Talk:Heavenward Lash/@comment-24634511-20181103085656/@comment-24431732-20181103193213

Ran test againn but with a 2 star Dragon's Dogma to see if this has anything to do with perhaps piercing enemy defense. The only change is that I leveled up 1 time (finished a quest because something died nearby and it autosaved so RIP), meaning that I have 1 additional base strength from level 172 -> 173 as a Fighter.

Dire Onslaught: Started at 26,936,546 damage, ended at 26,937,972 with a change of 1426 damage.

Heavenward Slash: Started at 26,938,680 damage, ended at 26,940,212 with a change of 1532 damage.

Conclusion: I can only assume that Heavenward Slash has lower based damage and scaling, but has some kind of piercing property designed to down flying foes easier or something. Or that it has lower base damage, but significantly higher rate of growth per the player's strength. In my third test, Heavenward Slash had a 7.4%^ damage increase at only 1422*1.1 total outgoing strength, with no defensive modifiers. In my first & second tests, Heavenward Slash had a 14.9%^ damage increase at 1141*1.1*2 (the at least double effect form Force Hatchet's 10 hit charge) total outgoing strength, with no defensive modifiers.