Talk:Damage 2.0/Viral Damage/@comment-24370326-20140207184618

After trying to determine the best all-around elemental combos that would be versatile enough to take into nearly any situation with any faction, I was thinking Radiation + Magnetic. Reason being, it is best against alloy and shields, which is nice for void missions, especially at higher levels.

I was kinda ignoring viral, because the damage table indicates it is really only effective against flesh and since those are usually the easier enemies to kill, it didn't seem to make sense. That might be the case for the increased damage, but the real benefit for viral seems to be the health reduction proc that would apply to any enemy. Is this correct?

If so, that would kinda make viral the go-to element for missions like the void where you encounter all enemy types and at higher levels, half health reduction every time it procs is probably pretty valuable.