Molten Strike DPS Calculator

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xhul wrote:

For those who didn't know, it might be worth mentionning that in the current POB version (1.4.96), the "Magma Balls" "Total DPS" is a number you should NOT use in this calculator.
The reason is that the calculated attack rate is totally f****d up, ignoring stuff such as Multistrike or Born to Fight modifiers, but also applying stuff like Physical Projectile Attack Damage modifier where it shouldn't.

If you want an accurate "Magma Balls" "Total DPS" to work with, you need to calculate it manually by multiplying "Melee Hit" "Attack Rate" and "Magma Balls" "Average Damage".
That is of course for a character using Resolute Technique, the formula is heavier otherwise.

In my case, the calculated DPS went from 1.1 million to 2.2 million with that adjustment.

• If I'm not already using elemental focus, replace multistrike with ele focus in PoB. It gives a very similar total DPS boost.
• Correct for the APS errors (approach 1): realOneBallDps = pobOneBallDps * pobMeleeApsWithMultistrike / pobMeleeApsWithoutMultistrike
• Correct for the APS errors (approach 2): realOneBallDps = pobOneBallDps * 1.94 (assuming a lvl 20 multistrike gem).
  

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xhul wrote:

About PPAD, well, POB actually applies the "Supported Skills have 10% less Projectile Attack Speed" modifier to the magma balls attack rate, resulting in a 0.9 multiplier, which isn't surprising either.
Now, according to the wiki, the game ignores that, which makes sense, since the actual attack rate of the balls is always "following" the melee attack rate, otherwise we could notice a significant desynchronization between the melee hit and the balls generation, especially after a long period of constant attacking.

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xhul wrote:

Oh, and about what you said earlier, do you mean that your calculator already takes into account those POB flaws ?

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ZeroCloud wrote:

I'd like to make sure I am understanding all your usage and instructions. I'm planning on starting with a previous build at the pastebin below and modifying it from there and want to use my changes in PoB with your sheet to min/max it.

https://pastebin.com/HMbgCuhy

So in that pastebin I see:
Melee Hit DPS is 271848
Magma Balls DPS is 184781
1) But based on your statement about having to remove Point Blank I guess I need to edit the Grelwood to remove it off the weapon which would make the Magma Balls DPS 123173
2) Then you say we have to multiply it by 1.94 which makes it 238955

Is there a place in PoB that summarizes the AoE entries for your spreadsheet that I'm missing? I think that build has none, but just curious.

So with 2 wildfire's, helm, and assuming ive been hit recently with Grelwood I should have 12 balls.

So I enter the following into your 7 green boxes: 271848, 238955, 0%, 0%, 3, TRUE, 12
Which results in 2,271,423 single target DPS

Did I do all this correctly? If you start with that pastebin do you end up with the same result?

• In the POB configuration tab, remove the "5" from Point Blank. POB calculated point blank effects completely incorrectly for molten strike so it's better to let the calculator do all the work. That's easier than deleting the point blank mod from Grelwood. This should make the magma ball DPS in POB be 123,173.7.
• Put 271,848 into the melee hit dps box in the calculator (as you already did).
• Put 242,451 into the magma ball dps box. This should be the correct value after fixing the multistrike bug in POB (it uses the wrong attack speed). We get this value by taking pobBallDps * pobMeleeAPS / pobBallAPS = 123173.7 * 11.2 / 5.69 = 242451.
• For increased AoE, use 50% because of the two wildfire jewels.
• For More/Less AoE, put -30% because of Concentrated Effect.
• For enemy radius, 3 is fine.
• Keep point blank as true.
• 12 balls