Talk:Vulkar Wraith/@comment-89.132.208.122-20170517091113/@comment-28106299-20180226113241

Vulkar (Wraith) is capable of doing pretty much any standard content in the game without a Riven. I usually enjoy most snipers for survivals that goes beyond 1 hour as well, in particular the Rubico, but I also like the mechanics of Vulkar Wraith. Damage really isn't an issue for this rifle, and so my preferable Riven for this would be some QoL stats like reload speed and maybe a negative zoom stat instead of pure damage (yes, trade chat usually only cares about damage damage damage). Crit chance would be nice as well.

As for the Vulkar vs the Lanka: I love both, and it really boils down to preference. If you enjoy bloated damage numbers, then Lanka is probably the number one choice for you. Because of its elemental base and high status chance, you can also make status work well as stated by a few here. Gas is the most common. And because of its electric damage base, it can become a radiation monster for taking down Eidolons.

Despite all the Lanka's strength, it suffers from one thing: it is not a hit-scan weapon. Somewhat ironic, since it also has 8.0x zoom (I have a Riven for it that gives +projectile speed and -zoom, you're not gonna believe how well this affects the Lanka until you try it!). Hitting long distance targets in motion is quite hard unless you build for projectile speed.

And to those who say the Vulkar struggles to one-hit kill anything past level 100; can you please post your builds? The Vulkar can do headshots for hundreds of thousands of damage without buffs, easily capable of oneshotting enemies up to a level that would otherwise oneshot most frames with the exception of immortal frames (Harrow, Wukong and to a degree Chroma/Rhino).