Talk:Stalker/@comment-178.205.212.26-20150825163126/@comment-184.91.189.54-20150831041422

It has higher crit chance. The dread tops at 125% while the Paris tops at 115%. This is important because the extra chance is distributed into the red-crit chance. So Dread = 25% red-crit, Paris = 15% red-crit. Also, while puncture is better for armored targets, slash proc damages enemies over time. Not to mention the Fanged Fusillade mod which adds 120% slash damage fully upgraded; this mod boosted the slash damage for ~900 to ~2900, that's a big difference. Plus it's more satisfying to watch halved corpses fly away ^_^