Before looking at weapons, it's important to know how damage is divided and calculated :
Originally Posted by
Physiologic
There's two things you need to think about: Damage vs skill damage. Damage is what you do when you do normal attacks, and it is seen in your character stat screen as "Damage: 192-204".
For damage:
1 point of STR = +0.02 damage
1 point of INT = +0.08 damage
1 point of DEX = +0.15 damage
As you can see, DEX adds the most normal damage per 1 attribute point used.
For skill damage:
STR adds more skill damage for bears
DEX adds more skill damage for birds
INT adds more skill damage for mages
But you also have to take into account that skill damage is calculated using a portion of your damage. So bears with high STR can have high skill damage, but bears with STR/DEX can also have high skill damage because DEX increases your damage by a lot, which in turns increases your skill damage.
Strength Weapons
Strength Weapon of Choice :
There are currently these weapons to choose from:
1H:
Sword vs Axe
The Axe shows higher
normal damage, but the Sword has higher
skill damage. The sword would be better for a bear since a chunk of its damage comes from skills, and not normal attacks.
2H:
There are a lot of 2H weapons to choose from, especially end-game.
Battle Sword vs Mace vs Hammer (Gurgox and Royal)
Hammers are more superior than a Battle Sword and Mace. That being said, lets look at the comparison between a Battle Sword vs Mace.
The Mace gives higher both
normal and skill damage.
Hammers are the best of the 2H weapons. They have a
stun proc on normal attacks which give you a chance to stun mobs (does not work on bosses). The Royal Hammer has 2 additional procs, a Freeze proc and a small Break Armour proc (4 armour max).
The first thing you should look at when choosing a Hammer is the
base damage vs DPS.
The Gurgox Hammer has
the highest base damage in-game, which makes it a better 2H weapon if you want to deal damage. Although the Royal Hammer shows more DPS, because of the huge base damage of the Gurgox Hammer, the G.Hammer has more "true DPS". More can be understood by reading this :
Originally Posted by
Moogerfooger
Hmm....so let's pretend in BS that an enemy has 120 armor.
When equipped on my dual spec build with a 1 dodge, 9 armor ring, Royal Sewer BFH has 183-213 dmg (198 avg), the Gurgox has 214-299 (251 avg)
(Effective damage = Avg weapon damage - enemy armor)
Gurg Hammer effective damage = 251-120 = 131
Royal Sewer BFH effective damage = 198-120 = 78
Gurg Hammer true effective DPS = Effective dmg/weap speed = 131/1.4 = 93.6
Royal Sewer BFH true effective DPS = 78/1.0 = 78
So even with slow-as-dirt speed, Gurg Hammer beats the Royal Sewer BFH. I know the Sewer has some procs though, I forget which.
Royal Sewer BFH = higher dodge, h/s, armor
Gurg = higher hit, crit, more "true" DPS
Overall :
You'd want a 1H weapon with the most SKILL damage for clearing mobs. Note that even if a certain weapon has higher base damage, doesn't always mean they have better skill damage. Its always better to check the actual skill damage from the skills themselves.
You can use a 2H if your feeling edgy, but be prepared to be very soft
The Gurgox Hammer still has the best 2H damage in-game.
A 2H also works best vs bosses, since you need to maximise the amount of damage you deal, and not worry about taking damage as compared to mob clearing.
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