Talk:Atterax/@comment-76.115.119.140-20140923085559/@comment-1736003-20140924162420

I would encourage anyone to just go to the webpage I mentioned above and compare for themselves, because all of the BS in these comments is just conjecture and the website has the hard numbers laid out for you on the bottom of the page and  -yes-, attack speed is taken into consideration when calculating for DPS. (*sigh)

Here's a link to a build that I made, that maximizes the dps of the Atterax (so far as I can tell):  Atterax DPS maximizer

Here's a link to a build that someone else made for the Dual Ichor, that maximizes the dps of the Dual Ichor to the best of my knowledge:  Dual Ichor DPS maximizer


 * remember to click the boxes and select "3" Berserker buffs

Note that both builds take advantage of the high crit rate with Berserker, True Steel and Organ Shatter, both are charged and both are gas builds...however, Dual Ichor uses Fury whereas Atterax uses Buzz Kill. The end result that the Atterax does 432.28 more DPS than the Dual Ichor, even when considering the lower attack speed (1.71/sec vs. 2.72/sec). Note that the higher attack speed also translates to a quicker stamina drain--20.52/sec for the Atterax, 32.64/sec for the Dual Ichor.

When considering the status proc probability/sec, the Atterax (with that build) has about a 31.7% probability/sec, and the Dual Ichor has about a 35.7% probability/sec, so attack speed gives it the edge there (this isn't taking stance combos into consideration).

Atterax has better range than the Dual Ichor; the matching stance has one combo that procs 100% of the time, and two that attack all targets (one of which sweeps enemies off of their feet). Dual Ichor's matching stance focuses on multiple attacks, with one combo that procs 100% and one that ends in a slam.

The Dual Ichor will probably have the better damage output when you factor elemental damage vs. particular factions (Corpus for sure), but that's entirely situational.

With the higher attack speed, I would expect that the Dual Ichor would be better for coptering.

So what's the bottom line? As in almost all cases, the answer to the question is "it depends." Dual Ichor would probably do better against the Corpus and against particular enemies (Corrupted Heavy Gunners, e.g.), and probably for running through lower levels, but in terms of pure DPS and in most other situations the Atterax wins it, hands down.