by Rynn Tue May 08, 2012 6:02 pmDue to the odd manner that dragon fist damage manifests, you can develop insanely high DPS without even needing a weapon. The 20 AR is multiplied by the value of 18, so 20 AR = 360 damage per hit. This places it on par with some of the best fist weapons in the entire game. When Dragon Roar is in effect, your AR is 26, which is 468. This is alright DPS, and when boosted with Power Within this is further raised to 648 damage... Got your attention yet? Probably not... so let's add in RTS. 990 damage is now your new damage per hit...
Except that this damage get's a bit weird during a back-stab or riposte. A backstab under these conditions does 2200 damage, and a riposte does 3700. I'm not sure -why- this happens though, and I'd love it if people could find out why. The hornet ring, as expected, boosts those numbers to 3300 and 5050, but none the less, the damage increase is exponential here, and I'm not sure of why. I've got a theory though.
Obviously it's multiplying the AR by 18 in this equation, I reached this answer by testing a fist weapon that had 360 AR. vs the first mobs outside firelink, the damage is exactly the same inbetween the two weapons, leading me to my conclusion on the multiplier. My assumption is that a backstab and Riposte use the same multiplier for... different results though. If a backstab and riposte add the bonus damage to your AR, that would do some very funny things to the dragon fist, and might explain the disproportinate damage. Otherwise, do we assume the Dragon Hand has a 200 or 300 critical bonus? What is your thoughts on this? I'm very confused...
Except that this damage get's a bit weird during a back-stab or riposte. A backstab under these conditions does 2200 damage, and a riposte does 3700. I'm not sure -why- this happens though, and I'd love it if people could find out why. The hornet ring, as expected, boosts those numbers to 3300 and 5050, but none the less, the damage increase is exponential here, and I'm not sure of why. I've got a theory though.
Obviously it's multiplying the AR by 18 in this equation, I reached this answer by testing a fist weapon that had 360 AR. vs the first mobs outside firelink, the damage is exactly the same inbetween the two weapons, leading me to my conclusion on the multiplier. My assumption is that a backstab and Riposte use the same multiplier for... different results though. If a backstab and riposte add the bonus damage to your AR, that would do some very funny things to the dragon fist, and might explain the disproportinate damage. Otherwise, do we assume the Dragon Hand has a 200 or 300 critical bonus? What is your thoughts on this? I'm very confused...
