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Tesla Bullets
 
Cost   3,200
Tier 3
Passive   0.2s
Your bullets have a chance to shock your target. The shock will jump to a nearby enemy.
  33  x0.19
Shock Damage
15%
Proc Chance
4 Max Jumps
8m Jump Radius
Upgrades To:
  Capacitor
Internal name: upgrade_chain_lightning
Sounds

Tesla Bullets
 
Cost   3,200
Tier 3
Enhanced 
Passive
Your bullets have a chance to shock your target. The shock will jump to a nearby enemy.
  58  x0.19
Shock Damage
15%
Proc Chance
4 Max Jumps
8m Jump Radius
Upgrades To:
  Capacitor
Internal name: upgrade_chain_lightning
Sounds

Tesla Bullets is a Tier 3 Weapon Item that can be purchased from the Shop for Souls 3,200.

It is a component of Capacitor.

Notes

  • Shock Damage is Spirit Damage and is reduced by Spirit Resist.
  • Shock Damage is reduced by falloff.
  • Although in general Tesla Bullets deals higher DPS the higher the Fire Rate, the scale is not linear. There are points at which having a higher fire rate will result in lower DPS, since more bullets will be shot during the cooldown.[1]

Update history

View the full update history: Tesla Bullets/Update history

Update Changes

May 22, 2026

  • Proc cooldown reduced from 0.25s to 0.2s.

November 21, 2025

  • Shock damage reduced from 40 to 33.
  • Shock damage spirit power growth increased from 0.14 to 0.19.

October 2, 2025

  • Fixed proc rate being improved with general cooldown reduction.

Trivia

  • Tesla Bullets is one of several items to feature in promotional posters around the Map.
  • Tesla Bullets is named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, known for his contributions to the scientific understanding of electricity. One of his most iconic creations, the Tesla coil, arcs bolts of electricity into its surroundings, much like Tesla Bullets.
  • This item is very similar in its functionality to the Ukulele, one of the most recognizable items from the Risk of Rain franchise, which similarly gives the player a random chance to spark bolts of chain lighting when hitting enemies.
    • Many developers from Hopoo Games, the creators of Risk of Rain, have been hired by Valve and are working on Deadlock, including the eponymous Hopoo.[1]
  •  
    Poster for Tesla Bullets.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1   What does Tesla Bullets actually do? on YouTube (14:30)
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