Talk:Sweeper/@comment-11753608-20131012161047

I will repost what I did in the forums here for people's benefit:

Note to all - there are folks on the wiki saying that they tested the DOT in conclave and that it is doing around 11 damage. My guess is that it is actually 12 (50% of base, rounded down). This is more similar to Acrid which is 75% of base damage, rounded down. If the ticks are like acrid in that there are 4 of them, that means that one shot from the stinger does... 73 poison base damage - an armor ignoring damage type. This is compared to 72 base on the sweeper with a non-armor ignoring damage type - probably impact damage (despite the wiki currently listing laser which is probably wrong).

Translation - this natively does more damage than the sweeper and it ignores armor which means that this has the best sentinel weapon in the game. It just isn't as flashy because it doesn't launch mobs across the room after it kills them and doesn't go "boom boom boom" when it shoots.

The reason to build this sentinel is because its weapon is ridiculously strong. My go to combo is going to be carrier with a stinger equipped....