Musculature question

So the situation is....there's an SO'd stalker with attacks slotted with 2 acc, 3 dmg, 1 rech. He has the tier 3 musc (total radial). Should I keep the same slotting, or change one of the damage SO's to a recharge? Assuming only SO's for simplicity.

Basically is the tiny extra damage from the 4th damage SO worth it, or would the 1 extra SO worth of recharge create more damage overall?

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This one's going to be a matter of personal choice. You're going to have higher damage with 3 SOs and musculature than with 2.

Approximate numbers (bearing in mind your total radial adds 16.5% damage that is subject to enhancement diversification (ED) and 16.5% that isn't):

3 SOs = 100%+16.5% = 116.5% reduced to 97.5% by ED then +16.5% for +114% damage

2 SOs = 66.7%+16.5% = 83.2% reduced to 82% by ED then +16.5% for +98.5% damage

So you lose half an SOs worth of damage by only slotting two (or waste half an SOs damage to ED by slotting 3, depending on which way you look at it).

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It may also matter which powers you are talking about. For example, dark melee, you might want the higher recharge in smite to give yourself a smoother attack chain. but you would really not want to lose the damage out of midnight grasp or siphon life. All of the sets will have similar choices.

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Ok thanks guys! That helps.

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