Talk:Critical Hit/@comment-27989488-20170314071955/@comment-24557530-20170331143434

ok. i put both builds in warfame builder. The average damage per shot is 14299 vs 13237, so 8% in favor of the damage riven, which also attacks faster, leading to a severe advantage (about +1/3) in sustained DPS. Question is whether this is noticible in game or if aiming and stuff takes longer anyway. As long as you need multiple shots anyway, consistent damage does not really matter anymore, as well as lower status chance, cause you will see about 9% (73.3/80.4) less procs, but those will be 8% stronger.

However, another elemental combo might yield better results and be a much greater factor at that. As Darth mentioned above, depending on the team (full CP? -> go viral) and which enemies give you trouble (Bombards->Radiation, gunners->corrosive, both->viral again).

Or: go Blast