Talk:Spira Prime/@comment-75.138.15.37-20160217014856/@comment-7645613-20160217015951

It's better against grineer armor, it has a better status chance, and it fires faster. This is a side grade, if anything. Calling it a downgrade for slightly lower base damage and lower critical is is a little silly isn't is? Even with crits the spira isn't as good against armor and can't proc status effects enough. If you are going against enemies without armor, you could then make a point that the normal spira is better.

Just like the regular boar is better against flesh then the boar prime when not talking about status, due to higher slash damage. It gives the normal boar at least some use over the prime even if that use is only mildly better.