Talk:Orthos Prime/@comment-142.196.157.196-20131007082106/@comment-68.149.88.135-20131017154717

Orthos Prime is more of a all round melee weapon that can be used for normal + charge attacks.

Orthos Prime > Galatine for NORMAL attacks - It is faster, more damage, staggers every hit

Galatine > Orthos Prime for CHARGE attacks - Galatine's charge attacks is double 400 vs 200, Galatine has HIGHER crit chance, whereas orthos prime's crit chance is low that it could not be focused on. Just look at the actual crit chance numbers, and the damage of each item. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that galatine is miles better in the charge attack department, regardless of its speed in that 1.2 seconds to charge, Orthos Prime could not do enough charge attacks to match the DPS.

Dual Ichors > Orthos Prime for normal attacks - Poison Damage, HIGH Crit damage and Crit Chance

Orthos Prime Lacks focus in normal vs charge mod build - Lots of people divide their mods to work for both, but the two other melee weapons I talked above are specialized melee weapons for normal or charge. In my opinion, orthos prime looks badass, I love it, but its more of an overall melee weapon, hence the damage drop vs other specialized charge/normal type weapons