it's not the best....if fact, there are a lot of better weapons, it IS however the best at clearing out mobs, as far as weapons go, nothing but rockets do a better job. My issue with word, is that the VOID aspect is almost useless, there's only 1 enemy with void shields with a crit, Solar and Arc are just much more useful and with HOW centering on the Fallen...the word it just..Meh, but Fatebringer's crowd clearing wont get used too much either, fallen don't really cluster as much as Hive do, but end of the day, they're both good weapons, but there are also better ones out there. Will be upgrading Fatebringer, AND word, but only for void strikes (all I use it for as is)