Viper Wraith: General Use
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Viper Wrath - Ashe Special
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by Purple_Aspired_Dreaming — last updated 3 years ago
The uniquely styled Viper Wraith is a powerful variation on the standard machine-pistol.
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Welcome to the Ashe Special, named for Megaman ZX Advent's protagonist who wields the Laser Shot, to which the [Viper]'s design looks strikingly similar.
The basis is the "[Viper] Acricron" Riven mod that on its own takes the ViperW to 66.6% chance for 5x crit. (at the downside of losing 8 bullets in the magazine) Optimizing damage on this isn't as simple as trying to slap on loads of Crit% and CritX on it over mods. Too much focus on those, and you find yourself with no damage numbers worth the multiplication.
Q: Why not [Barrel Diffusion] instead of [Lethal Torrent]?
A: Multi of 1.6 at the higher speed is more DPS than Diffusion provides with its sole multi bonus that brings it to 2.1. [Galvanized Diffusion] requires sustaining full stacks to maintain superior performance, and otherwise loses out to Torrent. (Galvanized is also very late game, which I don't have access to yet.)
Q: What about your elemental damage?
A: Unlike Zero, a Tenno can equip more than just a single Buster Shot with elemental mod chips.
Q: For the Exilus, why not Steady Hands instead of Primed/[Pistol Ammo Mutation]?
A: Sometimes I get tired of aiming for the head all the time. I haven't actually tested [Steady Hands] with the ViperW to see how much more stable it is to use. If you're confident with your skills and stamina, by all means go for [Steady Hands]; I simply prefer the excess of ammo to pick up.
Q: Why no Arcane equipped?
A: Very endgame items that I don't have access to, and likely plenty others. If I had to pick, it'd be Deadhead. It reaches max power the quickest with 3 kills, and each stack decaying at a leisurely rate of 24 seconds. It's Rank5 perks are also the best, featuring the only additional damage upgrade as well as -50% Recoil. Merciless is useless when we have free ammo and a fast default reload speed, and >Dex is more useless here than in Dark Souls.
PS:
Grey is lame, don't @ me