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Hello everyone,
I have to pick your brains on this topic because I couldn't find a definite answer on the internet.
There are sources which state, that damage for 1-handed swords is doubled for Act V mercs:
The Amazon basin on Act V mercs:
BUT! The Amazon basin also states this on the general merc site:
There is also this thread on the old forums, but no one confirmed which formula is actually used for damage calculation, although @GalaXyHaXz suggested through testing, that they do even more than double damage...
Does anyone have a definite answer to this?
I have to pick your brains on this topic because I couldn't find a definite answer on the internet.
There are sources which state, that damage for 1-handed swords is doubled for Act V mercs:
The Amazon basin on Act V mercs:
The weapon damage of one-handed swords is doubled (this includes Minimum Damage and Maximum Damage bonuses, but excludes Damage + like that of the Grief Rune Word). [1] Two-handed swords apply their Two-Hand Damage.
BUT! The Amazon basin also states this on the general merc site:
They can wield one-handed and two-handed swords but they cannot dual-wield two one-handed swords. So, get them a big 2-handed sword. They do the listed damage for both 1 hand and 2 hand swords, so the 2 handers will almost always win out. Life leech, FHR, resistances, etc are also good. They're about the same as A2 mercs except for the weapon differences. Lawbringer has become somewhat popular because of the ctc Decrepify.
There is also this thread on the old forums, but no one confirmed which formula is actually used for damage calculation, although @GalaXyHaXz suggested through testing, that they do even more than double damage...
GalaXyHaXz said:It's a good thing you brought this up. I've actually heard of this years ago when I played on Bnet. Someone told me they used a Headstriker on their Act V merc and they said it does the most damage. I thought they were full of it.
So without digging through the code, I performed a test case to see if this is really true.
Merc - Act V level 79
Weapon - Plain Conquest sword/Balrog Blade (same speed)
Monster - Hell cow
Cows are set to have a fixed life of 3000. The swords are set to always do their average damage (45 for conquest, 86 for balrog). The merc's stats were fixed as well. Therefore, every hit dealed out the exact same damage on a monster with the same life.
Balrog Blade - 7 hits average, occasionally 6
Conquest Sword - 5 hits average, occasionally 4
After testing against multiple hoards, the results always checked out. Looks like the verdict, in this test would prove that 1 handed weapons indeed do more damage!
Does anyone have a definite answer to this?
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