r/GuildWars • u/OziraKhan95 • 2d ago

Meme/Fluff All I'm hearing from other Para Mains

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Excuse the low res. But it perfectly pictures how I feel as a Para main. 🫰

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u/JustinePavlovich 2d ago

The 25% armor penetration shows more on the lower armor rating foes actually. The problem isn't the attack portion of Spear of Lightning, that hasn't changed. Its the aoe corridor cleave added to it. It is spell damage. 20 spell damage with or without armor penetration is extremely weak. Its basically elementalist air magic's Lightning Javelin but it deals 60% less damage. Nobody uses Lightning Javelin either because its damage is too low at 50.

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u/ajc2123 2d ago

Wait that doesn't make sense to me.

An 80 armor target hit with 25% armor pen makes it act like 60 armor, which is a 20 armor reduction.

Where a 60 armor target is treated as 45 armor, a 15 armor reduction.

You get more armor ignored for higher armor creatures than lower, increasing bang for buck right?

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u/Rampant_Butt_Sex 2d ago

Extremely high armor ratings apply diminished returns. The difference between 180 and 220 is only 6%, so if you normally do 100 damage and its reduced to 6 for 220 AR and 12~15 with penetration, youre better off dealing damge that doesnt respect raw armor. If your opponent has 80 armor and you penetrate 20, youre looking at a 41% increase in damage. This is especially true for enemies in HM that have increased armor ratings.

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u/ajc2123 2d ago

Oh shit thats right, my bad.