User blog comment:Seieireppa/Crimson Orochi defeated... again/@comment-24459992-20150623115758/@comment-1419424-20150817143613

Late response to Jet.

I listed those weapons because one (spear) is for quick, safe melee damage, while the other (the specific hammer setup) is designed around min-maxing for maximum Freeze elemental damage. It can be done with other weapons, obviously, but it's just easiest with those.

Specifically, the SB's best damage methods are occasionally unreliable and/or can't be used repeatedly (Hell Spiral, Astral Dive); the BB's and VS' methods for highest damage output take some time to come out, during which time you could be hit by the CO and suffer damage (the BB especially); and the LB just can't output high enough damage except through certain IE BAs, and then you'd be better off spamming high-damage bullets in Blood Rage (which is the crux of any strategy if you don't want to a) die or b) take forever).