if you didn't eyeball but actually parsed you'd see that it procs way way more than 1 in 50 swings (unless you're wiffing a lot, which i can see on pld that happening in end game)Overall Excalibur is really weak:
- The modifiers on KotR WS are too low as you've pointed out, it needs to be bigger if split between STR and MND.
- The Regen effect provided by the WS is too small for current content at 10hp/tick, it should be more like 20/tick at least
- The sword used to have matching base damage with Burtgang at lvl 75 - now at 119 Burtgang is ahead on base damage, and parses higher with the occ. attacks twice. Burtgang also gets better Store TP with the slightly higher delay (no real benefit to Excal in attack rounds) and having higher base damage means overall WS's are better on Burtgang. It's reasonable for Mythics to be better, but the Relic sword is way behind the Mythic sword. Not to mention the PDT effect on Burt, which is a powerful utility feature on its own, Burt still is the DPS champion. This doesn't seem balanced (oh dear, what have I said).
- The 'Additional effect: Damage proportionate to current HP' procs way to infrequently (like 1 in 50 swings? 1 in 100?). I've gone entire [end-game] boss fights without it procing even once. It should proc more often.
- The 'Additional effect: Damage proportionate to current HP' proc should be based off of your 'maximum HP' not 'current HP'. As a tank, PLD often see's low HP - or at least below max while tanking - (until healed) and so if the additional effect is going to proc, you know luck will have it to occur when you're at low hp (making the additional damage insignificant).
Excal deserves an upgrade. Do you care about this legendary sword SE?
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