DW AA and EoF AA setup for MAX DPS, no tank

Enderbsd · 11-19-2006, 12:06 PM

After reading the forums and trying a bit of expermenting myself, i was wondering if anyone has tryed - and if so there setup/results - in producing the best DPS dw setup for a berserker. There are countless posts about 1h/buckler setups but i do not see anyone trying for DW DPS and being successful. My current thinking is 448 for crit, DPS, and haste lines. As for the AAS tree, it looks like the only way to get more DPS is by active type skills. The AOE setup looks good, too bad there is nothing passive tho.....Any comments?

DarkangelCA · 11-19-2006, 12:47 PM

Correct me if i'm wrong, but as far as i've saw no high level Zerker DW's. I was under the impression that other then at lower levels, Zerker with a 2hnder will out dps a Zerker that is DWing, and also get Riposte attacked way less.

hawsecav19d · 11-19-2006, 03:10 PM

Well unless they come out with some new twohanders, new fabled duel wield weapons are in the 70-85dps range from EoF going to take hell of 2 hander to get 140+dps

wulfgarthegreat · 11-20-2006, 05:29 AM

well one thing is though you take a penalty on duel weilding not sure what the ratio is not in game at the moment and dont have any duel wields but i will try to get the penaltys posted here later tonight or tomorrow so even if a weapon has a damage rating of say 80 your not going to get the full damage rating off it unless this has changed been a long time since i was dw. put from lvl 38 or so to 50 for the longest time soloing and grping i ran duel wield pgt and mace of the life bringer

danmurph3 · 11-20-2006, 06:38 AM

With new EoF changes to haste, you'll see some big changes.Very slow 2hers (like 3+ seconds) with an extremely high haste will yield much higher DPS results than they used to.The delay differences between 1H and DW aren't going to be big enough from what i've seen to have the DWs come close to buckler AA line dps. But in my little bit of experimenting with the 2Her, the DPS comes very close to the buckler line. I would need a nicer 2H weapon to see if i can beat out buckler damage though. I switched yesterday from buckler line to 2Her simply because i was bored of the buckler and don't play my zerker that much more anyway ; )I maxed haste and accelerate to 8 points each in INT AA line, was soloing with about 140+ haste when using Open Wounds. My old setup of 1h and buckler still did more damage but that was with Ancient Velium shortspear, and i don't have a fabled 2Her. Will be interesting to experiment the damage capablities with a 2her like Sword of Pain or higher damage rating 3+ sec delay sword.As for the DW, you won't be able to reach the DPS numbers of buckler or 2her, but if you enjoy doing DW you might as well have fun with them.You should hit up two warrior tree class AA paths and max criticals/haste or haste/dps or dps/criticals. The WIS CA is really good debuff which would end up boosting your DPS but not on raids unless you coordinate the knockdown.

11-19-2006, 12:06 PM	#1
Enderbsd Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 27	After reading the forums and trying a bit of expermenting myself, i was wondering if anyone has tryed - and if so there setup/results - in producing the best DPS dw setup for a berserker. There are countless posts about 1h/buckler setups but i do not see anyone trying for DW DPS and being successful. My current thinking is 448 for crit, DPS, and haste lines. As for the AAS tree, it looks like the only way to get more DPS is by active type skills. The AOE setup looks good, too bad there is nothing passive tho.....Any comments? __________________

11-19-2006, 12:47 PM	#2
DarkangelCA Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 79	Correct me if i'm wrong, but as far as i've saw no high level Zerker DW's. I was under the impression that other then at lower levels, Zerker with a 2hnder will out dps a Zerker that is DWing, and also get Riposte attacked way less.

11-19-2006, 03:10 PM	#3
hawsecav19d Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 134	Well unless they come out with some new twohanders, new fabled duel wield weapons are in the 70-85dps range from EoF going to take hell of 2 hander to get 140+dps

11-20-2006, 05:29 AM	#4
wulfgarthegreat Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 35	well one thing is though you take a penalty on duel weilding not sure what the ratio is not in game at the moment and dont have any duel wields but i will try to get the penaltys posted here later tonight or tomorrow so even if a weapon has a damage rating of say 80 your not going to get the full damage rating off it unless this has changed been a long time since i was dw. put from lvl 38 or so to 50 for the longest time soloing and grping i ran duel wield pgt and mace of the life bringer

11-20-2006, 06:38 AM	#5
danmurph3 General Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 48	With new EoF changes to haste, you'll see some big changes.Very slow 2hers (like 3+ seconds) with an extremely high haste will yield much higher DPS results than they used to.The delay differences between 1H and DW aren't going to be big enough from what i've seen to have the DWs come close to buckler AA line dps. But in my little bit of experimenting with the 2Her, the DPS comes very close to the buckler line. I would need a nicer 2H weapon to see if i can beat out buckler damage though. I switched yesterday from buckler line to 2Her simply because i was bored of the buckler and don't play my zerker that much more anyway ; )I maxed haste and accelerate to 8 points each in INT AA line, was soloing with about 140+ haste when using Open Wounds. My old setup of 1h and buckler still did more damage but that was with Ancient Velium shortspear, and i don't have a fabled 2Her. Will be interesting to experiment the damage capablities with a 2her like Sword of Pain or higher damage rating 3+ sec delay sword.As for the DW, you won't be able to reach the DPS numbers of buckler or 2her, but if you enjoy doing DW you might as well have fun with them.You should hit up two warrior tree class AA paths and max criticals/haste or haste/dps or dps/criticals. The WIS CA is really good debuff which would end up boosting your DPS but not on raids unless you coordinate the knockdown.