Spiral Knights - catalyzer dps test

catalyzer dps test

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Wed, 09/14/2011 - 23:18

Somenubcake

i decided to test the dps of different shooting techniques with the virulent catalyzer
my equips that affect atk spd or charge: nameless poncho, sunset stetson (no UVs) --> gun ASI high
my damage (somewhere in stratum 4, i forgot which depth): 65 normal shot, 154 charged shot
After getting the damage values, i went to the training hall and tested firing rate. I was testing several ways of shooting the gun and counting how many i can shoot off in 30seconds.

results:

normal shot spam (2 shots, pause, 2 shots, pause, repeat): 56 shots -> 3640 damage

charge, followed by 1 shot (started off uncharged): 10 charges, 11 normals -> 2255 damage

charge, followed by 2 shots (started off uncharged): 10 charges, 21 normals -> 2905 damage

looks like normal shot spam method yields the highest dps (at least against a single target). against a mob, the charge-2-shots will probably be better

Wed, 09/14/2011 - 23:58

Noodleface

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Thanks for the tests! How

Thanks for the tests! How about 3 shots + reload?

Thu, 09/15/2011 - 00:20

Arctic-Fern

Question...

Won't charge then 2 shots cause you to reload? (game bug/mechanic thinking that the charged shot counts as 1 shot for purposes of reload check)

Thu, 09/15/2011 - 00:35

Abathur

3 shot and 2 shot pause is

3 shot and 2 shot pause is nearly the same dps, while in the same time 2 shot had at my test 28 bullets and 3 shot 27 ... the only reason why to use 2 shot is a minor higher dps but a huge advantage in shielding, because you are defendless while reload and with 2 shot pause you can shield when ever you want, also you can run faster again after stop shooting.

It was clear that just spam is better than charge against a single target, but after there are 2 of them (and i got CTR medium :D 0,8 sec charge time FTW!) you just are higher dps with charges. also charges will splash poison if you got biohazard, what i think you have :D

Thu, 09/15/2011 - 08:03

Somenubcake

FernPanda, when i did the

FernPanda, when i did the charge 2 shots, i don't have to reload (or maybe i left too much of a pause between the charge and the 2 shots).

and Xyonon, i agree that against multiple enemies, charge will give you better dps.

i didn't test 3 shots with reload because FernPanda tested that already with the polaris already:
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/23492

Thu, 09/15/2011 - 19:04

Arctic-Fern

Well...

...come to think of it may be a bad assumption that the Pulsar line and Catalyzer line have the same rate of fire. :D

But we might get similar results anyway if it's true.

Fri, 09/16/2011 - 07:57

Somenubcake

@fernpanda my rationale is

@fernpanda

my rationale is the 2shot spam and the 3shot reload would yield similar results compared with the polaris (2shot spam letting u shoot more bullets within 30seconds). and i did notice that my gigawatt fires a bit slower than my virulent when i mad click my mouse button

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