Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-70.110.65.35-20130815161200/@comment-11482499-20130815172711

Syclone - all relevant bonuses (episode faction bonus, signature bonus etc) are factored into the final numbers - the numbers you see when you hit "edit" on the team screen. so you should play around and weigh the tradeoffs in your own mind.

Generally, having a signature weapon is better for your health, but holding someone else's superweapon (e.g. Smokescreen, Shockwave, even Hotspot's weapon) gives better atk.