Talk:Damage 2.0/Viral Damage/@comment-107.3.179.53-20150412184635/@comment-8256051-20150412200318

It does not cause less effect, but it will cause the viral effect to proc less often, unless your weapon deals only viral damage.

i.e. if a weapon with 50% status chance deals 100 total damage split as : 35 slash, 30 puncture, 25 impact and 10 viral, it will only proc viral 10% of every proc, which means 5% of every shot.