Hey guys while I was trying out my swords on those robots in the Training Hall, I noticed that my Cold Iron Carver was doing less damage than my Nightblade or Fireburst Brandish, even though Normal attack stat is way up there.
Ok so here are the swords I tried out.
1st and 2nd swings do the same amount of damage, while third is more.
2 Stars:
Brandish LVL 10
1st= 34
3rd= 40
charged= 55
Calibur LVL 10
1st= 32
3rd= 38
charged= 53
3 Stars:
Fireburst Brandish LVL 10 / Nightblade LVL 10
1st= 34
3rd= 39
charged= 61
4 Stars:
Cold Iron Carver LVL 10
1st= 31
3rd= 37
charged= 51
The Calibur and Brandish have the same stats but the Brandish does a little bit more damage than the Calibur. What boggles me is that the Fireburst Brandish and Nightblade do more damage than the Cold Iron Carver. Could it be that their attack is boosted by the elemental and shadow damage?
I got these numbers without any attack bonus in armor or trinkets or any UV. Feel free to add to this list. Hopefully we'll find which sword does the most REGULAR damage. Not counting bonus damage to different monsters, we're using the bots in the training hall as a base line.
I guess the bots in the training hall count as Contructs. Constructs are weak to elemental damage, more or less neutral to shadow damage and resist piercing damage. Normal damage is true neutral, so in this case would cause less damage than shadow (and much less than elemental).