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  1. Duelist v Swordsman findings --Tissues
  2.  
  3. Assumptions -
  4. Clean room (no damage/movement/buffs)
  5. Heavy Armor target (2597) (coefficients use 2600)
  6. No traits
  7.  
  8. Naked | single steady pistol (258)
  9. Duelist ------
  10. 916 power
  11. coefficient of 0.4 according to wiki
  12. 96 per shot (red flag here)
  13. takes 7.5 seconds to complete all 8 shots (#1 source, worst case scenario)
  14. takes 5.4 seconds idle between attack channel (#1 source, worst case scenario)
  15. 12.9 seconds to complete a rotation (idle + attack)
  16. 258 x 916 x 0.4 / 2597 = 40.37 per hit
  17. tooltip supports the claim of 40 damage per shot, the actual numbers are around 86
  18. //calculating in-game coefficient (IGC)
  19. 258 x 916 x IGC / 2597 = 96
  20. IGC = 249312 / 236328
  21. IGC = ~1.05
  22. Rounding to 1
  23. Now to check scaling on IGC
  24. 258 x 1066 x 1 / 2597 = 105.90
  25. 107 per shot
  26. Much more realistic
  27. //calculating DPS
  28. Now taking our 86, by 8 shots = 688
  29. 688 / 12.9 = 53 DPS
  30.  
  31. Swordsman ------
  32. 916 power
  33. coefficiant of 2.0 according to wiki
  34. 645 on average (red flag here)
  35. takes 4.5 seconds to attack and idle (Self Calculated, #1 source confirms)
  36. 258 x 916 x 2.0 / 2597 = 182
  37. tooltip supports the claim of 182 damage per shot, the actual numbers are 645
  38. //calculating in-game coefficient (IGC)
  39. 258 x 916 x IGC / 2597 = 645
  40. IGC = 1675065 / 236328
  41. IGC = ~7
  42. Now to check scaling on IGC
  43. 258 x 1066 x 7 / 2597 = 741.31
  44. 750 on average
  45. Much more realistic
  46. //calculating DPS
  47. 741 / 4.5 = 165 DPS
  48.  
  49. What I learned and stuff untested
  50.  
  51. Coefficients are fucked
  52. Phantasms do not adapt the caster's weapon. This is most notable with steady weapons. Only phantasms have a range of damage regardless of weapon range.
  53. Until Phantasms are logged in the combat tab, this is all speculation and based on my inner clock
  54. While swordsman has almost triple the dps, keep in mind Duelist has 8 shots which can result in more damage at 50%+ crit chance then the base 53 DPS shows. This is bare minimum.
  55. Duelist has a Combo Finisher that is more appealing than Swordsman in my opinion.
  56.  
  57. Sources ----
  58. Coefficients are from wiki
  59. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Phantasmal_Swordsman
  60. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Phantasmal_Duelist
  61. #1 -- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Phantasmal_Haste
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