Multi-shot or Damage?

[LiaKap]

I recently got a shotgun riven mod that adds 10% multishot but lowers the damage by 5%. Which one is more effective or useful, raw damage or multishot? 

[rapt0rman]

Neither negative damage or negative multishot are something you ever want on a riven. They're both equally useful, and really you need both.

Edited September 2, 2017 by rapt0rman

[Jicematoro]

Multi-Shot is the Chance of getting a 2-4 (or 5? Rivens are weird) Bullets shot at the same time with the same ammount of ammunition, that means, it's at worse a x2 Multiplier, and at best a x4 (or 5?) Multiplier.

If your bullets don't pack enough punch individually, Multi-shot is not gonna do much better than shooting again, so definitely re-roll that Riven.

That said! The question itself is a hard one to answer because it really depends on what weapon you're running and for what purpose, Multi-Shots also increase the odds of getting Status Procs, So assuming you're running the weapon just to shave armor away with corrosive, you don't need Damage.

[IfritKajiTora]

IF IT'S SHOTGUN THEN YOU SHOULD LOOK IF YOU CAN MAKE IT 100% STATUS, because all bullets make then 100% status which is super broken. Get corrosive type damage to take down armor quickly.
Primary:
     -Serration only and weapon fully moded is not near 90% status? - damage is more important that multishot.
     -Serration + Heavy Caliber? - Take multishot (Greater boost)
    - Serration only, but fully moded weapon is near 90% status? - get multishot if you want 100% status (all bullets have 100% status                   effect, so with multishot you can get 3x status on every shot)
Secondary:
      Fully moded Weapon is not near 90% status? - get Damage
      Fully moded weapon is near 90% status? - get multishot to obtain 100% status

Edited September 2, 2017 by IfritKajiTora

[Urlan]

Unfortunately, you need both shots and damage, I would sadly re-roll the riven.

[NinjaZeku]

1 hour ago, IfritKajiTora said:

IF IT'S SHOTGUN THEN YOU SHOULD LOOK IF YOU CAN MAKE IT 100% STATUS, because all bullets make then 100% status which is super broken. Get corrosive type damage to take down armor quickly.
Primary:
     -Serration only and weapon fully moded is not near 90% status? - damage is more important that multishot.
     -Serration + Heavy Caliber? - Take multishot (Greater boost)
    - Serration only, but fully moded weapon is near 90% status? - get multishot if you want 100% status (all bullets have 100% status                   effect, so with multishot you can get 3x status on every shot)
Secondary:
      Fully moded Weapon is not near 90% status? - get Damage
      Fully moded weapon is near 90% status? - get multishot to obtain 100% status

I'm pretty sure you need 100% status before any Multishot Mods for the "broken" status mechanics on Shotties.

[rudman88]

reroll it.

your rivens means reduce damage by 50% at lvl 10 / 8. So the benefit of the multishot is take by the negative damage.

if you have this 2 stat, is as good as normal 90% element