Talk:Ignis/@comment-27076246-20151213164513/@comment-27279105-20151216130510

^ that only applies if you proc Viral on your first shot

example with an enemy with 1000hp and a gun with 100dps for easy explanation: the enemy gets viral procced on the first shot and now has 500hp, to kill him it takes 5seconds, half the time as for 1000hp, thus "100% damage increase".

but if you don't proc Viral on your first shot but some shots later:

for example you drain half of the enemies 1000hp, which takes 5seconds, then proc viral and drain the remaining 250hp, which takes 2.5seconds. now you took 7.5seconds instead of 10 and only have a "33% damage increase".

so the "100% damage increase" rule only applies to weapons with 100% status chance and pure Viral damage, which is just a stupid build because viral proc doesn't stack.

i don't deny that viral generally is a great proc to kill tougher enemies faster though.