time when you'll need to vent the minigun normally.

Instead of a focus on Murasame's individual raw damage output, Murasame Alpha wants to create openings for its teammates to deal damage instead.

Trading away some of Rasetsu Stance's damage and a high damage follow up to its counter, Murasame Alpha slams its sword into the ground, creating a shockwave of frost directly in front of it that freezes all enemies caught in the counter. Compared to base Murasame, this ice counter does less damage and the Alpha variant also deals 24% less damage when in Rasetsu stance, but in exchange Murasame Alpha can freeze any dinosaur multiple times. These freezes are the key to obliterating large dinosaurs at extremely fast speeds since your team can now focus on just dealing damage to the stationary dinosaur.

In PvP, Murasame Alpha is able to walk into a team and freeze all of its enemies if they don't expect the counter from Murasame. In fights over objectives, this can wipe an entire enemy team if the enemy isn't careful and your team is nearby to follow up.

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If you're looking for more healing than what base Witch Doctor can put out, then Witch Doctor Alpha is exactly what you're looking for. Witch Doctor Alpha fires a beam that slowly revs up its effect the longer you are hitting a target. This beam heals allies and damages enemies for each second the beam is contacting its target. Just like the base version of Witch Doctor, the Alpha variant's new weapon will paralyze enemies if it hits them enough. The paralysis rate is slower than base Witch Doctor, but the revved up damage makes it well worth using.

However, while this beam will pierce Exosuits, it will not pierce through dinosaurs. It's still able to handle mobs because of its insanely high tick rate and the width of the beam being just wide enough to catch multiple raptors. Performing a sweeping motion back and forth with the beam allows Witch Doctor Alpha to paralyze multiple enemies in a wide arc in front it.The beam's revved up damage is also high enough to help slay dinosaurs of any size at fairly decent times.

Since the beam has a short range, you need to be extra careful with Witch Doctor Alpha's positioning because it has 50 less HP than the base version, leaving it with a total of 350 HP.

You can keep your beam revved up indefinitely by constantly hitting a target and then using Feed on the nearest enemy when you need more energy. When you fire the beam again it will remain fully revved up.

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The biggest change from the original Skywave is that the Alpha variant has 50 less HP and it's no longer a healer. Her only healing ability is on a 12-second cooldown, making her far less capable of being a solo healer for her team. However, the way she supports her team is through lots of paralyses and being an untouchable weather witch.

Her Tempest Lance has two modes - an uncharged shot that summons a small AoE of electricity and a charged version that summons a lightning bolt at a location. This weapon shines best against hordes where it can stun groups of dinosaurs with its uncharged shot and use its charged attack to focus down special neosaurs that might be hiding among the waves of small dinos. In many ways, she can feel like a weaker base Witch Doctor when it comes to horde management and a weaker Vigilant when it comes to slaying special dinosaurs. However, the benefit of Skywave Alpha is her ability to do both of those jobs well while also keeping herself safe in the skies.

If you see Skywave Alpha on your team, do not assume it's the healer. For all intents and purposes, treat Skywave Alpha as an additional assault class that can heal sometimes.

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Similar to Roadblock's new module, landing Optics Jammer with the Skill Scrambler module can be a death sentence for some Exosuits.

Nimbus Alpha replaces its dual pistols and empowered shots with dual shotguns. While your shots won't home onto targets anymore, your shotgun blasts have a wider spread which means you'll heal more and have a higher probability of landing some bullets when you aim in an ally's general direction. Its shotguns have a rather large horizontal spread with at least 2 to 3 bullets remaining as a fairly dense, centralized cluster even across long ranges. This means you can heal allies at a longer range than you'd expect as long as you keep your patient in the center of your reticle.

However, despite its surprisingly long range, don't rely on your shotguns to function well at further ranges. You'll provide a larger burst of healing the closer you are to your patient which will come in handy more often than a weak heal at long ranges. Plus, staying close to your patients will also put you closer to your enemies, which is perfect for your shotguns. Unlike base Nimbus who's reliant on Spreadshot to handle hordes, Nimbus Alpha's shotguns make short work of almost any dinosaur in close range.

While you'll still have the graphical effect of base Nimbus' Empowered Shots, it has no in-game effect for Nimbus Alpha, so feel free to stay in a particular mode for as long as you need to.

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