TLDR: gaurdians can double and triple cast the third attack in the auto chain that drastically increases dps: does this mean higher skillcap for dps gaurd to play optimally? or bug? -.-
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So I’ve been soloqing with a righthand meditations valk build recently, oddly with great success for unrelated reasons. But, occasionally in 1v1s I find I double cast sword 3 chain, and they both land, for a total of 6 sword waves hits (sword wave is the name of the last attack in the auto chain that normally hits 3 times).
I believe this happens in 1v1s when if a player moves out of my direct line of sight and the attack triggers a side hit box on the sword attack (not the targets).
After looking into it I can reproduce this chain on a stationary target with mediocre effort: if you change your facing angle to the side or walk in a circle around your target while casting the third auto attack on sword, it will hit, but wont reset the chain and you can cast it again. With good positioning you can triple cast the sword auto attack 3.
sword chain 3 does more damage naturally then 1 or 2 respectively, thus recasting it should result in an increase in dps.
sample data in attached picture, some quick math (including opening cast and ending activation), take these actual numbers/times with a grain of salt.
normal sword chain dps per second in my build:1654
(regular over 2.8 seconds:4633)
sword chain with a double final cast dps in my build:1781
(double over 3.5 seconds:6236)
sword chain with a triple cast in my build:1997
(triple over 4.2 seconds:8391)
So 20% dps increase based on the random picture test case, normally the dps increase is bigger if you were to use ideal numbers, ex some of my 3 chain didnt crit in the second cast where as it did in the first.
I wont do math for a full zerker/scholar set with full dps traits etc b/c i know my numbers aren’t precise and this is just a quick post, but the numbers are significantly bigger.
High Skill Cap? Bug? Feature? if its a skill cap feature this would be amazing, but 20+% is a lot
