Talk:Damage/Heat Damage/@comment-2601:680:8180:3170:6185:234B:1DFA:6554-20191101194454/@comment-38408279-20191101201022

I think it's effectively viral for armored targets. Bonus EHP is linear with armor, so cutting the armor is half is like halving the bonus ehp. Viral would cut the total ehp in half again if you were to combine the two.

Corrosive just slowly strips armor away in huge chunks, probably after ~3 corrosive procs it will be on par with heat. But combining the two is extremely practical thanks to the now decent additional damage from the DoT.

I see what you're saying in the viral comparison. Unlike viral, no hp is restored once the proc expires, the effective HP you take away is permanent. Will the armor be restored in a viral-like fashion after taking some away with corrosive procs? That's an excellent question, I will do some testing for this tonight.