Let's not get too deep into the math here. Jab is one action, Attack is another, both take a certain length of time in frames while Game runs at 25 frames per second. Every action in the game needs to be completed in a whole integer number of frames.

Normal Attack and Jab (skill) breakpoints. Act 2 Merc has two different attack speed breakpoints. We need an attack speed breakpoint to see how fast our Mercenary is hitting. This is our basic information of the weapons we will be comparing: on-Weapon ED is applied first, after the Ethereal bonus, but before all other modifiers, it is also rounded down.īased on points above and assumptions that stat rolls are perfect, we get damage per hit. Superior mod adds 15% on-Weapon ED and Infinity adds 325% on-Weapon ED. Enhanced Damage on-Weapon is more important than off-Weapon ED.Ethereal mod adds 50% to weapon base dmg, rounded down. Weapon Base Damage: That's minimum and maximum damage.Weapons in the game have an inherent weapon speed modifier (aka WSM).3rd - All other off-weapon stats and modifiers. To get the normal damage (damage per second precisely), we need: 1st - Weapon Base stats. CB damage depends on normal damage, you will see why later on. Versus: the most common farming spots (SuperUniqes, Act Bosses and Ubers) on P1 and P8.īreakdown: To get the Final, Total DPS of a weapon, we need two things: Normal Damage of the weapon and Crushing Blow Damage.

Comparing on: Act 2 lvl98 Merc with lvl21 Might Aura and lvl24 Jab skill.Infinity and base rolls are assumed perfect. What am I comparing: Runeword Infinity on base items: Colossus Voulge, Cryptic Axe, Great Poleaxe, Thresher, Giant Thresher, Mancatcher and War Pike.This post will focus on which Base has the highest damage per second (DPS), in various scenarios and conditions. So I decided to do the calculations myself.īeing 'best' is subjective. There wasn't any good, mathematical proof. Intro: Since Runewords were introduced, everyone always asks: 'What is the best base for Infinity?' I have looked at many, many! online forums and discussions and I wasn't satisfied with the answers. Did I miss anything? Did I miscalculate anything? I call anyone interested, any math nerd or diablo fan to 'peer review' this post. (3077 words, 14217 characters) I have been working on this for almost 2 months. Warning: This will be a loooong nerdy math post.

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