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Damage mechanics

Ergo Sum

Ergo Sum frame and exotic-perk damage behavior.

TESTING
LIGHT
HEAVY
1H2L
1H2L + PACK
1H2L + PACK + FT
DPS
Notes
Modifiers
LWT
VOR
AGG
CAS
WAV
LWT
VOR
AGG
CAS
WAV
LWT
VOR
AGG
CAS
WAV
LWT
VOR
AGG
CAS
WAV
LWT
VOR
AGG
CAS
WAV
LWT
VOR
AGG
CAS
WAV
None
14,584
14,584
14,584
14,584
14,584
43,751
54,690
43,751
51,050
70,966
72,919
83,858
72,919
80,218
100,134
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Caster heavy appears to have some chunkingBequest has ~192K DPS for reference
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.167
1.622
1.000
1.150
1.000
1.100
1.373
Transcendent
22,051
22,051
22,051
22,051
22,051
66,150
82,692
66,150
64,320
93,093
110,252
126,794
110,252
108,422
137,195
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/
113,739
108,591
80,318
104,955
?
1.512
1.512
1.512
1.512
1.512
1.512
1.512
1.512
1.260
1.312
1.512
1.512
1.512
1.352
1.370
0.820
0.782
0.579
0.756
?
Pack Hunter
18,177
/
/
/
18,434
52,991
/
/
/
82,282
89,588
103,108
90,886
99,468
118,728
/
/
/
16-21% increase to base damage while Transcendent
1.246
1.264
1.211
1.159
1.229
1.230
1.246
1.240
1.186
Pack HunterTranscendent
26,254
/
/
/
25,931
79,113
/
/
/
104,006
131,857
146,797
133,988
131,585
161,445
/
/
136,027
125,723
97,609
127,378
?
1.191
1.176
1.196
1.117
1.196
1.158
1.215
1.214
1.177
0.980
0.906
0.703
0.918
?
The Perfect Fifth
/
/
/
18,924
/
/
/
/
104,722
/
77,656
115,831
77,663
129,063
128,523
96,497
132,97961954 unpowered 1.717s cycle
95,627
153,348
147,737
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/
0.36% increase from Enduring to JaggedUnpowered vortex spam does ~115K DPSCaster 1H2L only loses ~10% damage in fireteams
1.298
2.051
1.065
1.381
1.065
1.609
1.284
1.243
1.148
1.231
1.188
1.149
The Perfect FifthTranscendent
/
/
/
28,195
/
/
/
/
122,934
/
116,219
165,497
116,227
174,537
172,962
139,955
189,70783662 unpowered 1.717s cycle
139,463
201,075200363 with Enduring Blade
180,677
/
/
/
179,890
137,193
/
/
/
174,138
141,533
1.279
1.911
1.054
1.305
1.054
1.610
1.261
1.204
1.146
1.200
1.152
1.045
0.895
0.759
1.255
1.020
Unplanned Reprieve
/
88,107
/
/
/
109,230Interpolated from highest consistent bolt number, extremely inconsistent
117,275
130,481
118,558
107,021
142,429
124,188
156,941
139,369
120,220
159,023
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Wave frames have inconsistent bolt spread~12.13% buff to lightweight combo post-Telesto buff
2.014
1.539
1.608
1.556
1.626
1.334
1.422
1.059
1.203
1.176
1.123
1.117
Unplanned ReprieveTranscendent
/
108,367
/
/
/
140,037Interpolated data for 8th bolt, extremely inconsistent
152,469
197,242
169,760
140,951
187,852
175,979
212,951
188,662
164,875
214,788
175,679
204,258
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/
134,044
181,236
174,935
/
/
138,284
1.638
1.504
1.383
1.556
1.540
1.300
1.369
1.154
1.080
1.111
1.170
1.143
0.998
0.959
0.624
1.306
1.260
0.996
Arc Conductor
/
/
89,259
100,198
91,594
94,224
114,140
109,560
115,831
111,078
114,525
133,334
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/
Guaranteed passive increase
1.224
1.195
1.256
1.175
1.140
1.227
1.156
1.213
1.215
1.168
Arc ConductorTranscendent
/
/
133,783
147,383
133,783
126,070
154,855
151,858
163,328
158,033
151,130
175,641
/
/
/
/
133,392
/
/
/
/
137,611
1.213
1.162
1.213
1.163
1.129
1.135
1.108
1.181
1.199
1.134
0.759
0.992
Sacred Flame
/
/
84,584
95,523
84,584
91,883
111,799
93,549
112,206
96,411
116,810
122,456
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/
Awful, almost mitigated by wolfpack RNG in some tests
1.160
1.139
1.160
1.145
1.116
1.106
1.175
1.140
1.271
1.095
Sacred FlameTranscendent
/
/
122,500
139,042
122,500
120,670
149,443
138,070
164,729
141,051
159,120
159,576
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/
1.111
1.097
1.111
1.113
1.089
1.127
1.185
1.151
1.319
1.068
Enduring Blade
14,324
14,324
14,324
14,324
14,324
/
53,718
42,971
/
70,403
/
82,366
71,619
/
99,051
87,077
101,616
/
/
117,893
/
/
Jagged Edge isn't worth using
0.982
0.982
0.982
0.982
0.982
0.982
0.982
0.992
0.982
0.982
0.989
0.972
0.986
0.993