Question about modding weapons without crit or status

[MrPoppins]

Hello, I was wondering about when you are looking to mod a weapon, what do you do if it has low crit stats but also low status stats? So far the only thing I can think of to do it look at the primary damage type and try to increase that (like putting 30% slash mod on a weapon with high slash damage), but it never seems like those builds do nearly as well as the other two. Like something with 5% crit and only 10% status, I don't know how to approach those weapons.

Thanks in advance

[Gelkor]

Build for 4 straight element mods + utility like fire rate, multishot, ammo, etc, depending on the weapon in question and the mods available. 

[-CM-Zenshadow]

Try increasing it's damage with base damage mods (serration, pressure point, point blank, etc.). Try adding multi shot mods if you can also (lethal torrent, barrel diffusion, etc.). You can also add elemental mods, and like you said, damage type mods.

Best of luck!

[TheScytale]

Put the right elemental mods on them. Not the +60% elemental +60% status, the +90% elemental ones. 

30% IPS (Impact Status Puncture) mods are usually trash compared to elementals (toxin, cold, heat and electric). Check the Codex/wiki to see who is vulnerable to what, and mod your items accordingly.

For example, against corpus it's way better to mod go for toxin damage instead of additional slash damage, because toxin completely bypasses shields.

 

EDIT: And of course, the base damage mods and multishot are mandatory choices that you should equip no matter what.

Edited September 16, 2016 by TheScytale

[Inarticulate]

Use the 90% elemental damage mods and fire rate mods. These weapons are also prime candidates for the Primed Bane of Faction mods.

For example, for a non-shotgun primary, it might look like this:

• Serration
• Split Chamber
• Shred
• Vile Acceleration or Heavy Caliber or Primed Bane of Faction
• 4 90% elemental damage mods or 3 90% elemental damage mods and Primed Bane of Faction

You can also opt for using some quality-of-life mods like recoil reduction or an ammo mutation mod depending on the weapon.

[MrPoppins]

That brings up another question for me, how do those mods work? is it +90% of the base IPS damage added on top as elemental damage?

Edit: Also what specifically does crit apply to? will it apply the the total sum of all damage types on the weapon including elemental, or only the IPS?

Edited September 16, 2016 by MrPoppins

[TheScytale]

32 minutes ago, MrPoppins said:

That brings up another question for me, how do those mods work? is it +90% of the base IPS damage added on top as elemental damage?

Yep. if the weapon has 60 slash, 20 impact, and 20 puncture, putting the toxin mod will add 90 toxin damage to it, while putting the slash mod will add 20 slash damage. That's why 30% IPS mods are so bad. Even the 120% IPS mods (which still don't regularly drop) aren't as effective as elemental mods in most cases.

EDIT: But if you have Serration, the damage will be added after serration does its effect.

32 minutes ago, MrPoppins said:

Edit: Also what specifically does crit apply to? will it apply the the total sum of all damage types on the weapon including elemental, or only the IPS?

It applies to the total sum, so throwing an elemental in crit builds isn't that bad.

Edited September 16, 2016 by TheScytale

[Karamethien]

Off the top the only weapon that is no status or critical is Sonicor.

Pretty much just stack the 4 90% Elemental Dmg Mods (or the Prime Heat something if you have it), then Hornet Strike/Serration, Multi-Shot

Then if applicable things like punch through, fire rate, etc. etc.

[-CM-Zenshadow]

Punch trough is better for taking down crowds of enemies - it doesn't increase the damage directly, but it increases the number of enemies you can hit with one shot. As for fire rate, it increases DPS, but you might want to watch increased fire rate on ammo-consuming weapons.