User blog comment:Evil Jesus/Static Surkov, what is UP with you, man?/@comment-3420061-20110907164951

Non-legendary elemental sniper rifles (other than Explosive) don't proc particularly often; and of these legendaries, the Vladof Surkov weapons is the very weakest, in elemental terms. Get a legendary that's about the elements -- Volcano, Orion, Cobra -- or a non-legendary with better tech pool. x2 on a sniper rifle ain't great.

Surkovs have their charms, but elemental ones don't really rock my world.