Confused: DPS Shock Nova vs Lightning Tendril?

Compare:

Shock Nova:
Lightning Damage: 1147-3508
Cast Time: .52 sec
DPS Listed: 4785

Lightning Tendril:
Lightning Damage: 221-3622
cast Time: .55 sec
DPS Listed: 14,821



They both have the exact same attributes (lightning damage, spell, AOE). There are no gems attached to either. How does Lightning Tendril have a much lower average damage, higher casting time, and still have 3X as much DPS?
Last edited by ParadoxiEvia#5105 on Apr 6, 2016, 6:17:38 PM
Last bumped on Apr 6, 2016, 8:04:04 PM
doesn't lightning tendrils cast more than once per "cast"?
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Kythers wrote:
doesn't lightning tendrils cast more than once per "cast"?


Yes; it hits 4 times per cast, dealing the full damage each time, so effectively its damage is 884-14488
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Last edited by RulerofAsgard#1289 on Apr 6, 2016, 8:04:31 PM

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