Pass the Fear Weapon Stats Guide: Compare Rarity, DPS, and Affixes

Compare variants, not only weapon names

A canonical weapon family can ship with rarity-specific variants. The variant determines the quality, base stats, effects, and affix capacity you are actually evaluating. Comparing the name of one weapon with the Mythic numbers of another produces a conclusion that cannot survive an in-game pickup.

Lock the comparison state first: hunter level, weapon rarity, part, affixes, and unconditional modifiers. Then compare attack range, cadence, magazine, reload, projectile behavior, element, buildup, and effect text. Change one dimension at a time.

Open both rarity variants in the Weapons database before making a damage or element comparison.

Attack range is not the same as expected output

Minimum and maximum attack describe the roll range of a shot before every situational effect is resolved. Critical chance, critical damage, Smite, projectile count, pierce, bounce, and conditional effects can change the result or the number of targets hit. Do not collapse those behaviors into one guaranteed number.

Magazine shape changes trigger value

First Shot happens once at the beginning of a magazine; Final Shot happens once at the end. A smaller magazine reaches both events more often but also reloads more often. A larger magazine can support continuous fire and duration windows but may delay a Final Shot payoff.

Reload-speed effects, instant reloads, and magazine changes alter this rhythm. Recalculate the cycle rather than adding their percentages to damage. The correct question is how the change affects shots, trigger opportunities, and exposed downtime over the same time window.

Verify First Shot, Final Shot, Smite, and related timing rules in the Mechanics archive.

Element and buildup are part of the weapon package

A weapon's element determines which Transmutation it builds. Buildup values and hit pattern influence how the weapon reaches that payoff; the proc's printed damage alone does not describe how often it occurs. Area coverage, repeated projectiles, and target access may matter as much as the maximum attack roll.

A direct-trigger effect changes the evaluation again because it can produce a proc without following the ordinary buildup path. Keep direct triggers, normal buildup, and proc-damage bonuses on separate lines.

Use the Transmutation guide to match an element with the damage, control, or squad role you need.

Affixes should reinforce the actual firing loop

Rarity determines how much affix space a variant can support, but eligibility and exclusions still matter. An attractive affix is worthless if that weapon cannot roll it, and a conditional affix should not be counted as always active.

Choose affixes after the weapon and part establish a loop. Prioritize a specific bottleneck—hit reliability, cadence, magazine, reload exposure, elemental payoff, or a verified trigger—then test the complete package in the same hunter state.

The Build Planner shows eligible rolls and keeps conditional tooltip lines out of baseline totals.