DRK WSDB JPGift Is 1st Hit Only And Endark II Test

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DRK WSDB JPGift is 1st hit Only and Endark II Test
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By Bolmster 2026-01-28 20:29:23
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This is another post for drk BGwiki source material. I couldn't find definitive testing that explained if the job point Weaponskill damage bonus gift for DRK applied to all hits or if it was like gear and only the first hit. I also didn't see anything on whether Endark II stacked with WS or not. So I went DRK/WAR and killed flamingo in sky using a lvl 1 Bronze Zaghnal and trusts+Last resort to attack cap. TLDR: WSDB JPgift applies only to the first hit of a WS and Endark II does not stack with WS.

First thing I did was make sure I was fSTR and attack capped.
Calculated melee range = (14+9)*4.5*1~1.05 = 103-108
Actual melee range = 103-108 (verified with about 100 swings)

Then I did a bunch of guillotine tracking the #of hits with 0 job points. 2k+ Attack / 266 STR / 184 MND & no pdl+ or WSDB+ equipment.
Calculated range = (14+9+171)*4.5*0.875*1~1.05+(14+9+171)*4.5*3*1~1.05 = 3,424-3,593
Actual Range of 17 WS (4 hit)= 3,427 to 3,526
Actual Average = 3,467

Then I went out and got my first 500 job points on DRK… terrible experience after coming back to the game.

Then I did a bunch of guillotine again with the same exact gear.
New Range of 18WS (4 hit) = 3,456-3,551
New Avg = 3,497

If the WSDB applied to all hits we should see roughly a 4% increase but if it only applied to the first then we would see a 0.90% increase since the first swing is 0.875 ftp and not 1 ftp [(0.875*1.04+3)/(3.875)].
Actual increase was 3,497/3,467 = 0.86%

I compared the 5 hit data from doubleattack procs I got and it followed the same trend.

Then I casted Endark II and did a Guillotine, then casted fresh and repeated. My Dark magic skill wasn't capped so my first proc for endark II was 93dmg so I would expect my guillotines to be 93+92+91+90 = 366 dmg higher on avg.

Unfortunately my guillotine dmg barely changed at all.
New Avg with Endark II = 3,502
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By Quetzalcoatl.Jakey 2026-01-28 22:48:22
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Ya so at the time DRG weaponskill damage didn't exist yet so there wasn't really a reason to specify that DRK ws dmg only applied to the first hit, that was just how weaponskill damage worked.

Enspells generally don't directly add damage to ws's.

Still nice testing, always appreciate when people go and check things and report back.
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