How is void damage doing right now?

[Luke3079]

Been on and off with the game and just got back to it, i'm figuring out some builds and noticed xaku's subsumable ability is free void damage. All I know is that it's the most neutral damage type and procs enemies with an aimbot, how does this damage type compare with others in practice?

[dexter]

Void applies a magnet bubble that attracts bullets to the enemies weakpoint(usually head). However, there's a bug with it that doesn't make the clients shots weakpoints and essentially prevents clients from damaging the enemy's weakpoints, reducing their damage.
I wouldn't recommend using it unless you are solo since it can lower your team's damage and annoy your teammates.
Roar is on par with xata's and is better in a lot of circumstances because of the way many things are calculated(slash for example).

[Synopse]

If you want all details, the wiki entry is pretty accurate.

https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Damage/Void_Damage

[Robert Zerker]

Min-maxers use Xata's whispers because it creates a second instance of damage.

- That can be very efficient at damage dealing when used with faction damage mods (because of how damage is calculated and Xata's Whispers being a bonus instance of damage). However, note that Rhino's Roar is often more powerful for boosting DoT.

- Also, some warframe abilities are considered like a weapon instance of damage (like Nova's 4th causing explosion when triggered by a weapon) so they benefit from the bonus damage.

- it applies to some weapon's exclusive mods like "Acid Shells" for the Sobek.

- it does boost the original incarnons perk that amps up damage on non-critical hits

- It does make you charge incarnon mode faster, as you "hit" twice.