(XBOX)TyeGoo 9,437 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 I always thought and have seen corrosive being used on any faction, no matter if it fits the type. But now I see people using viral even on fully armored targets..? So which is the best combo considering all factions? Help me 😞 Link to post Share on other sites
0 (PSN)Kamranos 2,062 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Corrosive has always been my go-to because it works well against the heavier enemies in most factions. Link to post Share on other sites
0 (XBOX)TyeGoo 9,437 Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 Gerade eben schrieb (PS4)Kamranos: Corrosive has always been my go-to because it works well against the heavier enemies in most factions. Yeah, mine too.. (I'm very lazy to always switch combos, so I mostly run it) But now viral comes up, and I've seen videos of people using only viral and going against fully armored targets which is..weird.. So I'm curious on which combo is THE combo against all factions.. Link to post Share on other sites
0 Chewarette 6,645 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 12 minutes ago, (XB1)GaussPrime said: Yeah, mine too.. (I'm very lazy to always switch combos, so I mostly run it) But now viral comes up, and I've seen videos of people using only viral and going against fully armored targets which is..weird.. So I'm curious on which combo is THE combo against all factions.. Because Slash's proc ignores armor and is a great combo with Viral Link to post Share on other sites
0 (XBOX)TyeGoo 9,437 Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 vor 5 Minuten schrieb Chewarette: Because Slash's proc ignores armor and is a great combo with Viral Hmm, yeah.. but what if the weapon has low slash or none at all? Is viral still viable then..? Link to post Share on other sites
0 DarkRuler2500 4,974 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Gerade eben schrieb (XB1)GaussPrime: Hmm, yeah.. but what if the weapon has low slash or none at all? Is viral still viable then..? You can always go for Hunter's Munition then. Link to post Share on other sites
0 yeetboi223 1 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 viral basically improves the chance of a status proc to appear so with slash being good against health the viral can improve the chance to get a slash proc Link to post Share on other sites
0 (XBOX)TyeGoo 9,437 Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 vor 2 Minuten schrieb DarkRuler2500: You can always go for Hunter's Munition then. Hmm.. maybe my "always corrosive" mentality should be buried now lol 😄 I'll test it out Link to post Share on other sites
0 NinjaZeku 6,004 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 12 minutes ago, yeetboi223 said: viral basically improves the chance of a status proc to appear so with slash being good against health the viral can improve the chance to get a slash proc I assume / hope you mean using 60% Dual Stats to form Viral and thus raising general Status Chance by +120%, but the way you worded it is a bit misleading, having Viral on a weapon by itself does not make Slash procs occur more often (kind of the opposite in fact, adding 90% elemental Mods simply adds damage types that now further compete with Slash for proc chances). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
0 (XBOX)XxLeeRobsxX 45 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Corrosive for Grineer/Infested, Gas for Corpus Link to post Share on other sites
0 yeetboi223 1 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, NinjaZeku said: I assume / hope you mean using 60% Dual Stats to form Viral and thus raising general Status Chance by +120%, but the way you worded it is a bit misleading, having Viral on a weapon by itself does not make Slash procs occur more often (kind of the opposite in fact, adding 90% elemental Mods simply adds damage types that now further compete with Slash for proc chances). i do sir Link to post Share on other sites
0 punish_me 112 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) If were talking about universal combo: High status weapons/mixed - corrosive + viral if it possible (plague meta heh). If not then Viral+Rad or just viral. Slash damage on main. High crit - corrosive + hunter munitions because corrosive have not a big penalty for its damage and you dont care about procs. Why viral? Forget about its usual description. Viral is 200% damage boost for 6 seconds if target is not infested. Procs work with armors and shield, it doesnt matter. Edited August 3, 2019 by punish_me Link to post Share on other sites
0 Hawk_of_the_Reborn 2,818 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 14 minutes ago, punish_me said: If were talking about universal combo: High status weapons/mixed - corrosive + viral if it possible I don't think corrosive+viral is possible at the same time on the same weapon? If so, how?! Link to post Share on other sites
0 punish_me 112 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Hawk_of_the_Reborn said: I don't think corrosive+viral is possible at the same time on the same weapon? If so, how?! On weapons with base viral damage. https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Damage/Viral_Damage#Melee Link to post Share on other sites
0 Hawk_of_the_Reborn 2,818 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, punish_me said: On weapons with base viral damage. https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Damage/Viral_Damage#Melee Yea that's pretty limiting then Link to post Share on other sites
0 punish_me 112 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Hawk_of_the_Reborn said: Yea that's pretty limiting then Thanks for the question also. Ive just entered the game and started komorex building xD Link to post Share on other sites
0 Aldain 12,698 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) Viral/Slash with a filler element murders everything. The best way to deal with armor is to just grab a Shattering Impact mod and drop it on something that does impact damage quick, or to just stack slash status on things until they melt in a second or two. In terms of theoretical options though, Heat/Toxin/Corrosive for dealing with Infested (Corrosive deals with fossilized health, aka most infested heavies) but Infested more rely on Ancients for damage mitigation, otherwise they are made of paper. Corpus get trashed by most everything but their shields are most weak to Magnetic/Cold/Impact while Toxin/Gas just ignores the shields outright. Grineer are mostly Corrosive/Radiation/Viral weak but as mentioned Viral/Slash can run them over fast with a good status weapon. Overall though because Slash, Viral and Corrosive have the best status (Honorable mention to Gas/Toxin) you can usually get away with using any of those and just smashing your face into things. Except for status immune bosses. Edited August 3, 2019 by Aldain Link to post Share on other sites
0 -AncientWarrior- 766 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 I run simple setup to any level .. primary with corrosive, secondary with radiation, and melee runs slash/viral virtually kills anything anywhere anytime .. Link to post Share on other sites
0 DatDarkOne 7,295 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Hawk_of_the_Reborn said: Yea that's pretty limiting then Enter the HEMA! Mwuahahahahahahaha Link to post Share on other sites
0 Hawk_of_the_Reborn 2,818 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 17 minutes ago, DatDarkOne said: Enter the HEMA! Mwuahahahahahahaha I know, but I don't really like the 3-round burst of the Hema Link to post Share on other sites
0 (XBOX)Thy Divinity 3,811 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, DatDarkOne said: Enter the HEMA! Mwuahahahahahahaha Synoid Gammacor? Edited August 4, 2019 by (XB1)Thy Divinity Link to post Share on other sites
0 (XBOX)YoungGunn82 13,217 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 High status weapon with viral/slash. Link to post Share on other sites
0 NigglesAU 317 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Been using viral and gas lately myself. It feels like it works better (corrosive is mostly strip armor right.. But what if their is no armor??), and enemies do feel like they are going down faster especially corpus. Id put viral/gas above radiation and corrosive at this point for general use..and yes. Although i know viral/gas bypasses armor to hit health, surprises me how much more effective it feels vs using corrosive Link to post Share on other sites
0 nslay 2,799 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 5 hours ago, Hawk_of_the_Reborn said: I don't think corrosive+viral is possible at the same time on the same weapon? If so, how?! A weapon with built-in viral can have corrosive (e.g. plague zaws, some infested weapons). Link to post Share on other sites
0 nslay 2,799 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 24 minutes ago, NigglesAU said: Been using viral and gas lately myself. It feels like it works better (corrosive is mostly strip armor right.. But what if their is no armor??), and enemies do feel like they are going down faster especially corpus. Id put viral/gas above radiation and corrosive at this point for general use..and yes. Although i know viral/gas bypasses armor to hit health, surprises me how much more effective it feels vs using corrosive Gas/Toxin do not bypass armor and Toxin's DoT damage is reduced by armor. Toxin only bypasses shields... I'm not sure Gas bypasses anything as its status effect is a Toxin cloud that causes Toxin status procs. Link to post Share on other sites
0 taiiat 28,472 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 it's complicated. Corrosive with *some* Status Chance will be atleast usable against Armored Enemies. you'll generally always be usable against the other Factions with most Damage Types. but, is your goal to have your Weapons be just 'technically usable' at what you're shooting at, or to have high performance? there are 3 Modding tabs after all, you could fairly easily have different Damage Types for different Factions. and ofcourse remember you have 3 Weapons, and they shouldn't all have the same Damage Types! 5 hours ago, punish_me said: On weapons with base viral damage. or base Corrosive Damage. Link to post Share on other sites
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I always thought and have seen corrosive being used on any faction, no matter if it fits the type.
But now I see people using viral even on fully armored targets..?
So which is the best combo considering all factions? Help me 😞
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