Sunder, Earthquake best weapon

Everywhere I read that the best weapon for Earthquake is:

Here is Earthquake in Marohi Erqi:

Earthquake > Melee Physical Damage > Added Fire Damage > Less Duration > Conc.Effect



Now this weapon:

Here is Earthquake in Cauteriser:
Earthquake > Melee Physical Damage > Less Duration > Conc.Effect > Faster Attacks (becouse colors of weapon prepared for Sunder)



Difference is huge. Why Marohi Erqui? For bigger AoE? Is AoE worth losing so much DPS?

Another thing. Why not Sunder? Here is Sunder in Cauteriser:

Sunder > Melee Physical Damage > Multisrike > Conc.Effect > Faster Attacks



I know that this is different mechanics but... Sunder no delay, pierce all the way. Sunder have allmost no AoE, but witch Musltistrike hits all targets around very fast like aoe skill. I know everyone plays what he likes, I chose my skill but simply wants to know why a lot of people thinks otherwise. Maybe there is something I don't know?

EQ is 1 big hit and then Aftershock fucks everything (+ Bleed + Poison).
You can't stack Aftershock/Bleed so if you attack faster than you Aftershock it's lost damage.

Did you just compare the DPS numbers or did you also test the real kill speed with the Aftershocks/Bleed/Poison?

Also you didn't include the 50% more Aftershock damage vs. Sunder.
Also 360° AOE for Earthquake is just fucking good.

EQ is not suitable for aps stacking, you should look for a weapon with high hit damage rather than dps. Aftershock is not considered in the tooltip and you cant have multiple ones delayed. AoE also means better kiting. Elemental damage looks better on tooltip than in reality and it does not contribute to bleed/poison.

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Marohi is far superior, It has to be a big difference in actual gameplay

Cauteriser is better for sunder than Marohi is.

Marohi is definitely better for EQ though, unless you have optimised your EQ really well so that you don't miss any aftershocks.

Also Marohi is much better with poison or bleed too.