Weapon & Pet -Quick Test
Depending on the opponent, a raven can be the fastest killer because of its insane burst damage (F2). Against tougher opponents any cat or eagle will deal more dps. Since birds are tankier than cats (and let’s face it, you need a tanky pet in most areas including pvp for a chance of them getting 1 attack off) birds prove more benificial. An eagle is optimal for dps if not focused, but if focused a raven is the best choice assuming the enemy doesn’t evade or become immune against its F2 attack.
As for weapons, I’ve known SB>everything in terms of consistent dps. Longbow misses too often and is too weak for how long it takes to fire. GS doesn’t deal enough damage with auto attacks (but I think the dps is very close to SB). Sword is stronger but roots the player making it fairly useless in anything except a 1v1. So, by using the SB you can output almost equal dps while staying at range and not hove to worry so heavily about positioning.
River Drake / Krytan Drakehound
Both now take the #1 DPS spot and both have the exact same stats.
River Drake will lead if you have more than 1 mob
Krytan Drakehound will lead if you have 1 target because the massive chain control of cripple—→immobilize—→knock down.
GS to take the #1 DPS spot requires fire trap, now I know that is 2 abilities and I know you can use Fire Trap with any weapon but I am talking untraited so cant throw it and it has a very small radius.
Why I like GS+Fire Trap is both are AE and GS syncs incredibly well with Fire Combo Filed which Fire Trap produces. For a detailed list of combo and combo finishers look at: http://www.mastodonte.fr/outils/tool-combo#en
Jaguar is nasty, when it goes stealth Ive noticed it gains like 30-55 % crit damage. Ive had my jag hit a mesmer for 6k during cds, was nasty. Im gonna try raven tho, see how I like it.
Wow, popped sig of wild RaO and call of the wild and let raven hit the medium armor, 2 shot him, lol his f2 ability did almost 9k. Jaguars dps is a little more reliable but a bit less, only does about 7k, still good lord, if they make it so birds hit moving targets then gg.