Sooooo lately I’ve been kind of curious about how much dps I do and which build might be better. I ran some basic dps tests involving a few different pets/builds/weapons. I tested it in the mists area using 3 tests and my phones stop watch app (obviously more tests would get a more accurate reading but what I have already took a good chunk of my time). I first tested Runes of the Ranger vs Rune of the Scholar, both weapons were LB and Axe/Horn and the difference between BM and a bow / crit. I even decided to test the Arcdus which has the only straight damage F2 ability of the bears. Here are my findings:
BM 15/0/25/0/30
Advantages: 20% extra dmg with health/stam full (taking the 10% dmg trait in Marks), Pets don’t die as fast.
Rune of the Ranger:
Starting with axe/horn switching to LB then switching back with Quickening Zephyr, Sic ’em, and Rampage as One. Using Jaguar.
Test 1 : 6.7 seconds
Test 2: 6.6 seconds
Test 3: 8 seconds
Without the “burst” slot skills (QZ, Sic’em and RaO)
T1: 14 seconds
T2: 13 seconds
T3: 14 seconds
Sword/Horn with QZ, Sic’Em, RaO using Jaguar
T1: 6.9 seconds
T2: 6.7 seconds
T3: 6.7 seconds
Without
T1: 12 seconds
T2: 11 seconds
T3: 11 seconds
Disclaimer: In longer fights the sword/horn will win since theres a 6 second cd left when I switch back to Axe/Horn.
Rune of the Scholar
Axe/Horn and LB with burst using Jaguar
T1: 6.7 seconds
T2: 7.3 seconds
T3: 6.7 seconds
Without:
T1: 13 seconds
T2: 12 seconds
T3: 12 seconds
Sword/Horn with burst using Jaguar:
T1: 7.34 seconds
T2: 6.19 seconds
T3: 6.2 seconds
Without burst:
T1: 10 seconds
T2: 9 seconds
T3: 9 seconds
Build 25/20/25/0/0
(non BM spec ranged only since we’ve already established sword/horn does more damage)
Advantages: 20% damage with health/stam full, more crit/power.
Rune of the Scholar (does slightly more dps and you don’t have to worry about an active pet)
Tested with LB using QZ, Sic’Em, RaO and Jaguar
T1: 8 seconds
T2: 7 seconds
T3: 8 seconds
Without Burst:
T1: 12 secs
T2: 11 seconds
T3: 10 seconds
Shortbow with burst using Jaguar:
T1: 7 seconds
T2: 8 seconds
T3: 8 seconds
Without:
T1: 11 seconds
T2: 11 seconds
T3: 13 seconds
Okay now I did stuff with pets only (no skills from me):
Jaguar BM (doesn’t matter if you use stealth or not the time was still the same if not a second less due to cast time and repositioning)
T1: 25 seconds
T2: 25 seconds
T3: 24 seconds
Non BM:
T1: 35 seconds
T2: 32 seconds
T3: 35 seconds
Jungle Stalker BM without F2:
T1: 24 seconds
T2: 25 seconds
T3: 23 seconds
With F2(cast time makes it lose dps):
T1: 26 seconds
T2: 27 seconds
T3: 27 seconds
Linx BM with F2:
T1: 24 seconds
T2: 21 seconds
T3: 23 seconds
Arctodus Non BM with F2:
T1: 14 seconds
T2: 13 seconds
T3: 15 seconds
Drake (more tanky imo less annoying to everyone else) Non BM with F2:
T1: 13 seconds
T2: 11 seconds
T3: 12 seconds
*Disclaimer: Due to buggy pet AI (especially with Lynx) you’ll have a hard time hitting the F2 ability on a moving target
Hawk BM with F2:
T1: 26 seconds
T2: 30 seconds
T3: 28 seconds
*Disclaimer: The birds INSIST on using Quickening Screech which is stupid and the cast time makes them lose dps, without this ability the birds could be the best dps with their base damage and short F2 ability time.
My DPS (with the first build: 15/0/25/0/30)
Sword/horn and without burst
T1: 15 seconds
T2: 15 seconds
T3: 16 seconds
In closing: I believe that BM would in theory be more dps since the pets have 300 more attributes then a non BM build the BM pets would be more likely to survive longer then any other build. As you can see with the basic dps runs the pets do a good chunk of dps regardless of which build you’re running. In the Jaguar’s case the only difference between the two dps builds is 10 seconds. In a real fight the BM jaguar would survive longer with its better health/toughness. Also, since most rangers I see run bear shudder I would be doing more dps with them even at range if I used a cat, bird or even drake (but only slightly unless there is multiple targets to hit).
I’d be interested to hear other people’s thoughts to these findings. I was pretty surprised myself with a few of these tests (ie I assumed SB dps wasn’t comparable to LB dps).
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