Pikeman Archive

I was killing today and noticing how polearm hit 2 seems to have a higher delay associated with it than some other attacks.

I then took note of action hit 1, and noticed I have leg hit from the brawler tree.

I decided to experiment: killing with polearm hit 2 vs. killing with action hit + leg hit.

the advantage of the action hit and leg hit are clear: they target a specific pool and both hack away at that same pool. action hit bleeds the action pool, and leg hit hits it directly.

polearm hit 2 hits a random pool, and does more damage. although it seems to attack slower.

anyway, I've been comparing methods -- beating a monster with PH2, and then beating another one like it with AH+LH. and AH+LH seems to be at least as effective.

I don't have leg hit 2, but now I'm very curious if it would be a good idea to get it. can anyone test this?

I have found that the Actionhit1 and Actionhit2 bleeds stack. So I do AH1 AH2 and the spam Leghit1. My Leghit1 consistently doesmore damage then Leghit2 for some reason.

can anyone else attest to leghit 2 being worse than 1?

check this link for calculations:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pikeman&message.id=4867&page=1

thanks for the link, but the numbers in that post are very far off from reality, so it's not that useful. does anyone have accurate modern calculations?

I can tell you that when I use Leghit 2 I hit for 700 to 900 points, while using Leghit 1 I hit for 1000 to 1200 points. This is using a LVA with a max damage of 471. I am at 1 1 4 3 Pike.

if you think the numbers are far from reality then do some tests yourself.

Turn on logging and do 100 leghit1 and then 100 leghit2 against the same mob and record your results.

The calculations Ipointed you toare a basic look at specials, their cost and damage. All other factors being equal (like armor piercing bonus),they should reflect exactly what moves perform the best.

The data for each move was taken from published data. I don't think it's changed yet.