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For every individual damage category, the spear seems to have better DPS.
Best:
- Spear - (23 dmg) / (2.6s) = 8.84
- Sword - (23 dmg / (2.6s) = 8.84 (FOR BOTH ATTACKS - IGNORING DAMAGE TYPE)
Mid:
- Spear - (13 dmg) / (2.6s) = 5
- Sword - (9 dmg) / (2s) = 4.5
If every possible attack is the same or higher, why would the spear do less damage? The LS is considered a higher DPS weapon even in the post-melee-verb-selection section.
I assume that (Average Damage) / (Average Cooldown) is better for LSwords. But unless I'm missing a mechanic (OTHER THAN STAB VS CUT), the spear would just be better in a game.
Also getting this out of the way: Cut attacks definitely cleave, and definitely have a 1.4x total damage multiplier. Extremely simple test - start attacking with the plasteel knife.
- Normal plasteel knife deals 13.2 damage
- 1 attack deals 9.2 damage to both jaw and nose (18.4 total)
- 18.4 / 1.4 = 13.14. Loss is due to rounding error.