Talk:Hek/@comment-109.102.234.182-20130724185356/@comment-13117751-20130724203106

It largely depends on your target.

In general, let's say you take off all yoru elemental mods...

Note that all combinations below assume that you have blaze and point strike maxed and equipped, since they affect your raw damage and are pretty much a must for anyone wanting to maximize damage...

If fighting corpus, I would recommend electricity first, ice if you can fit it, and armor piercing if you can fit that too. Do not use fire here unless you really have nothing else to stick in that mod slot. (If you have a spare slot leftover and want to put something there, I would recommend cleanse corpus instead of fire).

If fighting grineer, use armor piercing (from both the combination mods and flechette) first, then I would recommend using fire OR electricity with ice. If you can fit all three without giving up armor piercing that is great, but chances are you won't unless you've forma'd your weapon several times...so just stick with ice and the other element selection of your choice...most grineer tend to resist them both equally.

If fighting infested, use fire (from both the combination mods and incendiary chamber) first and foremost. After that it's a bit of a toss-up what you want. If you want better damage against ancients, go with armor piercing damage (note that this does LESS damage against light infested). If you want better general damage go with the other elements.