Talk:Lanka/@comment-92.23.68.129-20160413132150

Simply the most devastating weapon I have found so far, beating out the slash proccing viral Dread. Even though the Dread kills enemies the fastest for me I haven't used it in ages due to its lack of AOE capability, however, AOE damage is something the Lanka excels at via a gas build.

If you are tired of your Tonkor and looking for a different play-style the Lanka is definitely worth a try. I'm a Vectis fan so I really did not want to like this gun, but it simply destroys the Vectis due to much more reliable gas procs and built in punch through, this saves a mod slot and multiplies the chance of procs if you can hit multiple enemies with the shot.

Be warned though, this build needs 4 Forma.

First are the 4 staple mods, [Serration] [Split Chamber] [Point Strike] [Vital Sense]

Now that is out of the way you have 3 slots to set up your status chance and elementals.

Initially I was using [Thermite Rounds] [Malignant Force] [Hammer Shot] (Don't want that third status mod to dilute the proc pool) I was happy with it but the electric procced too often for my liking, the real source of damage is the gas proc.

Seeking to maximize this chance I switched out the hammer shot for a maxed [90% Fire or Toxin mod], this makes the gas damage over 2x the electric damage, thus increasing the likelihood that the proc will be gas and not electric. It worked like a charm and I found the lost status chance to have very minimal impact.

Tested on lvl 90's in the sim pretty much everything and all its surrounding allies die in 1 shot - with a headshot to multiply the gas proc of course, but aren't you happy it needs a bit of skill? ;).

Even a lvl 90 Bailiff with his huge resistances to both electricity AND gas gets torn apart by the proc since it deals toxin damage. Anything immune to procs will require the use of another weapon to kill it, or many many shots, for example a lvl 90 Drekar Manic Bombard. Bursas take a few hits from the rear and seem resistant to the proc, it ticks very low on them. For Bursas a proper corrosive weapon will be more efficient.

Also easily works on lvl 100's+, even rips apart heavily armoured enemies without the use of any Corrosive Projections.

Build recap:

[Serration] [Split Chamber] [Point Strike] [Vital Sense] [Thermite Rounds] [Malignant Force] [90% Fire or Toxin mod] [Vile Acceleration]

Forgot to mention the Vile Acceleration earlier, it will reduce the charging time of the gun to acceptable levels.