Weapon choices for DRK

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    Hello Royals,

    I have a 147 level Dark knight. Now i am using a 131 WA pinaka (hope i spell it right) attack speed is slow. I know that the ultimate endgame weapon for drk should be sky ski or pryo spear, however I am wondering what WA of these 2 spears will be considered better than my current spear.

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    [Sky Ski] average WA is 94, perfect is 104
    *bonus accuracy of 10

    [Pyrope Spear] average WA is 91, perfect is 101
    *bonus accuracy of 40

    Personally, I would go for Pyrope Spear, but as an event-only weapon, it can be difficult to aim for a high WA of it
     
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    I did some napkin-math a while ago with Ski vs Falt. Both perfect apple+si+echo, ski won by like 7.8% iirc. Its not much.

    tl;dr ski's are best but overrated.


    Ski attacks 990/930=1.0645 times faster than a falt/pinaka

    Vs 0 defense mobs and without any other buffs ski has 6.45% more dps with same watk as the slower alternatives (falt pinaka)

    With SI vs 0 defense mobs: 870/810=1.07407 more dps from ski (7.407%)

    Reverse mathing you could say you need a ski with (93*pinaka/99) or (81*pinaka/87) atk to gain equal dps vs 0 defense mobs.
     
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    To add:

    (yay am home, no more mobile typing :D)

    Comparing a Ski vs your Pinaka in a vaccuum, completely unbuffed and not evaluating any other gear or pots, you'd need a Ski with (93*131/97)=125 atk to deal equal dps vs 0 defense mobs

    However after adding in:

    30 atk cgs
    100 atk apples
    SI

    You'd be looking at a Ski with (81*261/87)=243 total atk wich comes from a 113 atk Ski.

    Upgrading other CGS, using better pots like Gelts and buffs like Echo will further lower the required Ski Atk values to equal your current dps (vs 0 defense mobs)

    Another perk from Ski is the accuracy.
    While you absolutely do not need the 40 accuracy from Pyrope Spear, on lower levels and funding the 40 accuracy is very nice. Alltough, accuracy is easily substituted with pots if needed.

    (BEHOLDER HEX DOES NOT OVERWRITE CURRENTLY ACTIVE BETTER BUFFS - GET THAT +25 ACC FROM MAXING IT :D!!!!)
     
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    Thanks for the calculation guys, it is very helpful for me to determine the WA when considering the upgrade.
     
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    I don't know this!!!
    Hey Kheb, currently I have 1 point of Rush, max Power Stance, max Beholder, max Achilles, max Berserk. What should I put SP in after?
    Should I seek to max those 2 beholder skill?
    How does the beholder hex work? It gives u random buffs?
     
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    Hex buff random stat from 1 of these 5 def/mdef/acc/adv/watk and i found it useful for me because i normally dont use acc/atk pots
    After max hex can add to hero will for horntail
    Mw20 and rush
    U have more sp to add to skill at lvl 200 so it doesnt matter
     
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    Beholder Heal also doesnt heal you over zerk treshold and can theoratically save you up to ~500k/hour on pots.

    The value of further leveling rush is abbysmal, allthough so is quite some other stuff and the extra range is quite nice.
     
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    Hey there, made a calculator a long time ago to compare spears in this spreadsheet here

    To edit the spreadsheet, make a copy by clicking on File > Make a Copy and change the yellow cells only.

    This calculator was created initially to calculate the fishing rod vs sky ski vs faltizan, but since pyrope and skis have the same attack speed, you may just swap out the wa values to see the difference it makes.
     
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