Talk:Tenora/@comment-4051341-20170330165421/@comment-67.11.161.251-20170514181308

Two above posters are wrong. I DID think of the headshots. Apparently they've been "fixed" now so that headshot crits no longer deal 4x, only 2x like normal headshots now (thanks DE, not) so no soma will EVER be hitting anywhere near 155k headshot burst again.

Stradavar's auto mode sucks, granted. The semi auto is right up there though. It's a middle ground between the advanced latrons, the Dex Sybaris, and Tenora. Less efficient and less burst than the Dex, but nearly identical sustained, while having slightly lower burst and slightly higher sustained than the latrons, but slightly lower ammo efficiency. Its primary advantage over the latrons is recoil, where it has almost none on its secondary fire, and the latrons CANNOT be fired accurately beyond point blank at their full (unmodded even) fire rates without a recoil reduction mod. It's more ammo efficient than the Tenora, and will do much, much higher DPS with its secondary fire than Tenora with its charge shots.

Long story short, no one cares about Stradavar's primary fire, while its secondary fire is more consistent DPS than the Sybarises (faster firing, much longer between reloads = greater up-time) while having similar burst-dps accuracy, much more efficient than the Somas (and still more accurate because less recoil), faster to start up than the Tenora's (accuracy and wind up or charge time), all while still being quite ammo-efficient if not quite as efficient as the advanced latrons. Simultaneously, it delivers more status procs per second than any of the others, shame it doesn't have a higher balance of slashing damage.

As to Tenora's punch through (on charge), that means you probably won't mod for punch through to let its auto fire punch through, so have fun with the groups that you illogically claimed your Tenora would be better for taking out, because in reality it will actually most likely be worse.

The main reason the Stradavar is head and shoulders above the other options at the moment comes down to a single thing. Strong Riven Disposition. Sybarises and Somas have Faint, and while I'm not sure what advanced latrons boast, I'm pretty sure it's not better than Moderate. THAT, and that alone brings the Stradavar's all-round middle-of-the-board up above the others in virtually every single aspect, provided you find or roll a good riven.