Talk:Embolist/@comment-11753608-20131018141225

So here is the break down for embolist as I see it. Embolist is like a (very) short range ignis that deals armor ignoring damage. When I first worked with this gun, I immediately thought it was utter crap and planned to put it back in the storage locker when I was done leveling it. As I leveled it, I started to realize it's potential, especially for infested missions. A few things to note:
 * 1) The embolist has horrible range but seems to have a wider cone than the ignis.  What it lacks in range it recovers a little in basically filling the entire space in front of you.
 * 2) It does armor ignoring damage like the flux rifle but cones like a ignis.  As a result, this thing burns down the number of enemies you would kill with an ignis, in about the time it would take to burn down one enemy with a flux rifle.  If you haven't used those other guns, that makes this thing pretty damn impressive.
 * 3) As a result of #2, this has better ammo efficiency than both of those weapons.
 * 4) This is the ultimate "oh crap" weapon when waiting for ressurection because it can basically hose everything around you as you are ressed by your team.  Point the thing straight up and hold the trigger and it keeps everything in a 5 yard area clear as your team gets you up.

As for the comparison with the Acrid, due to the ROF of the Acrid, it still has higher single target damage. The acrid is still the boss killer king. The Embolist shines when fighting groups of very tightly clumped mobs (think infested survival) because its damage output is MPed by how many enemies you hit. That means the embolist will start to outpace the Acrid when fighting about 3 mobs or more at once.

Finally, if this mechanic/bug still exists, the embolist will hit all body parts of a ragdolled mob at once, just like the ignis. That means using this in combination with something like Vauban's vortex has the potential to be the highest damage output in the game - maybe even more than the synapse and Volt's energy shield.