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Originally Posted by Troxx
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For mainhand damage, AC actually pulls ahead of SoS mainhand by level 45, and continues to pull ahead further the higher up you go. Jade mace doesn't catch SoS until 60, and even then it's pretty much dead even.
There's a case to be made that perhaps using AC over SoS in offhand (after epic) is the ideal choice. Their ratios are so smokingly close that the 6 second stun proc (albeit not common offhand) on the AC would be worth a slightly lower average damage output compared to the SoS. I guess it depends entirely on what you're doing. Even if you're not the one tanking, the mob not hitting your groupmates for 6 seconds is still a worthwhile thing.
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Level - SoSx2 - AC + SoS
35 - 2.19 - 2.19 (even)
40 - 2.28 - 2.29 (+0.4%)
45 - 2.33 - 2.34 (+0.4%)
50 - 2.42 - 2.44(+0.8%)
I acknowledged this in my post. It does, technically, pull ahead -- but without player riposte damage. I'm guessing when you factor in player's riposte damage its a net loss.
They weigh about the same. Unless AC is now cheaper than SoS, or AC now procs pre-50, there really isn't a reason to consider AC over SoS for the main hand.
Everything else you're talking about is post level 50 at which point OP can have an epic and no longer has his original question.