Talk:The Index/@comment-24839811-20190517000114/@comment-2601:701:C000:7F:449E:953:66FD:B3FB-20190518125026

TOXIN/RADIATION if not TOXIN alone. With no status procs in mind, toxin dmg ingnores sheild and damages HP directly, which makes it a lot easier since you dont have to deplete their massive shield before getting to HP. VIRAL/RAD still need to deplete shield before it can damage HP. TOXIN proc are kind of a bonus i guess since it does some DOT, but you are building for a one hitter quiter so status really doesn't help there. We are using the Toxin just for its dmg type, nothing else so high crit is where to go.

Even with status procs, viral halves hp but not shields. So you still have to go through that massive shield, and also worry about armor scaling if you are going for long index runs (20-25 consistent runs on high).

Synapse is really cool since you can use toxin and corrosive together with it. With some status the corrosive can proc and reduce armor while you have toxin as the DPS all while having it built for crit. I messed with it once or twice but that was it, its a beam weapon and those usually are not one hitter quitter types.