Increasing Damage Per Second (DPS)

[Bartholomew Foulsteel]

Okay mates, so ye want those famed weapons, right? And ye know that yer sword is going to be the quickest way to bring down old Dartan or Darkheart, right? Well, the faster ye can cut him down, the faster ye can get through loot chests and get those famed weapons, right? Well then, ye want to increase yer Damage Per Second (DPS) to cause as much damage as possible as quickly as possible.

SETUP: with any sword, ye have five seperate moves that can work together as a combo. Each in the series does progressiely more damage. Therefore, stack as much damage (five points) on your final move as ye can. Do the same for each skill as ye work from yer highest damage attack to your lowest damage attack, EXCEPT for your first attack skill. Just leave that at one point. I'll explain why later.

SPEED: DPS has two compnents; Damage dealt and speed at which ye can deal that damage. In order to get the most damage dealt ye have to increase the speed of your attacks. In this case, timing is everything. The key point in timing yer combos is to hit your attack button JUST BEFORE THE PREVIOUS ATTACK DOES DAMAGE. This takes a bit of practice, but once ye master that your attack combos will be happening exceptionally quicker. Personally I like the broadsword best for this because it allows a continuous chain of attacks without a pause between the last attack of the chain and the first attack of the next chain, AND because of the massive damage it deals. These two elements together increase DPS substantially.

SPECIAL SKILLS: Thses are your Sweep, Headbutt, Taunt, and Bladestorm. Now personally, I don't use nor care about taunt. It may reduce the damage the enemy does to me, but it's immaterial. I will have cut down Gen DH before I have any significant damage anyway. So, I throw five points in Sweep, Headbutt, and Bladestorm. Each of these does good damage,and the Headbutt not only stuns the enemy, but with a chance for a critical hit will actually do some AMAZING damage.

SKIP YOUR FIRST ATTACK IN THE COMBO: What?!! Well mates, remember how I mentioned earlier that I only put one point in the first attack of a combo? Well there's a very good reason for that: I will skip this attack as often as I can! This gets through my combos in four moves instead of five, increasing my DPS! So how do we skip the first move in a combo? Pretty easy, really. It's all in the timing. Simply put, ye can't skip the first move in a combo the first time you attack. It just won't happen. So, start the combo regularly, remembering the speed tip above. When you're just about to hit that fifth attack, use Sweep. Again, just as Sweep is just about to connect, begin your next combo. if timed perfectly, YOUR NEXT COMBO MOVE WILL BE THE SECOND ATTACK IN THE CHAIN! Follow through the combo paying attention to timing, and when you're just about to land that fifth combo move again, Bladestorm. Again, right when the Bladestorm is just about to land, begin your next comboa, and again you will skip the first (weakest) move in the combo. Same as before, run through your new four move combo, and if your timing is right you're ready for your next Sweep. Just keep using the special attacks as needed to keep the combo going on four moves instead of five.

Now, that's the biggest reason to have a third special attack (headbutt); it keeps you in the four combo move progression if your Sweep or Bladestorm have not recharged all the way yet.

Also, any interruptions to your chain attacks will cause you to have to start with your first weakest attack again.

Additionally, no; you cannot start with a Sweep or Bladestorm and then skip the very first attack in the combo--it just doesn't work. So go ahead and start with the combo, Sweep, 4-attack-combo, Bladestorm, 4-attack combo, Sweep (Headbutt if necessary), and repeat until your adversary is lying a pile of his own ruin.

Finally, YES; this works with daggers too.

Try it out and let me know how it works for you.