Talk:Lex/@comment-84.122.236.13-20130405142700/@comment-89.169.193.146-20130406073336

Infected usually bum rush you. Which means slow firing overkill pistol like Lex will just waste way too much time on each kill. Puncture mod will somewhat help to overcome this, but ultimately Lex is a mid-long range sniper pistol, not "mow-the-hell-down" against hordes of melee enemies.

Vs Corpus is is still very viable, since installing good mods will give you the ability to oneshot practically any high level enemy (if it is supercharged) with headhots. Still, it isn't as good if you're getting bum rushed by 15-20 enemies, be it Infected, Cronus or Grineer for that matter. Usually, Lex is a sidearm for a primary weapon that deals exactly with such situations. Hek, Gorgon, Boltor, so on. Akbolto or Aklato will be better, of course, for close range, but at the same time they are less effective per bullet and still weaker for long range fire. And they are usually used if you are using, for example, Paris. It's a question of different loadouts.