Double Strike

Bottom corner green gem. Quality 23 Double Strike. Too bad it didn't make the 21/23 news :(

Hello GGG,

I think I have just discovered something rather unique here, I run a lvl 21/20 Double strike > 21/20 Multistrike > melee splash > Added Fire damage, In a legacy Bringer Of Rain, aka, Lvl 18 Melee physical damage, lvl 18 Faster Attacks, lvl 18 Blind



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However it lists's that Double Strike "performs two fast attacks on target enemy with your main hand weapon" it list's 29569.8 DPS, with my 188 PD / 23 IAS Legacy Soul taker, but the key is the DPS is not entirely accurate, because it's also effected by it's offhand,






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Double strike Math calculations = Main hand damage + Main hand fire damage, Main hand Cold Damage / by 2 to remove range and get average number than * Attacks per second = 1/2 of doublestrike damage, * further by 2 = Double strike True Damage.

558+1022 + 255+472 + 209+383 = 2899 /2 = 1449.5 * APS 10.20 APS = 14784.9 DPS *2 = 29569.8






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With Double strike performing 2 fast Attacks on target enemy, with it's main hand weapon, Numbers gets slightly weird,

Ignore Combined Damage because Double Strike only hits with main hand, Thus Main hand damage + Main hand fire damage, Main hand Cold Damage / by 2 to remove range and get average number than * Attacks per second = 1/2 of doublestrike damage, * further by 2 = Double strike True Damage.

826+1514 + 366+674 + 307+563 = 4250 /2 = 2125* APS 11.04 APS = 23460 DPS *2 = 46920






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801+1468 + 356+656 + 298+547 = 4126 /2 = 2063* APS 11.39 = 23497.57 DPS * 2 = 46995.14






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876+1605 + 385+710 + 325+596 = 4497 /2 = 2248.5* APS 10.12 = 22754.82 DPS *2 = 45509.64





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801+1468 + 356+656 + 298+547 = 4126 /2 = 2063* APS 12.69 = 26179.47 DPS *2 = 52358.94




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248+427 + 137+250 + 104+186 + 5+53 = 1410 /2 = 705* APS 12.69 = 8946.45 DPS *2 = 17892.9


Those were the results of my various test's, despite the tool tip did not correctly Display the correct Value of the DPS on Double strike, Did anyone else spot another fundamental problem that is occurring? The Attack speed of the off-hand weapon is essentially effecting the DPS of a double strike, Double strike is arguably a skill whose only striking with it's main hand weapon? out scaling a off-hand weapon with global multiplier? Yes, Prismatic eclipse provides more block and offers more defense capabilities, However Attack speed on an off hand should not effect the attack speed of a main hand only attacking skill.

GGG, Please Leave me some feedback

Much Appreciated

Lib

Last I checked, though it has been a while, Double Strike does not scale with OH AS modifiers (excepting the +15% AS gained from dual wielding). What you're seeing is no more than that DW bonus,

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Autocthon wrote:

Last I checked, though it has been a while, Double Strike does not scale with OH AS modifiers (excepting the +15% AS gained from dual wielding). What you're seeing is no more than that DW bonus,

This. Plus any global modifiers from your weapons.

Question:

While it does not gain boni from onehanded attack speed, does it apply elemental damage per hit (twice per attack) oder once per attack?

Reading the skill description and feedback I think it does apply it twice, like it does e.g. have two chances to blind enemies. Anyone got experience on this?

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Carmondai89 wrote:

Question:

While it does not gain boni from onehanded attack speed, does it apply elemental damage per hit (twice per attack) oder once per attack?

Reading the skill description and feedback I think it does apply it twice, like it does e.g. have two chances to blind enemies. Anyone got experience on this?

first, it DOES benefit from one handed attack speed.
second, yes the skill is hitting twice within what would have been one attack. any hit bonuses or triggers will apply.

Nice, thanks.

After considering its damage effectiveness and Multistrike's less attack damage, the idea of connecting double strike + MS with elemental damage seems a bit lousy though :(

2.0 killed dual strike. yay.

I have a question regarding Double Strike.

I Have noticed that, at a certain attack speed, the skill stops hitting only the target you select and keeps switching targets, as long as they are in range. This severely reduced the DPS of the skill against your target, as the damage gets spread across every mob in range.

Is this a bug or intentional, as it preety much makes the skill useless to focus a rare or unique in a group.