not positive if this is a bug or not , can someone explain this

[InsanitrisesAL]

I swapped a pet with 25 percent stacking dmg to a pet with 30 damage not stacking , the 30 has less dex but more damage , if im not mistaken stacking damage should and always has been higher ? Correct me if im wrong , friend also compared draguer to feng and same thing Can someone explain the mechanic behind this , i always remembered stacking was higher than non stacking , am i missing something?

[MaAaT]

It's the other way around.
Stacking is 25% of your damage before other stacking damage buffs.
Non stacking is 30% of your total damage as extra damage, which is why 25% non stacking is higher than stacking.
So if you have full beast set for example you have 130% dmg and with 25% stacking dmg that's 155% total dmg.
With 30% nonstacking damage that'd be 130% dmg x 1.3, so 169% dmg
The reason why stacking is better is because from other non stacking dmg buffs like from armor, 30% dmg elixir or sb amulet higher value buffs override lower value buffs, meaning low non stacking dmg buffs can be pointless at times.

[apoxhd ig]

check ur damage again when proccing for example ur arcane armor (the damage buff is not stacking) and also try popping a 30% damage elixir(its not stacking) you will see the difference. without procs and elixirs ,30% not stacking gives more than 25% stacking

also you have the privilige of me being your friend, you can always ask me for advice