Borderlands Gun DPS Calculator

	A	B	C	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	T	U
1	Mode:	TVHM	Make a copy of this sheet to be able to edit	BULLET DAMAGE					Explanation:		Normal
2		Weapon 1	Weapon 2	Normal							TVHM
3	Damage	1000	900		Flesh	Armour	Shields		Projectiles per shot:	Shotguns for example have multiple projectiles per round. Pistols that fire two projectiles however tend to use two ammo.	-	0%
4	Projectiles per shot	1	1	Kinetic	0	-20%	0		Gun Critical Hit Bonus	The stated bonus in the weapon description.	Jakobs (+10% crit)	+10%
5	Ammo Per Shot	1	1	Fire	50%	-30%	-30%		Estimated% Hits Critical	Your estimation for how many shots tend to connect critically. Snipers may hit more; shotguns less. This is to better gauge the impact of weapons that have bonus crit damage against those that don't.	Hyperion (+5% crit)	+5%
6	Fire Rate	10	10	Shock	-20%	-20%	100%		Manufacturer	Stacks on top of stated weapon bonus e.g. Jakobs gun (+10%) and stated +10% in weapon description = 20% bonus.	Maliwan (~+1 sec firing delay)	0%
7	Mag Size	20	20	Corrosive	-20%	50%	-30%		Character Crit Bonus	e.g. from Guardian tokens, skill points, etc. Add them together e.g.(10%+10%=20%)	No
8	Reload Rate	2	2	Cryo	0	20%	-30%		Character Elemental Bonus	e.g. from Guardian tokens, skill points, etc. Add them together e.g.(10%+10%=20%)	Yes (+20% crit)
9	Elemental Type	Kinetic	Corrosive	Radiation	0	-30%	0		Graphs	Assumes the full bullet damage over a second (taking into account additional critical hit damage), as well as the likely damage over time from elemental damage from that second. For example, a weapon with a high critical hit bonus will do damage faster than a radiation bullet, even if eventually the radiation will do more damage
10	Elemental Damage	300	300
11	Elemental Chance %	10%	10%	TVHM	Flesh	Armour	Shields
12	Gun Critical Hit Bonus	+10%	+10%	Kinetic	0	-20%	0
13	Estimated% Hits Critical	10%	10%	Fire	75%	-50%	-50%
14	Manufacturer	-	Maliwan (~+1 sec firing delay)	Shock	-35%	-35%	150%
15	Sniper rifle?	No	No	Corrosive	-35%	75%	-50%
16	Character Crit Bonus	+10.00%	+10.00%	Cryo	0	50%	-50%
17	Character Elemental Bonus	+10.00%	+10.00%	Radiation	0	-30%	0
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19		Average DPS	Average DPS
20	TOTAL AVERAGE DPS	6210	6744
21	Flesh	6210	4384	ELEMENTAL DAMAGE
22	Armour	4968	11802	Normal
23	Shields	6210	3372		Flesh	Armour	Shields
24				Kinetic	100%	80%	100%
25	How long 1 second of damage takes to be realised on average:			Fire	150%	70%	70%
26				Shock	80%	80%	200%
27				Corrosive	80%	150%	70%
28				Cryo	100%	120%	70%
29				Radiation	100%	70%	100%
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31				TVHM	Flesh	Armour	Shields
32				Kinetic	100%	80%	100%
33				Fire	175%	50%	50%
34				Shock	65%	65%	250%
35				Corrosive	65%	175%	50%
36				Cryo	100%	150%	50%
37				Radiation	100%	50%	150%
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39				ELEMENTAL DURATION
40				Fire	5
41				Shock	3
42				Corrosive	7
43				Radiation	8
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45				Additional factors:
46				Raditation: surrounding damage
47				Cryo: +300% melee to frozen enemies (freezes after 80% damage incurred)
48				Splash damage
49				Additional skill points
50				Proton sniper rifles 2x damage
51				Accuracy
52				Additional gun features
53				Guardian bonses
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55				Assumptions:
56				All elemental damage stacks with no diminishing effect
57				Elemental damage stays the same through the effect time
58				Elemantal stacks on top of critical hit bonus
59				Every bullet in a shot has a chance of starting elemental damage
60				An enemy can suffer from several DOT effects of different elements at the same time, but not from several of the same element at the same time (unless from otehr damage source e.g. grenade)
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62				References:
63				https://borderlands.fandom.com/wiki/Critical_hit_(Borderlands_3)
64				https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/guide-elemental-damage-explained/4112552
65				https://www.lootlemon.com/tools/bl3/dps-calculator
66				https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/03/09/borderlands-3-weapons-cheat-sheet-anointed-weapons-elemental-damage-manufacturers-explained-5/
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85	Baseline DPS	5000	4500
86	Additional Crit DPS	1210	1089
87	Elemental Damage Over Time Avg. DPS	0	1155
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89	Clear Mag Time	2.0	2.0
90	Average Single Shot Damage	1000	1110
91	Single Mag Bullet Damage (Base + Crits)	20242	18218
92	Empties & Reloads per min	15.0	15.0
93	Shots fired per minute	300.0	300.0
94	Duration of Elemental	0	7
95	Critical Hit Damage Per Bullet	2420	2178
96	Bonus Crit DPS From Multipliers	210	189
97							Maliwan		Non-Maliwan
98							0	0	0	0
99	Damage by second:						6210	5589	0	0
100	AVERAGE	Weapon 1	Weapon 2				6210	5754	6210	5589