m trying to understand how monk weapon works actually.

let's say i have a fist equip on left and right is empty my damage is 3k

if i have both hand equip fist my damage is 3.1k

is tat normal?

assuming both weapon has same damage

oh you referring to that la, to what I remember - it's not about the weapon dmg either. It's about the ATTACK you see in the stats. no?

dual-wield a 133 + 133 doesn't mean it's better attack / dps than a 2-handed 200.

tested various combos before, I donno how to calculate the attack. even both can look like knuckle weapons of similar dmg + stats, the total attack variation can be huge.

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Added on May 24, 2012, 12:18 pm

yeah molten kacau. a lot of them really tough for monk to kill cos have to run close.

serenity also last a few seconds only.

When u dual wield will have 15% bonus atk spd.
The dmg calculation gets messy but gonna give simple example with no stat weap.

Both weap have exact same damage, atk spd.
Eg : 100-200 dmg 1.00 atk per sec
Dps if use only 1= (100+200)/2 * 1.00
= 150 dps

Now if dual wield:
(100+200)/2 * (1.00 + (1.00*15%))
= 150 * 1.15
= 172.5 since both weap is same

If 2 weap is diff juz add the 2 individual dps n find the avg

seems like nobody wants to answer to this kinda question

dual wield you get faster attack speed + additional attack stats from another weapon. simple as that.
bottom line is dual wield = more dps.

2hander may be a contender, however as far as monk dps goes, their bulk of the dps comes from their spirit generator skills and those are faster with dual wielding.

ha any idea why.

is it been asked too many times or is a stupid question

No le , the skill scale with  weapon dmg  like the 70-100 dmg stat not the  dps .

basically ,

Dual wield = attack faster / extra dodge (with passive only) / more stats
2h = scale with skills better / extra spirit regen (with passive only) / Easy to get item (instead of finding 2 good 1h)

The dmg  calculation  increase with +atk%

oic...so in this case dual wield would have a higher dps rate...so far there is no penalty for off-hand weapon rite? i mean traditionally the off-hand weapons in rpgs tend to lower the att rate

m trying to understand how monk weapon works actually.

let's say i have a fist equip on left and right is empty my damage is 3k

if i have both hand equip fist my damage is 3.1k

is tat normal?

assuming both weapon has same damage

actually asking a real noobs question here.. what's the difference between ppl saying their dex is 700 and DPS is 1k? what is the full name of DPS actually? damage per second?

from my understanding, say dex = 700, when i go to detail stats, my damage increased by dexterity will be 700% also... so what is DPS?

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Added on May 24, 2012, 11:37 am
i remember someone referring u as SG in GGC haha cant really rmb d

the penalty is that both weapon dmg need to be close to each other .

Example,

Main hand 200dps / Off hand 100dps

You hit 1 time per second.

For 3 sec , Deal 200 + 100 +200  (cos you switch between hands)

So total DPS for 3 sec = 500/3 = 166.66

So you see that the off hand actually dragged down the dps

the penalty is that both weapon dmg need to be close to each other .

Example,

Main hand 200dps / Off hand 100dps

You hit 1 time per second.

For 3 sec , Deal 200 + 100 +200  (cos you switch between hands)

So total DPS for 3 sec = 500/3 = 166.66

So you see that the off hand actually dragged down the dps

hrm. now i see better. I keep thinking combining them but I forgot that it's taking turn to hit. LOL. logic sensor missing.

yo quaz..wats up....playing monk as well?

yes, being sour in inferno because i dont have enough dps to kill butcher solo. got him to 50% and the whole room got no more patches to run and totally on fire.
once i get maiimouto enchantress to maxed 60 i will continue coop with friends to have their dpsers/glass cannons to join in while i tank.

dps spec/gear is around 10k which is obviously not enough since i require some defensive skills to stay alive.

tank spec/gear on the other hand butcher hits like a *****, but i only got around 2k dps lol.

Tip from me: when u get to inferno get a shield ASAP
I've tried a bunch of builds and so far most iable is tank build with tons of armor + resists.

I don't have the wxact stats rite now but i'm running with:
58.22% res to all
60% dmg reduction (mayb more)
12k dps
28k hp

Can solo act 1
if party with super dps i change to more hp gear n more armor n res

20k minimum to comfortably solo Butcher. Sounds to me like you just need to throw some gold into getting a decent weapon.

20k minimum to comfortably solo Butcher. Sounds to me like you just need to throw some gold into getting a decent weapon.

yes, being sour in inferno because i dont have enough dps to kill butcher solo. got him to 50% and the whole room got no more patches to run and totally on fire.
once i get maiimouto enchantress to maxed 60 i will continue coop with friends to have their dpsers/glass cannons to join in while i tank.

dps spec/gear is around 10k which is obviously not enough since i require some defensive skills to stay alive.

tank spec/gear on the other hand butcher hits like a *****, but i only got around 2k dps lol.