Common Monk Weapons Parsing - DPS and Damage Taken

[Eisai]

Me too. The data is valuable because it's given with context. Your log files would also be appreciated. You can strip them of chat using the takp tool.

[Snaggles]

Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time.

I think this is less an example of how bad the epic/SoM is for tanking and how beneficial stun procs can be, presuming a few factors:

If the ratio still holds up
Slow kills/effective stuns is what you hire a pally for. Monks pound per pound are better than a knight outside aggro but dps should always be a goal. The longer it takes to kill stuff the more damage you take unless you can offset a ton of time with stuns.

If the stun lands at all
The Tstaff is legit amazing. 0 check stuns on most high blues is a coin toss at best. Having basically 2ppm in the MH and 1ppm in the OH vs 2ppm from a Tstaff, I would usually pick the Tstaff.

If you are ok with RNG based performance
Per the above there is some luck evolved. Many monks would prefer to sublet gater-interruption-duty to other classes, outside tstaff use that shines for both.

I agree with the other posters in that the tstaff will reach full potential at 60 with the maximum damage bonus and triple attack (plus other melee skills). There will be times other combos may match it but that’s the result of a RNG based game. Over many parses, on average, better weapons beat worse ones. Higher dps classes beat lower dps classes unless significantly outgeared. IMHO outside iffy aggro situations I would bag and ignore everything but the tstaff. Arguably at 60 you could bag a Peacebringer and those two sticks could serve you literarily for anything. Maybe an IFS instead since that would be a great weapon to take down greens with damage shields until you pick up a Facesmasher or Shovel.


PS: I ran a test of the mage air pet on Shady Swashbuckler only trying to determine which pet took less damage. It was a tank test and 58 Air smashed 57 Earth severely. If your example is instead how well a monk can mitigate and dps isn’t a consideration, I can totally see two inferior stun weapons in some group setups. That said, the situation where this might come in handy also likely results in you tanking hard to stun or unstunnable npcs. Or ones that can only be stunned by the tstaff like Uluump.