Crystal Sword vs magic staff

[Bunny]

SO crystal sword got buffed and I dont quite get the math on this. Could sword + using melt instead of staff talent be better then usual bonk ?

[Aldain]

Really depends, I personally still hate how the Crystal Sword's swing animations are, and casting with it is ass.

[BJ Jizzy Jeff]

Originally posted by Aldain:

Really depends, I personally still hate how the Crystal Sword's swing animations are, and casting with it is ass.

Yea Crystal sword is very very parry-able. Anyone know which has a faster attack animation?

[effusivemind]

Originally posted by Bunny:

SO crystal sword got buffed

the dmg buff mainly affected Crystal Sword at lower rarities. the weapon was relatively weak at uncommon and lower.

Originally posted by Bunny:

I dont quite get the math on this.

the math is that Crystal Sword inflicts hybrid weapon dmg: it has a physical portion that scales with your physical power reduced by the target's PDR and a magical portion that scales with your magical power reduced by the target's MDR.

Magic Staff's base weapon dmg is purely physical meaning if you wanted to get the most out of Melt in solos you would actually run it with Magic Staff, Quarterstaff or Rondel Dagger.

Originally posted by Bunny:

Could sword + using melt instead of staff talent be better then usual bonk ?

on PvE, no. you may be able to get more DPS on some players with Crystal Sword and Ignite. it depends on their MDR