Anyone tested Calcitrant stole increases "Kick attack" dmg?Follow

Calcitrant Stole test

Mnk/thf
no gear swaps
Footwork active
Feet: Hermes Sandals
Skill: 391 with Tantra hands on

Base damage: 43+3 = 46
Footwork bonus: 46+18 = 64
fStr: 10

Total nominal base damage: 74

Max crit at nominal base: 233
Max crit with +5 dmg: 248
Max crit with +10 dmg: 264

Max observed crit (20 samples): 247
Higher frequency results starting at 237 (79*3)

Assessment: Calcitrant stole is +5 kick damage.

As such, it is strictly better than Faith Torque (assuming you have Tantra +2 hands) as long as accuracy remains capped (if accuracy is not capped, Agasaya is the better option). It is not as good as Rancor Collar, but is generally a better choice when the +damage taken is a concern.


I already overpaid for the testing (was reaaaaally hoping for +10 damage), but I'd say it'd probably be worth in the 200k-300k range (compared to 600k for Rancor), possibly less depending on drop rate.


Edited, Sep 22nd 2011 10:51pm by Kinematics

As a side note on Footwork, due to some messing around I was doing in the spreadsheet I found that if you have the option for Smite, using Vere or Rev+2s with Footwork is significantly better than OA2-4 with some other weaponskill (in or out of Abyssea).

Also, Calcitrant matches or beats Rancor if for some reason you're using Footwork, even with only +5 dmg.

Calcitrant+Aesir just barely beats Faith+Bruiser, assuming acc is capped. If acc is uncapped, Faith+Bruiser basically ties with Agasaya+Bruiser, and Calcitrant is notably behind (since it has no acc on it). Here, lemme just copy the charts I made:

Set 1: Abyssea (capped acc)

            Ear                                              
Neck        None        Tantra      Bruiser     Aesir       Moonshade 
None        431.206     432.302     432.166     433.367     439.183 
Agasaya     433.607     434.71      434.568     435.769     441.569 
Calcitrant  435.223     436.364     435.946     437.153     443.179 
Faith       433.367     434.469     436.981     435.528     441.33 
Rancor      442.207     443.332     443.189     444.417     450.138

Set 2: Outside, 90% hit rate without neck/ear

            Ear                                              
Neck        None        Tantra      Bruiser     Aesir       Moonshade 
None        160.615     161.125     162.585     161.769     163.66 
Agasaya     168.223     168.755     170.208     169.205     171.102 
Calcitrant  162.792     163.325     164.933     164.072     165.803 
Faith       166.391     166.756     170.256     167.565     169.312 
Rancor      168.987     169.482     170.954     170.136     172.014 
Ziel        168.239     168.77      168.694     169.343     171.251

Big caveat that while Rancor may be the best from a purely damage-focused perspective, it has a really nasty damage taken +10% (PDT and MDT) with capped Tonberry hate. If you're tanking, that's a pretty significant consideration. If you aren't tanking or if you're totally comfortable with your healers' ability to cure-bomb you, great. If not, might want to use a different neck and sacrifice a little DD power in the interest of survivability.

Similarly, Agasaya's Subtle Blow+5 doesn't show up in the DD numbers but has some value - particularly if you're fighting something with especially nasty TP moves that you really want to limit.

Something to consider in close calls... say, Kine's set 2 numbers if you don't have access to Moonshade... Rancor/Bruiser, Agasaya/Bruiser, and Faith/Bruiser are all quite close as the top pairs for damage. So in that near toss-up, I'd might pick Agasaya as my neck option since it comes with the side effects of Subtle Blow and no DT+.



Thanks a bunch for your numbers - can I ask you one favor?

I assume your Moonshade numbers are for the Atk+4/Regain version. Can you do a second Moonshade colum for the Acc+4/Regain version? Obviously would give worse numbers compared to the Atk version in Abyssea, but better numbers in uncapped Acc situations like your Set 2.

Edited, Sep 25th 2011 3:46am by Anza