Talk:Primed Pistol Gambit/@comment-6553265-20150626233216

let me math a bit here:

akmagnus has the highest crit % in the game at 25%, but crit dmg only at 2x. p.p.gambit, if it were at 20%/rank, would give a crit % boost of 65%. this would mean a DPS increase of 65% * 2x = 130%. (consider this an extremely forgiving estimate if it's not changed to 20) Skipping some math, normal gambit will give you 30% * 2x = 60%. in other words, normal gambit will let you do ~70% (160% vs 230%) of the damage.

comparing this to primed H.charge - assuming you have four elemental mods, vanilla h.c will add ~33% DPS, while primed h.c would add 61%. normal h.c will let you do ~80% of the damage, meaing p.p.gambit is a bit better. of course Hc is a staple in many sidearm builds so you'd use it anyways unlike gambit.

as a footnote, 17%/rank will grey the line between p.h.c. and p.p.gambit.