Quote Originally Posted by Jonnycbad View Post
So Fuma is 288 and Riaton is 360. Raiton is still stronger but not really once you count the loss of GCD clipping. That said, if Raiton was intended to be stronger (given that it's a higher level skill), there's not really a point in using it, right? Unless the mob has a magic vuln debuff
It's actually even closer than that, since Fuma Shuriken is also slashing damage, so it is buffed by the slashing debuff as well. I'm not sure if these buffs are additive or multiplicative, so I will show both calculations below to get the actual potency

Additive: (10% slashing + 20% physical = 30% total) => 240 x 1.3 = 312 potency
Multiplicative: (1.1 slashing x 1.2 physical = 1.32) => 240 x 1.32 = 316.8 potency

That combination of buffs, combined with the GCD clipping from Raiton does absolutely result in Raiton being a loss in most DPS situations. But if this were changed so that Raiton was buffed by the Dripping Blades Trait, then:

Raiton: 360 x 1.2 = 432 potency

This change would easily make Raiton the superior choice, thus rewarding the more difficult mudra and making more sense.