I’m currently leveling a PB Trickster and I notice that just about every build I’ve looked up uses the full demonslayer set and a groble offhand for PB end game. That set bonus is really really nice. However PB is one of the weird spells that takes main hand damage into account and the pistol for that set is really low damage.
I just did some testing and after unequipping my main weapon a level 36 physical pistol only adds about 100 dps to my sheet dps but equipping a level 36 physical warmaul adds about 2000 dps… nearly doubling my dps because they have the same cast speed but the warmaul has so much more weapon damage.
So what actually is the best weapon to aim for when I get to the end game? I think it should be pretty easy to max out the skill Phantasmal Blades and cast speed even without the bonuses from the weapon and offhand, but having more points is still important for filling out other skills, but not as important as having the highest dps for my main skill if there’s a huge difference like there is at low levels.
Spectral warmaul (5.5 times the demonslayer base weapon damage counting the 12% bonus the pistol gets from groble effigy, +3 skill points overall)
OR
Spectral arbalest (4 times the demonslayer base weapon damage and gets +1 blade and +4 skill points overall)
OR
Demonslayer pistol + groble offhand (very low base damage but gets + 2 blades and +11 skill points overall including the set bonus)
Let me know if anyone’s tested these or if there’s something I’m overlooking. Thanks!