Talk:Heavenward Lash/@comment-24634511-20181103085656/@comment-24634511-20181103212359

not really sure what is happening here .. so this effect is Force Hatchet specific .. and it's better with the skill not core skill..?

I suppose the question is:
 * What about Full Moon Slash - is is better (than expected) with Force Hatchet ? It has similar skill data to Heavenward lash -ie 75% weapon scaling
 * Also Windmill Slash would be a good test.
 * Another one is jump heavy attack (75% weapon again)

There's two factors/problems here (afaik)
 * 1) We don't fully know how Force Hatchet charge is put into the damage equation
 * 2) Is this specific to this skill, or is something else going on?

I tried some simplified tests:
 * 564 core strength (+clout) with either 1* Force Hatchet (79) or 3* Dragon's Dogma (823) ..
 * All vs Ox
 * Force Hatchet fully charged

I chose the two weapons to get damage as near as possible on light attack.
 * Can't work out the pattern of what's happening
 * But the differences are "tiny"
 * Force Hatchet is slightly less damage on all three attacks

Maybe something else is going on with your cyclops test ..