Talk:Shotlite Tempest/@comment-183.178.157.212-20150302094514/@comment-1763304-20150302133727

The damage is more than enough to keep you alive, even on Nightmare mode, with only 1 pierce. I'm using a 9*** with deadly, capacity (pre-aug but not one that I'm angry about), and adaptive. Those three augments for my Tempest are the best decision I ever made in the game yet.

You could also go this route if you have a lot of elite augment cores to spend - use one to increase the base stats. It will give you 1.9 pierce (basically 2) and then use others to make it a 12**** with deadly + overclokced + capacity + adaptive.