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can someone please help explain the DPS on my char

yes i know that but why? each 1h has 800dps so its 1600dps combined isnt it?
 
How come when I equip a 1h with 800 DPS and the other hand with a 200 DPS my DPS goes down and not up? No it's not 1600.
 
does this make any sense? i've come up with this

with skorn it does roughly 70k dps @ 1.44 attacks per second so its does roughly 100k dps. and if u take D/W it alternates between each hand at 55k dps @ 2.23 attacks per second = 122k dps..it seems right?
 
Xelation said:
does this make any sense? i've come up with this

with skorn it does roughly 70k dps @ 1.44 attacks per second so its does roughly 100k dps. and if u take D/W it alternates between each hand at 55k dps @ 2.23 attacks per second = 122k dps..it seems right?
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Anyway you got it all wrong.
For your skorn, 70k dps is the final dps of your normal attacks enhanced by
- Passives
- Attack Speed
- Crit Chance + Crit Dmg

For your D/W, 55k dps is the final dps.

Anyway, it also doesn't mean that every normal attack will be doing 70k dmg or 55k dmg over 1 sec, some might be doing only just the passive + atk speed + min wep dmg if it fails to crit.

A simpler version will be that when you dual wield, 50% of the dps comes from the Main Hand and 50% comes from the Off Hand.
Some skills like Wave of Light only uses the weapon dmg from Main Hand.
 
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I also may add in, when you equip a pair of 1 handers, your not upping your DPS by "1600". You have 2 800 DPS weapons equipped. Since your D3 character isn't mauling people @ 2.2 APS with both weapons, this is a big difference.
 
All an offhand does is average the DPS between both weapons and add 15% attack speed.

Every other swing is swung with your offhand.

Pretty much, a 1k DPS MH and 800 DPS OH = 900DPS weap + 15% attack speed.

However, you get the higher DPS mainhand because the skills use the MH damage when determining the modifier on the move.

*On another note* Those gems are a joke, wtf. Get some star gems at least.
 
smurg said:
All an offhand does is average the DPS between both weapons and add 15% attack speed.

Every other swing is swung with your offhand.

Pretty much, a 1k DPS MH and 800 DPS OH = 900DPS weap + 15% attack speed.

However, you get the higher DPS mainhand because the skills use the MH damage when determining the modifier on the move.

*On another note* Those gems are a joke, wtf. Get some star gems at least.
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To add onto this, the most notable benefit of DWing is the 15% attack speed, as well as the bonus passive buffs.

DW'ing offers upwards of 700 Dex (350 per weapon), 400% Crit damage (100 per weapon, with 100 per socket), and other legendary only buffs (Won Khim Lau comes to mind, with 20%+ increase to lighting damage--huge for monks).
 
Or follow the monk cannon build.
And ya get star gems.
 
lol yeah just did this build so i socketed whatever gems i could, will upgrade! i guess the cannon build with skorn is better then DW in reference to trying to achieve a cheap build
 
Given the only difference is the weapons, and people underestimate how much 2.5% LS 1 handers cost, I disagree. But it's your gold =P
 
Well considering when I run MP0 on my 100 barb w/ Skorn, you kill them in 1-2 hits, so when it needs a second hit, there's a lot of "overkill" in WoW terms.

The slow swing speed works against you at times.
 
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