User:Rydian/DPS

Intro

DPS (Damage Per Second) is a measurement of how much damage an average player can do per second over time in real scenarios.

If you'd like to see theoretical/engine speed caps instead, see User:Rydian/Speed.

• This page records the raw DPS of a skill, ignoring other factors.
  • Other factors like stun/knockdown can play a big part in combat. This is not a combat guide.
    • All skills are used repeatedly with nothing else in-between activations.
      • Most skills would not be used like this in actual combat. This is not a combat guide.
  • All skills are assumed to be rank 1.
• Percent DPS (%DPS) is a multiplier of your base damage (with different combat styles using different stats).
  • Just because one skill has higher %DPS than another doesn't mean it'll do more damage for you.
    • For example 200% DPS with a melee skill using 500 Strength will do far more than 500% DPS on a ranged skill using 50 Dexterity.

Test Methods

• Tests here were done live from the east coast of the US (the game servers are on the west coast).
• Tanky Barrier Spikes (such as in Provocation and Saga I Episode 7) are the preferred target for testing %DPS.
  • They don't retaliate.
  • Girgashiy can be used as a target with Advanced Heavy Stander otherwise.
• Each skill or attack type was fired off repeatedly against spikes while being recorded, then the average cycle speed was measured.
  • Recordings were done at 60 FPS.
  • A cycle is defined as the time between the frame that damage appears starting the attack, and the frame before the next damage appears at the start of the next attack.
    • Example: https://i.imgur.com/StEUak3.gif
    • Each cycle was measured multiple times for an average, discarding obvious anomalies due to lag spikes.
    • For dual-wielding and dual guns a cycle is a set of attacks, not a single damage instance.

• The %damage of a skill divided by the speed of a cycle (in seconds) gets us the DPS of the skill.

Results

Melee

Smash

(500% * 1)

• Smash: ~3.5 seconds, 142% DPS
• Smash 2H/Giant: ~3.5 seconds, 171% DPS
• Smash 2H+Giant: ~3.5 seconds, 205% DPS

Bash

(380% * 1 for first attack, 460% * 1 for 5th)

(380% * 2 for first attack, 460% * 2 for 5th)

• Bash 1: ~1.5 seconds, 253% DPS
• Bash 5: ~1.5 seconds, 306% DPS
• Double Bash 1: ~1.87 seconds, 406% DPS
• Double Bash 5: ~1.87 seconds, 491% DPS.

Windmill

(250% * 1)

• Windmill: ~4.3 seconds, 58% DPS.

Normal Attack

(Single attacks are 100% * 1)

(Dual attacks are 100% * 2)

• Very Fast Single: ~0.75 seconds, 133% DPS
• Very Fast Dual: ~1 second, 200% DPS
• Fast Single: ~0.8 seconds, 125% DPS
• Fast Dual: ~1.18 seconds, 169% DPS
• Normal Single: ~0.9 seconds, 111% DPS
• Normal Dual: ~1.35 seconds, 148% DPS
• Slow Single: ~1 second, 100% DPS
• Slow Dual: ~1.73 seconds, 115% DPS

(Attacks are 100% * 1)

• Normal 2H: ~0.93 seconds, 107% DPS
• Slow 2H: ?
• Very Slow 2H: ~1.25 seconds, 80% DPS

Final Hit

(Attacks are 400% * 2)

• Very Fast Dual: ~0.83 seconds, 963% DPS
• Fast Dual: ~0.92 seconds, 869% DPS
• Normal Dual: ~1.05 seconds, 761% DPS
• Slow Dual: ~1.34 seconds, 597% DPS

Final Hit single wielding...

• Too low and forced knockback, don't care.

Fighter

Normal Attacks

(Attacks are 100% * 1)

• Very Fast: ~0.73 seconds, 136% DPS
• Fast: ~0.77 seconds, 129% DPS

Final Hit (Knuckles)

(Attacks are 400% * 1)

• Very Fast: ~0.43 seconds, 930% DPS
• Fast: ~0.47 seconds, 851% DPS

Dual Guns

Normal Attacks

(Attacks are 100% * 2)

• Very Fast: ~0.88 seconds, 227% DPS
• Fast: ~1.08 seconds, 185% DPS
• Normal: ~1.3 seconds, 153% DPS
• Slow: ~1.45 seconds, 137% DPS

Way of The Gun

(Attacks are 100% * 2 when ignoring the forced crits.)

• Very Fast: ~0.7 seconds, 285% DPS
• Fast: ~0.78 seconds, 256% DPS
• Normal: ~0.84 seconds, 238% DPS
• Slow: ~0.9 seconds, 222% DPS

(Attacks are 250% * 2 with the forced crits, assuming R1 crit and no stones.)

• Very Fast: ~0.7 seconds, 714% DPS
• Fast: ~0.78 seconds, 641% DPS
• Normal: ~0.84 seconds, 595% DPS
• Slow: ~0.9 seconds, 555% DPS

Flash Launcher

• Flash Launcher: ~6.7 seconds, 119% DPS

Bullet Slide

• Bullet Slide: ~6.16 seconds, 40% DPS

Ninja

Normal Attacks

(Attacks are 100% * 1)

• Very Fast: ~0.82 seconds, 121% DPS
• Fast: ~1 seconds, 100% DPS
• Normal: ~1.15 seconds, 86% DPS

Shuriken Charge

(430% * 1 or 2) 1 charge is too hard to time properly.

• 0 Charges: ~4.85 seconds, 88% DPS
• 2 Charges: ~8.85 seconds, 97% DPS

Kunai Storm

• Kunai Storm: ~7 seconds, 71% DPS