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Originally Posted by digitz80
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However, monks seem superior in every other way.
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Monks are roughly equivalent tanks, do twice as much damage, and pull better. But even more than monks, SKs stack up very poorly vs Warriors. A NTOV geared Shadowknight is inferior to a Warrior clad in Dwarf armor but using Defensive Discipline.
That being said, I wouldn't give up on a Shadowknight. I think part of the problem is that everyone is used to playing cookie-cutter EQ. Most of the TOV East/West raids I've been on have Warriors tanking even though SKs should be able to do better (with 3-4 enchanters/shamans each loading two slows and using a clicky to refresh and bards singing OOS/fufils/denons, stuff should get slowed in <10 seconds every time). I also think SKs might be very effective splitting at L60 with double FDs (plus greaves if you aren't Iksar) but there are so many monks on the server that no one does this. SKs will also close the damage gap vs monks a bit when 2H weapons get their upgrade in another 5-6 months or so I guess.
Hmm, I wonder if I just talked myself into rolling a Shadowknight . . . .