Guild Wars 2

I was just trying to theorycraft a build’s Earthshaker damage according to the damage formula

Damage done = (weapon damage) * Power * (skill-specific coefficient) / (target’s Armor)

But I can’t find the Earthshaker damage coefficient anywhere. Not on the wiki, and the term “coefficient” returns zero search results here. Anyone know?

kurtosis.9526:

I was just trying to theorycraft a build’s Earthshaker damage according to the damage formula

Damage done = (weapon damage) * Power * (skill-specific coefficient) / (target’s Armor)

But I can’t find the Earthshaker damage coefficient anywhere. Not on the wiki, and the term “coefficient” returns zero search results here. Anyone know?

well you could just test 2 different setups to get an idea

Not able to login for a few days, was hoping someone knew.

kurtosis.9526:

I was just trying to theorycraft a build’s Earthshaker damage according to the damage formula

Damage done = (weapon damage) * Power * (skill-specific coefficient) / (target’s Armor)

But I can’t find the Earthshaker damage coefficient anywhere. Not on the wiki, and the term “coefficient” returns zero search results here. Anyone know?

Since that is the damage formula, you can use GW2 Skills Editor and put it to 2000 armor and tinker around until you get 2000 power. That simplifies the formula to (weapon damage) * (coefficient), at which point you know all you need, as the weapon damage is the average of the damage listed when you mouse over the weapons.

Also, you should remember that the in-game tooltip uses the same formula, but sets the target’s Armor at 2600.

By the way, the coefficient is 1.25.

462=1048*916*y/2600
462*2600=959968*y
1201200/959968=y
~1.25=y

1048*916*1.25/2600=461.52

Do they not teach this stuff in school anymore?

Olba.5376:

Since that is the damage formula, you can use GW2 Skills Editor and put it to 2000 armor and tinker around until you get 2000 power. That simplifies the formula to (weapon damage) * (coefficient), at which point you know all you need, as the weapon damage is the average of the damage listed when you mouse over the weapons.

Clever, thanks. Didn’t realize the modified build calc tooltip was accurate. gw2skills.net is the only one I know of that calculates that, then. Intothemists doesn’t, and gw2buildcraft hasn’t been updated since the big June balance patch.

Jonwar.9205:

462=1048*916*y/2600
462*2600=959968*y
1201200/959968=y
~1.25=y

1048*916*1.25/2600=461.52

Do they not teach this stuff in school anymore?

The math is easy, just wasn’t sure where to get the numbers. I see I should’ve checked the wiki page on Power instead of Damage.