Talk:Ferrox/@comment-27.125.180.25-20190528192648/@comment-2605:6000:6DC0:D000:1C34:FBBC:2B2E:61BF-20200209064900

I'm a huge Ferrox user and lover, so I'll answer.

Pros:

-It will actually do slightly more damage on the first shot than the Rubico Prime. Ruby may have slightly higher crit stats and the +50% crit damage on full zoom, but this has very nearly twice the base damage.

-Ferrox has 100 base AoE explosion on the final impact point, which WILL be the Orb if you hit the Orb at all, so that's roughly another 29% damage bonus for it.

-This weapon is main puncture where Ruby is main impact. YMMV for Orbs, but other than that, puncture is almost always better.

-You'll be reloading this weapon only ~22% of the time, or ~33% if you use Vile Acceleration on it, whereas you'll be reloading the Rubico Prime ~60% of the time.

-Rivens for the Ferrox have much, much higher stats than for the Ruby.

Cons:

-Ruby has somewhat higher status chance, not that that matters for Orbs.

-Ruby fires really fast. Like, almost three times as fast. This is mostly offset by the half-sized magazine, which in conjunction with the higher fire rate means you'll be spending a looooot of time reloading compared to the Ferrox.

-The Ferrox is not a sniper, so no nifty combo counter. This is where the Ferrox really loses out, and you'll have to decide for yourself whether a much better riven will make up for this, and if you have the patience to roll one or the lucre to buy one. For most usage it'll be normal to have a combo counter in the 2.5-3.5 range, so figure for about 3x damage from sniper combo.

All told, unless you have that one Ferrox riven with +200% crit C/+180% crit D/+160% multi/-90% impact or something of that tier, you're probably better off with the Rubico Prime for bringing down the Orbs specifically.

For anything else, it's a much tougher decision even without the difference in rivens.