PoB - average damage vs Full DPS?

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Hello,
I am trying to us PoB to make my build better. When looking at trading for items I get changes to a lot of stats but the ones I am curious about are:
* Average damage
* Total DPS
* Full DPS

I understand that Full DPS should take all skills (that I have marked to be part of Full DPS) into consideration. However I am wondering which one of these three stats one should focus on when trading for items to kill mobs faster?

Comments

shallou1

Average damage is usually damage per hit, and total dps is average damage x attack speed. It might differ a little depending on the skills. Full dps is the total dps of all skills you’ve selected in the skills tab. For bossing, total dps and full dps should be the most relevant metrics. For clearing mobs average damage is somewhat more relevant if you are 1-tapping most packs.

RareFaithlessness6251

How close is your dps in PoB to tooltip dps? I’m trying to get mine to work but off by 20%