Definitively ranking Marksman potential DPS through training tool (experiment with results!)

TLDR= CONCLUSION IS RIGHT ABOVE RESULTS, BELOW RESULTS IS THE RAW DATA OF EXPERIMENT

So after reading that Riot wants Cait to have less single target dps than other adcs I decided I would do a test to see purely on auto attack dps which adcs scale better than each other in pure dps if able to auto freely. I will also for the sake of having it test the steroids on each champ separately to show that as well. but I really wanted to see if Cait really does suffer enough in terms of pure DPS than other marksman, since they do not want to nerf her headshot damage, traps, or oppressive lane phase.

For clarity I will run each marksman with a cookie cutter "dps" build and a standard "meta" build for their champion as well.

the cookie cutter dps build is as follows:

IE > shiv > RFC > AS Boots > LDR > BT

all will be running fervor so its purely about their kits as well, and all will run standard adc runes/masteries. Note that fervor will be fully st acked on a separate dummy before testing dps on a new untouched dummy for accurate dps numbers. Data will be at the bottom, findings at the top for a TLDR right here below. Note that I am not including Graves, Quinn, Teemo, or Urgot in this since they are not considered true marksman.

CONCLUSION: Nerfs overall put Caitlyn's ideal dps at the bottom of the pack, but in pure auto attack dps she is still slightly above the median compared to other marksman.

RESULTS:

Rankings of PURE AUTO ATTACKS (no active abilities used besides Draven Q) DPS:

1.)Vayne-1950 2.) Jinx- 1400 3.) Draven- 1380 4.) Kog'Maw- 1150 5.) Twitch- 1100 6.) Varus- 1100 7.) Ashe- 10500 8.) Caitlyn- 1050 9.) Lucian- 980 10.) Kindred- 980 11.) Ezreal- 975 12.) Kalista- 940 13.) Tristana- 930 14.) Xayah- 930 15.) Jhin- 890 16.) Miss Fortune- 870 17.) Corki- 830 18.) Sivir- 800

Rankings of IDEAL DPS for each champ (considers their entire kit as well as meta builds, takes highest dps of whichever) (so highest potential dps for each champ)

1.) Kog'Maw- 2900 2.) Twitch- 2000 3.) Vayne- 1950 4.) Draven- 1700 5.) Xayah- 1600 6.) Jinx -1400 7.) Varus- 1400 8.) Tristana- 1400 9.) Ashe- 1350 10.) Lucian- 1350 11.) Kindred- 1300 12.) Kalista- 1160 13.) Miss Fortune- 1150 14.) Ezreal- 1100 15.) Cailtyn- 1050 16.) Sivir- 1000 17.) Jhin- 975 18.) Corki- 930

Ashe:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.16 Full Build Attack Speed (DPS): 1.82 AS Full Build Average DPS (no Q): 1050 Full Build Average DPS (/w Q): 1130 ALT Meta Build (bork > hurricane build) DPS: 1350 (bork is hard to gauge since it scales with current health)

Caitlyn:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 0.92 Full Build Attack Speed (DPS): 1.49 Full Build Average DPS: 1050

NOTE: (no alt build since the cookie cutter one is her meta build right now) decided against throwing in W and E as part of a combo test since they are unreliable (someone has to step on a trap or run at you)

Corki:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.01 Full Build Attack Speed (DPS): 1.65 Full Build Average DPS: 830 ALT Meta Build (Trinity > IE > Shiv > RFC > Sorc boots > Void Staff) DPS: 930

NOTE: I threw out rockets to make sure i got sheen procs on the alt meta build so it was more accurate

Draven

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.13 Full Build Attack Speed (DPS): 1.81 Full Build Average DPS(with W): 1380 Full Build Average DPS(without W): 1430 ALT Meta Build (Death's Dance > Shiv > AS boots > IE > ER > LDR): 1700

NOTE: to simulate a good draven catching every axe, I turned on cooldowns so every auto had an axe.

Ezreal:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.05 Level 18 Base Attack Speed (fully stacked passive): 1.49 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.67 Full Build Attack Speed (fully stacked passive: 2.11 Full Build Average DPS: 975 Full Build Average DPS (fully stacked passive): 1050 ALT Meta Build DPS (Muramana, Trinity Force, Bork, AS Boots, LDR, Death's Dance): 1000 ALT Meta Build DPS (same build, passive fully stacked): 1100

NOTE: to simulate ideal Ezreal DPS I threw in Q's on cooldown for all builds in between auto attacks. again, bork is hard to judge since it is a lot stronger at higher health and the dummies have a lot of health and it inflates dps numbers heavily in training tool)

Jhin:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed (fixed): 0.94 Full Build Average DPS: 890 Full Build Average DPS (with Q and W thrown in while reloading): 970 ALT Meta Builds DPS (Ghostblade > RFC > IE > AS Boots > LDR > BT): 875 ALT Meta Builds DPS (with Q and W thrown in while reloading): 950-1000(???)

NOTE: Jhin is tricky. his 4th shot scales with missing health and the bots go down to 1 health almost immediately, so dps seems to keep creeping up when you can weave in the abilities so it was hard to judge. but overall his dps is between 890-1000 closer to 950 average overall between all builds.

Jinx:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 0.86 Level 18 Base Attack Speed (full stacked Q): 1.73 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.48 Full Build Attack speed (full stacked Q): 2.36 Full Build Average DPS: 1400

NOTE: didn't include an alt build since the one I am doing for all adcs also happens to be a standard meta build for Jinx anyway. didn't include rockets because it is significantly less DPS and this is testing out ideal DPS of each marksman (aka their "max potential").

Kalista:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.05 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.69 Full Build Average DPS: 940 Full Build Average DPS (with 10 stack rend): 1100 ALT Meta Build DPS (bork > hurricane > AS boots > IE > BT > LDR): 1050 ALT Meta Build DPS (with 10 stack rend): 1160

NOTE: no real way of reliably doing this with a bound ally which really lowers her numbers significantly. you can't bind in practice mode with an ally dummy even so I don't have a legit way of testing this. (no point in custom since I couldn't see dps numbers anyway). Kalista is gonna be off due to the sheer nature of how weird she is set up with W ally passive and rend being a dps increaser but only temporarily.

Kindred:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.02 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.64 Full Build Average DPS: 980 Full Build Average DPS (with wolf and Q hops on cooldown): 1300

NOTE:Have to disregardsince her power is entirely based on marks and her attack speed steroid scales with the marks. (and the time it would take to get marks simply isn't worth the investment since I can only put one bot in per game) I cannot reliably gauge her beyond her base stats which aren't worth noting really. Although it is interesting to note that Kindred has pretty intense dps when in wolf's zone.

Kog'Maw:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed (including Q points): 1.33 Full Build Attack Speed (also including Q points): 2.00 Full Build Average DPS (without W active): 1150 Full Build Average DPS (with W active): 1800 ALT Meta Build DPS (without W active) (Rageblade > Bork > AS Boots > Hurricane > IE > Mercurial scimitar): 1250 ALT Meta Build DPS (with W active): 2900

NOTE: bork is gonna inflate the numbers, but Kog's single target damage is so far off the charts with the meta build if rageblade's fully stacked.

Lucian:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.12 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.76 Full Build Average DPS (no abilities): 980 Full Build Average DPS (Q W E efficiently woven): 1200 ALT Meta Build DPS (no abilities) (Bork > Cleaver > PD > IE > LDR > AS Boots ): 1100 ALT Meta Build DPS (Q W E efficiently woven): 1350

NOTE: Lucian hard to judge as even though I've played a lot of lucian and can do his combos clean, its hard to judge as the Reaver build is a build I didn't account for and is viable build. I felt the bork build was better to test though since its more meta currently.

Miss Fortune:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.12 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.78 Full Build Average DPS: 870 Full Build Average DPS (with W active and swapping between two targets for max uptime): 1150 ALT Meta Build (Duskblade > Ghost Blade > Edge of Night > AS boots > Cleaver > LDR) DPS: 590 ALT Meta Build DPS (with W active and swapping between two targets for max uptime): 830

NOTE: by swapping between targets I just mean in an ideal scenario where mf can keep her W permanently up, in practice tool I just turn off cooldowns and refresh it constantly to recreate the same result.

Sivir:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 0.92 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.55 Full Build Average DPS: 800 Full Build Average DPS (with W cast on cooldown): 1000 ALT Meta Build (ER > Shiv > IE > LDR > Death's Dance> AS Boots) DPS: 835 ALT Meta Build DPS (with W cast on cooldown): 930

NOTE: remember this is a single target dps test, so I cannot test out her overall dps with ricochet on many targets

Tristana:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 0.95 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.61 Full Build Average DPS: 930 Full Build Average DPS (with Q active): 1400

NOTE: no alt build here for trist as the main build I have is actually the meta for her right now as well, (just like with jinx and cait). was torn on whether to include E on dps, but since its just a short burst and has a long cooldown decided against it.

Twitch:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.21 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.89 Full Build Average DPS: 1100 Full Build Average DPS (with ult and Q popped): 1500 ALT Meta Build (Bork > hurricane > IE > LDR > Shiv > AS Boots) DPS: 1350 ALT Meta Build (with ult and Q popped) DPS: 2000

NOTE: again, bork inflates numbers heavily in practice tool, but this is the best I can do for twitch. again, single target damage here. not going to try to add up what he could do to 5 people in a line.

Varus:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.13 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.78 Full Build Average DPS: 1100 Full Build Average DPS(after killing enemy champion for passive): 1300 ALT Meta Build DPS (Bork > Hurricane > Rageblade > IE > LDR > AS Boots): 1200 ALT Meta Build DPS(after killing enemy champion for passive): 1400

NOTE: this was a bit trickier as I had to use a bot to kill to proc his passive, so I put a dummy in base next to the enemy fountain and since I was level 18 and bot was level 1 I could reliably kill them and then immediately test dps. i had to fully stack fervor/rageblade respectively in each situation before killing a poor soraka bot to get the "ideal" dps.

Vayne:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.24 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.90 Full Build Average DPS(no Q): 1950 Full Build Average DPS(Q on cooldown): 1850

NOTE: no alt meta build here as the crit build is the meta for vayne right now. a lot of people build bork on her, but from what I've seen and been told crit is the ideal dps for vayne due to her Q crits. interesting to note here that at high attack speeds tumble lowers your top end dps even with the bonus damage.

Xayah:

Level 18 Base Attack Speed: 1.10 Full Build Attack Speed: 1.73 Full Build Average DPS (without W): 930 Full Build Average DPS(with W): 1350 Full Build Average DPS (with 6 feather E after W): 1400
ALT Meta Build (ER > Shiv > IE > BT > LDR> AS Boots) DPS (without W): 1000 ALT Meta Build DPS (with W): 1200 ALT Meta Build DPS (with 6 feather E after W): 1600

NOTE: was hard to figure out how many feathers was a good number for a rend but I Figured 4 autos and a Q would be 6 feathers for a big rend on the E so I went with that.