Talk:Armor/@comment-109.149.26.45-20160411121206

Some notes on dealing damage in the void vs Armor:-

At level 40, vs a Heavy Gunner, a 100 damage weapon does 20.4 dmg with Rifle Amp and 21.4 DMG (rounded figures) with a single Corrosive projection. With neither CP or RA, you're doing 16 DMG per shot.

So if you're not scaling enemies above this point as a solo player, your best bet is to run Viral dmg and Rifle Amp (unless you're a frame that will benefit more from Energy Siphon of course).

Rifle Amp is probably more effective in general at 40 and below since it effects all enemies (Corrupted Ancients and Moas especially) and only the Bombard and HG have the level of armor that gives CP that kind of bonus.

Though if you're running a non rifle weapon, you'll have to weigh CP vs Energy Siphon. For a pure melee build, Steel Charge scales much better than Rifle Amp so is a no brainer.

Obviously Corrosive Procs have their benefit in reducing armor and corrosive damage gives you increased dps vs Bombards. But you have to weigh that against how consistently and quickly you're applying Corrosive status vs doing pure DPS with Viral. The Viral proc massively ups DPS too if you can sustain it on a target.

One last thing to consider, if you're using a high damage weapon capable of killing in 1 shot with the right build, status is not a consideration. Viral is going to give you a 75% bonus vs both the HG and the Bombard.