Visic on YouTube and D4CLoveTrainn on the Silksong subreddit are two Silksongers of the admirably deranged, quantity crunching selection: Every one independently examined the DPS of each crest (weapon moveset) within the recreation, and their outcomes precisely corroborate one another.
Such evaluation is feasible because of XiaoHaiNB’s ShowDamage HealthBar mod on the Nexus, which reveals each a bar and the hidden numerical worth of each enemy’s well being. The DPS values give attention to harm from straight nail assaults, with each authors noting that this does not present the entire story: Normal really feel, platforming utility, charged assaults, and gear/spell combos are all elements to contemplate as properly. That mentioned, listed here are their numbers, with Visic reporting flat harm at max upgrades, whereas D4CLoveTrainn exhibits share (plus or minus) vs. the bottom Hunter crest.
- Beast with short-term buff: 78.9 / +55%
- Hunter (with max no-hit bonus): 69.4 / +36%
- Wanderer: 68.3 / +34%
- Beast (no buff): 52.4 / +0%
- Hunter (no bonus): 50.9 / +0%
- Architect: 50.2 / +0%
- Witch: 45.7 / -10%
- Reaper: 41.6 / -18%
- Shaman: 41.5 / -18%
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Each crest investigators praised Architect’s cost assault, which presents a strong multihit with excessive burst harm. Certainly, Architect’s center of the street DPS is much less of a difficulty with that assault in thoughts, in addition to its give attention to utilizing Silksong’s highly effective instruments versus common assaults.
Beast and Hunter on the high barely oversell them, as they require an excessive amount of ability and timing to benefit from: Beast is tied to a 5 second buff that triggers once you heal, and Hunter’s max harm requires touchdown 12 hits in succession with out taking harm your self—although there’s additionally a center bonus for simply six hits in a row.
Which leaves my go-to, the Wanderer, because the de facto nail assault DPS king in terms of constant, actual world use. Wanderer additionally simply feels good, with assaults that come out tremendous quick and a extra easy down air “pogo” transfer like within the first Hole Knight, versus the Hunter’s diagonal dive.
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However even with Architect and Wanderer trying like the actual S-tier picks, I am impressed at how balanced the movesets nonetheless are total. Wanderer is held again barely by suboptimal instrument slots, whereas even the underside of the barrel Reaper, with low DPS and no recreation altering bonus, has a distinct segment as an extended vary, comparatively “protected” decide with a pleasant really feel. Shaman has a spellcasting specialization, whereas Witch has a singular offensive heal and powerful cost assault in its personal proper. Hunter and Beast, in the meantime, seem to be they might have so much to supply high-skill gamers who can keep away from getting hit or benefit from a restricted assault window—D4CLoveTrainn sees speedrun potential in them.
Each authors have extra to their evaluation than simply DPS numbers, like potential instrument combos with totally different crests. Visic additionally breaks down harm per hit for various strikes, whereas D4CLoveTrainn exhibits the harm bonus for every degree of nail improve, plus a subjective evaluation of how every crest feels to play. They’re value diving into for Silksicko energy avid gamers. As for me, I am simply going to maintain hitting issues with loopy Wanderer DPS.
