

With crit factored in, Green Phaseblade puts out 90.1 DPS against 62.4 for Purple Clubberfish — about 44% more damage per second. Base hits are Green Phaseblade 26 vs Purple Clubberfish 35, so the gap comes as much from attack speed and crit as from raw damage.
Green Phaseblade swings faster at a 18-tick use time versus 35, so it lands on-hit debuffs like ichor, procs set bonuses, and reapplies knockback more often — an edge the flat DPS figure understates.
For crowd control, Purple Clubberfish hits with more knockback (8 vs 3), keeping enemies at range while you reposition.
Both are Melee weapons, so the same armor set and class accessories buff either one — you can swap between them without rebuilding your loadout.
| Stat | Green Phaseblade | Purple Clubberfish |
|---|---|---|
| Damage | 26 | 35 |
| Use time | 18 ticks | 35 ticks |
| Crit chance | 4% | 4% |
| Knockback | 3 | 8 |
| Defense | 0 | 0 |
| Mana cost | 0 | 0 |
| Shoot speed | 14 | 0 |
| Sells for | 54 | 20 |
Green Phaseblade averages 90.1 DPS with crit. Purple Clubberfish averages 62.4 DPS with crit. Green Phaseblade is ahead by 27.7 DPS.
Green Phaseblade has the shorter 18-tick use time, so it attacks faster than Purple Clubberfish at 35 ticks.
Yes — both are Melee weapons and share the same armor and accessory bonuses.
Yes — both belong to the pre-hardmode tier.