Talk:Damage/Corrosive Damage/@comment-37.239.166.24-20190430112300/@comment-2601:882:100:C5C4:5DF7:755A:7156:D89F-20190902043726

Aside from one staking and the other not, at some point, armored enemies have have effective health (meaning  how much damage they can take because of armor and not literal health) ranging in the millions, and corrosive damage is probably the only way you'd even have a chance.

That being said, until that point is reached, viral is actually better, as it essentially doubles damage for the proc duration, and corrosive is the only status proc the does absolutely nothing to certain enemies.

In summary, if effective health is less than double actual health, viral is better. Also, viral can be made increasingly relevant with a corrosive projection Aura and coaction drift