TL;DR: Which skill to lvl?
Sacrament > Aspersion > Sacrament (when always bought from Pardoner) > Blessing
INT/SPR Builds as soon as kTOS Blessing buff hits us : Blessing > Sacrament > Aspersion > Sacrament (when always bought from Pardoner)
PREAMBLE: I’m using comma as decimal mark!
I think every Chaplain asks himself at some point which skills to lvl for best dmg output.
Aspersion, Blessing and Sacrament (Last Rites depends on Sacrament lvl) are increasing our Auto-Attack Damage.
Those increase linearly per lvl.
For the following calculations I assume you are buffed with Sacrament, Aspergillum and Last Rites. I also consider Cafrisun-Set in all comparisons.
So our Attack consists of: Physical Hit + Sacrament + Last Rites + Aspergillum (+ Cafrisun)
The attribute lvl of Aspersion influences the values of Aspersion, Sacrament and Last Rites.
How much damage do we get per lvl of each skill? Those values are averaged as the values vary by ±1 at some lvls.
Sacrament Buff can be bought at Pardoners’ Spell Shop which makes lvling that skill weaker. I don’t make this comparison for Blessing as it is hit-limited.
A% = Aspersion Attribute lvl
without cafrisun:
Blessing = +15,7
Aspersion = +21 at A%0 | +42 at A%100
Sacrament = +35 at A%0 | +42 at A%100
Sacrament (Pardoner) = +19,4 at A%0 | +23,3 at A%100
Sacrament (Last Rites 40% active) = +38,9 at A%0 | + 46,7 at A%100
Sacrament (Pardoner) (Last Rites 40% active) = +23,3 at A%0 | + 28 at A%100
Conclusion ignoring the 40% buff:
You gain most dmg per skill point through Sacrament if you’re not relying on Pardoner Buffs. At Aspersion attribute lvl 100 Aspersion is worth the same as Sacrament, untill then it’s 2nd priority.
If you’re always buying Sacrament buff at Pardoner Spell Shop it goes to 3rd priority.
with cafrisun:
Blessing = +19,6
Aspersion = +21 at A%0 | +42 at A%100
Sacrament = +42 at A%0 | +49 at A%100
Sacrament (Pardoner) = +23,3 at A%0 | +27,2 at A%100
Sacrament (Last Rites 40% active) = +46,7 at A%0 | + 54,4 at A%100
Sacrament (Pardoner) (Last Rites 40% active) = +28 at A%0 | + 32,7 at A%100
Conclusion ignoring the 40% buff:
You gain most dmg per skill point through Sacrament if you’re not relying on Pardoner Buffs. Aspersion comes 2nd.
If you’re always buying Sacrament buff at Pardoner Spell Shop it goes to 3rd priority.
kTOS Blessing
How does this change if kTOS Blessing patch would hit us?
Blessing will get additional scaling: + ((0,02 * INT) + (0,06 * SPR)) * (BlessLVL -1)
You need some INT/SPR to have Blessing outscale anything else.
with cafrisun: INT + SPR3 > 294
w/o cafrisun: INT + SPR3 > 329
Two examples of Blessing scaling per lvl:
Full INT (579 INT, 8 SPR)
with cafrisun: +80
w/o cafrisun: +64
FULL SPR (366 SPR, 6 INT)
with cafrisun: +130
w/o cafrisun: +104
So with kTOS Patch it would be: Blessing >> Sacrament > Aspersion
Some further notes:
Regarding Sacrament / Last Rites: the damage on additional lines ignores defense, but not on the main attack. So if you’re a Rod user and your dmg + sacrament / lr is below enemy defense you will still deal 1 dmg with the main attack. In this case Sacrament/LR loses up to 20% damage of the listed values.
On the other Hand you have to Double the Bonus-Damage from Sacrament / LR / Aspergillum against Dark-Property Monsters.
Blessing doesn’t get influenced by anthing - it’s a flat value that gets added everywhere last.
Aspergillum damage is calculated exactly the same way Aspersion is calculated. It really just adds the dmg Aspersion would do if you had casted itself. So anything counts there by the normal dmg rule.
Last Rites buff, that activates below 40% HP lasts for the whole duration, even if you heal up again. Recasting the buff sets it back to the normal value.
I can go more into detail if you want me to.
So ask me anything and I’ll try to answer and / or calculate you wishes.
Changes:
2016-06-08 - 18:36 CEST
- verified that Aspergillum dmg is equal to Aspersion as if it was casted
2016-06-08 - 15:30 CEST - corrected Sacrament feat. Pardoner calculation
- added Last Rites 40% Buff values
