Defender vs Corruptor Damage Q
By
Nox__Fatalis,
Posted on: 2011-10-03 22:20 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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Assuming comparable enhancement and no other buffs, they work out the same.|
Originally Posted by Nox__Fatalis
So not including scourge, and a defender soloing for the 30% damage buff, how does damage between the two AT's (using the same powersets) compare?
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Corruptor ranged damage scale is 0.75.
3 SO damage enhancements modifed by ED = 0.95
(1 + 0.95) * 0.75 = 1.4625
Defender ranged damage scale is 0.65.
(1 + 0.95 + 0.3) * 0.65 = 1.4625
With Scourge the Corruptor will gain more benefit.
With ally or self damage buffs, the Defender will gain more benefit, because their AT mods are higher.
Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
For soloing it also depends on what you fight. Against same level minions and Lts they'll be almost identical since Scourge isn't that useful. Against bosses or if soloing at +2 or +3 difficulty, the Corruptor will start to pull away due to those enemies requireing quite a few shots to take down and therefore having a good chance for Scourge to actually go off. Against EBs or AVs the Corruptor is at a significant advantage.
However, in some cases the Defender's stronger debuffs will change things. For instance, a Rad/Sonic Defender is going to probably outperform a Sonic/Rad Corruptor against any target, simply because the stronger -resist debuffs will lead to more damage than Scourge will. The Corruptor might pull back ahead against full AVs since you can Scoruge a lot on those, but it'll be close and for anything weaker the stronger debuffs will be better.
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Most of the information has been listed above, I just wanted to throw out that Kinetics favors the Corruptor due to a 500% damage cap instead of a 400% cap (3.75 vs 2.6 final, to compare to the numbers UberGuy listed). The Defender can self-cap damage with fewer targets, though.
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So not including scourge, and a defender soloing for the 30% damage buff, how does damage between the two AT's (using the same powersets) compare?