Damage per Second

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Damage per Second (DPS) is a measure of how much damage a single unit or a group of units can deal in a certain time.

DPS = total damage dealt/time in seconds

Information[edit]

Often times dps only refers to the damage dealt by attacks and is more important than attack damage, as it also considers attack speed.

Heroes and Items[edit]

The following table illustrates the absolute (+) and relative (%) increase of DPS common items have on heroes at different hero levels. In can be sorted for each item to compare the effectiveness on different heroes.

Trivia[edit]

  • The Cannon Tower has the highest dps of all Human units without upgrades, followed by the Guard Tower
  • The Watch Tower has the highest dps of all Orc units without upgrades, followed by the Wind Rider
    Only Taurens with Pulverize and at least 2 attack upgrades have more dps against single targets.
  • The Gargoyle has the highest dps of all Undead units and the Frost Wyrm has the highest dps of all Undead units against ground units
  • The Hippogryph has the highest dps of all units and the Chimaera has highest dps of all Night Elf units against ground units
    With 3 attack upgrades the Chimaera has the highest dps of all units against ground units. This means, that Night Elf has the highest dps units against ground and air units.