Inconsistent. I’ve done some testing with this, and push-attacks sometimes don’t reset the chain if done quickly enough. Just blocking will reset, so block-cancelling works consistently. It’s still a big dps drop either way.
You shouldn’t be testing those traits with the zealot’s on-hit damage talent.
Limbsplitter boosts the first attack, then every following attack is nerfed to the same amount. In your case, +25% for the initial, then -25% for every other. I also don’t know where you’re getting this 45% power on 5 stacks from. I have some decimator axes, only one of which stacks to 5, and it stacks 6% every time. It would need 9% per stack to reach 45%, which would be reached by the 7th consecutive hit.
Also, yah, decimator really sucks right now. Only starts stacking after the second hit, and any break, including blocking, block-attacks, or a miss, loses every stack. The power gain isn’t that great either. I’ve compared it to ‘headtaker’, which is superior in every way. Decimator just needs to be removed so headtaker can fill that role. I’ll be replacing decimator with headtaker when finally given the chance to.
I also have tested the dps between limbsplitter and non-limbsplitter, and I only see limbsplitter having a role in a special-activation weapon where it might clear a breakpoint.
person on video uses this talent so do i, to keep it similar.
in the video it says +15% power, stacks 5 times.
Having that talent turned on messes with your ability to recognize the hit and damage patterns. It’s best if a different talent is selected.
Also, I was only going off your post, not a different person’s. Thanks for the clarification.
I’m also using that axe. I’ve found that using the push-attack in quick succession on heavies (push-attack>heavy>repeat) makes it so that the block attack no longer one-shots when striking the head of various non-elites.
i know that, i keep it off for damage calculation, usualy.
weird. gonna pay attention to that then