Talk:Plasma Sword/@comment-10719468-20130825201113

This weapon is for people who like to gamble. With all the proper mods on this weapon, it becomes a weapon that can 1hit KO trash mobs even without critting, there is no point in over-killing trash mobs, they die from 1 hit regardless, so what if your 2k base damage gram has a steady output over time, both weapons will end up killing the trash mobs in 1 hit, perhaps the higher level voids with level 100 trash mobs won't die from a non-crit plasma sword attack, however, gram is meant for tanky frames who can attack multiple targets at once while taking hits, at high levels I don't even come close to enemies due to being squishy.

Now when it comes to bosses and heavy units that take a bit more effort to put down, unless you're attacking 3 heavy grineers at once, the fact that gram can hit multiple enemies makes no difference. Trash mobs are easily killed via warframe abilities or with primary weapons, so if you're actually taking the time to run up to heavy units and slap them, then you need something that does it quickly. The plasma sword does just that, the tactic you are supposed to use with longswords is you get close to the enemy and use a charge attack a few times and then run out before they can attack you and then get behind cover, then repeat. The charge rate is much faster than gram and doesn't slow you to a crawl when you run and swing at the same time, which means although it doesn't have steady damage output, it means more hits, and if one of those hits is a crit, you just did a lot of damage with your plasma sword. I've done close to 7k damage with a red crit and they aren't that rare, and I play Nova.

Again if you like to gamble and swing away at enemies and having a damage range of like over 800 per normal charge attack all the way up to 7k, charge almost 2 times faster than a gram which means you get to slip in more charge attacks before something causes you to retreat, and a good looking weapon,  Plasma Sword is great for all that.

This weapon needs love, it needs forma and a orokin catalyst, some weapons only truly shine at the end, like flux! ;O