Optimal ability bars

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Reason: Update:Elite Dungeons - Dragonkin Laboratory added Mutated Fury ability codex
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About[]

This page aims to calculate optimal layouts for various conditions, to expand upon the general optimal layouts listed on Revolution.

The various conditions considered are:

Allow use of unlockable basic abilities (that need more than levels to use):
Allow use of Bash (for one-handed with shield and shieldbows)
No multitarget abilities:
- Chain
- Ricochet
- Dragon Breath
- Cleave
No stuns (Impact/Backhand/Kick/Binding Shot)
No bleeds (Combust/Dismember/Fragmentation Shot)
Dragon rider amulet
Limited layout length - best layout with # abilities

layouts generated will be able to continuously use basic abilities forever. layouts that cannot are considered 'not working'.

Note: when a table row states "with [an ability]", the ability is simply being considered for inclusion and may not actually be part of the layout if it doesn't improve the DPT of the layout. (This is particularly true of Sacrifice.)

AADPT[]

AADPT is the Average Ability Damage Per Tick. It is an empirical measure of comparing revolution layouts, and is given as a percentage. It takes account of the maximum and minimum damage of each ability (thus average), is weapon-independent (being a percentage), and is rated per game tick, as opposed to per second (1 tick = 0.6 seconds).

If you wish, you can easily convert AADPT to DPT (damage per tick) or DPS (damage per second):

Find your ability damage in your Gear interface, under the Loadout tab with the combat stats. Multiply this number by the AADPT percentage to get your DPT.
- E.G. 1666 ability damage with an AADPT of 30.81% gives 513.3 DPT
Divide this by 0.6 to convert from DPT to DPS
- E.G. 513.3/0.6 = 855.5 DPS
Equally, you can convert from AADPT to AADPS (Average Ability Damage Per Second) by dividing the AADPT value by 0.6
- E.G. 30.81%/0.6 = 51.35% AADPS

As AADPT (and AADPS) is a percentage, some abilities need to be recalculated to use a percentage measure.

More layouts[]

If you want a layout for a situation that isn't listed, feel free to request it on the talk page.

Revolution++ optimal layouts[]

After the Going like Clockwork update, ultimate and threshold abilities can be placed, and are automatically triggered. These include all such abilities for increased damage per second. These layouts are generated by an open source program and were freely contributed on reddit.

Assumptions:

That the player is training or on a slayer task, and not bossing
That the enemy may be stunned or bound
That enemies are not moved during any bleed ability
That no adrenaline boosting items are used after an ultimate
That enemy is stationary and you have 100% accuracy
That only one enemy is being attacked
You may want to consider adding some AoE abilities (such as chain, ricochet, quake...) manually.

layouts:

Conditions	Bar
Two-handed melee
Dual-wielded melee
Two-handed magic
Dual-wielded magic
Two-handed ranged
Dual-wielded ranged

Standard optimal layouts[]

Reproduced from the base page. These should be considered a benchmark of sorts - when considering various specific conditions, check the difference in AADPT between those conditions and these layouts.

Conditions	AADPT	Link
Two-handed melee	32%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded melee	32%	Open in calculator
One-handed melee	27.94%	Open in calculator
One-handed melee with shield	28.57%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic	28.9% (Stuns: 28.96%)	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic	27.86%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic	24.09% (Stuns: 25.94%)	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield	25.94% (Stuns: 27.97%)	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged	28.45%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged	29.06%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged	24.2% (Stuns: 25.72%)	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield	26.1% (Stuns: 26.15%)	Open in calculator
Shieldbow	29.25%	Open in calculator

Optimal layouts with no limit[]

Unlockable abilities[]

All layouts here consider various states of unlocking the abilities:

Sacrifice (100% damage, 30 second cooldown): Unlocked as a drop from Kree'arra and General Graardor, or purchased from Wizard Chambers' store
Tuska's Wrath (off-task only; 110%, 15 second cooldown): Purchased from Wizard Chambers' store
Corruption Shot (ranged; 100-300%, 15 second cooldown): Unlocked from a Corruption Shot Ability Codex or a Mazcab ability codex
Corruption Blast (magic; 100-300%, 15 second cooldown): Unlocked from a Corruption Blast Ability Codex or a Mazcab ability codex
File:Greater Dazing Shot.png Greater Dazing Shot (157% damage, 5 second cooldown): Unlocked from Shattered Worlds

Melee[]

Conditions	AADPT	Link
Two-handed melee, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	31.85%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded melee, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	31.85%	Open in calculator
One-handed melee, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	27.7%	Open in calculator
One-handed melee with shield, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	28.03%	Open in calculator

If unlocked, the Mutated fury Ability should be given second slot priority in every layout (after a bleed), as it boosts the critical chance of the next used ability.

Magic[]

Conditions	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed magic, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	28.97%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, Corruption Blast, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	34.65%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, Tuska's Wrath	29.4%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, Corruption Blast	34.28%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, Tuska's Wrath, Corruption Blast	34.65%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded magic, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	27.86%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, Corruption Blast, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	32.81%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, Tuska's Wrath	28.04%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, Corruption Blast	32.55%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, Tuska's Wrath, Corruption Blast	32.81%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed magic, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	24.71% (Stuns: 25.73%)	Open in calculator
One-handed magic, Corruption Blast, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	30.66%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic, Tuska's Wrath	25.21% (Stuns: 27.24%)	Open in calculator
One-handed magic, Corruption Blast	30.09% (Stuns: 32.12%)	Open in calculator
One-handed magic, Corruption Blast, Tuska's Wrath	30.6%	Open in calculator
One-handed with shield
One-handed magic with shield, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	26.01% (Stuns: 27.02%)	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield, Corruption Blast, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	31.89%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield, Tuska's Wrath	26.44%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield, Corruption Blast	31.32%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield, Corruption Blast, Tuska's Wrath	31.83%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield, Corruption Blast, Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice	32.21%	Open in calculator

Ranged[]

Conditions	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed ranged, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	28.48%	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	33.62%	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, Tuska's Wrath	28.74%	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, Corruption Shot	33.25%	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath	33.62%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded ranged, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	29.12%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	34.18%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, Tuska's Wrath	29.39%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, Corruption Shot	33.79%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath	34.18%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed ranged, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	24.94%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	30.77%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged, Tuska's Wrath	25.37% (Stuns: 25.43%)	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged, Corruption Shot	30.25%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath	30.72%	Open in calculator
One-handed with shield
One-handed ranged with shield, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	26.17%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	31.82%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, Tuska's Wrath	26.57%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, Corruption Shot	31.45%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath	31.81%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow
Shieldbow, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	29.25%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}	34.53%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, Tuska's Wrath	29.54%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, Corruption Shot	34.35%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, Corruption Shot, Tuska's Wrath	34.72%	Open in calculator

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v This layout has been forced to include Sacrifice in it; running without enforcing the use results in Sacrifice not being used, as it does not improve the AADPT of the layout.

Excluding abilities[]

This section deals with excluding specific abilities from a layout due to their unwanted properties.

Melee: Cleave[]

Cleave is a two-handed melee ability which can hit additional targets in front of the user in a small cone. Halberds and scythes have a larger cone.

Conditions	Bar	AADPT	Link
Two-handed melee		28.74%	Open in calculator
Two-handed melee, forced Sacrifice^{[notes 1]}		28.82%	Open in calculator

Magic: Multitargets[]

Chain is a magic ability which can hit up to two additional targets nearby
Dragon Breath is a magic ability which can hit additional targets between you and your target, and in a small cone around your target
Corruption Blast is a magic ability which can spread to nearby targets, although this doesn't always make the monster attack

No Chain

Conditions	Bar	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed magic		28.03%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		29.27%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		34.6%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded magic		27.8%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		28.04%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		32.8%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed magic	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		30.47% (Stuns: 31.48%)	Open in calculator
One-handed with shield
One-handed magic with shield	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		26.31% (Stuns: 27.33%)	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		31.7% (Stuns: 32.71%)	Open in calculator

No Dragon Breath

Conditions	Bar	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed magic		25.68%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		26.32%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		31.65%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded magic		25.35%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		25.72%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		30.97%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed magic	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		27.52% (Stuns: 28.53%)	Open in calculator
One-handed with shield
One-handed magic with shield	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		23.36% (Stuns: 24.38%)	Open in calculator
One-handed magic with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		28.75% (Stuns: 29.76%)	Open in calculator

No Chain or Dragon Breath

Conditions	Bar	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed magic	Does not form a working revolution bar
Two-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		26.12%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		31.5%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded magic		25.22%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		25.72%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		30.97%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed magic	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed with shield
One-handed magic with shield	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Blast		28.54% (Stuns: 30.63%)	Open in calculator

Ranged: Multitargets[]

Ricochet is a ranged ability which can hit up to two additional targets nearby
Corruption Shot is a ranged ability which can spread to nearby targets, although this doesn't always make the monster attack

Conditions	Bar	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed ranged		28.18%	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		28.68% (Stuns: 29.13%)	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Shot		33.62%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded ranged		28.8% (Stuns: 30.38%)	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		29.33% (Stuns: 29.83%)	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Shot		34.18%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed ranged	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed ranged, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		25.07% (Stuns: 26.65%)	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Shot		30.46% (Stuns: 30.96%)	Open in calculator
One-handed with shield
One-handed ranged with shield		24.83% (Stuns: 26.63%)	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		26.3% (Stuns: 26.81%)	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Shot		31.69% (Stuns: 32.7%)	Open in calculator
Shieldbow
Shieldbow		29.12%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice		29.51%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, with Tuska's Wrath, Sacrifice, Corruption Shot		34.72%	Open in calculator

Magic: Stuns[]

Conditions	Bar	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed magic		28.77%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, TW		29.27%	Open in calculator
Two-handed magic, TW, Corruption Blast		34.65%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded magic		27.86%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, TW		28.04%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded magic, TW, Corruption Blast		32.81%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed magic	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed magic, TW		24.42%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic, TW, Corruption Blast		30.46%	Open in calculator
One-handed with shield
One-handed magic with shield		25.06%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic, TW with shield		26.31%	Open in calculator
One-handed magic, TW, Corruption Blast with shield		31.69%	Open in calculator

Ranged: Stuns[]

Conditions	Bar	AADPT	Link
Two-handed
Two-handed ranged		28.38%	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, TW		28.69%	Open in calculator
Two-handed ranged, TW, Corruption Shot		33.62%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded
Dual-wielded ranged		28.99%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, TW		29.33%	Open in calculator
Dual-wielded ranged, TW, Corruption Shot		34.18%	Open in calculator
One-handed
One-handed ranged	Does not form a working revolution bar
One-handed ranged, TW		24.48%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged, TW, Corruption Shot		30.62%	Open in calculator
One-handed with shield
One-handed ranged with shield		25%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, TW		26.47%	Open in calculator
One-handed ranged with shield, TW, Corruption Shot		31.55%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow
Shieldbow		28.98%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, TW		29.54%	Open in calculator
Shieldbow, TW, Corruption Shot		33.62%	Open in calculator

Ability notes[]

All layouts are re-run accounting for stuns. If a layout contains both a stunning ability (Impact/Backhand/Kick/Binding Shot) and a stun-buffed ability (Wrack/Punish/Piercing Shot), and the stun-buffed ability occurs immediately after the stunning ability, the AADPT of the layout is increased slightly. However, this generally does not happen, and the amount it increases AADPT by isn't enough to change the order of layouts.

Abilities that state a single percentage in their description (... does 188% weapon damage) really mean that the ability does up to that percentage. (They also commonly state weapon damage, autoattack damage or spell damage when they really mean ability damage.) The minimum hit of such abilities is one-fifth of the percentage, with the actual damage done being uniformly distributed between these two values. The average is then the minimum and maximum added together and divided by two (which simplifies to the maximum multiplied by 0.6). For example, Sever does 188% ability damage. Its minimum hit is (188/5)% = 37.6%, and its average is ((188 + 188/5)/2)% = (188*0.6)% = 112.8%.

Bash is a basic shield ability that does 100% ability damage plus the armour value of the shield plus your Defence level, with a 15 second cooldown. As the damage is not a pure percentage, it has to be adjusted to be calculated into the optimal layouts properly. Thus, on this page, Bash uses an ability damage of up to 153.1%. This is calculated from tier 90 gear with level 99 in the relevant skills - 864 weapon damage + 247 base damage + 491 armour + 99 Defence => 1701/1111 = 1.531 = 153.1%. This represents the highest damage that Bash can do. Equivalent values for other levels are:

Tier 70 gear and level 70 skills: 143.3%
Tier 50 gear and level 50 skills: 136.3%
Tier 30 gear and level 30 skills: 133.1%
Minimum damage (shield with 0 armour, no Defence): 100%

Optimal layouts are calculated using both the minimum and maximum values, but order of abilities doesn't normally change.

Tuska's Wrath is a Constitution basic which has two forms:

Normally, it does 110% damage with a 15 second cooldown
When the monster being fought is your current Slayer task (with exception to non-tagable monsters) it does 100 * your Slayer level (which can be increased by a slayer helm's damage increase), with a 120 second cooldown

Thus, similarly to Bash, Tuska's Wrath (on-task) needs to be adjusted to a percentage. With maximum tier gear, and level 99 Slayer, the hit is equivalent to 713% (with a small enough range to ignore). This percentage can vary significantly with gear and slayer level, so layouts involving this ability should be treated with care. (Though the on-task version of Tuska's Wrath really should be treated as a threshold or ultimate ability, not included in a rotation.) The off-task version of Tuska's Wrath is just a normal ability. For the purpose of this page, only off-task Tuska's Wrath is considered unless otherwise stated by a section.

Needle Strike gives the next ability a flat damage increase of 5% of your base ability damage (i.e. if your next ability was going to hit 200%, it would hit 200+5=205% (not 200*1.05=210%)). For ease of calculation, this is included into the Needle Strike damage rather than the next ability (since it'd be the same amount regardless).

Kick is not used for calculating the layouts, as it is functionally identical to Backhand, except that it pushes back some enemies.

Shock is not used for calculating the layouts, as it is functionally identical to Impact, except that it pushes back some enemies.

Demoralise is not used for calculating the layouts, as it is functionally identical to Binding Shot, except that it pushes back some enemies and does not snare them.

Shieldbows can use two-handed ranged abilities as well as shield abilities, so are considered separately from one-handed with shield.

Several abilities are identical in damage and cooldown, so can be swapped to favour one or the other for their secondary effect, or to swap handedness, without changing the layout's AADPT:

Cleave and Decimate for Strength, and Smash and Havoc for Attack - swapping these pairs (Cleave and Smash for Decimate and Havoc) is a simple way to swap between two-handed and dual-wielding melee (in addition to thresholds/ultimates)
Dazing Shot and Needle Strike can be swapped to change from two-handed to dual-wielded ranged with minimal change to AADPT

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[forcedsacrifice-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v This layout has been forced to include Sacrifice in it; running without enforcing the use results in Sacrifice not being used, as it does not improve the AADPT of the layout.

[notes 1]

[notes 1]

v • d • e Combat
Modes	Abilities Revolution ^(Bars) Legacy Mode Momentum ^(removed)
Maths	Hit chance Affinity Ability damage Combat Stats
Equipment	Tier Degradation Passive effect Set bonus
Mechanics	Aggressiveness Attack types Combat level Damage soaking ^(removed) Tagging Threat Walking Weakness 4 tick auto attack
Miscellaneous	Drops Life points