With headshots, you can do a lot of damage. I have maxed out ion pistol. With maxed skills, my basic ion pistols with 3 krins can take out any scout, most logis, all but Amarr starter fit, and most weakened suits with one charge shot.

It can do about 400 shield damage and like 380 armor damage.

Kubo and proto do the same damage. Only difference is heat buildup and cooldown.

In truth, charge shots are pretty much the highest damaging weapons in the game.

exactly man it's an unsung hero and a hidden gem in my opinion.

just watched the video again his exact stats were this

223 shield
520 armour

so 743 with creodron, prof 4, and 1 complex damage mod but probably none due to the shields I had on my mk0

Prof 5 with 5 complex damage mods has to hit 900 and probably push 900

I can't wait to rain hell on these nubs, working on a video which is 100% ion pistol headshots, I'm not going to challenge Kubo but I'm definitely one of the most proficient with the ion pistol, I just want to see how far I can push it!

AH PUSH IT, yeh PUSH IT REAL GOOD!

5 Complex damage mods? You should really change 2 of them to krins mods. The krins doesn't have a stack penalty so you will output more damage then the 2 extra complex damage mods.

Give it a try. Plus you'll get more fitting space as well.

Casually shoots you from 15m away more than double your firing range.
So,what was this about 5damage mods and a charge shot?

the numbers don't lie, I'm looking at a clip on my editing software and I headshotted someone from 27m with the ion pistol.

subscribe to my youtube channel and wait for the video

Lel. I forgot your channel name a while back so I couldnt find your vids. Lemme go click that big red button.

thanks man, see I knew that about the Krins but when you apply the 5 damage mods you get 1.47x at the bottom, when you put the Krins on you get less, so is it not compensating for the stacking penalty?

so i suppose even if the sidearm damage modifier statistic is lower, it should technically yield higher damage?

thanks for the advice I'm using base HP so it would be nice to use BPO in 2 slots and make it cheaper!
running kin cat and 2 armour reps in the lows as I'm going for charge shots so need to run away quickly

The damage mod info doesn't take into account the penalty percentage of stacking damage mods.

The damage multiplier for a headshot with the ion pistol is 230%, correct?

With headshots, you can do a lot of damage. I have maxed out ion pistol. With maxed skills, my basic ion pistols with 3 krins can take out any scout, most logis, all but Amarr starter fit, and most weakened suits with one charge shot.