
Pressure Mine is a Neutral psych exclusive to Egg Bomb. To activate it, press the bottom center portion of an obstacle. The obstacle will be marked for a limited time with the symbol 危 (danger) and will trigger when a non-blocking enemy nears it. Additional damage may be dealt from the obstacle movement after detonation. Interestingly, this additional damage is treated as Positive rather than Neutral and is furthermore scaled based on the size of the obstacle, much like Psychokinesis. That makes Pressure Mine the only psych to deal damage of two different affinities prior to Final Remix, and only one for which such a trait is endemic to the psych itself and not to a specific pin. Egg Bomb is also the only pin capable of dealing both Neutral and Positive damage even in Final Remix, as the other four "duel-element" pins all deal a combination of Positive and Negative damage. Note that mine detonation will not destroy an obstacle. Pressure Mine is categorized under B class.
Analysis[]
Pressure Mine has an efficiency rating of 200%, which is tied for the highest in the game (not counting Psychokinesis T's variable damage efficiency). Unfortunately, mine detonations cannot take advantage of the puck.
In contrast though, secondary damage dealt by collisions between the mined obstacle and nearby enemies can take advantage of the puck. As a result, since the efficiency of collisions can span from 100% (traffic cone) to 550% (SUV) depending on the obstacle, the effectiveness of using puck multipliers can vary depending on the objects available, but is generally very high. While such collisions are not guaranteed, it is not an exaggeration to say that these collisions can deal the greatest potential damage with a single hit of any pin in the series, including Anguis (Pin), even without considering boosts from Brand popularity, Resonance, the puck, or a Cross Combo.
Multiple mines may be planted on a single obstacle.
One such deck that takes advantage of this is Terrorist:
- 2X Egg Bomb (sub-slot)
- Her Royal Highness
- (Weaker alternative: Energy Factor)
- Raven
- (Weaker alternative: Sexy B)
- One high efficiency pin to pass the light puck.
- One other pin of the player's choice.
The main strategy is to plant four mines at once with the help of Her Royal Highness. Raven then sends the rigged obstacle towards an enemy, resulting in all four mines detonating at the same time. The Egg Bombs are sub-slotted in order to avoid a psych conflict with Psychokinesis.
Icon | # | Name | Brand | Cls | Psych | Spec | Power | Eff | ATK200 | Lasts | Boot | Reboot | Info |
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![]() | 039 | Egg Bomb | ![]() | B | ![]() ![]() | Attack | 61 | 200 | 522 | 1 use | 0 | 2.5 | Press an obstacle to turn it into a bomb that explodes on enemy contact. Inflicts damage. |