Talk:Torid/@comment-67.70.83.188-20170804094504

you still have to be aimed down for bladed rounds or argon scope's bonus effect to take place for the clouds; the damage updates realtime, which is not what i had anticipated.

for example:

two enemies beside each other. you fire one round that hits both.

the cloud tick deals 100 base.

the cloud tick deals 200 on crit, one enemy dies, bladed rounds buff up.

the cloud tick deals 200 on crit, not aimed down.

aimed down, the cloud tick deals 440 on crit.

release aim, the cloud tick deals 200 on crit again.

aimed down, say bladed rounds expires, the cloud tick deals 200 on crit.

all of this happens in that one instance of cloud.

you can alternate damage 200>440>200>440 if you aim down and release every other tick until the buff expires. in conclusion, you must aim down for the entire duration of the cloud if you want to maximize damage output while using acolyte mods.