Talk:Torid/@comment-188.123.112.233-20150421152238/@comment-26994468-20151211144432

For overall damage, a crit build does not favor this weapon because the majority of damage is done through damage over time. Therefore having higher base damage will make the damage more evenly divided across all the enemies caught into it, which is preferably for a weapon that blankets areas and deals damage over time.

Even if the individual calculations get close as per the 15% crit chance stat of the initial impact, playing Torid for its initial impact is by itself a massive loss of overall weapon damage, and in the longer run, if you hit only a few enemies with high damage and the rest with lower damage, you will need additional shots to deal with the remaining enemies.

This is why crit is a no-no, regardless of team setup or warframe build (referring to Mirage). A decked out Mirage with a regular elemental build will also topple any enemy but will do it more efficiently in the long run.