Which Weapon To Use Now?

[Fiia]

I used my Flux rifle all the time before Damage 2.0, or is that No-Damage 2.0!.

It is forma-ed 4 times and has these mods on it all maxed (except Serration which is next to top bar maxed)

Serration

Split Chamber

Shred

Piercing Hit

Fast Hands

Ammo Drum

Point Strike

Cryo Rounds

It seems now all it does is tickle when it hits.

I am regular player but not sure what weapons are truly viable at this point.

Can someone please offer help in what weapon to use now and what mods work the best at this stage?

Thank you

Edited November 27, 2013 by Fiia

[AlchemistMute]

Issue: You are using mods like Piercing Hit on a weapon with no puncture damage. You want to mod it with the proper elements to fight off the faction you're going against. So, check the Damage 2.0 Explanation/Cheatsheet thread. The Fux Rifle is still able to fux things up.

[XenosInfinity]

I'm using Serration (rank 7), Stormbringer (3), Split Chamber (5), Cryo Rounds (5), Shred (5), Rifle Ammo Mutation (3), Infected Clip (4) and Wildfire (3). Listed damage in my arsenal is 66 impact, 66 puncture, 528 slash, 891 gas, 990 magnetic. Four formas, polarities are three Vs and a -.

[Chris9428]

I'm using my Braton Prime and Ignis atm.

Both Forma'd 6 times.

 

They have improved a lot due to damage 2.0.

 

Using Heavy Caliber, Serration, Split Chamber, Speed Trigger, Infected Rounds, Stormbringer, Hellfire and Ammo mutation for my Braton Prime against every faction.

It'll be Corrosive and Heat, so it doesn't have any drawbacks against any faction.

You could swap Ammo mutation with Cryo Rounds, then it'll be blast damage which also won't have any drawbacks against any faction.

 

I have every rifle mod maxed, so I can use any 6x Forma'd weapon on it's full potential.

 

 

Anyways, your Flux doesn't deal much damage because your build doesn't seem to be optimal.

Elementals are pretty important at the moment, try using Ignis with Corrosive damage against Grineer and with Magnetic damage against Corpus.

It'll definitely do much more than tickling them.

[azour]

Look at your weapons stat and boost the damage type they are strong with

Its like pokemon now,different guns for different ennemies.

[Witchhammer]

See the most important Phrase for modding your weapon below.
it absolutely depends on the Enemy you are fighting.
My loadout for fights against infected now (formad and still miss lvls) is

Serration, Split Chamber, sawtooth clip, Cryo Rounds,  Infected Clip, Ammo Drum,Wildfire

Cold and Toxins translates into Viral Damage, Heat Damage is additional and also a Infested Killer...

Flux has a nice base Slash damage so its an infected killer par excellence.

If you Fight against Corpus, you might want to switch to a gorgon and a magnetic build or something like that....

 

 

The number one rule with Damage 2.0 is:

• Use the right tool for the job, and compliment your weapon's base stats.
  
   

[Tulzscha]

Moved to the proper section.

[Wingblaze21]

Another question is "What are you shooting at?" The flux rifle in its basic state is going to be brutal on infested, but not so great on the other enemies. It starts with a ton of slash damage. If you play to the strengths of a weapon it will do well. If you don't, it will feel ineffective.

[Phoenix86]

Since dmg 2.0 Flux will rule infested and totally sucks against Corpus & Grineer because of its primary dmg types...

 

So use it focused against Infested and choose different weapons for different factions