Talk:Despair/@comment-98.227.137.42-20130717013740

So let me see if I have this right: Kunai base damage is 45. Despair base damage is 55. Despair gets an additional 100% armor piercing damage buff (+55) so total damage per throw is 110 points. Against an armored target which reduces incoming damage by 50%, Kunai does 100% of its base damage, meaning 45 points. Against the same target, Despair takes the 50% penalty and does 55 points (110 minus 55), which is still more damage than Kunai. Against all non-armored targets, Despair clearly blows Kunai out of the water damage-wise (110 points versus 45 points respectively). If you factor in a 100% Serration the damage gap is even more in favor of the Despair (Despair would do 220 per throw, Kunai a puny 90). More damage mods just increase the gap further, obviously. People say Kunai does better damage against light infested due to Despair's half-damage vs light infested penalty, but even this doesnt make sense to me. Half of 110 is 55, which is still more than the Kunai's 45. Or am I missing something? Seems to me the ONLY time Kunai even has a prayer of doing more damage than Despair would be against a high level armored opponent whose armor value reduces Despair's damage by at least 60% (110 minus 60%= 44, which is less than Kunai's base damage of 45). Is there even such an enemy in the game?