Your numbers don't add up, because you don't understand how damage is calculated.
Well, the point of this entire thread is that _no one_ does, or if they do it isn't common knowledge, so yes, you're correct. Specifically, I don't know how Toughness impacts damage calculations. You claim to, but your numbers still don't add up for me.
Radiance lance is a 2s cast. [condescending comment removed] More seconds in the cast, the higher main stat is utilized, and the higher Toughness is utilized. A 2s cast, against 665 toughness = -266dps (approx 133 -dps from toughness [665/5]x2)
That *still* doesn't help reconcile these numbers:
>Toughness 665.
>DD: Archmage's Radiant Lance hits you for 477 damage. (313 mitigated)
>DoT: Archmage's Law of Conductivity hits you for 322 damage. (29 mitigated)
By your reasoning, the 313 mitigated somehow comes from the -266 number. That's a variance of +18%, so... I guess that's resaonable? Seems a bit high to me.
While the 'instant cast' DoT is mitigated for 203 (29*7 ticks) dps, which should again come from the -266 number which is -24%. Though how you apply 'dps' to 'instant' of course is going to matter here. (naively -10dps over 0 seconds ('instant') is -0dps! no mitigation - which sis clearly wrong)
So I *still* don't see how those add up.
again, stat benefits and weapon DPS differ from ability to ability, and damage isn't a static number so they wont add up perfectly all of the time. Which is why you gotta run the test 10-100 times to get avg numbers.
Yes! More data would help! I'd love it if @Grimnur would post the relevant combat log portions (including full DoT ticks) of multiple tests instead of just a summary.
[more condescending comments removed] Try the Instant AM dps ability.
I looked on RoR builder but I couldn't find an instant AM dps ability, which is why I suggested trying a test with a BW's Nova.
Or compare a DoT to another DoT with different duration.
Wait, I thought duration didn't matter to mitigation? Only cast time? Though testing vs a DoT with a cast time would be useful too - though a quick search of the AM and BW abiltiies didn't turn one up.