Could someone please explain this to me?

[Rya]

Why is the difference in damage between these this big? https://imgur.com/gallery/Mxq4wSD

[gbors]

I can comment on the legendary question. A IV-L item is level 4, while a IV-S is level 10, which is a significant difference - 77% extra damage for the IV-S. This isn't even nearly compensated by the additional 15% of your second stat for the IV-L, the IV-S weapon is 54% stronger.
If you had X-L and X-S, then the advantage of the X-S is only 44% (considering a 0 second stat), and if you have 5 in your second stat, that makes the X-L double as strong - so the X-L is altogether 40% stronger in that case.

[Rya]

Originally posted by gbors:

I can comment on the legendary question. A IV-L item is level 4, while a IV-S is level 10, which is a significant difference - 77% extra damage for the IV-S. This isn't even nearly compensated by the additional 15% of your second stat for the IV-L, the IV-S weapon is 54% stronger.
If you had X-L and X-S, then the advantage of the X-S is only 44% (considering a 0 second stat), and if you have 5 in your second stat, that makes the X-L double as strong - so the X-L is altogether 40% stronger in that case.

Why is it level 4 if both are marked as IV? I thought the -L/-S parts refer only to the item quality

[gbors]

Originally posted by Wicked:

Why is it level 4 if both are marked as IV? I thought the -L/-S parts refer only to the item quality

This may be an interesting read:
Gear[deadcells.fandom.com]

Quote:

Gear quality is the term used to refer to the "upgrade level" of an item. It is displayed as a +, ++, S, or L after the roman numerals (referred to as the gear level). Gear quality gives the item the following attributes:

Gear quality of + adds +2 to gear power.
Gear quality of ++ adds +4 to gear power.
Gear quality of S adds +6 to gear power.
Gear quality of L does not increase gear power.
- Scales by adding the total of the players two highest stats together.
- Makes the item colorless.
- Forces at least one starred affix.
- Allows equipping two of the same item.

[Rya]

Originally posted by gbors:

Originally posted by Wicked:

Why is it level 4 if both are marked as IV? I thought the -L/-S parts refer only to the item quality

This may be an interesting read:
Gear[deadcells.fandom.com]

Quote:

Gear quality is the term used to refer to the "upgrade level" of an item. It is displayed as a +, ++, S, or L after the roman numerals (referred to as the gear level). Gear quality gives the item the following attributes:

Gear quality of + adds +2 to gear power.
Gear quality of ++ adds +4 to gear power.
Gear quality of S adds +6 to gear power.
Gear quality of L does not increase gear power.
- Scales by adding the total of the players two highest stats together.
- Makes the item colorless.
- Forces at least one starred affix.
- Allows equipping two of the same item.

Thx, this part makes sense now. All there's left is the damage difference part between the non-legendaries.

[gbors]

I took a look at the weapon stats on the wiki (i'm not using any of these weapons).
The base DPS for the Rapier is 171 (388), while for the Queen's Rapier it's 47 (123), so the threefold difference in stats on your picture is realistic.
The War Spear is 222 (377) and the Abyssal Trident is 97 (218), that's 73% difference in crit damage. The 3 extra levels your Trident means +23%, while the War Spear has a +20% affix, almost fully nullifying that. The difference should be around 70% between the two items' crit damage, and this is exactly what you see on the cards.