Spell damage weapons vs warrior weapons
I wanted to sit down and actually test the different damage that a tank weapon versus
a spell damage weapon would make. I decied the best way to do this is start hitting
the training dummies. I have no mods that report my dps, so this is stricly me hitting
the dummy 6 times and recording my highest hit (non crit).
This first test is me with no gear on except a weapon.
Col1 = [Amani Punisher]
Col2 = [King's Defender]
Col3 = [Cudgel of Consecration]
NAKED DMG - ONLY USING WEAPON
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Col1 Col2 Col3
white 84 147 124
seal 42 22 49
hammer 333 536 332
conc 114 102 113
judge 215 124 210
veng 193 172 192
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ALLDMG 981 1103 1020
HOLYDMG 897 956 896
The difference in the new talents and gear changes makes the surpizing victor for
overall damage the warrior weapon! As you can see from the results, Col2 (which is
the King's Defender) has an overall greater damage just based on six swings. However,
if you remove Hammer of Righteous damage the spell damage weapons produce more overall
damage.
I was shocked, so I put on all my gear and tried the tests again.
GEARED DMG
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Col1 Col2 Col3
white 147 184 155
seal 93 71 109
hammer 482 635 482
conc 148 137 148
judge 428 337 423
veng 193 172 192
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ALLDMG 1491 1536 1509
HOLYDMG 1344 1352 1354
When wearing my full set of pally tank gear (kara,badge,gruul), the results start to
come together. The same thing as before, all damage increases however the spell damage
weapons start to inch closer to the warrior weapon. And if you remove using Hammer of
Righteous, they pull ahead yet again.
SUMMARY
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So what does this tell us? Go for stats, whatever weapon fits your needed critera better.
If your looking for more block value, get a sword with str/def. If your looking for more
AOE damage, switch to that spell damage weapon. I believe the new changes just allow a
pally tank to use whatever weapon becomes available to them without losing the ability
to be the best damn pally tank they can be.
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