Talk:Rubico Prime/@comment-34733210-20181109002703

I have god rolls for Rubico and Vulkar and wanted to test how will vulkar fare against rubico since the later has such impressive stats. The test was pretty simple, how many one shots could be achieved out of 100 lvl.155 corrupted heavy units (50 Bombards and 50 HG). The build was pretty simple, full IPS with hunter munitions and reload speed for consistency, both builds had a similar ammount of MS, the same CC but different base Dmg and CD. To my surprise it was a waste of time bc it turned out to be a tie, Rubico one shoted 66 units while Vulkar scored 67.

It 'smisleading, at first glance Rubico may seem way stronger than Vulkar, but the truth is that Lasting Purity is OP, is the equivalent of having a Rank 11 Primed Bane mod equiped for every faction in the game. After doing the math the reason was pretty obvious, both guns average the same dmg per shot (28k vs 28.5k), and since both have the same CC and MS, the slash procs were equally strong and likely.

So, it's Vulkar Wraith as strong as Rubico Prime? No, but it makes no difference, the faster combo increase in Rubico is very strong, but come on, it's one shotting lvl.155 heavy untis without combo counter, players will have to play for hours before noticing the difference in power (and I mean it, like 3.5h on Mot). Another thing to consider is mag cap and reload speed, as I mentioned, I use reload mods on both weapons, so difference is only 0.6s in favor of Rubico, but then again, Vulkar has a larger Mag. There is also the stagger effect from Impact weapons, for some reason Rubico doesn't proc it every shot (is not like it is uncommon, just not every shot), while Vulkar always does. This means that with Rubico you cannot let the target bleed (2-3 thicks usually), it may recover and shoot back (and prob one shot you), with Vulkar you shoot, if you proc slash, you can move to the next target.

In the end I prefer Rubico P. only bc I'm a reload whore and I tend to reload every time I get the chance.