Talk:Phage/@comment-96.244.243.194-20141123173913

Unless you're killing Level 80+ enemies, I've found that avoiding Vicious Spread and using a Rank 5 Tainted Shell will make this weapon much more comfortable.

Obviously, this lowers the potential DPS a lot (by almost 10k), but I think it's a worthwhile tradeoff - especially for run-and-gun situations.

It prevents you from needing to scope at all for most enemies, as you can focus more than half of the beams on a target from the get-go.