Talk:Atlas/Abilities/@comment-68.190.228.240-20151101134657

Here's an interesting (mostly meaningless) thought: In the void,assuming you've modded melee to include Viral, should you be using Virulent Scourge or Vicious Frost (60% to Viral) over maxed Collision Force (120% to Impact) when using Landslide? Here's the thought process:

First of all, the enemies that Viral affects are not only tankier than the enemies Impact affects, but they are also more dangerous. The most dangerous enemies Viral deals increased damage against include Bombards and Heavy Gunners, while the likely most dangerous enemy Impact deals increased damage against is a MOA. The most dangerous Impact-weak enemy would be Nullifiers, but Landslide isn't ever likely to be someone's first choice, and even if it was, Nullifiers without their bubble aren't exactly tanky.

So, focusing on Bombards and Heavy Gunners, Viral deals 75% increased damage. Impact on the other hand, deals '''25% reduced damage. '''Applying that to the mods we get:

VS/VF: 0.6*1.75=1.05

CF: 1.2*0.75 = 0.9

So as you can see, using VS/VF will bring a 16.7% damage increase relative to CF. Sounds great right? So why did I call this mostly meaningless?

Well, that's the damage relative to each other's effect, but what happens when it's the net damage to an enemy? Well, assuming you've got a maxed Primed Heavy Trauma, Molten Impact, and Shocking Touch, as well as running full 4xCP, the numbers go like this:

VS/VF: 180+165*0.75+240*1.75 = 723.75

CF: 180+285*0.75+180*1.75 = 708.75

In other words, switching over nets you an incredibly insignificant 2.1% net damage increase. Sure, not everyone has a max Primed Heavy Trauma, so let's switch in regular Heavy Trauma and compare. I'll skip posting the numbers, but you get a 2.2% net damage increase. Better...?

Well, I was bored, and I was curious to see the result. Though, just by eye-balling the numbers, it was pretty obvious it'd end up like this. I'd apologize for wasting anyone's time who read this, but hey, if you're the type of person to read this, then you probably enjoyed it anyways.