My bad. You’re right. The weapon has mods.
Most players used to have that sentiment. Demo used to utter shite before FG. And then demo skills were buffed in a series of patches (which made this build hold a world record in Crucible for quite a while) and they are pretty awesome now despite the animation delay.
BwC also has the big advantage of opening great devotions paths where you don’t have to take flat rr. And both Canister and BwC have very good proccing power. Canister hits many times in a big area, and BwC has increased proc chance higher than other skills that tick per second.
Check out this build of mine: [1.1.6.2] MEGASORC - BwC+Canister+Mortars Super Duper Tanky Sorcerer (c5:30 average) (sr80 no aggro abuse). It shows the power of demo skills, and Mortars, too.