EDIT: So apparently other people's data was bleeding into mine in ACT so the DPS was faulty. I'm redo'ing the numbers with the current test cases before testing with more optimized WAR rotations.
Why am I doing this? No idea, whatever, who cares.
This question gets posed on forums for some reason and there's debate on which is higher damage as a off tank so let's try to determine if there's any truth to the matter shall we.
Methodology
- 5 minute OT rotation on a dummy in Whitebrim
- Each test is performed twice and average given in result
- Using exactly same armor, same stats, same weapon damage ( STR is different but that's base STR difference not gear )
- Both are using a 32dmg weapon. This is key when looking at results. Look at the % difference rather than raw DPS measurement.
- All testing is with using ACT with 1.1.2.10 FFXIV Plugin
- Warrior is always OFF defiance and Paladin is always in Sword Oath
Assumptions
- This is a big one, this is under the assumption all skills for Warrior and Paladin scale the same and thus both having full i90 but same stats will still produce the same difference in damage.
Test 1 (32dmg 371crit 202det 352ss) -- 5 Minutes
Warrior
Storm's Eye> Butcher's Block > Repeat ( Brutal Swing used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
115.77 DPS
7% Critical
34,038 Damage Total
Storm's Eye > Storm's Path > Repeat ( Brutal Swing used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
111.84 DPS
7% Critical
33,439 Damage Total
Paladin
Halone > Repeat ( CoS, SW, and FoF used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
100.90 DPS
8% Crit
30,009 Damage Total
Should probably note that both paladin and warrior became TP starved at roughly 2.5 minutes - 3 minutes into the test thus the numbers are lowered as I continued to test until the 5 minute mark.
Results #1
Nope Nope, just me being stupid, WAR is still better than PLD. Fuck me and fail testing. A 10% DPS increase on part of WAR
Test 2 (32dmg 371crit 202det 352ss) -- 2 Minutes
Warrior
Storm's Eye > Zerk > Fracture ( After 3 combos ) > Butcher's Block > Repeat ( Brutal Swing used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
133.39 DPS
5% Critical
16129 Damage Total
Storm's Eye > Zerk > Fracture ( After 3 combos ) > Storm's Path > Repeat ( Brutal Swing used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
128.41 DPS
6.5% Critical
15692 Damage Total
Paladin
Fracture > Halone x 2 > Repeat ( CoS, SW, and FoF used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
122.43 DPS
6% Critical
15302 Damage Total
Results #2
It's still 10% increase, some of the tests went slightly over 2 minutes so the damage total numbers are a bit weird.
Test 3 (32dmg 358crit 221det 352ss) -- 2 Minutes
Warrior 322str
Storm's Eye > Zerk > Fracture ( After 3 combos ) > Butcher's Block > Repeat ( Brutal Swing used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
136.46 DPS
5% Critical
16184 Damage Total
Storm's Eye > Zerk > Fracture ( After 3 combos ) > Storm's Path > Repeat ( Brutal Swing used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
130.08 DPS
7% Critical
15740 Damage Total
Paladin 312str
Fracture > Halone x 2 > Repeat ( CoS, SW, and FoF used whenever possible )
100% Accuracy
133.12 DPS
7% Critical
15841 Damage Total
Results #3
It's still 10% increase, some of the tests went slightly over 2 minutes so the damage total numbers are a bit weird.
TL;DR
LolWarriors > LolPaladins >LolDRG in deeps.