Talk:Stinger/@comment-1679878-20180218065510

If you're using this as a means to apply status, as opposed to doing damage, then an optimal build would be Speed Trigger, Split Chamber, Vile Acceleration, Primed Fast Hands, and all four dual-stat +status/+elemental-damage mods.

After trying a bunch of different loadouts and putting values into a spreadsheet, I found that the above is the best, providing a 65% chance per second to apply a status, with the status applied having a having a 65% chance of being whatever combo contains the toxic component.

This results in a 42% chance per second to have a proc of the damage type that includes the Stinger's base toxin damage, giving you the options of gas, corrosive or viral for that, with a smaller chance of getting magnetic, blast or radiation with each combo respectively.

I use it to reliably apply viral procs, and with the Stinger being able to apply 2 different procs it is a better choice to use with Growing Power than the Artax, with it's single cold proc, and insufficient base status chance to apply a second.