Armor penetration - Guild Wars Forums

Loki Merethalderlad · Jan 12, 2008, 12:12 AM // 00:12

hi i'm curious wether the armor penetration stat of weapons (20/20) extends to affect attack skills too, and not just normal hits.
More specifically, would my 20/20 daggers sundering ability affect my death blossom's +45 dmg or just the 7-17 dmg of the weapon it self

MisterB · Jan 12, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18

The bonus damage ignores armor. Sundering, or any armor penetration, only affects base damage of the weapon. Which makes Sundering absolutely useless on Daggers.

**Marty Silverblade** · Jan 12, 2008, 12:24 AM // 00:24

Any +damage is unaffected by armor, so armor penetration has no effect, except on the base damage. Sundering is best on weapons with a high damage range (for example axes, which do 6-28), but it's fairly useless on weapons with a low damage range, like swords and daggers.

Dante the Warlord · Jan 12, 2008, 02:38 AM // 02:38

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Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Any +damage is unaffected by armor, so armor penetration has no effect, except on the base damage. Sundering is best on weapons with a high damage range (for example axes, which do 6-28), but it's fairly useless on weapons with a low damage range, like swords and daggers.

Yup, for damage, stats show vampiric to come out on top in terms of damage(for swords, daggers and such). Sundering is great on things with wide ranges on damage, liek scythes since the spike is very good.

Bowstring Badass · Jan 12, 2008, 03:19 AM // 03:19

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Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Any +damage is unaffected by armor, so armor penetration has no effect, except on the base damage. Sundering is best on weapons with a high damage range (for example axes, which do 6-28), but it's fairly useless on weapons with a low damage range, like swords and daggers.

Daggers sundering does 3.4 at 17 compared to vamp (3 every hit) that ignores armor. So sundering is garbage on everything except for scythe which I think it still is because it only works 1/5 of the time but whatever.

HawkofStorms · Jan 12, 2008, 05:14 AM // 05:14

Sundering is ONLY better damage wise within certain builds that provide armor penetration.

Jan 12, 2008, 12:12 AM // 00:12	#1
Loki Merethalderlad Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006 Guild: The Royal Dragon Riders Profession: A/	Armor penetration hi i'm curious wether the armor penetration stat of weapons (20/20) extends to affect attack skills too, and not just normal hits. More specifically, would my 20/20 daggers sundering ability affect my death blossom's +45 dmg or just the 7-17 dmg of the weapon it self

Jan 12, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18	#2
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	The bonus damage ignores armor. Sundering, or any armor penetration, only affects base damage of the weapon. Which makes Sundering absolutely useless on Daggers.

Jan 12, 2008, 12:24 AM // 00:24	#3
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	Any +damage is unaffected by armor, so armor penetration has no effect, except on the base damage. Sundering is best on weapons with a high damage range (for example axes, which do 6-28), but it's fairly useless on weapons with a low damage range, like swords and daggers.

Jan 12, 2008, 05:14 AM // 05:14	#6
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	Sundering is ONLY better damage wise within certain builds that provide armor penetration.