Weapon DPS

[Timemaster2000]

Since everyone is saying that so many of the bosses are just dps races I decided to figure out which weapon actually had the highest DPS. For my calculations I used the base weapon damage for each weapon and the weapon with the highest base damage for each weapon type. I also added in the spell blade as that would presumably be a common pick for wizard classes. Each weapon was tested over a 5 second period (I know that isn't a lot but the stamina is kind of limited in case you didn't notice). Keep in mind that the number of hits are hoow many hits the weapon can get in 5 seconds, but the DPS is how much damage the weapon can do per second on average. So the results are as follows:

Vados Axe: 9 hits, 84.6 DPS
Thief Blades: 14 hits, 70 DPS
Vados Longsword: 7 hits, 68.6 DPS
Vados Spear: 8 hits, 65.6 DPS
Spell Blade: 7 hits, 61.6 DPS
Aldwynn Halberd: 7 hits, 60.2 DPS
Aldwynn Greatsword: 6 hits, 57.6 DPS
Steel Greathammer: 3 hits, 57 DPS
H7 Lancer: 57 hits, 57DPS
Acolyte Scythe: 6 hits, 42 DPS
Cosmic Bow: 10 hits, 34 DPS
Casting Tome: 11 hits, 30.8 DPS

However, the Casting Tome will shoot an additional "bullet" for each time it is used in succession up to 3. Adjusting for that the Casting Tome's DPS would instead be 21hits and 58.8 DPS.

To conclude, my research (?) shows that the axe has the highest DPS and that a pure archery build is probably not the best way to go. Please let me know if I missed anything such as a more powerful weapon.

[theworld]

Nice data, however raw weapon damage usefulness is very limited for anything but guns, since we do not take into account how talents and abilities sinergize to maximize DPS.

[Spectrum Legacy]

Good raw dps data, thanks for taking your time figuring it out. I would just note that some weapons do have charged attacks (halberd, greatsword from the ones I've used so far) and some attacks do hit twice sometimes (combo finisher of greatsword has that tendency).

Cool to see the axe on top, it's usually my favourite str-based quick weapon of choice. Cheers!

[Timemaster2000]

Originally posted by TheWorld:

Nice data, however raw weapon damage usefulness is very limited for anything but guns, since we do not take into account how talents and abilities sinergize to maximize DPS.

I do realize this , but I thought it would still be nice to know how each weapon type stacks up against one another.

[theworld]

No argument there, I'm glad you did it.

[Nifrigel]

Originally posted by Timemaster2000:

Since everyone is saying that so many of the bosses are just dps races
Steel Greathammer: 3 hits, 57 DPS

What about the crystal greathammer? Is it worse?

[Timemaster2000]

I used the death's gambit wiki for base damage numbers and it put the Crystal Greathammer at 94 and the Steel Greathammer at 95. I was skeptical too but I haven't done my own calculations for it yet so I can only trust what the wiki says.