Guild Wars 2

I crafted my first ascended weapon – Zojja’s Spire – a Staff with Berserker stats. Compared to my Exotic Berserker Staff, the stats were increased like this:

— Damage from 985-1,111 to 1,034-1,166
— Power from 239 to 251
— Precision from 171 to 179
— Ferocity from 171 to 179

I added two WvW Mighty Infusions to the ascended staff for 10 additional Power. Both staffs had identical Sigils – Superior Sigil of Battle and Super Sigil of Strength.

I went into the PvP lobby and tried to compare the staffs damage by attacking the practice Golems. I just auto-attacked with my Ele’s #1 Fire Skill (Fireball) and counted how many hits it would take to kill the light armor Golem.

Surprisingly (to me), it took 28 hits with both Exotic and Ascended Staffs. ??? Can anyone explain why the Ascended staff wouldn’t kill the Golem with fewer attacks?

You can’t test PvE gear in the PvP lobby because the PvP lobby only cares about the PvP amulet.

PvP doesnt have gear tiers. Its all equal and standardized. The stats revolve around the amulet, sigils, runes, and traits you choose. Make sure you setup your build. You wont be able to test the difference between asc and exotic in pvp, and the infusions do not work in pvp either.

Thanks for the quick replies. So is there any other way to benchmark PvE weapons/gear?

There are some practice dummies in the starting area in silverwastes you can use, it might help you. Other then that, just use it normally and compare.

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There are some practice dummies in the starting area in silverwastes you can use, it might help you. Other then that, just use it normally and compare.

Aren’t those objects which means they can’t be crit?

He gained half a percent in crit and crit damage. I doubt his tests would reveal a lot of difference there even if he could crit.

I did use the practice dummies in the Silverwastes to compare the average damage between the exotic and ascended staffs. The exotic averaged 873 damage per hit and the ascended averaged 944. About 8% more damage with the ascended staff.