Heya guys, whats the deal with War and Monk?

[Estu]

Originally Posted by gobbosnobbo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey guys, I'm about to start a warrior or monk and I had a few questions, mostly about damage for each class. I understand that warrior is very gear dependent but for posterity sake I need to know some info.

Why doesn't warrior damage ever catch up to a monk's at 60, in Kunark, or Velious?

I know warriors get triple attack at 60 which should be a huge boost in damage, so how come warriors doesn't eventually out do monks?

Also, how much damage do warriors do currently at end game (when well geared) compared to other classes?

Appreciate the info, thanks again.

Warriors are far inferior to monks in damage for two reasons: (1) people build warriors as tanks, not DPS, 99% of the time; (2) monks have a special attack which increases their DPS an enormous amount, making them easily outclass any other melee class other than rogues (who have a better special attack).

To do decent DPS as a warrior you have to be berserking, which isn't really an option if you're tanking. I've never seen a DPS parse with berserk warriors because I don't see berserk warriors in raids very often at all, but their DPS may well be decent. Someone else will have to weigh in.

[Nogdar]

Monks do crazy damage. Warriors under berserker deal a lot of damage too, though probably somewhat below monks, and you can't count on being berserk all the time. Then as a warrior, you're the best tank overall, with solid mitigation and the largest health pull, which is where the monk falls behind.