Talk:Braton Prime/@comment-36160238-20180711221610/@comment-27124914-20180715111713

Multishit > Damage > Status Chance > Slash > Status Duration > Utility (Reload, Fire Rate, Recoil) > Crit

Crit is not to be used on this weapon. Crit is a trap which players fall into all the time, it uses up at least 2 mod slots just to boost the damage by - in this case - 12% 2.0x (= +12%) --> 30% 4.4x = 0.3*3.4 (= +102%). That's approximately +80% damage from Point Strike and Vital Sense.

That's two mods for barely more than Vigilante Armaments would provide. It's two mods for less than serration twofold, for less than Split Chamber, and arguably less than at least two dual status mods. It's two mods for less than Primed Cryo Rounds would add in terms of raw damage after 2 dual stat mods are already equipped.

So no, do not fall into that trap. Critical is only worth using on Braton Prime when you truly lack other mods.

I see you're using Corrosive, that's good against grineer and decent against Corrupted. But there's an issue. The strength in Corrosive has very little to do with your base damage output, what's most important is that you are able to deal as many status procs in as short a time as possible. It's all about ripping armour off, and so your proc rate determines your kill speed.

For Corpus and Infested, you'd be much better off not using Corrosive, but Gas instead. Gas has a few obscure tricks to maximizing its damage output such as Arcane Rage, Rhino's Roar, Primed Bane (inc. Riven based +faction damage) and a few other minor sources. These all boost the damage of gas not once. Not twice. But three times. You receive, not +55% from primed bane (Which is already as good as Heavy Calibur after Serration is equipped), but +272% damage to gas ticks (1.55*1.55*1.55). Of course, against Infested, you are truly better off using a radiation based weapon to neutralize the ancient auras, and building gas onto one of those platforms instead. And never forget Infected Clip, +90% damage is more like +150% damage to your gas ticks, as the proc damage is based on toxin damage, you go from 60% to 150% toxin damage plus the 60% heat to maximize proc rate and to make it into gas.