Vulak Axe vs. Tunare Sword

[Dundrige]

Wait Vulak sword gets a damage bonus since the ratio is slower? Wow. You guys are convincing me to maybe save more for Vulak Axe. I'm so confused on what to get.

[Ripqozko]

Originally Posted by Dundrige [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wait Vulak sword gets a damage bonus since the ratio is slower? Wow. You guys are convincing me to maybe save more for Vulak Axe. I'm so confused on what to get.

it gets a higher bonus, but tuna sword will outdps it, if you can get one you can get both, so who cares in the end.

[tycohunden]

Originally Posted by Dundrige [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wait Vulak sword gets a damage bonus since the ratio is slower? Wow. You guys are convincing me to maybe save more for Vulak Axe. I'm so confused on what to get.

it gives 5+ top dmg, worst bonus in game.
If you want to compete where it actually matters: Knight DPS, you've gotta go for Tuna sword or probably even better Meljeldin, Bane of Giants. Attack speed is everything.
For people saying knight dps doesn't matter; you're a Kamala voter and I don't care about your feelings or "facts".
Knight DPS is the ONLY thing that matter.

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by tycohunden [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

probably even better Meljeldin, Bane of Giants. Attack speed is everything.

lol. That's some copium. 5 less damage and terrible stats to swing .5 seconds faster

And the bonus of Palladius is the irresistible life tap proc

Meljeldin doesn't come close to either one in functionality or dps

That's why it's relegated to be equipped by rangers forever.

[Duik]

Its not the ratio its the higher delay.

[Ripqozko]

Originally Posted by Duik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Its not the ratio its the higher delay.

I know why it gets higher bonus what I'm saying is the dps is still less, with the higher bonus

[Duik]

Larger damage bonus with worse ratio not enough to overcome the lower damage bonus plus better ratio.
At a guess.

Some kind of sweet spot with regards to ratio and damage bonus (like moss covered twig was great in era) /shrug

[Naethyn]

On my warrior gaudralek out dps's vulak axe. 140 unresistable with more crippling blows and triple attacks.

[Dundrige]

Originally Posted by Naethyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On my warrior gaudralek out dps's vulak axe. 140 unresistable with more crippling blows and triple attacks.

The Vulak Axe DPS sounds atrocious.

[Snaggles]

Originally Posted by Dundrige [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Vulak Axe DPS sounds atrocious.

In terms of straight ratio the Palladius has just over a 4% better ratio (with damage bonus) than the Gaudralek. The procs wont show up on other damage peoples parses but it wouldn’t take many to match the output since sizeable and irresistible. 4% on 10,000 damage is 400.

The Petrified Heartwood Flamberge has just over a 4% better ratio than the Palladius and the proc does twice the damage. In this same theoretical parse where a knight does 10k assuming RNG gives both players an equal shake the Palladius would have to proc 5 times and the Root on the flamberge would have to not land at all.

Of course, different players and different gear, different buffs because some people are bad, different luck and shorter parses. Napkin math rarely works out in the real world but it’s a fair way to compare things which you cannot otherwise compare without an anecdotes and gut-feelings which are less accurate.