Tracer's Level 16 Talents: What to Choose? by Quellv

Tracer's Level 16 Talents: What to Choose?

By: Quellv
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2016
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Tracer

Build: Talent DPS Breakdowns

Level 1
Level 4
Level 7
Level 10
Level 13
Level 16
Level 20

The Level 16 Talents: Top

Sleight of Hand: Reduces Reload time by 50%. This equals 20% more damage per second.
Focus Fire: If an entire ammo magazine is unloaded on an enemy, the last bullet will deal bonus damage. This is equal to 30% of the total magazine.
Locked and Loaded: Reactivate Reload within the last 50% of its cast time to increase your Basic Attack damage by 35% for that magazine.

No Talents: DPS Breakdown Top

20 rounds per magazine
8 attacks per second

magazines empty in 2.5 seconds

magazine to dps = dmg per magazine / 2.5
dps to magazine = dps x 2.5

DPS (with no talents)
50 dmg per shot: 400
100 dmg per shot: 800
150 dmg per shot: 1200

Sleight of Hand: DPS Breakdown Top

50 dmg per shot
400 x .2 = 80
400 + 20% = 480
480 DPS

100 dmg per shot
800 x .2 = 160
800 + 20% = 960
960 DPS

150 dmg per shot
1200 x .2 = 240
1200 + 20% = 1440
1440 DPS

Focus Fire: DPS Breakdown (Assuming 100% Empty On Same Target) Top

50 dmg per x 20 rounds per = 1000
1000 x .3 = 300
1000 + 30% = 1300
1300 damage per magazine

100 dmg per x 20 rounds per = 2000
2000 x .3 = 600
2000 + 30% = 2600
2600 damage per magazine

150 dmg per x 20 rounds per = 3000
3000 x .3 = 900
3000 + 30% = 3900
3900 damage per magazine

FF Magazine Dmg -> Dps (on average)
50 dmg per shot = 520
100 dmg per shot = 1040
150 dmg per shot = 1560

Locked and Loaded: DPS Breakdown (Assuming 100% perfect reloads) Top

50 dmg per x 20 rounds per = 1000
1000 x .35 = 350
1000 + 35% = 1350
1350 damage per magazine

100 dmg per x 20 rounds per = 2000
2000 x .35 = 700
2000 + 75% = 2700
2700 damage per magazine

150 dmg per x 20 rounds per = 3000
3000 x .35 = 1050
3000 + 35% = 4050
4050 damage per magazine

L&L Magazine Dmg -> Dps

50 dmg per shot = 540
100 dmg per shot = 1080
150 dmg per shot = 1620

Now Which Do I choose? Top


As shown in the Graph above, Locked and Loaded does the most damage out of the 3 available. But let's break down the choices.
Sleight of Hand: Least overall DPS, but most consistent, requires nothing special. Also pairs well with Tracer's Talent Bullet time.
Focus Fire: The primary drawback is you must hit every shot on the same target, which may or may not prove difficult at times.
Locked and Loaded: Doesn't require that you empty your magazine on a target, but it does require you to get good at the reload system. Does the most damage.

My Opinions: Top

Sleight of Hand: I prefer Sleight of Hand due to it's sheer consistency over the other two.
Focus Fire: It's not a bad talent, but be aware that you need to hit all of the shots on the same target in order to get the damage shown above.
Locked and Loaded: I personally don't like this talent. I don't want to focus on a reload mini game in the middle of a fight. I would not take this talent over the other two.

Sources: Top

http://heroesofthestorm.gamepedia.com/Tracer
For game information

http://www.chartgo.com/
Used for making the graph

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