Best Overall Melee???

[Snaggles]

For melee dps in an apples to apples comparison rogues and warriors are close. Backstab as a melee attack is another stab so on par with any kick (besides a monk) so the warrior might edge them in crits. So two bloodpoints for a rogue or warrior should be a wash. Monks do FAR more damage than either melee wise and their staffs are just plain sick for ratios.

Backstab is the playing ground leveler though. Even in Kunark a monk with a T-staff is going to be hard pressed to keep up with a rogue using good gear. Rogue aggro dump is amazing. The epic really does spread the classes a large amount and more importantly gives 90%+ of high end rogues a brainless primary weapon pick, 40% haste, and a bucket of stats in one slot (that can be offhanded even!)

For how pathetically narrow-focused a rogue is they deserve the dps crown. Monks and Warriors have many advantages. As Mardur said one boon (of many) of a warrior is weapon selection. The cost of having comparable Rogue dps weapons is very high.