Talk:Kunai/@comment-9185291-20130529174829

If Kunai is truly 'Armor Ignore' ... while Despair is 'Armor Pierce' ... then it's a toss-up between the two IMO.

Ignore the spamming smartass talking about Infested damage. Armor Pierce only does reduced damage to Chargers... AKA the weakest, least threatening infested mobs. Basically this difference is irrelevant. Meanwhile, Medium armor Grineer are not irrelevant at all and doing an additional 50% damage to them is worth noting. Not to mention the base +10 damage Despair  already holds over the Kunai. The stagger issue is also not a small deal ... trying to aim for a target's head when they are staggered is not that easy, so again Despair is better for damage considering headshots.

However, if Kunai are in fact 'Armor Ignore' "bolt" types (which they seem to be from personal experience), then don't overlook the 'impale' effect. Kills with the Kunai immediately knock the target DOWN/back and can do additional damage to targets behind them [emphasis on the DOWN aspect]. This makes the Kunai insanely powerful for mowing down a line of mobs because on top of damaging targets behind your kill, your kill's corpse immediately drops out of the line of fire so you're not stuck throwing knives at a corpse. (note: as expected, this doesnt work vs. infested chargers). Also, while the stagger may create problems with aiming at heads (and feet) ... the interrupt it provides is very noticeable and can lock down a target defensively. Besides, to be honest, the Kunai hit extremely hard already as it is.

I still have yet to use the Despair to see if its really Armor Piercing vs. Armor Ignore, and to check if it also has the knockdown effect ... but the comparison between Kunai and Despair is not as simple as "Despair = Kunai + 10 damage".