Talk:Flux Rifle/@comment-201.141.178.181-20130731061219/@comment-13462638-20130731081717

Acrid still can't beat Despair, just try the spreadsheet.

Acrid has more potential damage per shot, but since there's a hard limit to how many dots you can stack, there's a point where killing higher level enemies as quick as possible wastes too much potential damage, and Despair actually nukes them down faster.

In any scenario where you need to kill something NOW Despair wins on pure dps, without factoring in stuff like ammo efficiency etc.