Talk:Despair/@comment-24.183.39.38-20130618132923/@comment-74.202.14.18-20130620190506

To compare #1

Both with Hornet strike 10

Despair 176

Kunai 144

Light infested being the only time where damage reduction on the Despair is in question.

Taking the lowest damage bonus hits. Using Hornet strike and max rank Heated Charge.

Despair will do to a charger:

498 damage -> 88 from "weapon" hit + 410 from fire damage (160% increase for body hit)

Kunai will do to a charger:

481 damage -> 144 from "weapon" hit + 336.96 from fire damage (160% increase for body hit)

Despair will do to a walker:

563.2 damage -> 88 from "weapon" hit + 475.2 from fire damage (200% increase against body hits)

Kunai will do to a walker:

532.8 damage -> 144 from "weapon" hit + 388.8  from fire damage (200% increase against body hits)

In both cases, Despair does better, unless the information on the wiki about resistances and weaknesses is incorrect. Barrel diffusion will increase the damage for both respectively and thus double the difference already present. Additional mods at this point will also see better returns on the Despair due to its higher base damage.

As such, the Despair is a better weapon, comparing it with low quality or using incorrect mods to build a scenario in which the Kunai suddenly performs better is misleading and does not help to objectively compare the two.