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before or after potential?

Before:
att +13%, all stat +7%, boss +30%

or

After:
boss +60%, critical rate +10%

[url=http://i.imgur.com/QqkO6P7.png]http://i.imgur.com/QqkO6P7.png[/url]

I'm a xenon and currently have 90% critical, 222% boss w/ dojo gloves
Mini crit is 41% and max crit is 65%

What do you guys think?

April 28, 2015

9 Comments • Newest first

Axnslicer

[quote=LegendaryNee]Before:
att +13%, all stat +7%, boss +30%

or

After:
boss +60%, critical rate +10%

[url=http://i.imgur.com/QqkO6P7.png]http://i.imgur.com/QqkO6P7.png[/url]

I'm a xenon and currently have 90% critical, 222% boss w/ dojo gloves
Mini crit is 41% and max crit is 65%

What do you guys think?[/quote]

A)

att +13%, all stat +7%, boss +30%

Assuming your % att is roughly 30%, in which case 13% more att is a 10% dps increase
Assuming your % all stat is roughly 100%, in which case 7% more all stat is a 3.5% dps increase
Assuming your buffed %total+%boss is roughly 300%, in which case 30% more boss is roughly a 7% dps increase.

Net dps increase = 10+7+3.5 = 20.5%

B)

60% boss is roughly a 14% dps increase.
10% more crit is 0.1*(41%+65%)/2 = 5.3% more damage

Net dps increase = 14+5.3 = 19.3%

Summary)

The two potentials are extremely close so it comes down to other factors.

The outlier here is the % crit line.

The 10% crit rate will bring you to 100% crit, which means more stable damage AKA you'll consistently cap sooner. However, if you find another source of % crit then the 10% crit line loses value. In this particular case I would recommend the first potential and getting % crit elsewhere. MM card and level 3 links should fill in the gap.

Reply April 29, 2015 - edited
quil

[quote=terfil]Second. Its common sense really. 3 useful lines > 2 useful lines[/quote]

all 3 are useful in both

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited
Klytta

After. Just trust me lol

Edit: in regards to the whole %attack to %boss comparison there's more to it then just getting 200% boss and now going for %attack. It's about balancing and using proper potential locations for the stats needed. For a main potential 60%boss is essentially perfect. Once you factor in other places to gain %attack.

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited
SmexyAlekss

Never is %boss enough and 200% isn't that high

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited
powerguy121

I would go after just to get 100% crit rate.13% att and 30% boss are almost equivalent to 60% boss, and 7% all stat gets destroyed by 10% crit. also, you won't really have to worry about boss anymore and you can use your heart and emblem to get attack %.

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited
Crizit

I would suggest to stay with Before. Is it possible to get anymore Crit % on your xenon? Do you have both phantom and BT link skills? Or perhaps get % crit line on your ability? Also are you level 198? I think that's when you get 10% crit from hyper skills. In many cases, 13% attk >>> 30% boss, depending on your stats.

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited
Shini

I thought after 200% boss, it doesn't become as helpful as %att would. Therefore after achieving 200%, you should go for %att. I'm going to have to go with, the before potential.

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited
terfil

Second. Its common sense really. 3 useful lines > 2 useful lines

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited
SANsaurr

After one.
Easy pick.

Reply April 28, 2015 - edited