Checking In: State of THF

[Atomic_Skull]

iLv 119 Mandau is still the best DD option for THF. Mercy stroke gets an 40% damage multiplier on lvl 99 Mandau that makes it equivalent to a 200% TP Rudra's and you can use Rudras with it now when you have 200%+ TP. Leisilonu +2 is the best offhand dagger for a Mandau. There's a whole bunch of high DMG 200+ delay daggers now but those will just drag you down if you put them offhand.

On paper yes but that depends on outside factors always being in your favor which will never happen in the real world and ignores the fact that Mandau is much less dependent on those same outside factors.

Vajra depends on SA and TA going off perfectly as soon as the timers cool down. Mandau has higher TP gain (assuming you don't have some slow dagger offhand) and will generate more TP in the same time period which will allow you to get off an unstacked WS between SATA timers and still have TP when it cools down.

Also, MS on lvl 99 Mandau gets a straight 40% damage multiplier which makes it equivalent to a 200% TP Rudra's. And you can use Rudra's if you have over 200% TP.

Vajra gets a 25% damage multiplier to Mandalic Stab, but why would you use Mandalic Stab when you can use Rudra's now?

Leisilonu +2 (DMG 90 Delay 183) is the best offhand dagger for a Mandau imo.