Talk:Soma/@comment-24.87.81.124-20130929211023/@comment-89.223.33.219-20131001163404

It is exactly crit for elem mods that makes this weapon stong. Ignore the 10 base bullet damage. What matters is that 6(60%) AP damage being multiplied by 840% into ~50 damage. Further increased by Serration to ~150, as well as multishot for twice the damage. And that's only this part that matters past 100, pre-100 you also have other mods that can benefit from crit. Just throw a potato and: Serration, Multi, Piercing, Point Strike, Hammer Shot+Vital Sense and lastly Wildfire for 7 mods total without polarizing, and it alone will burst 50-100 targets down faster than even Acrid. For 100-200 Acrid may slowly get the upper hand, but even then Soma is just too hitscan damage.

If you polarize a couple of slots to add ~10 stat budget for the last slot - I'd go for Cryo. You have Pierce, Wildfire, so grineer\infested are covered.