What weapon *truly* has the highest DPS?

[✟ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody ✟]

I'm not asking that type of question where your answer is "every weapon is viable :3".

What I want to know is what weapon TRULY has the highest DPS in the game, I remember MH4U getting such a list, but I'm not seeing anything MhW related.

I can't find anything on the web, so I'm asking here if anyone has the knowledge.

What's the weapon with the highest DPS?

[✟ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody ✟]

Publicado originalmente por Remi:

There's Valour LS which is the fastest weapon after Valour HBG, which is probably the highest DPS ever in MH. That style is straight busted on HBG.

HBG is always busted.

Any1 remember the Evade +2, Elemental Attack Up and Auto Reload set from MHFU with the Lao Shan HBG?
You could kill a G rank Black Gravios in around 1 min with it.

[IrisMachina]

hbg and bow are rather easy to learn, so you really only need the build and a few hunts to get use to them.

[Pottross]

Publicado originalmente por ;1742232339947391274:

Publicado originalmente por Nine:

So you don't know what dps is a measure of then. Got it.

yeah looks like my interpretation of the term differs from yours.

There is no room for interpretation here. As you notice yourself DPS is a term with a crystal clear definition. It's damage per second. That means if it took TDS 10 minutes (600 seconds) to set everything up and kill Dodo, their DPS was 6471 divided by 600, which equals to around 10.8 damage per second throughout the hunt. That's very far away from anywhere close to the highest DPS possible. So, unless you can do the big hit in quick succession, it's literally worthless to bring it up in a DPS discussion without considering the time to set it up in the first place. When trying to participate in a discussion, at least try and understand the question.

[Stationary Traveller]

Publicado originalmente por Angel of Sorrows:

Publicado originalmente por Unregistered HyperCam 2:

>long sword
>dps

I don't think LS has ever beaten GS in a dps match.
In any game.

GS was top 2 in 4U (the other weapon was IG).

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Publicado originalmente por Moonmadness:

Publicado originalmente por Angel of Sorrows:

I don't think LS has ever beaten GS in a dps match.
In any game.

GS was top 2 in 4U (the other weapon was IG).

Mmm... I've always thought CB was superior... Guess I was wrong.