Talk:Spira/@comment-195.24.156.70-20150925082210/@comment-49.48.244.87-20150929033630

Check out these two builds

Despair - http://goo.gl/FJvPE9

Spira - http://goo.gl/vXPZq2 - somehow concealed explosives doesnt show up for spira so i have to leave one slot empty

Against single target, concealed explosive can be looked at as a straight up +560 blast damage per round so if you do a bit of math, you can see that spira wins by far in this scenario.

Against three or more targets(that stick closely together), dps gained from concealed explosives will push despair a bit ahead of spira.

But what about max rof build? Well you see. 560 blast damage per round that scales with distance. It aint gonna get you anywhere against lvl50 enemies - especially when facing the grineers and/or armored void things. You're gonna run out of stars long before you can take down just one of them. And that's where spira just beat both hikou and despair for its superior ammo efficiency. Crit headshots also boost the damage way more than just 2x so there's that.

Conclusion:

Spira to pick off single high value target like minibosses or heavies and for (too)high level enemies.

Hikou/Despair+concealed explosives to clear exterminates under record time or for short survival/defense games. Also to satisfy your Michael Bay Syndrome.