Talk:Despair/@comment-81.36.126.30-20130801074527/@comment-6796496-20130805192427

Though it has a higher base damage to work with for other elements (which is the highest contributor of damage for most weapons, don't get me wrong) it doesn't have the better damage type to deal it's own full base damage to most enemies (triple to infest) nor does it stagger. You'll end up 32 more base damage to work with for other mods at the last rank of Hornet Strike for slightly less reliable damage and no crowd control.

Like most everything else in the game, seems to be highly subject to taste, even if that's the only difference between the two.