Talk:Sobek/@comment-121.123.137.215-20180827044257/@comment-24.99.153.8-20180906045353

The post above is wrong and misinformation. -Impact only affects impact damage on a weapon. It does not affect the elemental damage added, which is calculated from the beginning damage before the -impact is applied. This is why -impact is the best possible stat you can get on a Strun or Sobek riven, and why -IPS damage is extremely valuable on high status weapons or weapons where an unfavorable IPS type is the primary damage type.

OTOH, on crit weapons with low status chance, -IPS negatives on rivens are generally a bad idea unless the negative is balanced by some powerful positive rolls on the other riven attributes.

I can't believe how casually people spread misinformation based on... who knows what? Certainly not knowledge of the actual WF damage mechanics.