D3 Weapon Damage Physical Damage

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Does weapon damage matter in Diablo 3?

Weapon damage determines the effectiveness of every damaging skill and ability, including "minions". If you go to Blizzard's game guide and look at the class abilities, you will see most spells and abilities say in the description "Deals 80% of weapon damage".

How is weapon damage calculated in Diablo 3?

In order to get our Weapon Damage Per Second (DPS), we need to multiply the average damage by the Weapon Attack Speed which is 1.2 in our case: this brings us to a grand total of 272.5 * 1.2 = 327 DPS. For more information about Attack Speed and Breakpoints, check out this article written by Northwar!

What is considered physical skill damage Diablo 3?

Physical damage is the most common type of damage, associated with white, red or black colors. All the hero classes and almost all monster types have a physical damage attack as their default attack. Any melee blow or kinetic missile will count as Physical.

Does weapon affect base damage?

The Base Damage depends on the Creature or the Player, and respectively, the Weapon used. Same Creatures and Weapons also have the same Base Damage.

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SKILL DAMAGE vs Weapon Damage in Diablo 3

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