After looking, maybe I'm wrong. It's really hard to tell just by looking at stats without parses. Using parses from Monkly-Business ect.. doesn't really work either since P99 doesn't use the exact same dmg formulas as live did (on average, melee do more damage here then they did on live)
Monks get Ton Po's stick (1.2 dmg/delay ratio)Tstaff (.97 ), and RFS (.96)
Rangers get herbalist spade (.91), Woodsman Staff(.89), Rod of Mourning (.81) as their 3 highest non-VP items (interestingly, the spade & woodsman both beat any VP item for pure ratio for 2handed ranger items.
Best monk non-VP 1handers:
Staff of shielding(.61), Adamantite Club (.6), Guard captains mallet (.55)
Guard mallet/adamantite club would likely be the most DPS'ing combo when accounting for main-hand dmg bonus & procs (not sure if Stunning blow has a DD component?)
best ranger non-VP 1handers:
Guard mallet(.55), jagged blade of mourning(.53) as the best to use.
Since your off-hand doesn't always attack everytime your delay is up due to DW skill you can't do a straight addition of the ratios. If you could it would be pretty cut and dry for the ranger being ahead with 1handers, not so much with a monk. I think a monk with Ton Po's stick would be able to outdamage any other combination of weapons a different monk or a ranger could use (factoring the better proc on it).
It would take a better understanding of the dmg formulas used by P99 and a lot more mathcraft then I'm willing/capable of putting in to determine without a doubt.
Just for completeness:
Best warrior 2handers: Herb spade (.91), staff of battle (.84), Polished Naginata (.81)
1hander: Blade of the black dragon eye(.58), Warding Star (.58), guard mallet(.55), fist of zek(.53)
Purposely left out MCT/BSW because they get nerfed. BOTBDE and WS won't drop forever, but the ones that exist will always be awesome.
Because I'm bored throwing in SK/Pally 2handers. Leaving rogues out because they cant use 2handers.
SK
Identical to warrior 2handers.
Pally
Also identical to warriors.
Interesting factoid:
Theres no reason a warrior shouldn't be able to out melee DPS a ranger if the warrior is in full DPS gear. Higher skill caps (correct me if I'm wrong, maybe its just pallys/SKs that have weaker melee skill caps), the same or better ratios for all their weapons, and critical hits.
__________________
Baalzy - 57 Gnocro, Baalz - 36 Ikscro, Adra - 51 Hileric, Fatbag Ofcrap - 25 halfuid
Red99
Baalz Less - Humger, Baalzy - Ikscro
If MMORPG players were around when God said, "Let there be light" they'd have called the light gay, and plunged the universe back into darkness by squatting their nutsacks over it.
Picture courtesy of azeth |