Does anyone actually like the fire ant club?

I think there can be an argument made for every other tier 3 weapon, but the fire ant club just seems awful. The club of the mother demon has the same speed and stun but does way more damage. Clubs are already at a natural disadvantage because the generic type isn’t very good, as well as the recent stamina attack cost nerf. The cotmd manages to still be a good weapon despite this because it just does so much damage and you can add on the apex predator venom. The same can’t be said for the fire ant club.

The bonus effect it gets is crit daze, which just makes enemies 20% slower on a crit, which doesn’t even last very long. Since it’s a slow weapon, you’re not going to be landing crits that frequently. Even when you do, a 20% slow on enemies hardly seems worth it.

The one argument I could see people making is that it’s easy to get compared to some of the other tier 3 weapons, so it could be used to transition into better weapons, similar to how people might use the antlion greatsword as an early tier 3 weapon. However, I don’t think this works for the fire ant club. I personally feel like the Broodmother is meant to be fought around the time you first start exploring the upper yard, after completing the 4 main labs, so in a standard playthrough the cotmd would be unlocked before the fire ant club.

It really feels like it didn’t need to exist. I think the devs just wanted the fire ant parts to be used is some kind of weapon to continue the trend with the red and black ants. If it’s bonus effect was more useful, it might have been cool as an alternative to the club of the mother demon that traded some damage for a powerful effect, but no.

I’m honestly curious if anyone has used this weapon and their reason for why they did.