User blog comment:Artemis Paradox/So we've been on MH3 online for a 3 months. What can we say about it now?/@comment-2053489-20100802125158

The number say nothing about the damage potential, while lance with 250 atk deals a bit less dmg, per hit, you deal more hits than with an SA with 500 atk. the number says only that the damage per hit is higher(just study the damge formula a bit aand you'll get what i mean)