Talk:Prisma Skana/@comment-193.190.65.3-20161216100242/@comment-61.82.94.103-20170202080556

Well, right now, crimson dervish actually kills the fastest because of it's 3x multiplier per hit and the finisher at the end. It may be the worst for building up combo but it still kills the fastest. The only downside which you probably indirectly stated is the fact that the stance is single target orientated. It can only focus on 1 target and occasionally 3 targets depending on whether you have primed reach or not again proving it's horrible ability to build combo multiplier.

Although the multiplier might seem useless because of how slow the attacks are, it doesn't work like that. When multipliers multiply with other multipliers, the damage is far stronger than just attacking 3 more times. It's similar to this. If you have a dread and build for pure damage and aim for headshots, the damage is far lower than building for crit and aiming for headshots. Normally, it would get the total damage and multiply it by two or on 3 depending on the weakpoint of the enemy(ancients have several weakpoints). However, with critical multipliers, the total multiplier will go all the way up to 60x damage with the right mods and combination again proving the deadliness of the stance.

Although you are correct in saying that the stance is bad on normal sword weapons, on critical based sword weapons, the dps is far higher on single target type enemies. The lack of slam also makes it easier to focus an enemy down instead of having all of your opponents flying everywhere. In the end, it's still down to personal preference.