Talk:Critical Delay/@comment-143.254.206.226-20160202195427/@comment-24.7.127.96-20160207204743

Red crits are mediocre because the damage they do is the crit multiplier X 2 -1, which means they do less than double the damage of a yellow. http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Critical_Hit#Red_Crits

You are way better off using argon plus bladed rounds instead of argon plus critical delay. On the soma prime for example, argon plus bladed with the other crit mods (vital sense and point strike) has 40% higher damage per shot than argon plus crit delay with the other crit mods.

Math: argon plus bladed rounds with the other crit mods, 115.5% crit chance, 10.2X crit, 19.4X red crit, 12 base damage.

(12*10.2*.845)+(12*19.4*.155) = 140 damage per shot

argon plus delay with other crit mods, 130% crit chance, 6.6X crit, 12.2X red crit

(12*6.6*.7)+(12*12.2*.3)= 100 damage per shot

Also, the reduced fire rate is going to hurt your DPS. So, crit delay is useless.